What went wrong with the Power Rangers 2017 Movie Toyline?

[@diegocardenas7551]

Those movie morphers were difficult to give away by the end. I ended up with 4 movie morphers after literally never intending to buy a single one somehow? They were 3 dollars at the dollar store in Canada, and I just kept getting them in PR lots I purchased. The kids I gave them to gave them away too!

[@alphamike87]

It was weird seeing the morphers at Dollarama, they might be 25 cents somewhere now lol

[@jayr5277]

The morpher is just a really mediocre Kamen Rider changer. Not surprised it was a huge flop.

[@Ziko577]

It reminds me of the older belts that were around in the early Kamen Rider days as they did the same thing. Nowadays, the belts have a lot more going on with the gimmicks we get every year. These morphers are trash.

[@NMack-is3nb]

I remember actually grabbing one for $4 at Toys r Us when they were closing on their final day.

[@KevinRobertsArt]

PR2017 was simultaneously overdesigned, and embarrassed by the source material.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

It looked like a crappy version of Ironman

[@Zeromaru42]

@@theoutsiderjess1869 Looks like Budget Kamen Rider without a good story to back it up.

[@easyparts-fj7mm]

Well blame saban, lionsgate,bandai of America and the writers for this movie and toyline.

[@avoprim5028]

@@easyparts-fj7mm Speaking of Bandai America, we also have Kyuranger because of them. Also blame Hasbro’s relationship with Bandai America for the fact that we not only did not initially get a Kyuranger adaptation, but, that we also got a terrible, (Super) Megaforce esque misshapen combination of a season in the form of Cosmic Fury.

[@FullMetalLuffy]

Still heartbreaking seeing Toys r Us footage.. Anyway PR movie toyline.. eh. Definetly felt like a case of bandai being overly cautious and using the least amount of resources possible to just fill out a summer blockbuster shelf. But it also seemed like that same mantra went into everything they produced before the Hasbro takeover... On a personal level, nothing of the toyline really looked good, and the prices they expected for them made the decision to skip very simple. I can only hope hasbro puts a bit more oomph into their toyline offering come that movie. **nervous look**

[@Basillikos]

This toyline has the same problem every modern movie toy line has. They're working only with preproduction material and incredibly complex CGI that isn't finalized until the movie premieres.

[@BigJoker]

Also the designs were terrible

[@Mightymorphinninjaturtles]

That kind of reminds me of the batwing toy from batman forever. As a kid I remember thinking it looked similar to the one in the film, but not quite the same. Then I saw a pre production image of it (before they landed on the one they used for the film) and it def looked like the toy version

[@Basillikos]

@@BigJoker I think the Ranger suits are decent, and while Rita looks nothing like her TV counterpart she's certainly the stand out. Goldar and the Megazord were complete misses though. Should've leaned more into the toyetic aspect of them.

[@HeIsDreaMe]

Truly it's because they went so far away from source material and trying to be woke they glossed over the entire premise of teenagers with attitude. You have a shitty movie, and if the movie is trash no 1 buys the toys. That's literally the answer. People still collect old toys, even the trash is and that's because the basis of said toy is good. Bad product for produced toy equals no 1 will want it.

[@yagamijubei28]

Nobody wanted that bad megazordimus prime toy. It went too bayformers and was just too alien. If it looked more like an actual megazord, people would have snapped it up.

[@MeteorTesh]

One of the best parts of the old show and super sentai was the zords all coming together. And as the series progressed, the new zords and formations that came along.

[@Mightymorphinninjaturtles]

To me, the film felt like the beginning of the end of the bandai collectibles era. I remember from about Christmas 2013, up to 2016, there was something new and exciting coming from the legacy line. And it was great being an adult collector and power rangers fan for those few years. I've not got on board for any of the lightning collection stuff, so for me I've not got that vibe back, but I'm hoping the super7 power rangers stuff is worth buying again

[@HeIsDreaMe]

Yeah, there's a lot your missing. Not just Legacy. BTW The legacy figures are better than the Bandai. Secondly, Bandai MMPR was til like 2018, not 2016. Also to add, they are now releasing zords and they are looking incredible. I mean, the Bandai Legacy Megazord is pretty flimsy because of its weight from the die cast metal. So they poorly designed that. With that being said, there are plenty of other MMPR collectible stuff so I'd presume you're a loose fan or picky or just misinformed. Because the ThreeZero 12" scale are incredible. So is the Ace Toyz before the ThreeZero hit. Regardless I think you're pretty misinformed and should look up all the available stuff. Because the Bandai figured are destroyed by the legacy. The zords we shall see in 6 months and when this power sword is released that will be the test. The helmets are solid. And quite frankly the villains are seriously incredible. More for me

[@kyleellis1825]

@@HeIsDreaMe He said he remembered good releases yearly up to 2016, not that the line lasted until 2016.

