The company known for Transformers, managed to fumble the most straightforward transforming Megazords. At this point I'm not even mad or disappointed, I'm tired. With this release I'm sticking to retro Zord collecting and Sentai imports.
Hasbro seriously can't keep getting away with all these QC problems. It's really souring me on buying more from Power Rangers. I was excited for this ZAP release but the constantly broken clips have turned me away.
Glad I never bothered with the ZAP line. The original Megazord was way too overpriced for what it was and that turned me off, seeing the QA issues on this release is just the final nail in the coffin.
My ZAP Astro has the same problem. The clip where the arm clips into in Megaship mode was broken right out of the box. I literally pulled it out of the bag and there was rattling sound inside. It doesn’t hinder too much of the performance of anything so I’m willing to give it a pass (though I shouldn’t even have to) because I love this thing so damn much!
I also don’t really trust Pulse sending me a replacement over something of equal or lesser value. I want the Zord, nothing else. So I’m not even gonna bother trying to get a replacement.
Honestly I feel really glad this line is doing the same as the lightning collection where they are mostly sticking to pre-disney era to start, specifically because unlike the LC which only got worse over time, I hope that with this continuous backlash from both lines let them start at least rethink about doing stuff as bad as this by the time they get to stuff like Magi King or Daibouken or Abaren-oh, because those are the mech I would be extremely depressed to see messed up since they haven't gotten many chances to shine outside of their initial launch window
I think the breaking clips are less of a QC issue and design flaw and more of a poor choice of plastic. It looks like the clips can handle being the base plastic of the figure, but not at all as clips. They really should have play-tested the durability of those clips and see what type of plastic could work best for them more.
Delta is a necessary addition. It's supposed to be armor as well as I like to consider it about giving it more firepower. The only restriction it would put on the megazord would be no ankle articulation. Not sure how the upper body attaches but it would be nice to have it.
Hey so even with all the qc issues aside should I get this I don’t own a Astro megazord yet and I really do want one or should I get the Zap Dino megazord since I don’t own one of those too I have been debating this for so long and I don’t know what to pick
Im honestly surprised they messed this one up considering its the closest to a transformer than any other megazord, and apart from the lack of paint Hasbro make almost perfect transformers. Hasbro should bring in their TF department to do the megazords tbh, the team currently doing it arent up to snuff.
Imagine a quality controlled full zeo line with 1) QC 2) Maximum Articulation 3) Red Boxer Zord with fully posable knees and arms for uppercut stance 4) Pyramidus with Removable Arms AND Legs that can replace or add onto other zap zords.
Man I would love to pick this thing up if it weren't for those clips. On a similar note it's been fascinating seeing the slow descent from joy to defeat we've all had with the Lightning Collection since the beginning. I want to get off Hasbro's wild ride.
Thankfully my copy had no broken pegs, but just knowing about that issue scares me! Especially with the price on these things nowadays! Also, When transforming it, I was REALLY SCARED I would break the leg connections when swinging the legs around(Thankfully I didn't) Yes, I baby all my figures, because I don't want to want them to break shortly after opening the box and fiddling with them.
My Astro also came with a broken clip right out of the box with the missing piece rattling inside somewhere inside the leg. Customer service is making me jump through several hoops to get it exchanged.
Transformation one i had the shoulder clip break and a little red fin snap. But it also feels so good and I've had a lot of fun. It's a marked improvement from the last two so i hope going forward they can make it right...
For me I prefer the larger size and honestly their little changes to the sculpt, I'd never notice. I probably prefer it . To me it's the use of clips. They shouldn't be plastic on a figure at this cost. A more straight forward pressure peg system should be used(again metal because plastic easily snaps on the surface like Zap Dragonzords tail). Posable hands. I'd like a set of articulated hands and one set dedicated just to holding stuff. That way if things got loose, you still have a solid set of hands.
I’m not a collector, the only PR/Sentai items I own are all Bandai and that will remain, I have seen too much defects for me to even consider diving into ZAP at all. I also only collect the zords/mecha, don’t have any ranger action figures. But the only thing I like about this thing that you noted somewhat as a negative, is the scale, I would love a jumbo size combining Megazord. I recently got my first original Megazord, a 1992 Daizyujin that I got on Mercari for a really sick deal, I have combined and disassembled that thing several times, not a SINGLE tab has broken on it, those old toys are so much damn fun! That is besides the tail tip which was already somewhat broken before I got it, but I knew that going in, and at least the toy has the excuse that it’s over 30 years old, not 2 days old.
