[DreamSword]

so when is hasbro gonna make an sg cliffjumper toy

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Randomly thinking about the designs in SSSS.Gridman today, I sort of have a read on Utsumi's design?

...But do you have a read on the story significance of the Assist Weapons being the AOE Dinobots? I feel like that's like the Hard Mode of SSSS.Gridman Transformers symbolism.

[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

so when is hasbro gonna make an sg cliffjumper toy

The lack of an SG Cliffjumper figure is the only time in history that Hasbro has left money on the table by not doing a repaint of a smaller mold.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

...But do you have a read on the story significance of the Assist Weapons being the AOE Dinobots? I feel like that's like the Hard Mode of SSSS.Gridman Transformers symbolism.

The Assist Weapons are like the SG AOE Dinobots -- inverted, in that they actually transform.

[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

The lack of an SG Cliffjumper figure is the only time in history that Hasbro has left money on the table by not doing a repaint of a smaller mold.

My dumb joke was based on the idea that "SG" Cliffjumper was no different than just like, the "standard" one. Is that not the case?

[Androzani84]

Honestly, the only TF reference I noticed in the designs was Namiko having a Cyber Key/Force Chip from the Cybertron/Galaxy Force toyline as a hair decoration. In retrospect, Hass’s face mask should have screamed at me, but she didn’t make any statements on her superiority compared to others’ inferiority.

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

My dumb joke was based on the idea that "SG" Cliffjumper was no different than just like, the "standard" one. Is that not the case?

The initial premise for the Shattered Glass stories followed a normal Cliffjumper from a normal universe who winds up in that weird alternate reality, but part of the idea is that there was an actual Shattered Glass Cliffjumper with some other, probably lamer color scheme, who bit the dust before the story even begins. So there *is* an SG Cliffjumper, but he's also not the most prominent Cliffjumper in the SG continuity, which hopefully doesn't sound too confusing!

(If it's any consolation, I got what you meant with the joke.)

[Kamen Rider Die]

Sorry to miss the joke! Here's a third-party company's take on SG Cliffjumper, if that matters:

[Kamen Rider Die]

SSSS.DYNAZENON EPISODE 7 - “WHAT’S OUR REASON FOR COMING TOGETHER?”



It’s the big full-episode debut of Gridknight! The return of Anti/Knight! The return of Music Note/Second!

So, of course, let’s talk about other stuff first.

I really enjoyed how the resolution to the team’s dysfunction from last episode was resolved not by some grandiose speech, or multi-person dedication to a shared vision of justice, or death’s-door vow from an injured teammate, or whatever you’d normally get from a toku show that’s doing a Team Needs Repair arc, but just through, like, spending time together. It reinforces that people’s natural state is to find harmony with one another, and that disharmony is resolved through letting our inner compassion and default humanity bubble up to the surface. All the shit that inflicted the team with Climactic Tension last time out is still there, but it’s easily overcome by empathy, by listening, by acceptance, and by proximity. They’re just sharing their pain with each other, in the hopes that it gets easier to carry as a group. It doesn’t need to be talked about, really, because the bonds between these characters – specifically Chise/Koyomi and Yume/Yomogi – are stronger than the things within them that crave isolation and negativity. They inherently want to be there for each other, and given enough time, they will be.

Which is also sort of the story between the Gridknight Alliance and Team Dynazenon! We kick things off with the natural Heroic Rivalry vibe, because a) Knight’s in this story, and that’s his equilibrium, and b) Dynazenon kind of don’t make a good showing for themselves from last time? Dynazenon is injured, discombobulated, and Gauma’s at his most aggressively Gauma, so, yeah, I would probably also sneer down my nose at how ill-equipped these kids are for battling kaiju. But, at the end, Knight can’t help but respect anyone who refuses to give up, or who wants to improve, so they team up for a big ol’ battle against the resurgent and warm (?!) Kaiju Eugenicists, demolishing the two-in-one kaiju with synchronized attacks, like you’d expect.

That whole kaiju plot was, weirdly, just what I expected? It’s like a speed-run of the Gridman/Anti stuff from Gridman, and it was maybe the part of this episode I was least into. I like Knight here – older and chiller but still basically a stand-offish prick – but his side of things felt like a stamp of Toku Action approval that genuinely doesn’t mean that much to me, when little things like Yomogi crying over Yume’s story, because he cares about Yume, and Yume cares about Kano, so now Yomogi cares about Kano… man, that’s what I’m here for. A tough frenemy who supports you in battle is fun, but a close friend who shares your trauma in the middle of the night is better. I’m glad this episode could have both, for the people who approach these shows differently, but I know which part meant more to me.

[Fish Sandwich]

There's this thing I say about Super Sentai shows (I probably said it in Die's Go-Busters thread even?) , where I know I'm *really* into one of them when the super cool Sixth Ranger kinda guy shows up and instead of being all over that like I normally would be, I'm more actively upset about some random dude coming in as though the established group dynamic wasn't exciting enough as is.

It's extra impressive to me that Dynazenon managed to elicit similar feelings from me with the reintroduction of Literally My Favorite Dude from the last show. I wasn't necessarily happy to see that cliffhanger ending, but like I said earlier, I also trusted Dynazenon by this point. And sure enough, I think him and the elements that came with him were used pretty effectively here to support a story that is still 100% about the characters that were already keeping me coming back every week. The balance of it all feels about right. It's fanservice-y fun to see Gridknight, but the actual plot is basically just the main cast having a sleepover together? Which is exactly the kind of thing I love about this show, for a bunch of different reasons?

[Androzani84]

So we get our introductions to Knoght and Nidaime, adult incarnations of Anti and Kaiju Girl. You’d think this would clear up some confusion over continuity wih the previous show, but I’m not sure it does.

I’ve mentioned Gridknight Fight as a thing that happened around this time, and having seen it, the way they work Nidaime in wihout having to permanently associate a face actress with the role is to shoot her scant appearances so that her face is obfuscated at all times.

Bullbind is the same monster as last time, so that saves me time with the regular feature.