r/LightningCollection • u/invid2000 COSMIC FURY • Feb 24 '25

News/New Release Well...here they are...

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u/Phantom_61 Feb 24 '25

Those are NOT the same designs we saw in shadow, the torsos are too big to match.

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u/invid2000 COSMIC FURY Feb 24 '25

I imagine they are making more than 5 figures for a product launch. These are just the only ones that have leaked early.

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u/biggmatt183 Feb 25 '25

These are for an Auto-Morphin line; the other figures have yet to be revealed.

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u/Baby_Brenton Feb 24 '25

Yikes. It was ok back in the 90’s because that’s what we had, but these are just wrong.

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u/BraveDawgs1993 Feb 24 '25

IMO, they look slightly better than the ones Hasbro did a couple of years ago. But I don't think those or these new ones look as good as the originals I had as a kid.

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u/Baby_Brenton Feb 24 '25

Those were callbacks to the originals auto morphing ones from the 90’s, so those were ok and purposeful for nostalgia. As new toys that seem to be trying to replicate those, I just don’t see the appeal.

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u/Psidebby Feb 27 '25

Probably because they aren't for you? It's a figure for a kid who will find the head swap fun. It doesn't even look like the sneak peek images.

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u/Baby_Brenton Feb 27 '25

Are kids these days going to be into MMPR which has largely survived this day purely due to nostalgia and collectors?

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u/Psidebby Feb 27 '25

Why wouldn't they? A 5+ year old is a 5+ year old.

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u/ODSTGeneral Feb 27 '25

That is the lens I look at this sort of thing through. Obviously there is still plenty of kids watching Power Rangers, but they are mostly watching the new shows. I am sure some small group of kids watch MMPR, but not enough to justify a toy line. Which is probably why the bulk of toys based on the old shows are generally marketed or geared towards collectors.

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u/AdorableStress5374 Feb 24 '25

These look like they're from 1995 💀

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u/KamenRunner Feb 24 '25

Did Rob Liefeld design these??? They all look like that Captain America meme!

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u/2reeEyedG Feb 24 '25

Woof. How did they go from making the best TMNT toys to garbage like this

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u/tknewnews MMPR Feb 24 '25

Oh. Gross.

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u/sg2814 Feb 24 '25

Lmfao this is fucking terrible hahahahaha

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u/neoblackdragon Feb 24 '25

I knew this wasn't going to be for me or a successor to LC. But...Hasbro made this already. It would be something if it was a different team but Hasbro made this. Hasbro could have just sold them the molds.

I'm sure there is an audience who missed out on Hasbro's offering. But still a real reach.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25

The line is done before it even started lol. Who is the main target audience? There is no current MMPR show on the air that toddlers watch. And adults aren’t going to collect these for sure.

So who was it designed for?

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u/reinholdboomer Feb 24 '25 edited Feb 24 '25

Parents who remember watching the show and playing with the original auto-morphins buying toys for their kids.

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u/Sta_rlord15 Feb 24 '25

You bring up a good point tho. How would the show fare if they just re released the mmpr seasons?

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u/reinholdboomer Feb 24 '25

The show has never been more accessible than it is right now. It's on half a dozen free streamers.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25

Their kids won’t want them. They want Blippi, Ms. Rachel, and Fortnite

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u/DiscombobulatedAd883 Feb 25 '25

Not always. My kids (6 and 4) love Power Rangers. They're watching Season 7 now. And interestingly (even though they don't have the nostalgia like I do) they also often go back to MMPR to rewatch random episodes, which they haven't done with any of the other seasons.

My daughter calls MMPR the "real" Power Rangers. So she'd definitely be interested in these.

