Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha (Post 264612)

Well, this has been a rollercoaster (gasp! next sentai theme?).

When I woke up this morning and saw the pics, my immediate reaction was: "Damn, this is a disaster! The only think I like is the rail-visor."

Once I got to work, I gave the images another look. And I realized what the Robo was going for: "Oh, it's supposed to look like a RAINBOW! And they're protecting the Rainbow Line. Clever. And, huh, the way they combine -- that's gonna be real weird and unlike any sentai Robot I've seen. I... I think I like these Robots! But those damn costumes... fuck, if they aren't the worst, possibly in franchise history. Simplistic crap."

After lunch, I looked at things again and thought: "You know what? These suits kinda remind me of Megaranger. And wait, Carranger too. Huh, those are pretty simplistic suits, and I love both of those. Maybe these will grow on me too."

Now, it's the end of the day. I'm about to go home from work. And my current impression? Weird, cool robot. Decent suits, but never gonna be my favorite. Cool helmets.

I think I'm ready for Tokkyuger.

Originally Posted by ComicGuy89 (Post 264611)

OhRanger was nowhere near the death of Sentai. The toys are the best-selling in history, so that helped it.

GaoRanger is also immensely popular. I don't know if fans liked it or not, but it sold well with the target demographic, and most importantly, toys sold well. Go-onger was similarly a strong seller. We mustn't get fan perspectives as an indicator of the success of a series, as Toei/Bandai seem to focus more on toy sales.

That was why Go-busters was actually a worry for them, because toys did not sell well that season. They don't care that much for ratings, just toy sales.

Here's a helpful post on the toy sales up to Goseiger:
http://henshingrid.blogspot.com.au/2...toy-sales.html

Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger (Post 264619)

Hmm really I always heard that about OhRanger and that's why I said "bad" because fans have a tendency to exaggerate a show's given awfulness*to me at least given that I loved Samurai yet I hear people say it's terrible*

Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha (Post 264612)

Well, this has been a rollercoaster (gasp! next sentai theme?).

When I woke up this morning and saw the pics, my immediate reaction was: "Damn, this is a disaster! The only think I like is the rail-visor."

Once I got to work, I gave the images another look. And I realized what the Robo was going for: "Oh, it's supposed to look like a RAINBOW! And they're protecting the Rainbow Line. Clever. And, huh, the way they combine -- that's gonna be real weird and unlike any sentai Robot I've seen. I... I think I like these Robots! But those damn costumes... fuck, if they aren't the worst, possibly in franchise history. Simplistic crap."

After lunch, I looked at things again and thought: "You know what? These suits kinda remind me of Megaranger. And wait, Carranger too. Huh, those are pretty simplistic suits, and I love both of those. Maybe these will grow on me too."

Now, it's the end of the day. I'm about to go home from work. And my current impression? Weird, cool robot. Decent suits, but never gonna be my favorite. Cool helmets.

I think I'm ready for Tokkyuger.

Originally Posted by Golden King (Post 264627)

I see the rainbow the more I look at it, but the body is still plain and blocky to me. The rest of the stuff I like, Go onger weapons are cool, like the simple design of the suits, the train mechs used in all the rolepaly stuff, but the main body still bothers me

Originally Posted by ComicGuy89 (Post 264629)

I love the blocky look because we've had streamlined designs for such a long time. Think about it, since Gaoranger, the only really block-style robos we've had were in Boukenger and maybe some of Dekaranger (not the main robo, though). Even vehicle focused series like Go-onger and Go-busters were streamlined.

I guess it is just nostalgia talking but I love the blocky look. :D

Originally Posted by Locke (Post 264637)

What I will be interested in, is the mecha suit in show. I dunno how they're gonna pull this off, since humans have actual torsos, where this robot does not.

Originally Posted by Locke (Post 264637)

What I will be interested in, is the mecha suit in show. I dunno how they're gonna pull this off, since humans have actual torsos, where this robot does not.

Originally Posted by Golden King (Post 264570)

The only thing that bothers me is the main body of the Robo, but I have a solution
https://31.media.tumblr.com/0785f191...iynpo2_400.png