After your live unboxing I was thinking about getting it the next pay day, but I'm kind of glad I didn't get a chance to, after hearing all the QC problems with this figure. It's really disappointing to hear that something this expensive and cool has these problems. For the amount of money you have to pay for these figures, they should be doing a much better job with QC, and that's not just a problem with Hasbro either. It's across the board that you find broken parts right out of the box, sloppy paint apps, and joints that you have to cook so they don't break when you try to move them in ways that they were designed to move. Add in rising prices, and spotty distribution, and I don't enjoy toy collecting all that much anymore. 😕
I haven’t really thought of this before but now looking at my shelf I don’t have the dragon zord connected. The only time I do is when I want to play around with it a bit but I always separated them back to the Megazord and the dragon zord so I would like the delta Megazord but I would most likely display them separated. I really want the turbo zord soon 18:25
Now i'm curious on whats gonna be released next (currently my copium is too high on Lost Galaxy megazord) but i wont be surprised if Thunder megazord or Zeo goes first great review always enjoy the point made in your video like toy history etc, really brings new knowledge on how deep the lore even on the deluxe megazord toys
@@aliranair1 I am not even sure Hasbro would do the Lost Galaxy Megazord in ZAP unless they decide to do every single Megazord ever and do it around the end. The Lost Galaxy Megazord isn't really well loved by both PR fans and Sentai fans. Like in Japan Lost Galaxy was dubbed and was super popular in Japan due to its wildly different story compared to the Sentai origin being so popular and yet Bandai has yet to tough any of the Lost Galaxy megazords for the Super Minipla model kits.
I wish that hasbro would get rid of the C-clips for megazords, I've thought the same thing since the ZAP Dino. Those clips inherently apply a lot of stress whenever you snap them together, and worse is that they're using the same blue plastic as the body of the ship. That plastic doesnt have as much flex as the unpaintable gray stuff. This has been a known problem since the bandai era, they're just inherently a bad design.
I've said it before and I'll say it again - _Hasbro doesn't care about Power Rangers_ . As 1:28 explains, it's like the design team thinks of ideas but never test them: once it goes off to the factory, it's like their job is done. To Hasbro, the important brands are Transformers and _Star Wars_ . They are the bread and butter; Power Rangers isn't even the pudding/desert: it's the bread crumbs you throw out to the birds in the garden.
13:49 Same happens on the minipla version to me; I have to grab it from the very back to pull it off. There's always a noticeable seam in the front of the ship too where the feet come together. I think that's just an issue we have to accept if we want articulated Megazords; when a joint is _only_ there for transformation and _only_ moves as much as it needs to, it can be made incredibly precisely. But the more joints you add, or the more you allow existing joints to move, the less precision they will have, and the less "solid" a Zord will feel. That's not to excuse any bad design decisions or QC issue from Hasbro (as a lifelong Transformers fan, I've all but stopped buying their modern figures, their QC has been so abysmal the past few years*). But even Bandai of Japan's own articulated mecha are less solid than less articulated ones. It's just a byproduct of having more moving parts. *I just want to reiterate this. I have bought decades-old Transformers, even one with visible cracks on some joints, that have tighter joints, better rolling wheels, and feel less breakable than brand new figures bought straight from Hasbro's website. I have toys from when I was child, that I have beaten up, buried in sand, and lost parts to that still have no cracks or loose joints (ofc there are some that are more damaged too, but it's a small ratio); where every single modern figure I've bought has one issue or another. I genuinely don't understand how we let them get away with it. It seems like Power Rangers fans are less forgiving because of the sudden change from Bandai (who even at their cheapest at least tended to make very durable Zords) to Hasbro. Irrelevant, but I love the _idea_ of putting the Megazords "in scale," and having them all be different sizes, but I think they chose too large a scale. If the MMPR Megazord is already so big, and it's "canonically" one of the smallest Megazords, things are going to get ridiculous. They just _can't_ do some Megazords, and don't even get me started on Carrier/Ultrazords. On the other hand, I love that they come with little minifigures (complain all you want about their size; that's _why_ I like them. They help portray the immense scale and power of a Megazord), and those would be even smaller and less detailed if the Zords were also shrunk.