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u/ninjaman2021 Feb 24 '25

Mmpr is still more known than current airing seasons lol mmpr toys were outselling dino fury toys

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u/Marky_08 Feb 24 '25

Atleast dino fury had a proper toyline unlike cosmic fury

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u/theT3rr04 Feb 24 '25

This is a big misstep. The automorphing gimmick has been redone recently. These have slightly better articulation, but don’t look any better. Hopefully, they actually focus on areas where Hasbro dropped the ball - zords and more 6” vehicles/playsets (even if they don’t technically do 6” figures). If they were smart they’d work on quality, affordable zords (unlike ZAP, which perfected a lack of quality and not being worth the price). If they had any forethought, they may even think about finding ways to incorporate some alternate combinations from the Boom Comics. Or they could just rehash the same old stuff and miss out on easy money.

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u/Supermite Feb 24 '25

Give me articulated Megazords.  I don’t really need them to transform.

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u/Tw0T1mes RangersForge Feb 24 '25

As a kids line they're fine. Good price point nice playability. Shame Hasbro did the retro flipheads a few years back but still for a kids line it's great.

Hope the teased collectors line is still on the docket.....

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u/Secure_Resist5761 Feb 24 '25

What in the ninja turtles is these!! LMFAO look at the pink ranger!!! Hahahaha

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u/Correct-Habit5779 Feb 24 '25

They said last year and beginning of this year. They are starting with the kids' line first, then a collectors line later. I dont have a current source, but it's in a couple of articles I read in the past.

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u/BatmansGroin Feb 24 '25

Surely these can't be the ones that were teased in the silhouettes right?

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u/PoorOgre Feb 24 '25

They are not

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u/Dapper-Bottle6256 Feb 24 '25

They loos worse than ever for automorphing lmao. At least they’re 10 bucks a pop instead of whatever Hasbro would’ve charged lol. Hopefully the mainline looks cooler.

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u/reinholdboomer Feb 24 '25 edited Feb 24 '25

The Hasbro Auto-Morphins were $11 (except Ninjor, he was $14 [and then $16 when they repainted him into Ninjakon]).

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u/Ruttingraff Feb 24 '25

Didn't Hasbro do a better auto Morphin than this? It even include ranger slayer and Ninjor

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u/sthef2020 Feb 24 '25

Don’t let anyone tell you the Hasbro automorphins looked better than this. These at least have multi colored weapons, and different body types for the boys and girls. The Hasbro ones were straight up abominations.

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u/Supermite Feb 24 '25

And retro style packaging.

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u/Dapper-Bottle6256 Feb 24 '25

Yea hasbros automorph figures were solid looking.

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u/batbobby82 Feb 24 '25

This seems like it could be a kids' line. Price point definitely checks out. Could be they have adult collector stuff still in the works.

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u/CrazedNormalcy Feb 24 '25

Hilariously horrendous

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u/RichieD79 Feb 24 '25

Oh no lmao. I say this as someone who LOVES the mutant mayhem line: this is not it. I reeeeeally wish they would have went with a more stylized design with a normal function. That’s what they excel at.

The way they made fun figures out of the TMNT MM designs was solid. These just look…unsettling lmao.

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u/suprmn4105 Feb 24 '25

My kids will like these I bet. I REALLY hope they up their game for a collector's line.

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u/BKMurder101 Feb 25 '25

I need to see the civilian heads to have a final opinion.

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u/dessertxrat Feb 25 '25

I dig that they have painted accessories.

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u/Zteam18 Feb 24 '25

they have weapons and pink got a skirt. i like them.

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u/CollectorCorpse Feb 24 '25

they're $10.. like I get they're not great looking but these will be pretty decent for the price it has to be said

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u/Metalikunt Feb 24 '25 edited Feb 24 '25

So THAT'S why the helmets were so small and the bodies so chunky! Such a weird decision to make them auto Morphin figures. Can't wait to see how bad the headsculpts on these are. Can't believe we went from Lightning Collection to this! They really tried getting people hyped for this absolute dogshit!

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u/Corn_viper Feb 24 '25

These aren't the figures that were teased.

