Mod's Note I came across this thread recently and I'm resurrecting it from the dead however keep in mind that all previous posts had been done while it was on yuku as well as ezboard so a lot of the posts are so old that most of the users within this thread aren't available anymore even though it's treated as if they're registered. However I'll still reply to their points regardless.
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Originally Posted by Dr. Tommy Oliver
(Post 10478)
Okay, I don't get it. PR has, in the past, re-used costumes, like the Power Rangers In Space suits for the S.P.D. A-Squad. What was up with that? Then, this was the most dumb idea for a Ninja Storm figure I have EVER heard, take the Ninjor transforming figure and re-paint him into "Ninjakon" or something like that. That didn't even appear in the show, and THANK GOD! And now, we have your all new S.P.D. bike, taken right from NINJA STORM!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!! Oh yeah, omega would look awsome with a new battleizer!
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Originally Posted by PRangerX
(Post 10498)
Thats because PR has a small budget and has to make due with what it has. The thing that made PR so attractive to produce in the early days was its low cast to produce. Since they rely on Toei Footage from Japan, the show can be very inexpensive to produce ( yet make a lot of money in toy sales). They don't want to spend a fortune to produce the show, they just don't have the budget. SPD went over budget has it is. Which is why Sam is a ball of light, instead of having a human form.
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Basically PRangerX is correct. Power Rangers has a small budget to work with so it can't afford a lot of things hence why they reuse old things in order to make new stuff such as Turkey Jerk, Incisorator, Snow Monster, Grumble the Magic Elf, the monster in the teamup with the Ninja Turtles, the monster that had been keeping an eye on the captured GalactaBeasts, the 3 Mut Orgs, the 5 A-Squad Rangers, the Plague Patrol, etc.
However I'm not sure how truthful it is that S.P.D. went over budget, it just sounds like Disney wasn't interested in paying another full time cast member since they were already paying Brandon, Chris, Matt, Monica, Alycia, Michelle and John as full time cast plus not to mention Rene as well.
Things that are new (such as the Shark Cycles, Andros' Space Battlizer, Zhane's Galactic Rover, Leo's Battlizer, the Jet Jammers, the Astro Cycles, the Lightspeed Cycles (except for Red,) the Mega Battle Weapons for Green and Blue, the Trans-Armor Cycle for Lightspeed Red as well as any other type of bike or flying vehicle you saw him with that wasn't a zord, Wes' Battlizer, Eric's Mega Battle, the Vector Cycles, the TF Eagle, the Strata Cycle, the Savage Cycles (excluding Merrick's,) the Wild Force Rider, Cole's Battlizer, the Tsnumai Cycles (excluding the ones for Hunter and Blake,) Cam's flying Dragon-themed vehicle, the Ninja Glider Bike/Cycle thing, Shane's Battlizer, the Raptor Cycles, the Black and White ATVs, Conner's Battlizer, the Hovercraft Cycle, the Patrol Cycles, Jack's Battlizer, the Shadow ATV, etc. Basically any ground vehicles or armor that aren't Sentai-originated but are used in the show are paid for by Bandai. That's the only way that Bandai will use its money.
I do think they should have included some Battlizers or power-ups into the show though, even more than what we had gotten.
Some that I would have enjoyed seeing would be Zhane's Battlizer, the Astro Armor for Power Rangers In Space, the Trans-Armor Cycle Armor for Titanium, the Battle Fire for Jen, the Animarian Armor for Merrick and Taylor, Tri-Battlized Armor for Tori, the 2 Thunder Rangers and Cam, the Quadro Blaster for at least Tommy and Trent, Battlizers for Shadow and Omega, a Battlizer for at least Udonna, Daggeron and Leanbow, also the Sentinel Battlizers for all of Overdrive or at least Rose and Tyzonn, Battlizers for all of Jungle Fury even though I don't know what I would pick from the toys that were available, Battlizers for at least Red, Black, Gold and Silver.
Also I would have liked seeing the Magna Defender with the Galactic Speeder and the Solaris Knight getting the Lion Speeder.
