There's a old car it was a inspiration for Ridron.

Not really. As formulaic it may seem these days they seemed to have found a good foundation to work on unlike the early 2000s where a good number of the shows felt like hit or miss in certain aspects of production. Not everything was bad but they were still rough around the edges I felt. The 2nd phase Heisei era also does not involve Yonemura or Inoue save for the movies so there is also that.

The old Kamen Rider shows are made to sell merchandise too, but I feel like they are not super gimmicky about it. Kuuga's forms was handle pretty well in my opinion similar how Ultraman did with Tiga in the mid 90's. Ryuki had a card gimmick, but it didn't feel super force in about it if you ask me.

I have nothing against the newer Kamen Rider shows at all, but sometimes I do cringe at some of the toy gimmicks in the shows (Like the Foodroids or Yurusen in my opinion).

I think a lot of it is that the toys looked less obviously like toys. You look at the Faiz gear or Oni weaponry and they could legitimately pass as real weapons. Nowadays you get stuff like all the Build weapons or Spectre and Necrom’s fucking hand thing that are very obviously plastic toys.

I know one of the things that annoyed me with Ginga was him actually staring right at the camera and holding out the toy like, "buy this!"

https://i.imgur.com/Y78FNwu.jpg

and all the close ups of the toys..

https://i.imgur.com/6gO0EOu.png

https://i.imgur.com/cuprHnB.jpg

If the show is cool and the characters are cool I will want to buy the action figure. I don't need the 4th wall being broken so that they're pushed in my face.

I guess I'm getting used to it though. Either that or I'm getting better about just tuning it out.


I never feel like the Showa Rider era is pushing toys in my face. Though I do think Hongo is really cool. And for that reason I have multiple Kamen Rider v1 stuff, and plan on getting more.

It has its moments. There's one episode of V3 that devotes a lot of time to a plastic tube that makes noise.

yikes.

I guess it's just par for the course. These shows want you to buy toys.

Just remembered, in the case of Kamen Rider Black the belt motivates you to watch the show since it reacts to rider punch and kick scenes.

As does epilepsy.

when I see it happening I just yell, "RIDE-UHHHHHH KEEEEEKKK!" in my best Hongo impersonation.

...I'm kind of a dork though.

Really? I did not know that. Is that why the scenes are so... irritating to the eye? I don't have epilepsy (as far as I know) but I was still a bit scared to look at the finishers directly.

Do you know how it reacts exactly?

Yeah, the belt I was talking about is called Terebi Pawaa henshin belt or TV Power henshin belt. This particular version is famous because thanks to a sensor thingy inside the toy that triggers its gimmicks when the rapid flashy scenes play during the show. Matter of fact someone posted this clip to show how it works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_3CwI1yUII

And from what I gather it seems to work only on CRT TVs so another reason to throw away digital TVs and go CRT. :lolol

As for RX's henshin belt the Sunriser, they say it has a special gimmick called motion control where by shaking a wrist bracelet peripheral that comes with it triggers the gimmick(it resembles the wristwatch thing on RX's suit).

Wow... that's generally fascinating, thanks for posting that. Nice bit of trivia too, now I finally know why the Henshin-scenes are so headache-inducing.

I'm not gonna lie though, the gimmick is pretty cool. Just imagine standing in front of the TV as a kid and your belt goes off when Black transforms in the show, that sounds rather fun.

Getting it to work again after the show stopped airing does not though :lol

No problemo. :rock:
I bet Bandai probably could do interactive toys such as these without any potential hazards though with the tech that is floating around now if they put their mind to it(yes, I am quoting Marty freakin' McFly :lolol).

sure all you would have to do is make it go off to a combination of high frequency sound tons that a tv can make and we don't really detect

or you could make it activate based on any number of other elements

Pokemon released Z Ring toys that react to when you use a Z-Move in the games so it shouldn't be too hard

I do hope they include more gimmicks that interact with the TV shows in future rider shows now that I look back at that Kamen Rider BLACK henshin belt.

the problem these days is their more concerned with making as many toy add ons as possible. Gaim and ex aid are a good example tons of lock seeds and other transformation devices were used only a hand full of times and then never again

One thing I miss from the older Rider shows is less censorship. Japan's standers have changed what is okay to show on Sunday mornings for a long time.