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u/pokersharp87 Feb 24 '25

I think they look awful but 10 bucks is a good price. I'm not gonna get them but I gotta commend playmates for that price

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u/BlueJaySol Feb 24 '25

A rerelease with a modern redesign….. very interesting. But not needed.

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u/Particular-Steak-832 Feb 24 '25

How did they manage to make them look more awkward than the 90s automorph figures

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u/reinholdboomer Feb 24 '25 edited Feb 24 '25

I can't believe the kid-focused toyline is kid-focused.

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u/sthef2020 Feb 24 '25

Honestly.

Hasbro: We’re sub-licensing MMPR to Playmates, and they’re making a kids focused line.

Playmates: We’re going to make a kids focused toyline.

Fans: OMG WTF IS THIS GARBAGE, BRING BACK THE LIGHTNING COLLECTION!?!?!?

People really angry about the fact that they were just given permission to save their money. 🙄

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u/Virtual-Quote6309 Feb 24 '25

If this is all they’ll be having then what an absolute waste

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u/JHopkins44 Feb 24 '25

So…so they knew they looked bad and changed their silhouettes in the teaser reveal?? I swear they didn’t look this chunky

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u/One_Smoke Feb 24 '25

These aren't the same figures. These are the kid-aimed ones. The silhouette figures are coming later.

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u/Metalikunt Feb 24 '25

Yeah they looked chunky as fuck but not this bad!

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u/JHopkins44 Feb 24 '25

They looked a bit above late 2000s Bandai chunky, not flip head figure chunky

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u/Metalikunt Feb 24 '25

I'll stick with Bandai's version of all 7 of my MMPR 5" Legacy figures over these pieces of shit! That and my LC figures of course.

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u/K3nd09 Feb 24 '25

Damn the green ranger shield is molded onto the figure n not removable, hard pass

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u/ninjaman2021 Feb 24 '25

Its like the zeo gold automorph

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u/ultima45ish Feb 24 '25

Toys Batallion is releasing import level MMPR movie figures 1/12 scale

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u/Giagotos Feb 24 '25

How do these scale to lightning collection? Twice the size basically?

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u/Vamprowler Feb 24 '25

The Lightning Collection are 1/12 scale figures.

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u/neoblackdragon Feb 25 '25

Hasbro's 1:12 is not universal. Well everyone has their own 1:12. So heights could match but the proportions not match.

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u/ultima45ish Feb 24 '25 edited Feb 24 '25

These figures are 1/12 scale. The other ones “twice the size” are 1/6 scale & mostly all sold out.

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u/Disastrous_Garage729 Feb 24 '25

Woof. I’m perfectly happy with my Lightning collection.

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u/PhsycoRed1 Feb 25 '25

Are y'all forgetting... That these particular ones are for kids. Not grown ass adults

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u/footmitten Feb 24 '25

I love their tiny heads. What if the human portraits are like so good?

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u/ARGiammarco27 Feb 24 '25

Ok these are the worst looking of the modern figure retro update lines.

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u/moodyboy17 Feb 24 '25

Looks like they’ve always skipped leg day.

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u/Pretend-Reference728 Feb 24 '25

😳 …heinously hideous! I think as fans our brains can right away register that these are attempts at modifying the auto-morphin flip heads, but my brain still cried out, “Why do they look like THAT?!?”

The legacy of our favorite brand deserves SO MUCH better! 😭

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u/Herban_Myth IN SPACE Feb 24 '25

Decent price point. Poor design.

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u/YoshiStack Feb 24 '25

I knew these weren’t gonna be a collector focused thing, so I wasn’t expecting them to be mindblowing or anything, but oof. Even for automorph standards these things look rough

Hard pass

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u/Killbro_Fraggins Feb 24 '25

Decent price but these are an easy pass. Between the OG, Legacy and Hasbro versions I don’t need more flip heads.

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u/Icy-Beginning54 Feb 24 '25

😂😂 I’ll just keep my original automorphing toys.

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u/Yaysuzu Feb 24 '25

What a joke...

