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2018 Hasbro Pre-Thoughts - How'd I Do? (Patreon)

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My initial thoughts on Hasbro was we'd get the figures I thought Bandai should have done (heads/weapons, sell the Zords separately, and do monsters!!!) but based on every last Hasbro Transformers thing at every price point at Toys R Us, Target, Walmart, etc, I saw no possible way we were getting Zords that were better than Bandai's for the same price point (or less?!?). They'd either be quality people were unhappy with, or we'd be paying more.

I think I nailed it. Thumbs up for the Dino Fury Zords, they did do a nice job with those, but the set is still $70, and there's hardly any paint. Also fair to say there's not much missing either, they're mostly solid colors with some silver or gold here and there. Beast Morphers only got 5 Zords, and while I appreciate the articulation, they still looked/felt kinda cheap but were $150 and had almost no paint on them. The MMPR Megazord was $50 in the store, was small, paint/stickerless, and looked/felt kinda cheap. Legacy Megazord was full painted, fully stickered, had die-cast metal and chrome, was $59, in fancier packaging.

So, that was the point I was trying to make a few years ago. Having said that, I was still hopeful that Hasbro could do more than Bandai since they owned the license, where Bandai had to pay Saban to license Power Rangers. Hasbro's a much bigger company.

In conclusion, I don't think either company wins, they both did/do good things. I prefer Hasbro's figures. Bandai's Legacy Zords were more affordable than Hasbro's main line and fancier, and Bandai did a good job making more affordable versions of the Bandai Japan toys to meet the $30-ish price point. Red Dino Fury Zord costs the same as an entire Bandai Megazord, which transformed, still had paint, an action feature or two, etc.

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Hey guys, this is some 2018 footage when I looked at what Hasbro was currently putting out and at the various price points. I saw fans getting excited about Megazords with amazing paint & articulation that would somehow be the same price or less as what Bandai was putting out. I couldn't find the video I was looking for, but on one channel I had posted several different Hasbro Transformer toys (different prices) and said we wouldn't see an amazing Megazord for $20 - $30. Not one that everyone would be happy with. A number of people proceeded to explain different classes of Transformers to me, but that's irrelevant to the point I was making. Call it whatever, this is what the company is offering at these price points. I think I nailed it. The LC figures are fantastic. Annoying errors and missing paint, yeah, but still the most screen accurate figures ever. When I went to Bandai, my suggestion was weapons/civilian heads if possible, release the Megazords separately. I stand by my suggestion. I prefer Hasbro's figures (though I have my nitpicks with them too). The Zords? Hasbro has not done a fancy $30 fully painted Megazord with great articulation. Beast Morphers only saw five Zords, and that was $150. No paint. The MMPR Megazord had good articulation, but it's cheap looking, and it was $50 in the store, and $40 (for a time) on Amazon if you bought the set. Dino Fury I think they're doing a good job with. There isn't that much paint to omit on those, at least. But the set is still $70 for the five of them, and that's the main line. And there's no way to buy red blue and pink. You can get red separately, but if you buy blue you buy black, if you buy green you buy pink, or you get the set on Amazon. And now we're getting a fancier Megazord from Hasbro, and that'll be $170. So, my point back in the day was, either we're going to get things that are less fancy, or we're going to pay more for something that's better than what Bandai was doing.