[@RobinTimDrake]

I was actually eager for the Putties, I felt they could still work as Finster creations that were imperfect or didn't bake right. Rita was an interesting idea & the toy was a nice place holder until I got the Lightning Collection. But everything else (costume design, character, zords, Megazord, Goldar) were just a total failure and redesigned just to change in total disregard for why they existed in the first place.

[@kyleellis1825]

Heck, they could have used the Putties from the movie and just had it be a spell Rita cast while the rangers are trying to go back to normal lives after rejecting Zordon. They all get into a moving battle and start pairing up until all 5 are running through the woods to the base and they morph, beating the putties (a perfect recall to Episode 1)

[@mungosmungo8694]

I still stand by the fact that Saban was ready to sell, and needed to get key thins in place for the sell off. I think this movie was all apart of the plan. Same for the toy line. Bandai knew it was coming.

[@A11V1R15]

I think the biggest problem with it was that they were not based on a thing made to sell toys

[@dunkanbulk14]

Meanwhile, Shin Ultraman, also not really ment to sell toy, have toys, which sold out immediately

[@Zeromaru42]

@@dunkanbulk14 The Morpher is the greatest example of this, I feel like they saw Kamen Rider Black's belt and tried to halfass it. It's like a shitty Arcle, and when a toy from 2000 is better than the one in 2017 you've got problems. Speaking of which it feels like the biggest mistake they made was trying to be Kamen Rider and failing at it as opposed to just leaning into the Campyness. It's like they were trying so hard to be Power Rangers and team Kamen Rider that it alienates both. To be honest I'd like the designs more if they just made it for Adults and stopped trying to play both sides so hard. Amazons proved that you could have easily just made this for adults and make the line for Collectors with a ton of detail. That way the line not only looks more appealing but the Movie looks more appealing, but that would require for them to put out good stuff with decent quality control.

[@Ziko577]

That Beta Capsule is sick though. Too bad you'd have to have a bit of cash to afford it. It's a step up from the OG version for sure.

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

I got the giant box set, and I’m glad I did. The individual releases probably would’ve sold out by the time I got all five anyways.

[@jaredanacleto9239]

I rember begging my parents to get me the 6 pack with goldar

[@ReyRey277]

I think the cast was spot on! The Red Ranger was great! But sadly everything else was bad

[@greghimm2753]

Everyone who worked on and approved these designs and story should never come near a power rangers movie ever again.

[@kaidencobalt9345]

It's an odd hit and miss for me with the 2017. I loved the helmet designs but hated the rest of the suits. The zord's I enjoyed, they looked alien, but Always felt the point was for them to blend in. Though when it comes to overall design both Goldar and the Megazord screamed as just awful to me.

[@grantslater861]

Yea that was not goldar in the movie, what happened to the creature with a blue lion like face? Goldar in the film was just a giant gold melted gooey monster. And the megazord…you can’t tell who’s the leg and who’s the arm and the movie literally has to tell you. It looks like it came out of a Michael bay transformers film. Also why does the mastodon have 8 legs? I would like it with the 4 legs.

[@adrijobecq]

The movie, and it's toyline, is a good example of "designed by committee"

[@DasNordlicht91]

These designs don’t really translate well even in toy form.

[@nl396]

Boy are those ugly toys. What went wrong with the toyline's probably the same thing that went wrong with the movie itself. The background stories for Zordon and Rita were an interesting twist with a lot of potential but the Rangers were too diverged from lore. Its like the movie was made solely for people who never even watched the original show.

[@Tyr-qz2lo]

The movie was weird. The TV show somehow has grander ideas that more often than not it manages to pull off. Meanwhile the movie that was supposed to bring it to a new generation and get people to take the IP more seriously was just a lot of talking and Krispy Kreme product placement. Whatever Hasbro does can’t be any blander than all of that.

[@kyleellis1825]

I still think the movie was entirely paid for by Krispy Kreme's owner who is just a really big power rangers fan. He gave them all the money, so the stupid decisions got handwaved away by going "He's the one paying for it."

[@adrijobecq]

The only Legacy line figures we ever got in Portugal were the movie line ones (and I still imported them from the US because I was an idiot and decided not to wait).

[@masst.evense2981]

16:11 The movie incorporates mostly norse mythology...this is why the zords had multiple legs...the megazord was a norse giant of myth.

[@90smakers17]

Entonces hubieran creado nuevos zord y rangers con temática nordica en vez de apelar a la nostalgia

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

If you ask someone "Have you seen the Power Ranger movie?" The answer would probably be about the two '90s movies and not the 2017 movie.

[@michaelmcneela4277]

I can't describe how upset and discouraged I was with this movie in everyway. The zords were by far the most saddening, they were weird and some look literally nothing like the animal they're supposed to represented. The megazord was simply ugly lol

[@shamzam3012]

The megazord was definitely the biggest disappointment of the film for me.