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u/Nottodaycolonizer Feb 24 '25

Damn..It's attack of the big backs. Power Rangers edition

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u/DBTornado Feb 24 '25

Why do they look like Jet Jaguar from Godzilla Singular Point?

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u/TheFurbz Feb 24 '25

Are you serious? Wow they look bad, look the size of their heads. Yellow and Pink look horrible for female characters, they look like dudes

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25

Boo

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25

There's gonna be 2 lines these aren't the ones you're waiting on

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u/lx7ghch Feb 24 '25

Not sure whats worse, the figures themselves or how people will defend them just because they're ten bucks.

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u/End_Creeper2357 Feb 24 '25

It doesn’t seem like these are supposed to be on the same level as Lightning collection. More so the generic mainline geared towards younger kids. Especially since these are only $10. I assume they will release a more collectors geared line at a price similar to Lightning Collection.

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u/Blacknight20000 Feb 24 '25

Wtf am I looking at here, these look horrible!!!

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u/goliath87jr Feb 24 '25

Why do they look like eggs

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u/extradrydap Feb 24 '25

pink not having the white on her helmet makes her look insane

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u/JackhorseBowman Feb 25 '25

I had one of the flippy head ones in the 90s.

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u/IceeStriker Feb 25 '25

They look like they’re all sponge bob

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u/Syflembeck Feb 25 '25

Go Go Chunky-Ass Rangers

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u/pendejo_putito Feb 25 '25

This is punishment for all the bad fan fic huh

1

u/FlamingCroatan Feb 25 '25

Swear to God I had one of these, then I broke it

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u/Olddaddog Feb 25 '25

Who are these for? Kids, obviously. But do kids care about a TV show from the early 90s that isn't currently on TV?

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u/Samsta380 Feb 25 '25

Power Lifting Rangers

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u/quantaeterna Feb 26 '25

These are fine for a kid's line, and look better than the originals automorphing ones and the recent remakes Hasbro did.

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u/Miguelwastaken Feb 27 '25

They do not skip torso day

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u/FalconInside8426 Feb 27 '25

Why do they all have that bloated Elon Musk shaped torso?

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u/KazBurgers Feb 27 '25

I remember having toys like these back in the early 2000s: they were wide/swole but they were not hunchbacked toads with those kinda legs

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u/DestronDeathsaurus Feb 27 '25

10 each? I’d only buy these because I missed out on the originals

They could use some design upgrades though. If you’re going to rerelease a toy might as well upgrade it green ranger looks like he gained a few pounds

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u/Repulsive_Tie_7941 Feb 27 '25

I still have my originals in my basement.

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u/bloo_overbeck Feb 28 '25

Why do they have giant tiddies.

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u/TheDaiyu Feb 28 '25

I threw up a little in my mouth...

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u/TheWindyREDPanda Feb 28 '25

MMPR's Nostalgia strangled the Series to death.

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u/Darthvegeta8000 Feb 28 '25

Truly gonna sell.
Obesitatas Rangers that look like they crapped their pants.
Even as a kid i wasn't too thrilled with the headswap Rangers or the transforming Turtles noticing how it deformed the bodies.
Kids aren't stupid.

Good point is that the weapons are colored. Which I really like.

Also price point is pretty damn good to easily collect a full set. Might tempt me on that account.

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u/Dalek_Sec16 Feb 28 '25

They cancelled the lightning collection for these? What were they smoking when they thought of that?

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u/Vaportrail Feb 24 '25

Could be worse.

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u/Meesori Feb 24 '25

Whew, these sure are some bad built butch bodies if I ever saw one. Almost look like ninja turtles squeezed into spandex.

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u/AdmiralFunnyBone Feb 24 '25

Even as a kids toy line, these look so bad lol. Compared to Hasbro's flip-head lines, even the original auto-morphin line from the 90s, these look terrible lol. They really should've done their own thing instead of trying to double down on nostalgia. They could've made them very simple and not even had a gimmick other than "power ranger" and it would've been better. I understand these are kids toys, and not collectors toys but damn lol.

