Some of the UK Power Ranger Action Cards

The cards pictured below are the 51 cards I've managed to collect since the Megaforce line came out.

First five cards from the Toxic magazine

The top five cards are from the Toxic magazine. They are EU versions of the cards, so they are edited not to have any game information on them. I have put them apart from the other cards as they aren't from the same set. They have the letter E at the end of their numbers, making them into a separate set.

These cards are from the Gosei Morpher apart from the Megaforce Red Ranger on the second row, that was from the minifigure set.

These cards are the last of the cards from the Gosei Morpher and the other minifigure cards.

Page one of the cards from the Action Card game starter pack.

Page two of the cards from the Action Card game starter pack.

Page three of the cards from the Action Card game starter pack.

Page four of the cards from the Action Card game starter pack.

So far, I love these cards, but I really am disappointed in Bandai UK for no releasing the booster packs. There are over 120 cards in the Rise of Heroes set, I've got cards 91 to 120. What about the other cards? I want the other cards.

 New toys listings online!

Toys R Us (Link) have now updated their website with the Megaforce line. The prices are like the other stores, but the minifigures are £0.50 more expensive. The figures are priced at £7.99, making them £0.51 cheaper than in the Entertainer.


Tesco (Link) have also updated their page to include the Megaforce line, but they are also partnered with the Entertainer, so prices vary depending on stock levels:


Argos (Link) have also updated their website a little, but they have only added five items. They have included the build and morph set, but priced it at £20, making it £3 more expensive than the Entertainer.

Wooworths (Link) have also listed the toys, but the prices are a little on the high side. they do however have something new.

Power Rangers Megaforce Pinball (Link)

Priced at £10, this is a pretty cool toy. I have one or two of these in storage, I think I have the Wild Force version. I loved these little games as a kid.


Amazon have also got Volume 4 of the Power Rangers Samurai DVD up for pre-order for £8.00. The release date is August 12.

Power Rangers Samurai: Volume 4 (Link)

Bandai UK's reply to people wanting the card game in the UK

https://www.facebook.com/BandaiUK/posts/553306264727982

Bandai released this statement earlier today, defending their decision to not release the booster packs to the card game in the UK. UK fans, including me, a long time collector (19 years), are not happy with this decision. Every year we miss out on something. Normally it's extra figures, or a special line, this year, it's the cards. This wouldn't have been too much of a big deal if it was just a card collection like the Ranger Strike series, but this affects the very expensive Gosei Morpher. The Gosei Morpher comes with in built sounds which can be activated using the cards that come with the toys and the booster packs.

Back of UK Gosei Morpher (image by me)

Fig. 1 - close up of the UK Gosei Morpher box (Image by me)

The back of the box also claims that there are "over 180 phrases" and that you have to "collect cards to unlock more phrases" (Fig. 1), but with the cards only being released with other very expensive toys (apart from the minifigures) and occasionally as promotions, there is no way we can get them all. With the price of the toys, there is no way I can justify getting any more than what I already have. Basic figures have increased in price by £1.00 to £2.00 just this year alone. The Morpher is double the price of last years. Yes, its an awesome toy, but I am not happy about not being able to use the features. They could have easily have taken out most of the features and have sold the Morpher cheaper in the UK. It would have sucked, but at least we wouldn't have wasted our money buying an expensive morpher with loads of different phrases that we can't activate.

Fig. 2 - Top. US instructions. Bottom UK instructions (Image by Morgan Lamia)

Inside the UK Action Card Game Starter Deck, the instructions have been modded so that there is no mention of the booster sets (Fig. 2). So it seems that Bandai has never intended to release the cards properly in the UK, but they still mention the release of booster packs as a side note about the Villain and Support cards (Fig. 3). This is probably an error on their part regarding this little section.

Fig. 3 - UK instructions about Villain and Support Cards (Image by Morgan Lamia)

 

 

I also checked the scanner app on my iPhone, but there is no mention of booster packs at all. Not surprising at all. I was hoping that they would release the updates for it, but I'm doubting they will be. 

