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LupinRanger VS PatoRanger's first magazine scans
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12-25-2017, 01:25 PM
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Tokumonkey
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Am I the only one whose noticed that these things don't really try to not look like toys anymore? I don't know when this problem started, but I hate it about as much as I hate that I can't better describe what's even the problem.
No, you aren't.
It's sort of like there's a scale, with "plausible as an actual weapon/vehicle" on one end and "what Bandai thinks will appeal to small children" on the other end.
There's been this tension between those for a while. When I caught my first Sentai episode - I think it was Gokaiger - I remember feeling mildly disappointed/miffed that the Gokaigers' weapons looked so much like toys. Thing is, they also looked way, way more plausible than some of these.
I think the worst offender among the LvP toys are the Trigger Machines. Usually, the version we see in-show (and in magazine scans) looks at least a little cooler and more plausible than the toys. The Trigger Machines in these scans... looks like toys meant for small children. I think it's the color schemes on the pink and green vehicles that look so seriously wrong.
The basic Vs. Changer gun looks somewhat more plausible, but the white color is doing it no favors, giving it a sort of cheap look.
So, yeah, I think at least some of the LvP weapons and vehicles are a little worse than normal. Then again, it's been only a couple of years since Zyuohger gave us cube guns and block mecha. I'm not sure what the last Sentai was that biased its designs more toward looking plausible/cool... maybe Go-Busters?
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