[@VforVisitor]

Agreeing with so many here. It all just fell flat. There was no life to the designs. They couldve also gotten an asian actress to play Rita in the movie. But Hollywood gone Hollywood... They couldve had the original suits in the movie. Couldve had them as shiny as the sentai ones. I feel the suits are timeless. All they had to do was give them the spider-man treatment. Just update them or make them more sleek. Morphers? Communicators? Teleportation? Like come on we had that stuff in the 90's. Now its nowhere in a 2017 power rangers movie? Something is wrong here... Those Mighty Morphin designs were amazing and the toys still sell till this day. The Weapons all come together. The Zords all come together. Blade Blasters! Come on now.. They took out all the cool stuff.

[@zeroshinkai957]

I don't understand why cartoons stop showing on regular TV and then toy stores started closing down as well, it's like adults didn't want kids to be kids anymore.

[@jdzencelowcz]

The combining zords needed to B 33% smaller, have more detail, & have better transforming abilities.

[@SamLovesHorrorMovies]

I enjoy the movie. It isn't great, but I feel like a sequel could really have improved upon it. As for the toys, I had the Legacy Collection figures and Red Ranger helmet. I also got the combining Megazord. The Megazord it self was not great. It felt very cheap (but was not inexpensive). But I really loved the sheer size of it. I'd love a higher quality Megazord line that stands 18 inches tall.

[@powerrangertube]

Then have I got the set for you 😆 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2i7fXlqnMydo80

[@BigJoker]

Agreed! The movie was awesome. What sucked the most was the one thing that would've help merchandising: the aesthetic. Zordon was visually cool. The rest of the movie was uninspired and ugly in terms of style. The saving grace was the characters and writing.

[@kyleellis1825]

@@BigJoker The writing that made the pink ranger distribute child p*rn? Kim didn't deserve to be a ranger and it's proven by the end of the movie she hasn't learned anything. She laughs when she destroys her victims car/nearly kills them.

[@alphamike87]

I found it weird the morphers weren't used in the movie.

[@Masada1911]

I generally liked everything about the movie besides the designs. The ranger suits, the zords, rita, goldar. They were all very muddled and indistinctive. I really felt that this held the movie back.

[@kyleellis1825]

Kimberly distributing child P*orn and not actually feeling remorse for it. In fact she laughs when debris destroys her victims car/nearly crushes her.

[@CNFunnyJon]

I'm still pointing fingers. The designers of the megazord, how does the Dragonzord combines with the Megazord? Tell me!!!! (To this day, still yelling and asking them to finish it, reveal the Dragonzord design and reveal)

[@Retro_Model_349]

The title should be “What IS wrong with the 2017 line”. I swear I still see this stuff stocked all over the place in stores.

[@powerrangertube]

🤣 I'm not surprised

[@GuiOmania]

Sadly this Power Rangers movie feel to much like Michael Bay movie and the toy line was not as fun as the 90’s stuff !!! I was able to find the morpher a the dollars stores for 3$ 😂

[@EnerKaizer]

What went wrong? easy. This movie is the epitome of being ashamed of your roots. This movie went out of its way in every possible regard to not even come close to the original Power Rangers season as much as humanly possible because they feared people would just think its just "for kids" again. And this resulted in this movie being barely recognizable as a Power Rangers movie, which included the looks of both the suits and the Zords. Add in that they made a reboot of a fast paced action-packed series and decided to change it into a very bland and boring Breakfast club rip-off, and there you go. Whoever was in charge took literally every wrong decision possible with this, and it shows. I know next to no Power rangers fan who likes this movie, but I know people that have never watched Pr that either like it or at least think its decent, which just prooves the insane disconnect this entire movie had/caused.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

When the second trailer dropped I realized this movie would be crap so I didn't watch it

[@kyleellis1825]

Making Kimberly distribute child p*rn was a bold and very unnesesary move. SHe should have been the villain and the victim should have been Kim. Kim even laughed when she destroyed her victims car at the end of the movie, so she clearly never learned any kind of lesson.

[@EnerKaizer]

@@kyleellis1825 In all honesty, they should've just stuck to the few things established in the original series with her character, and just build up from there. Let her stay a high society girl like in the original, but let her get caught inbetween the dirty divorce of her parents which makes her do a lot of stupid stuff and finally leads her to join this group of friends that help her through her hardship at the end. They also could've used this for their sequel as well by using this set-up for her relationship with Tommy. They could'v established that the reason Tommy moved to Angel Grove was that his parents got a divorce as well the year prior, and his mom moved with him now back to her home-city of Angel Grove. Gives them something to bond over and allow a natural romance to slowly bloom (instead of going for the low hanging fruit of a pointless love-triangle set up)

[@kyleellis1825]

@@EnerKaizer Oh I definitly think that would have been the better choice. I just meant if they needed to include that aspect of the kimberly character, they should have had her be the victim who got caught retaliating and refused to say why she did it.