Some people have also argued that we have missed out on toys in the past and no one made a huge fuss. One example was the Gold Samurai Morpher last year. The first issue I have with this is that no one cared about the morphers last year. I myself passed on them because the quality was so awful. We have also missed out on other toys in the UK, but the cards are very different. The fact that they are necessary to use the features of a £30 Morpher has really annoyed UK fans. This is the most expensive Morpher ever released in the UK, but what is the point in releasing it if you can't play with it? Why advertise there are 180 different sounds when there is no way we can access them, even if we bought all the toys from this line, we won't even come close to finding them all.

I just feel that we have been let down here in a big way. We aren't just losing out on a collection of cards, but the main function of the most expensive none exclusive/20th Anniversary Morpher out in stores. People are angry and rightly so, but at least now we have the option to import cards from America. We don't have to miss out on this.

Very bad news for UK Ranger fans

Today we have had some very bad news for anyone, like me, wanting to collect the action card game. @Morg_Lamia recieved this email from Bandai today:

Email from Bandai (Image by @Morg_Lamia)

It has also been confirmed by Sadsmileyface who got this message on facebook from A1 Comics:

A1Comics (Image by Sadsmileyface)

 

This may not seem like a big deal for some, but the cards were the one thing I really wanted to get from this season. It makes no sense to me why they don't release some boxes of cards in the UK, but they have a track record of not releasing cards in the UK. The first one I remember were the PRDT cards. I didn't know they existed until I visited Disneyland Paris and saw them in the shops. I have a near complete collection of the cards in French. I have no idea why they weren't released in the UK as well as other parts of Europe. We never saw the Ranger Strike cards in Europe at all. This was a huge shame as they cards are awesome, but I only have a Time Fire (Quantum Ranger) card from this set that I picked up in Japan two years ago.

If any UKers are interested, I am going to order some cases of cards from America, anything I have extra I am willing to sell to you guys. 

In other news. The missing figures have been found in Toys R Us, Warrington. It is now 100% confirmed that these figures have been released in small numbers in the UK.

Newly confirmed figures (Image by thunderzordpower)

We also have images of the Build and Morph Megazord set.

Build and Morph box (Image by me)

Content of the box (Image by The BlacK PhoeniX)

Fully transformed Megazord (image by The BlacK PhoeniX)

The card inside the box (Image by The BlacK PhoeniX)

This is a very nice little set, a few bits of paint missing, but it's a really cool toy. The best part about is is that the parts can be swapped with other pieces bought in other sets to create different modes.

Toys R Us sightings!

Power Rangers Megaforce toys have now been sighted in Toys R Us stores around the UK. They are carrying the basic toys that the other stores are, but they also have some nice little exclusives that I've always loved, the Zord Armoured Figures. I've still got my PRTF ones from 2001 mint in box. These figures have only been sold in Toys R Us and Toymaster in the UK, but priced at £8.99 each, it's not good, they used to be less than £5.00 each and I used to get them as a fun little addition to whatever else I was buying.

Power Rangers Megaforce Zord Armored Figures (Image by @Jesticklz)

The stores have also given us the first sightings of the Loogie, Vark and Robo Knight figures. 

UK Vark (Image by thunderzordpower)

Fist close up image of the Lion Mechazord!

Lion Mechazord and Robo knight Figure (Image by @Jesticklz)

Other stores now have their listings up, hamleys.com have also put some Megaforce toys online, but don't bother looking unless you want to pay a lot more than other stores. The Gosei Morpher is priced at £39.00, making it £9.00 more expensive than Tesco and the Entertainer. All the prices on their website are insane, it's a shame because the prices in store will be that high as well. 

There still hasn't been any sign of booster packs for the card game. I have checked various stores and asked around, but no one has any idea about it. This is a little worrying, but we still have time. I really hope we get them and they are the the Bandai UK versions, the cards are the big thing I want from this line.

Awesome news for people in Scotland! The Megaforce toys have hit the Entertainer in Glasgow. It looks like they have the same toys as the rest of the UK!

Glasgow Entertainer (Image by Sadsmileyface)

Even more UK finds!

Checking out the main websites that sell Power Ranger toys, I came across something interesting. A Power Rangers Megaforce Guessing Game. 