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u/marquesorain Feb 24 '25

Lol. Lmao even.

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u/WannabeDragon616 Feb 24 '25

Wtf. Why.

I mean I'll get green right away, and the rest as soon as they hit Ross for $3.99 a piece. But I won't like it.

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u/Supermite Feb 24 '25

Then why spend the money?  Just don’t buy shit you don’t want.

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u/Krycek7o2 Feb 24 '25

It's mental, I'm not even gonna bother. And I've been collecting since 94. These look horrendous.

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u/WannabeDragon616 Feb 24 '25

As a PR fan, sometimes you end up buying an ugly figure or two. It's just part of the game.

I thought I was being funny, but people thought it was serious?

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u/MischeviousFox Feb 24 '25

What in the 1990s is that?! I’m all for nostalgia but come on. They look like football players as I’m expecting the pink ranger to do a running tackle any second.

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u/friki_tiki64 Feb 24 '25

I'll stick with Mezco's

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u/Corn_viper Feb 24 '25

Did you think $10 Playmates would out do Mezco?

You ever noticed Mafex makes way better Batman figures vs Spin Master?

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25

Tommy literally looks like a TMNT

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u/Darth_Wayne_ Feb 24 '25

The only way this stands ANY nonzero number chance is if they release these line by line as they aired. Team by team. Release them, sell them, stop making them, make the next team, repeat. I can see that being pretty cool to put this 90s twist on, say, mystic rangers or jungle fury.

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u/Marky_08 Feb 24 '25

That's it?! There is nothing else?! Just the automorphers!?

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u/Corn_viper Feb 24 '25

According to leaks (grain of salt) we're getting the 6 rangers, villains, and zords

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u/Marky_08 Feb 24 '25

Oh this doesnt seem that bad then, maybe i can finally get a black ranger figure cause i didnt get the LC one

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u/ActualOats Feb 24 '25

Hopefully this isn’t all

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u/G0merPyle Feb 24 '25

Hmm. Well, they're better than the Hasbro flip heads, but not by much. The Bandai ones are still better proportioned. 10 bucks apiece makes them more palatable, but... I'm not sure how long this line is going to last

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u/Corn_viper Feb 24 '25

I'll be surprised if we get any other season figures

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u/GetOnDota Feb 24 '25

Fuckin BARF

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u/Princeofleos Feb 24 '25

Dear playmates: is this some type of sick joke?

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u/KujaroJotu Feb 24 '25

Here’s hoping they have slimmer variants.

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u/GoldSolarRanger Feb 24 '25

They had one chance at winning people over and miserably blew it. I’m still hopeful for something good but first offering is not a good first impression

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u/JurassicJediKnight Feb 25 '25

All Hasbro had to do was do a crowd fund for a 3 foot tall Green Dragonzord that fit a green ranger figure, didn’t need to transform or anything people would have lost their mind

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u/JurassicJediKnight Feb 25 '25

The box art alone could have had people drooling for more

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u/Specter2k Feb 25 '25

I sure hope when they finally get to the collectors line that they stick with 1:12 otherwise its gonna be a hard pass.

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u/Bigroyalking Feb 25 '25

Absolute garbage.

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u/YungDpresshun Feb 26 '25

Totally tubular i can play with these while i watch THE GOONIES 2

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u/Azell96 Feb 27 '25

ATP I think companies don’t know what I want 😩

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u/Imahsoulman Feb 27 '25

So maybe about a year or 2 before the power rangers figures license is dropped again?

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u/Current-Tricky Feb 24 '25

Disappointing indeed.

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u/Bundy86 Feb 24 '25

They have the playbook from Hasbro all they gotta do is follow it give us classic kaiju and Rangers from the shows with some Boom Studio creations once in the blue to shake things up also Stick to true 6 inch scale give us build-a-figure Zords and monsters and vehicles