[@EnerKaizer]

@@kyleellis1825 Or they could've actually had a plan with it to show a certain motif for the movie. If they really wanted Kim to be the "bad girl" archetype instead of the valley girl they would've needed to commit to it really. Like, let her start, just as you said, as part of the bully clique. Let her be the third member of Bulk and Skulls team who later on switches sides to the "good guys", and use this as a leit-motif. Considering we're talking modern movies here they could've had 1 member of the bullys turn good in each movie. Kim in the first, Skull in the second, Bulk in the third, so you could see over the course of a potentiall trilogy what a good influence our heroes have on their surroundings both in and outside of their costumes. It all comes back to the point I made in the original post, they ignored everything the original series laid down as ground work, and refused to even look at it as guidance.

[@adaptivelearner6162]

I can sum up what went wrong in six words, they didn't respect the source material.

[@RemyXAnarchy]

That power coin case is sick I got it on clearance at toys are us way back in the day and still love it

[@matheuslara1670]

Regarding the american zord design, I also dislike the comic zords for example. Those Omega Zords are really uninspired imho.

[@NMack-is3nb]

I just dont understand why they didn't just slightly update the original zords from 93. They went way overboard with what we ended up with.

[@diggaa7281]

Just imagine what the Dragon Zord would have looked like! 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@discountmorty213]

the coin showed a western dragon lol so just imagine a green western dragon lol

[@Filterdeez]

Would have been GoT-like and I honestly would have liked that. Glad we didn't get the sequel though. Hopefully the new series David Yost and Netflix are working on will redeem PR. The last 4 or 5 seasons of PR have been horrible, coupled with the movie I'm surprised PR made it to 30 years.

[@JMsolidsnake]

I actually enjoyed the movie. What's funny is I liked the parts where they WERENT rangers more then the actual fighting at the end. Felt like a sequel to The Breakfast Club

[@joshuachristian5443]

I love it when they make a film based on a toy property and change everything about it.

[@adrijobecq]

@powerrangertube Do you own a complete Power Dome? If yes, is your desert cut-out still complete? If it is, can you get a high res image of it so that I could have it printed? Mine was destroyed due to me leaving the batteries in and sadly they leaked.

[@nobodysperfect06]

A major fly I had with the movie was that part of the movie toy line they made movie morpher toys, but they didn't use the Morphers at all in the actual movie

[@chronogaruda2003]

The biggest problem I had was the combining zords. They were cheaply and poorly made, oversized, and overpriced. Compare them to the Legendery Voltron Lions which cost the same at the time and the quality was vastly superior. I didn't care for Legendary Defender but that's a discussion for another time and place.

[@dunkanbulk14]

Playmates did made a classic Voltron as well

[@Nightshade794]

I was interested in the idea of a movie in 2017 until I saw the toys of the zords and laughed at how bad they looked. But I still decided to go watch the film and couldn't believe how wrong the whole thing felt and looked. I fully believe the people they picked to make the movie never watched the original power rangers. The only part that made me go oh wow was seeing Amy Jo Johnson and Jason David Frank for a few seconds in the movie. The rest was a waste of time. And I had no interest in any of the products associated with the film.

[@kyleellis1825]

I got excited for like 2 seconds when go go power rangers played... and then it went techno. I also liked the idea of goldar being made of the world gold supply, but I thought it was going to be more like a suit of armour around Rita instead.

[@cuneoluis]

Goldar from that movie should be added as Sin Number 8

[@jokesover3433]

The movie figures compared to the lighting collection figures look like they came from the dollar store.🤣🤣🤦

[@powerrangertube]

EXACTLY

[@guncannon109]

I think the biggest offender/disappointment this movie brought to the table was the megazord itself. The suits and morphers are forgivable at the end of the day, but Daizyujin (the MMPR megazord) is a super iconic and classic robot design that anyone will recognize from miles away and the producers behind this movie just threw it away and replaced it with something super generic and lifeless. Which honestly sums up the whole film really, strip away everything that makes power rangers recognizable as power rangers and replace it with nothing.

[@MikhailSamunin]

15:16 I'm not going to say that the movie zords are an ultimate masterpiece and those don't agree with that just miss some kind of point. I can't say the zord toys are great, they can use a lot more paint and they combine into not very elegant megazord. But I absolutely love the movie zords themselves, their so sleek alien flowing-metal-like design and well-detailed animation. These are also the first zords that actually seem combat-efficient on their own as opposed to every show zord that is generally useful only as a part of a megazord.

[@StevenDolce]

I wish we got an R rated Power Rangers movie.

