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Post by twoducks on May 4, 2010 18:44:56 GMT -5
I'm seeing the reviews of every season of Power Rangers that Linkara is currently making: thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/hopr... and I suddenly find myself with an urge for Megazord toys that don't look like happy meal toys. Ok, Bandai is the one making the kiddie ones now and before and yet I see not even a hint of then making a high grade version of one of these toys. The SoC has done sentai robots before (King Joe from Ultraman, that Leopard robor from the Spider-man sentai and a Samurai robot I think). They wouldn't be that complex to make compared to other combiners they have done before. Are the original sentais Power Rangers borrows the footage not popular in Japan?
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Post by optimusprimesg on May 4, 2010 21:24:58 GMT -5
That Samurai Robot would be GX-30 Battle Fever. ![;)](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/wink.png)
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Post by Gold on May 4, 2010 21:56:55 GMT -5
Generally because Power Rangers/Sentai series already have their own respective toylines would be the reason, I think?
Gold
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Post by pascal on May 4, 2010 23:31:03 GMT -5
Yeah, but high-end versions with better articulation and more accessories would be cool as hell...
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Post by xiombarg on May 4, 2010 23:46:02 GMT -5
It could be cool, but I would want more streamlined moulds, not just added diecast and articulation. Even when compared to vintage, most Megazords are fairly blocky looking dudes.
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Post by Chen on May 5, 2010 6:16:06 GMT -5
It's probably because there's just too many, every couple years they re-boot the franchise and start over again with new robots. They MAY do a Sentai bot that's iconic like BJF but other then that they have way to many properties to cover and honestly the Japanese fans who are the main consumers don't want SOC versions of Sentai bots or atleast not as much as they want a Mazinkaiser or Shin Getter 1 or whatever.
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Post by hetabattousai on May 5, 2010 9:10:30 GMT -5
I think that line was more geared toward children and marketed as children toys. Which maybe 10 more years or so would end up as chogokin. Most of the chogokin are toys from our childhood anyway. Same can be done with power rangers?
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Post by magengar on May 5, 2010 10:54:22 GMT -5
Too many zord robots than I can imagine. The Battle Fever samurai robot stands alone in a class by itself for its iconicness-- it's tv show franchise never spawned any re-boots from it, so it's easy for fans to identify with it.
The sentai robots like those zords are waaaay to many they'd have to have a toyline all by themselves complete with their own zip code! ;D
Of all the sentai shows out there, the Power-Rangers has gotten the most re-boots with newer robots vehicles and weapons... Even if I were a PR fan I'd have trouble deciding which zord bot would stand out on its own to me as an iconic figure, because there's so many of them. Sure, their toy franchise would make money if I possibly went after every zord robot, as a collector...
But, I'm just an individual who would prefer to follow an iconic hero robot character, like Mazinger, because over time I can collect whatever toy product that one robot comes as; instead of being stuck with a house full of miscellaneous zords. ;D
zozo-Magengar
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Post by Magmatron on May 5, 2010 14:36:39 GMT -5
Sentai in Japan is like Transformers in the USA. Have you ever seen a MP of a non G1 character? With the exception of the originals none of them really deserve the SOC treatment, even if you think it does. SOC Dino Megazord is nothing but a dream =( ...
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Post by droutmaster on May 5, 2010 15:45:12 GMT -5
making a sentai/power rangers megazord's line in there own version of SoC style its possible for them to do so, it could bring something different to the collection line. however the problem is that there so many different incarnations of zords that it even surpasses the SoC itself ( but then again we have seen so many incarnations of Gundams in different size variation release and the same Gundam model over and over again there is no excuse to say no to the sentai line not to mention the unnecessary SoC release of the same figure like GX45 and 49 example). sure the figures look blocky but that does not mean that they can be articulated, don't know if you guys heard of the sentai/power rangers candy toys. there pretty much like model kits but smaller and yet they still perform like there counterparts with the transformation and stuff but with the extra of the figures been articulated, thats impressive and yet bandai that has done so figures and it never even occurs to them to make there own version model kit of the sentai or give them articulation, tisk tisk bandai. the can make them in SoC or Model kit styles for the sentai power ranger figures, the problem is that there to many incarnations that it would take them long to make them ![x_x](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/x_x.png) .
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Post by darksenshi on May 5, 2010 16:48:45 GMT -5
Yeah and Zyuranger aka Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in Japan wasnt even as famous as it is here in the US. So I would highly doubt we will ever see a Chogokin version of the Dino Zords or Dragon Cearsar/Zord. It would be a dream though.
Zyuranger became famous because that was the start for Americans and Battle fever was the start for Japan. Thats why it became an SOC.
If we could get a masterpiece version like the Toynami Voltron that would be awesome! ;D I could see this happening before we ever see a SOC.
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Post by magengar on May 5, 2010 17:18:38 GMT -5
Their blocky designs have nothing to do with their possibilities of ever becoming SOCs... I'd think they'd be easier to work with, since their limbs and bodies aren't rounded nor cylindrical like most of the super robots in the SOC line. The only difference would be to make each zord in scale compared to its other zord robot counterparts; and then it would take quite some time to make as many of the zords into SOCs according to each zord's timeline and its tv series.
zozo-Magengar
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Post by nikodiablo on May 5, 2010 21:15:17 GMT -5
I'm still waiting on SOC's incarnation on older "power ranger" show myself...
Come on Bandai, where are Goggle Robo, Dyna Robo, and Bio Robo?
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Post by rodimus1138 on May 5, 2010 21:30:26 GMT -5
Yeah and Zyuranger aka Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in Japan wasnt even as famous as it is here in the US. So I would highly doubt we will ever see a Chogokin version of the Dino Zords or Dragon Cearsar/Zord. It would be a dream though. Zyuranger became famous because that was the start for Americans and Battle fever was the start for Japan. Thats why it became an SOC. If we could get a masterpiece version like the Toynami Voltron that would be awesome! ;D I could see this happening before we ever see a SOC. Big O wasn't popular in japan and it got a SOC plus an accessory pack (which made me rage when I found out it was a japan exclusive) So since SOCs are being released in the US making the Zyuranger mecha wouldn't be a bad marketing decision maybe just include an optional sticker sheet with thunderbolts everywhere XD
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Post by Orbitron on May 7, 2010 10:18:26 GMT -5
If Ultraman is considered as Sentai. King Joe is the second SOC Sentai. ;D Maybe Leopardon as well. But Spiderman works alone. ![::)](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/rolleye.png)
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Post by KingboyD on May 7, 2010 15:47:07 GMT -5
I have no doubt that they will eventually release many of the early Sentai bots (i.e., those that were part of the Godaikin line). In due time...
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Post by quest on May 7, 2010 15:56:00 GMT -5
I wouldn't even bother with SOC megazords...the orignal (japanese) versions are SO well made, stay really true to the original characters, and are heavy as all hell. Plus, their size gives them a playability and strength that the smaller, finnicky, SOC combiners don't have.
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Post by rodimus1138 on May 7, 2010 23:04:54 GMT -5
I wouldn't even bother with SOC megazords...the orignal (japanese) versions are SO well made, stay really true to the original characters, and are heavy as all hell. Plus, their size gives them a playability and strength that the smaller, finnicky, SOC combiners don't have. But they're all bricks with no articulation
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