Well Ex-Aid had a surprisingly graphic moment during the final arc Taiga gets beaten up pretty badly and vomits blood, which looked like he was genuinely going to die, especially as he had internal bleeding
Also new time slot means more they can do, it's only 2 hours though and still in the morning so they might have barely noticeable changes

Here is a question. Buttobasoul combos. Yay or Nay.
https://i.imgur.com/cSvzcuw.jpg

from top left to right
Bikaso: Ebi(shrimp)+Kani(crab)+Sasori(scorpion)
Shigazeshi: Shika(deer)+Gazelle+Ushi(cow)
Saramiuo: Same(shark) + Kujira(whale) +Ookamiuo(wolffish) * in case you are wondering yes it is the same combo for Kamen Rider Poseidon

from bottom left to right
Mukachiri: Mukade(centipede) + Hachi(bee) + Ari(ant)
Seishirogin: Seiuchi(walrus)+Shirokuma(polar bear)+Penguin

I get that with Tatoba combo that not all the other ones need to follow a coherent color scheme, but still some of these are still pushing it. In terms of specifics:

Bikaso: Yay, but the original colors were cooler in my opinion.
Shigazeshi: Yay, the cowprint pants were a really big negative but the artwork on the coin eventually won me over.
Saramiuo: Yay, looks great but I feel like they could've done something more creative with the whale arms.
Mukachiri: Nay, the weapons are cool but the colors, while very fitting for the respective animals, look too chaotic when actually mixed together.
Seishirogin: Nay, the tusk on walrus look like some sort of anime style hair bangs and the Penguin legs should've been either black or some shade of grey.

These are actually included for the OOO CSM Driver

I am probably the only one here who felt a mixture of disapointment and slight revulsion at OOO.

I was disapointed because nothing was ever really explained concretely, the whole thing with an ancient king and the greed needed more detail than was given. I wanted to know what powers the belt, what the purpose of that box was at the start of the show and how the medals and belt were created.

I was kind of grossed out by the guy who was obsessed with birthdays. Nothing wrong with him, just the way he said birthday.

also.....I want a show where we see the faceless corporation mooks doing their job. What do they actually do? Why are they a thing?

Note: it has been ages since I saw OOOs so please correct me if I am wrong, I don't remember everything but the show was pretty similar to den-o in regards to a lack of explanation.

Fun fact, both shows were written by Kobayashi. :lolol

nope. Same for me.
While I love the concept and OOO forms, and the music, I kinda hate the rest.
Structure of the story (2-parter. I'm allergic to that thing...), no explanation about the coffin, useless characters (Hina ?), etc...

For me it was all about the Date-san and Dr. Maki comedic moments.

I’m weirdly satisfied to see other people who dislike OOO, the show really rubbed me the wrong way.

I watched 2-3 episodes and told myself I'd come back to it later.

The belt skat singing and being like, "Shu-be-do beep bap, skiddle ee do!", rubbed me wrong.

I'll get to it eventually.

Because Ultraman X isn't working on crunchyroll or pirate sites for me I'm going through my final attempt to watch OOO funny enough

Could we have a Aquaman/Namor-like KR ?

Sure, and we have a fitting design for it already.

https://i.imgur.com/2YGKNjq.png

That’s not ShaUTa.

Would you prefer this one?
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20140417105830

That’s still not ShaUTa.

But it is better than ShaUTa.

i actually watched ooo as it was coming out week to week and i can tell you that the key to understanding and really enjoying the show is realizing that Ankh is the main character OOO is just his side kick and the guy who fights the real character development is Ankhs and he is a good one, OOO is a fairly weak rider and he is kinda bland mainly because he isn't after anything in life he is like one of those people who don't want to work that hard for anything

Despite this never having any chance to actually happen, What character from the GARO universe would you want to see meet a character from any kamen rider universe?

I personally could see rei and kamen rider brave developing a bromance. They both love sweets, use swords and have lost their romantic interests.

Did anyone else like Shin Kamen Rider? I didn't like it at first, but I grown to like it over the years. I do like the horror movie feel of it giving it a David Cronenberg type of feel to it. It feels like a horror movie and less like a superhero movie which is why I like it.

The effects are good. That's about it though.