[@derekberry6122]

I'm going to try and keep it short and simple because I could actually make a mile long comment. And behind the screens feature on the DVD they try to actually make the Power Rangers reality base which failed because of the alien check that they try to put into the zords which supposed to disassemble and reassemble like alpha can. Hated the helmets when I first saw them going to tell which animals they were bonded to. Liked the story, didn't really care for much of the designs at most part. One comment I want to make is that the Morphers look like the henshin belts for a big movie version of Kamen Rider.

[@discountmorty213]

kamen rider ghost

[@threethirtynine1514]

The problem is they were only morphed for 10 minutes lmaooo I’ve never been so bewildered lol it’s not a 30 minute episode. You have to catch people at that moment, and they decided that the power rangers shouldn’t be power rangers lol

[@kyleellis1825]

Even in the OG series, they morph by the midway point.

[@CaptainRexC67]

I got the TRU exclusive legacy ‘collectors’ figures based on a sudden burst and appreciation of the franchise as the film released (hadn’t bought a single PR item since the original movie). With this I dunno if it was typical to the line or if I just had better lines to base it on (I collect SW Black Series & Marvel Legends), but I felt the lack of accesories and some weak articulation in ‘large’ ‘collector’ figures to be massively dissappointing. No alternate hands for combat poses like fists etc, no weaponry, no bad guys to fight in the scale… I boxed them into storage pretty quickly, something rare for me on a new purchase.

[@CarlyCatharsis]

IF You're A Fan Of 1995 Film; You COULD Substitute 2017 Megazord As IvanOoze Megazord. As It Looks VERY SIMILAR! (That is IF You Have 2005 Megazord; Which Itself Looked Super Derpy in The Film?) Even The Black Zord Kinda Looked Like One Of Ivans? Eventhough The Other Was CLEARLY An Ant. He Had GREAT Zords Vs Crappy Ninja Ones... Which Looked Far Better As McDonalds Toys!

[@katiepersons6575]

I found everything about the costumes to the zords, Megazord, the weapons and aesthetic in general to be extremely unappealing and uninspired.

[@MikhailSamunin]

13:13 I bought this set because I'm a huge fan of the movie's overall esthetic, so the screen-accurate power coins were must have, I didn't even care about the light-up display base.

[@FnrrfYgmSchnish]

They *still* have toys from this line at the Ollie's near me. Kinda crazy to think that they came out seven years ago...

[@YURangers]

I think one of the biggest mistakes was changing the scale of the Megazord, and eschewing Zord Builder compatibility. If only they had managed to make a worthwhile, decent looking $35 combining Zord Builder Megazord… the giant megazord with each Zord sold separately was a huge mistake.

[@nine_tails137]

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much from the 2017 movie, but MAN I was pissed at the poor execution. Making the rangers delinquents instead of role models. Making Zordon a complete jerk. Not showing us a Megazord trans formation. A stupid Bayformers reference, AND shoehorning a Krispy Cream advertisment every 5 seconds! Even the toyline was terrible(as mentioned in the video). Which is why I never bought any of them. Cause I refuse to support laziness.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

I didn't mind them being delinquents as the Rangers were too well behaved to be teenagers with attitude but I agree with everything else you said it was a crap movie made for Adults and this would have never sold to kids they should have never made toys for it

[@nine_tails137]

@@theoutsiderjess1869 I will admit the Mighty Morphin Team was(As Linkara puts it) a bunch of unrealistic Goodie-goods, but the way they were presented in the 2017 movie was terrible.

[@kyleellis1825]

@@nine_tails137 Attitude: a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person's behavior. The rangers damn well had attitudes in the OG series. Attitude just means consistant and clear characterization. People are just ignorant and think that means all attitude is negative. But if that was true, we wouldn't hae the whole Good/Bad attitude distinction. Edit: But Kimberly in the 2017 movie was a straight up criminal. She distributed child p*rn and then at the end of the movie laughs when she destroys her victims car/nearly kills her with debris. Edit 2: If people really think those kinds of people are unrealistic, they need better friends. I know plenty of people who did as much volunteer work as them in my highschool (I did maybe 1/3 as much myself. Did some kind of volunteering at least once a month the whole time I was in school.).

[@nine_tails137]

@@kyleellis1825 Did you really just insult my intelligence?😒

[@kyleellis1825]

@@nine_tails137 No I did not. Ignorant just means 'unaware of', not 'stupid'. If I thought you were stupid, I would have used a single paragraph and way smaller words to get the point across. I'm ignorant of anything I haven't learned yet and that's like 99% of human knowledge. The attitude misunderstanding is fairly common, so it is in no way a reflection on intelligence.

[@jsmart4723]

I actually felt embaressed leaving the cinema after watching the film,i even told other mmpr fans i knew to boycott it

[@MikhailSamunin]

5:29 This Goldar is in scale with "Legacy collection" movie megazord. P. s.: Goldar used the sword only in his last scene so its lack is not that crucial.