Power Rangers Megaforce Guessing Game

The game is just guess who but with Ranger characters. It's a shame they all have their helmets on, but it still looks like a fun little game.
You can order it online on the Argos website for £11.99 for delivery. It's not avaliable in stores at the moment. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1114201.htm

What I noticed on the Argos site is that they have removed most of the Super Samurai toys, ready for the Megaforce line!

Power Rangers Megaforce Armored Figure (Image by BlaBla27)

Tesco are also stocking new toys, Including the Power Rangers Megaforce Armored figures for £17.00. They have been found in store and you can now buy them on the website: http://www.tesco.com/direct/power-rangers-mega-force-armoured-fig-excl/649-3875.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=649-3875

Megaforce toy stand at Tesco (Image by Becker)

The Tesco stand doesn't have as much as the Entertainer, but it has the core figures for £0.50 less than the Entertainer, the Gosei Morpher, Zord Vehicle and Ranger set, Gosei Megazord and the Armored Power Ranger figures that aren't available anywhere else yet.

Over st Smyths Toys (thanks to Morgan Lamia for the info), they are selling the Power Ranger Megabloks, but they are only available in store at the moment. They are all priced at £11.99. I'm guessing since the listing doesn't have a buy online option, that they haven't been released yet.

 

They have also already listed the Ultimate Gosei Megazord on their website, but again it's only for sale in stores, so it probably hasn't been released yet. 

Ultimate Gosei Megazord

The 3DS game is also listed on the website, even though its release is November 8, 2013.

Power Rangers Megaforce 3DS game

Power Rangers Megaforce release update!

Today I went to Birmingham and decided to go check out the Entertainer there. There was an entire bay dedicated to Super Samurai, but around the side they had the Megaforce. 

Nothing really different apart from the Megaforce Megablocks. I did get some close up pictures of a few of the toys. I did get some strange looks from the employees, but no one stopped me. They did comment when I bought two mini figures. Someone had been through the stock though before I got there. No MMPR figures were left in the box.

This is the back of the main figures. They had the core five Rangers in stock, but nothing else. As I said, someone had gone through everything before I got there, so there could have been villain figures.

Front of the Zord Vehicle and Ranger set

Back of the Zord Vehicle and Ranger set

Interesting set, part of the Zord Builders.

Power Ranger Blaster

Back of the Power Ranger Blaster

I really miss the old weapons. These are so tiny, they aren't worth buying. I know they are made for little kids, but seriously, the old weapons are just so awesome, these, not so much.

Ranger Cycles

Again part of the Zord Builder set, I don't really like these much though.

Battle Morphin Power Ranger

Back of the Battle Morphin Power Ranger

I like these figures. They are really cool, if they were articulated I would probably buy them.

Today, I also found a kids magazine called Toxic, that was giving away five cards with it.

Toxic issue with free cards

Inside there is a full page spread for the Gosei Morpher:

Inside page of the Toxic Magazine

Now for the cards. They are cool, but there is a huge problem, they are the European versions, not the UK/US. It seems that different cards are available in each pack as another person had different cards to me.

Sealed pack of cards

The five cards in the pack

Five different cards (image by mysticforceknight)

I really like the cards, but the difference in them from the other ones I have bothers me a lot. I am really hoping that if they release the booster packs, they aren't going to look like these.

Wow, I just noticed that the European cards are around 1mm smaller than the UK cards. This really, really bothers me. 

Major differences in the two types of cards:

- Size. The UK cards are slightly bigger than the EU cards
- Info. The EU cards are lacking game info
- Appearence. The EU cards are glossy whilst the UK cards are matt. The EU cards are also very smooth to the touch.
- Colours. The contrast is higher on the EU cards making everything slightly darker and the whites very white, losing some of its detail. The UK cards are duller but show off details better.
- Quality. The EU cards seem to be a little floppier than the UK cards and have already got some wear.

The EU cards feel like fake Pokemon cards, that's the best comparison I can come up with. They are just lower quality, like the Asian Kamen Rider cards vs the Japanese cards. The quality is just a lot lower. It's not a big difference, but its noticeable.


They are also giving out five free cards in Toymaster stores around the country.

Five cards from Toymaster (image by mysticforceknight)

Also, Tesco are starting to get stock into their stores slowly and the Morpher and Megazord are now available to buy on their website.

Armored figures have been found in the store today (pictures coming soon).