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Sentai

07-20-2015 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger (Post 538956)

...I just want hip articulation.

Surely that isn't too much to ask?

Hip or Head couldn't hurt.

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Originally Posted by Young Optimus14 (Post 538982)

Then include incentive such as a pack in figure or what ever the morpher gimmick is

How much do you want these sets to be? You realize that for every bit of articulation they add to a combined mech it's another piece of plastic they have to mold for it. That's more price added to manufacturing, which adds to the price of the figure itself. Now you're adding a figure or a battery.

Young Optimus14

07-20-2015 08:43 PM

I admit it is a bit far fetched but it would be possible I feel. Still adding even a head rotation would go a long way. And adding more ratchet points to the shoulders

FourzeMaru

07-20-2015 09:06 PM

Megazords have always had little to no articulation in them, so it's never really bothered me. Would it be nice to have some more articulation? Sure, but I'm gonna be super upset if it's not there (I mean heck most of the time only reason it's there is for transformation purposes.)

Also, yes the Combiner Wars combiners have decent articulation, but when it comes to actually posing them it can be kind of a challenge. You definitely have to fiddle with them to get them in a pose where they don't fall over (especially with Menasor :mad: ). It also doesn't help that some have tighter joints than others.

Matrixbeast

07-20-2015 09:08 PM

I don't think we'll see megazords split up into individual releases just to help front the costs of the added articulation. I'm pretty positive both children and parents alike would much prefer to drop $70 for one megazord up and done than $20-30 for 5 individual pieces (And, unlike combining transformers, are just expensive toy cars/animals until you own the other 4 pieces).

GoseiWonder

07-20-2015 09:25 PM

Remember this guy?

http://www.factasia.com/sentai/gao_ranger/gao_king.jpg

He was, IMO, perfectly articulated. Head, elbows, shoulders and wrists. While he understandably couldn't have a waist, that's not a complete loss. And even his smaller size I prefer.

Hell, being a brick from the waist down is okay if not a plus in my book. A brick from the wast down can always stand perfectly after all.
http://www.transformers-universe.com...charge_Map.jpg
I know TJOmega made a big deal about the legs, but honestly I don't find it that big an issue, if an issue at all.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 539025)

Now I'm curious why Hong Kong(?) splits up the DX releases into individual releases.

Shin Densetsu

07-24-2015 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sentai (Post 538889)

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.

I disagree. The only thing that may suffer is our budget.

What a lot of older fans want are SOC-style combining, fully articulated, diecast Megazords/Super Sentai mecha. This would obviously be reflected in price but this is the dream that collectors such as myself have.

The Legacy line IMO, makes MegaZord toys the way we wanted them BACK THEN, not necessarily the way we want them NOW.

The folks who want SOC-style Megazords are the older fans who grew up with MMPR, have seen toy companies up their ante and want something on par.

If Bandai Japan ever makes a SOC Super Sentai mecha, it wouldn't be on the compromised level of a Hasbro mainline toy like Generations Devastator. Would a Bandai of America released be downgraded in comparison? Maybe.

Are chances low for a SOC super Sentai mecha? Maybe. Who would they pick? There's over 35 years worth of super Sentai mecha to choose from. They weren't that popular in the SRC line and while different, Bandai unfortunately may have used that to gauge popularity/demand for SOC Super Sentai mecha.

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