[@bladestar2322]

I only got the 2 girls to get the MMPR Versions. I had no idea then that we would get Lightning Collection later on. I now use the 2 Movie versions as part of Lord Drakkons Team.

[@johnfkennedyinanopentopcar8976]

I'm a special case because I'm a 2000s baby and my first power rangers series was mighty morphing power rangers and I have fond memories of that original movie on DVD

[@johnfkennedyinanopentopcar8976]

And I was exited for the 2017 movie but it was more lame than the cheesy effects supposedly are

[@avoprim5028]

I feel you, and, yes, this is even despite the fact that cheesiness is a very important part of Power Rangers. Cheesiness is just kind of their thing.

[@maskofthedragon]

The designs of... EVERYTHING in that movie was fugly!

[@otaking3582]

*PR2017:* sells toys meant for really young kids *Also PR2017:* has a joke about bovine genitals in the first 2 minutes

[@marvelstarwarsfan8410]

Ikr was the audience kids or adults who grew up with the older seasons?

[@GawdZilla84]

Still haven't seen the movie not out of protest, lack of interest I can accept the suits but when I saw the megazord that killed any interest I had.

[@silverbolt9439]

Likewise but for me is the mmpr rehashing stuff tired of seeing it over and over again. it's like TF and G1 there's other team and premises.

[@ZZtheDark]

1:40, that makes a loooot of sense now. Dang, the action figure line is just...a mess. Now that after much consideration, this PR movie toyline...is confusing on what it wants to be. Another case of trying to fit in with movie trends...just doesn't work out very well.

[@73venmore98]

Amazing video!

[@atefelabed8365]

Totally agree with you, the 2017 line was a huge disappointment. The combining zords are very poor. They were overpriced, oversized and cheaply made. Plus they were completely different from the original series. Just like you I only bought them because I felt I had to not because I liked them.

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

So, did the Rita Repulsa figure from the 2017 movie actually come with the venom now green ranger 2 pack? If so, I need to try and track one down. Also, I need to try and track down every other 2017 movie 5 inch figure.

[@goldengreenranger2160]

This is such a good video. Although I enjoy the 2017 film. Many of the problems you mentioned did stuck out to me. What was up with them Zords.

[@hungergames7fan13]

from the 2017 movie toyline i got the basic yellow ranger figure the yellow ranger pocket pop and the yellow ranger regular sized pop and the morpher

[@greencrusader6488]

This was a great video. I really felt like they fumbled the bag on the movie merch, I honestly did not feel compelled to buy any of it

[@evangelian007]

Looking back I think the problem with the 2017 toyline is that at least to me it looked kind of unappealing. It's as if the toy designers didn't had an idea who they wanted to please. The actual Ranger suits while not horrible were not great either. I think it suffered the same issues as Oscar Isaac's Apocalypse costume/makeup from X-men Apocalypse. In that they overly designed and way too complicated that it becomes a bit difficult to use. It makes me appreciate the simplicity of the OG suits. The 2017 movie is alright but it's easy to see why it kind of failed to connect with audiences. I honestly hope the upcoming Entwhistle movie is better and take actual inspiration from the zyuranger source material. I remember buying the 2017 morpher on Toysrus(Still miss em) when it was on clearance. It was honestly the 1st morpher I ever bought. In isolation it's not bad. But at the same time I do feel a bit of buyers remorse. In a weird way I bought the Lightning Collection dino morpher for 50 dollars on the Wallmart website and I felt very satisfied.

[@KenjiRyuma90]

I bought all 6 Legacy Power Rangers figures for $60 at my local Toys R’ Us and a Legacy Titanus for $40. I find both purchases great.

[@tomthespaceknerd5396]

I really feel the toys were hamstrung by those western redesigns. They're too non-descript. You look at them and it's difficult to latch on to any immediate identifying features. That said, while I'm not a huge fan of the overall design, I do actually really like the interactive megazord toy, with it's mini figures and cockpits. The combing megazord was hideous and way too expensive. It kind of looks like the megazord but but after a year long meth addiction. I don't know if it could fight Goldar but it could certainly give him an inspiring speech about how he eventually got clean ("I used to deal behind the Krispy Kreme..."). Speaking of Goldar, the toy is an ugly lump of barely articulated plastic, but I got it because, it was reduced and I needed something for the megazord to hit... ahem... I mean stand next to on a display shelf cuz I'm a grown up. I think the 6 inch figures are okay... but they feel a bit cheap compared to the PR toys I'm used to. I wonder if Bandai looked at the designs and were scratching their heads as to how to make them look more interesting. I still see the morphers for sale in bargain bins across the UK. I have never bought one. I did like the movie though.

[@tokutoomuch]

Listen, I just want the Cenozoic Era Rangers (what the power set is officially known as according to Battle for the Grid) in the lightning collection. I'm sure Hasbro can do them justice.

