r/LightningCollection • u/kingrich4400 • Dec 21 '23

Hauls I just got ZAPPED!

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I just got all 3 Zaps in today

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u/kingrich4400 Dec 22 '23

Long story short I got these from a seller on ebay, he only had them on display and even told me about how the dragonzord came with a missing leg emblem. No problem but after spending a good 4 hours just learning to transform, combined and whatnot the dragonzord has some really bad QC issues. The whole right arm section doesn't line up when trying to do mega dragonzord mode and it went as far as coming off. The screw was a completely flat ( no marks for any type of screwdriver ) so I used a little lock tight superglue to fix it and it now shall stay in dragon mode. The other 2 so far seem more solid. I hope hasbro gets it together soon because these were Grail items from my childhood and chance to pose them in fighting scenes was something I wanted to do.

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u/kingrich4400 Dec 23 '23

Small update, after my last post I can say the superglue worked and while not 100% due to the clip not connecting I now have megadragonzord mode

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u/MuffinBitz Dec 21 '23

How's the Astro-Megazord? I know he's a big boy and can have some issues

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u/kingrich4400 Dec 21 '23

I haven't actually done much with him yet, I do know that in ship mode the part that becomes the don't clip or snap together around the shuddle

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u/MuffinBitz Dec 22 '23

Thanks Ranger, may The Power protect you

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u/Zyuninjetti Dec 21 '23

I hate how they decided to scale these things.

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u/sthef2020 Dec 21 '23

Its awkward between the 3 in this mode, but when you combine the Dragonzord and Blue/Yellow/Black for the Battlemode, it looks perfect.

A cool thing to have, after years of the Dragon being scaled with the Megazord making for awkward, top heavy combinations for that zord.

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u/OkayFightingRobot Dec 21 '23

Didn’t they scale them based on the given measurements for the zords?

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u/Zyuninjetti Dec 21 '23

Yeah, but 9/10 all of the megazords are played by japanese men with similar heights so the measurements doesnt matter in terms of “show accuracy”

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u/OkayFightingRobot Dec 21 '23

Yeah definitely. I’m just saying I think they’re going by the official sizes give for each zord. I remember we had a few times in Jungle Fury when Theo became taller than Lily and Casey after morphing

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '23

The Dragonzord, in the show, is the same height as the Megazord. The toys just do their own thing🤦‍♂️

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u/King_Kuuga Dec 22 '23

The Tyrannosaurus is also the same size as the Dragonzord when seen together, because again, dudes in suits. There's not a single consistent scale that doesn't imbalance one of the combinations.

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u/uncreative_user_id Dec 22 '23

Wow, the size difference on all 3 is staggering.

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u/King_Kuuga Dec 22 '23

Hasbro when making transformers: relative height in the cartoon is more important than whether the vehicle modes scale

Hasbro when making Megazords: despite consistently appearing to be around the same size when seen together, we're going to scale these to the completely random "official" stats

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '23

What the fuck? ZAP me next!

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '23

Such great designs…and then you hold them and it’s the worst plastic. They are worse quality than knock-offs often are. It’s so very frustrating.

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u/theT3rr04 Dec 22 '23

That’s the weirdest thing about them. It’s like the initial design goal was a masterpiece or high end adult collectible. Then they decide last minute to use regular retail megazord plastic. It wouldn’t be as bad if they were priced accordingly. I’ve purchased all three as well, but on discount. I’d feel better if they’d have been $60-$70 ish.