I own both versions of the zap Dino megazord and I forgot they even made zap megazords. At this point I wonder if they'll even bother continuing the line
I really wanna start getting the ZAP line but even with all the coll detail I can't get passed all the QC issues. Even on regular lightning collection figures we are seeing it and honestly its getting a little out of hand.
Not too worried about the combination, if minipla can do it & still be poseable, these oversized ones should be able to still. Few exceptions of course where even Minipla couldn't like how Zyu/MMPR Dino mammoth shoulders block elbows no matter what when combined.
this seems to be a similar problem to what happened to the masterpiece transformers, highest price point for the figures and yet so much fragility in the parts now. Makes very little sense to charge that much when the product can be that fragile.
Well guess I’m gonna have to take this apart and mod it. So far I’ve enjoyed the Dinozord and I finally have the dragon Zord coming in but hopefully they get a better batch of these or I’m gonna have to find a mod for those clips 😔
I was really looking forward to it. However, with a broken clasp and blemishes I am returning it for a refund since they can't replace it. Bad QC is what Hasbro Pulse is known for now.
I'd really want to get this ZAP release. Especially at a lower price. But I can't stand those clips breaking if they're as bad as the Kyoryuger clips (REMEMBER THOSE?!)
I got my Astro Megazord a few days and so far I'm really pleased with it, and I think it looks absolutely gorgeous (aside from no articulated backside skirt. If it's possible to do this in the front so the leg can move forward, why TF can't you do it on the other side, too???? It just feels like common sense?). But the amount of QC issues I've been seeing with the lightning collection/ZAP online is really absurd, and I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before? It's been going on for so long now that I can't even begin to imagine where the problem is behind the scenes. Hasbro HAS to be aware of it, right? But it just keeps.....happening? Thankfully I'm not one of those collectors who buys every single release, but it really does make me worry every time I make a new purchase. If these things are breaking straight out of box, what, are all of my pieces going to be shattering to bits and pieces in 10 years? What is going on?
Okay, multiple hands isn't really a feature to think will hamper transformations. Poseable hands vs multiple sets has no real advantages one way or the other. Either option results in an increased parts count. The problem comes purely from the material, and these ZAP Megazords just aren't being made of material that works well for it. You can see the same issue in the Gundam Universe figure line, where the hands are just cast in a soft, rubbery plastic that tends to make it feel like you're going to shear the balljoint off when inserting it. There's a lot of fumbling on the basics in these Zords, but as someone who collects a lot of transforming figures, I can safely say the multiple hand options isn't a problem.
Just bought one of these myself in the last day or so. Out of the box, mine had the exact same piece broken, the connector piece on the leg. Was hoping what was shown in the video was maybe a fluke but I guess that is something to be expected....
Ended up taking that leg apart, finding the broken clip, and super gluing it back on. Didn't want to bother with giong through the return process just for that
I hope they get everything right with the transformable zeo megazord and super zeo megazord I want posable hands and fingers I want posable head and even legs. And hopefully, you can even store all the helmets for the zeo megazord Without losing them like you can hide the helmets in megazord mode
I thought Hasbro buying Power Rangers would've been a good thing at first, turns out I was wrong. Unfortunately with the lay offs and what not, they're quality is only going to get worse. I haven't owned any mega zords since I was an early teenager and doesn't look like I'll be owning any anytime soon if this the quality Hasbro produces.
I want to see a zap version of a certain Zord from Zeo now, I just have a funny feeling that the QC would fuck it up 😂 Hasbro should want to care about the lightning collection as a whole, I mean, they own the power rangers license out right, so what’s the excuse? Is it just a case of give us money? As somebody who has Star Wars black series from Hasbro, I’m really not liking the new packaging as an in box collector. Even so, I’d really like to get into the lightning line for power rangers
You didn't follow up and tell us if it's an exchange or refund! Honestly, I'm on the fence now. I didn't watch a lot of In Space, but I built the team in Lightning and this does look extremely cool...