[@eladiocofresi5202]

I actually came across a 2017 film Goldar figure at the window of a mult-service store in my neighborhood today. At least one place is still selling from this line.

[@michaelmahoney4996]

I got the red and blue swords off Mercari and the Blue had that actors voice. My nephew liked the blue one more hahaha.

[@powerrangertube]

Ah nice thanks for the update

[@Savage590]

The zords were designed that way because they were trying to be like the Transformers movies without having enough CGI experience and probably resources to achieve something of the same level. Even if the director denied that they took inspirations from Michael Bay's movies, the designs pretty much speaks otherwise, it doesn't help that they took the designs too literally and reasoned they these were "inspired" by these animals but really are just alien machines. And their reasoning as to why some would have extra legs is so they "would just move better in a CG environment", which made zero sense. When it comes to the toy design, because they didn't really think it through, it leaves the product designers a really big hurdle as to how to create a functioning megazord that can combine while still making it screen accurate. So instead of having 1 megazord set that satisfy all those criteria, they'd have to make multiple figures set at different price points. The last factor as to why the toys are so poorly made has to do with the retailers. Often time toy makers get their budget limit from the stores (Toys R Us, Walmart, Target). So if a store can only buy certain figures at a specified wholesale price, the toy maker would have to cut a lot of corners to turn a profit. This includes skimming out on paint apps, cheaper materials, decal applications, molding things together instead of separate pieces, cheaper packaging, dumbed down transformations, etc. Given TRU was on its last leg at the time, they probably use toys from this movie as a last hail mary in the hopes of making some money back. As for the size, they were probably competing with Hasbro's titan class transformers, if Fortress Maximus was $199 on retail at the time, but a Megazord is only $99, and the boxes are the same size, which one would you get for your child for that Xmas? Toy companies often make decisions that weren't passion or fanbase driven, they were made by number crunchers from the retailer side and the sales side of the company, who doesn't always care to understand what the fans want. Ultimately the toyline suffers and people are disappointed.

[@johnkuykendall467]

It wasn't nostalgic enough for the older, original, fans. Most importantly though, it didn't grab my kid's attention.

[@DesignIncase]

Overall problem with the line was the movie. This entire line is trying to make merch off several minutes of screentime. The NECA approach would have been more appropriate. A very small line of figures. A small budget friendly line and small collectors line. Ultimately I think where Hasbro would have an easier time with. I doubt Bandai was involved in making the 2017 film and so they had to struggle for the little elements they had. Also while I like 2017, it's clear the director(or producers) didn't want to make a PR movie. They wanted to make something else but PR is the only what they'd get funding.

[@agonleed3841]

nothing. we just move on from everything very quickly and nostalgia stuff is in style

[@daviddavila5620]

You know I didn't even complain about the 2017 Power Rangers movie toy line back then and they were pretty okay and I kind of like them because they were pretty cool and it's sad the movie didn't even do so well at the box office when I first came out back in 2017 and in the following year of 2018 of July and there was a report about Saban Brands was going out of business and Hasbro bought the rights to Power Rangers because I believe Power Rangers Ninja Super Steel was the last Power Rangers season made by Saban Brands Because Saban Brands went out of business and Hasbro really bought the rights to Power Rangers back in 2018

[@jojivlogs3697]

Only thing I'm sad I missed was the Combiner Zord. But I did get the Funko Pop of Rita and Zordon as rangers together which I think is cool. However everything else I didn't want, which should tell you how bad the toys were. Again on the megazord; Did not think them separate was cool, but together I actually like it.

[@JuanGarcia-vh7zo]

I only picked up the Zords because they were dirt cheap. And after I got them home I had to give them a good paint job. I wasn't planning on getting them. I don't like how they combine, you take them apart the put them together in another figuration. They didn't transform. Or should I say morph?

[@Roler42]

The movie is a big guilty pleasure of mine, I did like how they went for something different, but once we got to the megazord they honestly lost me, lol. That Megazord is why any notion of making Power Rangers "mature" or "realistic" should be laughed out of any creative meeting. Cuz the industry's notion of that is sucking all the charm out of it... Cuz grown ups dont have fun apparently.

[@JLRules]

I've mentioned this before, and I'll do so again: after being burnt by Godzilla's pathetic screentime in 2014, I was pleasantly surprised by the Rangers' in this film. Compared to _Godzilla_ '14, their morphed screentime seemed _Lord of the Rings_ Extended Edition long.

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

How did you get the Rita Repulsa figure? Was it from that green ranger 2 pack?

[@tuliobednarczukpecinemisko5606]

I lkied the movie and I agree that the toyline could've been better.I think people would be more forgiving for the combining Megazord if it was smaller.

