Their teaser image featuring the Falcon emblem, instead of the tiger one that actually appears on the figure, only squeezes lemon juice into my wound
Yeah, I had the exact same reaction.
CGI was relatively new and hot so they wanted to use it to make zord/monster visuals you'd never see on the show, which is an understandable motivation. The problem was just that the tech was too new and the budget too low to actually pull them off. The effects aged like milk left out on the counter. Perhaps they figured that their target audience of 7 year olds would not be discerning enough for it to matter, and they were probably right. It's a decision that makes sense in its moment, but does not lend itself to longevity. I'm sure that was never their concern though, they just needed butts in seats on opening weekend.I recently bought Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie on Blu-ray. Came in the mail yesterday and I watched it last night.
Probably the first time I’ve seen it since around the time it came out. Have to say it was a bit of a rough watch.
The show has a certain charm to it. I think the show is helped by its low budget look and feel, whereas the movie has a higher budget and attempts to do more and comes across worse.
Also the costumes I just don’t care for. I would take the spandex suits over the weird rubbery suits any day personally. I do however like the Ninja suits they wear.
The Command Center looks cool but I don’t like the designs of Zordon and Alpha. The Zords are also lame and don’t do much except the final battle.
I wouldn't call them "downgrades". They were just different.
While I do agree, I think they really like that sweet "under $100" price point that caused a lot of collectors and fans to bite. And if they want stands, I'm sure a third-party can provide them (I see plenty out there).
Yeah, but what would a stand really cost them to include? I can’t imagine it would add that much to the price tag. They’re pretty much the only sixth scale company I can think of (licensed or unlicensed) who don’t include stands. I know you can buy them but it would be convenient for them to just be included.
Yeah. A bunch of people on EBay made a killing from selling stands I designed and asked one of them to print for me.
Do you have a source for this?
ThreeZero CEO Ken talked about it during a video Q&A that you can see on their Facebook and IG.
Maybe it's for the new tire-face brand:
They really have run out of theme ideas.
Turbo would thrill me, if only because I always loved Turbo Red. I actually like most of the suits over Zeo, even if the "car" theme was a little off-putting at the time.