I think.they should release the megazords at 6 inch scale in a similar size to voyaguer tranformers, same price that way you couls put them against monsters and dont be too expensive items
Damn near 200 quid and still problems.. a real shame It's really hard to get invested in ZAP while still struggles like this.. but I'm still relatively hopeful, given toy development timelines, that now is the time they can take the feedback and really make changes at production level. But then we're not likely to see any results untill maybe 1 or 2 releases after Tigerzord.. depending on how far along that was before ZAP Dinomegazord made it out to the masses. It really pains when you see a fellow PR enjoyer/toy buyer get shafted by these kinds of QC problems, especially at current Hasbro prices.. Hope you manage (or managed) to get some kind of compensation out of Hasbro UK
I feel sorry for the designers at Hasbro because I doubt they want to put out cheap product but this just isn’t working at Hasbro is it. The initial idea for Power Rangers has long since gone and Hasbro are facing huge challenges to come. Let alone Power Rangers, I can’t see Hasbro surviving in its current state. I can see further layoffs, further cost cutting and honestly while the short term for Power Rangers might be dire, I can see Hasbro selling the brand (back to perhaps Saban and Toei and Bandai) to cut their losses. The poor QC and the lukewarm sales of Power Rangers toys from Hasbro, I just don’t see it being a brand that fits into a company currently on its knees. The guy that bought Power Rangers for Hasbro is sadly gone and I don’t think anyone remains at Hasbro that has the best interests of the brand at heart in the same way they have Transformers, GI-Joe and Disney brands Marvel and Star Wars. Power Rangers would do far better to be sold off to Saban, keeping it as a niche franchise that has a solid hard core and also young fanbase. for Boom Studios to keep developing the comic series and for there to be some collaboration between Bandai and Toei to develop a new range of toys with the designers from the original Bandai line. Saban could Co-create a show with Netflix, I think an animated series that is for kids as much as it’s for adults that is in the same vein as the Boom Studios comics would be just superb but also just a return to the spirit of the original show. The idea that Power Rangers could be this billion dollar franchise has been and gone and while it might never regain its 90s status, there’s no reason it can’t be successful, it’s just in the wrong hands right now.
That sucks because i was looking forward to getting this ZAP and hopefully the Delta if they make it. But not now, due to all the qc problems. Economy sucks right now and they are shelling out this low of quality at $165 USD? No thanks
This sucks, this is my favorite Megazord ever and Hasbro just does not care about the QC of the franchise. At least I have the SuperMinipla version that works fine.
I legit gave up on the ZAP line when I got both eh Mega Zord and Dragonzord and when I pulled them out of the box realized that the box is where all the weight was and the Zord itself is like a feather. I luckily found paint defects in the Cheetah on the Megazord and the Gold of the Dragonzord and I returned them, then they had backlog issues so instead of giving me new ones they sent me a refund check. I'll settle for my Soul of Chogokin and legacy lines
5:54 that is the problem with hasbro with all the pr stuff they have released, it feels like a bootleg, idk why they trying to compete with China factory to see who can make the worst quality toy. The difference is that china at least doesn't charge you that crazy amount that hasbro is charging.
Mine came in broken, I contacted Hasbro and sent it back and now I’m being told that they can send me a dino Megazord instead! This is a massive joke Hasbro needs to do better.
Yeah I was tempted to buy this and nearly did until I kept hearing bad things about it. I haven't owned any MegaZord toys since the Bandai Deluxe Dino Megazord, Dragonzord and Thunder Megazord. I've had my eye on this one for awhile now but with all the horrible stories I've read/heard about it, I'm not so sure (even if it is on sale).
This figure was such a disappointment I canceled my order and sought out the old DX. I think the issue is probably material rather than design. I'd wager the plastic is too stiff for the clips to flex properly.
This is why I didn't bought it, I don't trust hasbro since the dino fury line, I could say beast morpher but the beast morpher line is their best line so far, quality wise and design.
When you get out class by a 70 dollar model kit including another zord you know you screw up as a fan off transformers they doing such good job but no power rangers gets the short end of the stick why is that
Honestly Hasbro toy releases are crap, everything they release either is already broken or defective or breaks soon after getting it out of the box. This has been a problem with Hasbro for the past decade.
I understand your POV on the QC, the more quality control they put into it is labor, this mean the megazord will cost more in the long run. You're being too picky and nit picking at the cost of what this megazord would be if this was released as just a regular megazord, regular megazord cost are between 89.99 - 100.00 for the price, it's worth it.