[@Nediablo]

For me it’s two things. The Rangers and especially Goldar look like boot leg toys. They all look so cheap and have no character. Second, Megazord. Looks like a whole lot of nothing and I don’t think I ever saw one that transformed and combined. Off topic; any time I see a funko pop, I die a bit inside! What does everyone else think of them? They’re obviously very popular but I can’t be the only one that doesn’t see the appeal right?! Hope you’re all safe and well!

[@allenusison3124]

The 2017 movie was all forced to a degree, and bad timing led to the entire movie series canned on the spot, particularly for one reason in two words: Hasbro buyout. It dominoed to killing the franchise in extension, because while Brian Goldner liked the franchise which led to buying PR without asking the rest of the higher-ups, those same higher-ups do not share the sentiment, and ran it down the ground the instant Goldner died. If there is one group left who could buy this franchise, it's Toei themselves.

[@anthonyjordanmoviesandmore2470]

I suppose the pterodactyl movie Zord would look cool as its own thing if it was like some kind of fighter in Star Wars are some kind of anti Godzilla weapon but not as a Power Ranger Zord at the very least it's the only one that's not painful to look at

[@kyleellis1825]

I like the MAstodon as some kind of military/construction/ATV, vehicle.

[@Evan_doodlearts]

The movie was..well a thing It was trying to be serious but gave up midway it only got good mid way to the end Im not a fan of the zords design mostly because some of em look too bugish aka the triceratops and mastodon its basically what Michael bay did with transformers When i saw the toys..they look like happy meal toys the way they were painted made em look cheap Also calling the movie coins pancakes is a insult to the food XD

[@avoprim5028]

What? How is calling The @Power Rangers Official 2017 Movie Power Coins pancakes an insult to the food?

[@zuttoaragi8349]

You know, I feel bad for the Power Rangers fanbase. The Godzilla, Transformers, and even Sonic fans have had great to amazing films in the past few years. But the one the PR fans got was (IMO) okay, but clearly it wasn't made for the fans of the original property.

[@kyleellis1825]

Transformers went through 5 terrible movies before they got to Bumblebee. And even though the 2017 movie sucked, we still had a season to watch that year.

[@lastationproductions]

I wouldnt mind a remake of the megazord

[@nightlegend9226]

Nothing beats the original

[@bastimixacoustic3958]

I enjoyed the 2017 movie and still watch it multiple times a year. I think it's somewhat easier and more enjoyable if you take it for what it is and not try to compare it too much to the original. As for toys, the combining Megazord was the last one I added to my collection (and the first one since the Storm Megazord from Thunderstorm). I definitely wanted a combining one (especially since I never got the original Megazord back in the day) but it was a pain in the ass since I had to buy all Zords individually (no set available in Germany) and I think overall it was too expensive for what we got in the end, especially the lack of details. The least the could have done was include stickers to make up for it. Nonetheless, I still hold it dear in my collection but I agree that things need to change in case of another movie.

[@alphamike87]

I'd rather see more of the Super Sentai movies and shows released here than another PR movie.

[@alphamike87]

Great video

[@chabri2000]

I don't get why power rangers would stop using designs and ideas from toei. Toei has been doing succesfull sentai shows for half a century, they know their stuff. The moment power rangers stopped following their designs and ideas, they created the power ranger equivalent of season 8 of game of thrones

[@thewolf01x95]

Movie was shit Toys was shit Bad designs + not enough action + too much CW drama = power ranger 2017

[@swordkingx4874]

I never saw the movie, nor do i have a desire to see it or clips from it. Everything I've heard about it just makes it sound like trash. And that sucks, I still like power rangers, mainly the ones I grew up with as the newer ones don't appeal to me. The suits ye look way to much like an Ironman suit. The zords look like someone melted the Michael Bay transformers then melted it more to try and make a megazord. For Goldar isn't he just made of gold in the movie? Well if I made the movie I'd have Rita find a monkey/chimp, turn it into a monster, then use the gold to give it armour and weapons. And while it's powerful, her control over it is weaker the further away it is, so she merges with it so it can powerup. The zords I'd just want the old school ones, even if the cgi for them looked wonky as long as they looked like they should, or if we can't have them in colour, I'd settle for gray scaled versions of them, but have them gain colour when merging together for the megazord.

[@grantslater861]

The movie is bad but I still like it. I would recommend watching but if you don’t want to then you don’t want to, or you watch it and you like it or you watch it and you hate it. We all have our own opinions.

[@kyleellis1825]

The movie has about 15-20 minutes of really excellent character interactions (for a Teen Drama, not for power rangers). Aside from that, it has maybe 2-4 scenes that made me go "Oh that's cool."

[@johnny_casual]

i’ll never understand why they always take the most absurd creative liberties and bastardize every aspect we love and are shocked when we hate it

[@diegoantoniofrias9309]

Executives always seems to think that General Audiences don't like colors other than Grey and Black