The Articulated Argument of Articulation
 

Reading through the Legacy Megazord thread, reading through the comments about articulation, made me decide to do this thread. Tigerzord had articulation, that's true. Some of which was due to it's transformation than anything else. The Thunder Megazord however couldn't have that level of articulation and still be as show accurate as a lot of the Legacy items are. Because the Thunderzords are basically just armor for the Red Dragon Thunderzord, it's not a Voltron-Limb style combined robot. They could've, possibly, had some articulation with the original MMPR Megazord. But that to would've compromised stability.
Look at Combiner Wars Devastator, as an example. Watch Peaugh's review or any number of reviews done on the toy since it's release this month. The individual figures are extremely compromised for the sake of the combined robot. And as the point was made on Twitter, posing combined CW figures at all is a challenge. Especially Defensor.
Returning to Tigerzord however. That figure could have articulation because it's not a combined robot. It has an animal and warrior mode. And even when it combined all the limbs that are articulated fold up in some way. (The arms don't, I know). The legs however do.

Would I like an articulated Megazord? Absolutely. But they already gave the line to us, Soul of Chogokin. And then Retrofire. But a combined, articulated, Megazord? I just don't see that happening. And if it does I promise you the toy will suffer because of it.

SRC is still doing Megazords? I thought they stopped after Dekaranger Robo.

Anyway, having articulated, combining zords is kind of a pipe dream. While it is possible, I doubt it would ever be satisfactory. Articulation has to work together. What good is a knee without universal thighs? Why include those without ankle tilts? What's the point of a bicep curl if your shoulders only move 90 degrees forward?

A megazord having articulation beyond the basic movements would feel pointless unless it's fully articulated so it can actually pose. It also risks stability, size, and price just to accomplish it.

Alas, since the rise of 3rd parties in the TF industry, some have seen transforming/combining figures with high articulation to be what should be the norm, so they'll keep on asking anyway.

Soul of Chogokin hasn't done any Sentai mecha. You're thinking of Super Robot Chogokin.

And the last release for that was Daizyujin in 2012. It's fair to say that Sentai died a long time ago in that line.

Daizyujin came out after Dekaranger Robo? Damn, I gotta get my timeline straight :lol

A highly articulated Sentai Mech that can transform would be super nice, and given that many transformations are super basic, they could pull it off, just look at SOC GaoGaiGar. The problem here is that to have it be fully articulated, I'd imagine Sentai Mechs costing at least twice as much.

SRC, right. Thank you. And my point was it happened.

Shinken Oh, Gokai Oh, Dekaranger Robo, Magiking, Daizyujin ;)

Bandai should make the Megazord Mini-Plas bigger and replace the stickers with paint and molded parts. With that, you have a articulated, transforming Megazord.

For some reason, I always thought he was last...Huh. I don't know why o-o

And a triple Legacy price point.