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04-05-2016, 03:51 AM | #1 |
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How do you feel about calling toys from Power Rangers by their Sentai names e.g calling Samurai Megazord Shinken-Oh.
I personally am against it because I would feel that I am being cheap by not getting the official sentai version. The toys came out in different years, 9/10 time there are small (sometimes major) differences between them. Even though they may look identical they are not the same toys so calling the American toys by their Japanese names doesn't feel right. |
04-05-2016, 04:02 AM | #2 |
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I call the American toys the Sentai names so I can double dip and save money.
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04-05-2016, 04:46 AM | #3 |
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People can *call* them what they want (after all, they are the same design) but that should only really stretch as far as a personal preference. Because ShinkenOh and the Samurai Megazord aren't the same toy, so clarifying which is which can be important.
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04-05-2016, 08:43 AM | #4 |
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I kind of like that a little because it still keeps elements of the Sentai series and it can also educate more people about how Power Rangers is adapted from Sentai.
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04-05-2016, 08:57 AM | #5 |
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Who cares what people call their own toys in the comfort of their own home? You could call your Megazord Frank Zappa for all I care. They are whatever you want them to be. There's enough against this fandom without us adding name-shaming.
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04-05-2016, 09:36 AM | #6 |
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Based on this, add another hypothetical to the mix. As we all know, Super Megaforce added Pre-Zyu teams to PR and failed to really explain the "How?" or even the "Why?" and we were forced to endure.
1): Say they went back in and explained them. 2): Say they went back in and gave them Megazord figures based on their respective Sentai Robos. If so, would you call the "Lightning Mode" Megazord by its Maskman name "Great Five" or settle with something cheap and simplistic even though most would associate the name "Great Five" with that form? Would you fight to find an intact and complete Maskman-original "Great Five" or just accept what BOA throws-out? |
04-08-2016, 02:42 AM | #7 |
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Of course it doesn't matter what you call your toys in the privacy of your own home, but while having a discussion with fellow collectors (e.g. on public forums such as this), I would consider it good practice to refer to them by their respective names under the product line they were produced as to avoid confusion between models. As ZeoRangerV mentioned, clarification between variations can be important, especially in market transactions. It would be misleading to say "I have a Kyoryuger DX Kyoryujin for sale" if you're really offering a Dino Charge Megazord.
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04-08-2016, 07:57 AM | #8 |
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They're the same character, so who cares!! I call my Legacy Thunder Megazord Dairenou sometimes, and the Thunder Megazord the other times.
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04-08-2016, 08:56 AM | #9 |
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Unless there is no difference between the Japanese toy and the American toy, I usually call them by the name they were packaged as so folks know EXACTLY which toy I'm talking about.
Occasionally, the toy is straight up the same. But usually, there are even minor sticker differences or die-cast/plastic swaps in pre-Operation Overdrive mecha. But from Operation Overdrive on, I feel it's truly worth making the distinction regarding the toys as the BoJ and BoA mecha are entirely different molds. |
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