How is it a Power Rangers thing? I can only think of one time they made a combination that wasn't inherited from Sentai, the Shogun Ultrazord, which isn't really that random in context.

You've obviously forgotten about Zord Builder from the Neo-Saban Years!

This is the last time I'm gonna respond to this! It's off-topic and I clearly made a mistake in broaching the subject from the onset :o!

If Tsuruhime and Kakure DaiShogun can FLY, so can Ninjaman! Someone must have killed the cloud :D!

Oh you were just talking about the toys. Yeah that zord builder thing was weird.

For what it’s worth I feel Dairanger is very likely to be the next series covered. It’s been a very popular request in surveys before and SMP in general trends towards the 90s. I could however also see them doing Hurricaneger to coincide with the 20th movie — or perhaps like Gokaiger just do a SHODO release.

Who knows though. If they’re suddenly going to be throwing a lot of previous series catchup at us (Mega Voyager, Victory Mars etc) they might want to do more older Showa seasons with just one mech to free up space like Denziman

Kind of surprised they haven't done Zyuranger for the easy money :lol

What do you mean? They just did Zyuranger re-releases this year.

My vote is for Hurricanger. That's a mecha that could really benefit from the posability of the SMP line.

Ah, my b :lol

While I would like Hurricanger, I'm mostly afraid of how much real estate the karakuri balls would take up.

Yeah, give how popular Dairanger seems to be, I'm surprised it hasn't been done already tbh. Or maybe it'l be another Showa series, who knows.

Maybe the reason Daireoh hasn’t been done yet is because they’re having trouble figuring out how to give it all the articulation they want. I know it’s probably never going to happen but I wouldn’t mind a set Lai Lai balls to go with the mecha

I don't think there's any special reason it hasn't happened, just that everything else took priority. I doubt there's anything they're deliberately putting off

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...1216145653.jpg
https://i.redd.it/908d77nc6wv21.jpg

Same energy

I doubt it. At the SMP scale, they cheat all the time. I wouldn't be surprised if the red dragon could either transform accurately to the show, or partsform for increased articulation.

Yeah, I'm surprised they haven't done Dairanger yet either. I'd really like them to just fill out the 90s by giving us Fiveman, Dairanger, Ohranger, Carranger, and Gingaman, with my main interests being Dairanger and Ohranger.

That being said, I wouldn't mind Hurricaneger. I haven't seen the series, but I do really like the design. Timeranger could be neat as well - I'd be so down for a V-Rex kit.

Really cool that they're willing to revisit series. Hoping to get Mega Voyager (with Astro and Delta Mega reissues since I'm missing those) and Victory Mars one day.

SMP Ninja Man definitely seems like something they wouldn't have wanted to touch four years ago because it would have been a weird partsformer, which probably would have seemed underwhelming for a kit that didn't combine or have a full-on transformation more involved than Ninja Man's.

Also feeling like another step toward one day during Dairanger. I feel like the sort of clip-on/"armor" gattai additions, even from more recent kits (i.e. Max Victory Robo) are the least solid-feeling, which makes DairenOh all the more difficult to pull off.

Okay real talk...every SHODO Super team we've gotten except Gokaiger also has a Super Minipla release for the mechs. With the Dairanger SHODO set coming...does that mean Dairanger SMP are likely on the way?

I don't know why they'd even make SHODO Dairanger if it wasn't to accompany an upcoming SMP release. I'm basically taking it as a light confirmation

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Seeing SMP Daidenzin and Denzi Tiger got me wishing King-Ohger brought the carriership back. We haven't had one of those since Maskman come to think of it.

We have had a few, they're just a lot less explicit about it and had more features to them -- often being a robot themselves. Most obvious is Abaranger's Brachio; but then others like Kyuranger's Orion and Dekaranger's Dekabase also absolutely count imo

2023 was a pretty killer year for Minipla. I built more and had more fun with minipla and candy toys than any other toy line this year.

This is a top ten candy toys (mostly minipla) from popular Japanese builder, @Tomoshoo1: https://nodokalife.com/shockgung-2022best10

The Gaoranger stuff was seriously impressive.

Yeah, I was finally able to get Gunbuster, Daizyujin, and Dragon Caesar - three kits I have been wanting for years and are now among my favorite kits I own, as well as finding Ideon for a great price and ZyuohKing for super cheap...so 2022 has been kind to me in terms of minipla.

Jeez, normal minipla look so nice when painted, I wish I could do it too but I don't have the means to airbrush safely right now. Maybe one day.

I'm glad SMP Dryias made his top 10 list. I got that homeboy a few months back and absolutely loved it! The way they managed to replicate it's transformation was incredible.

True true. :rock:

Okay so the Dairanger Shodo (or whichever line it is) is basically an unofficial confirmation that we're getting SMP releases...any idea how long it might be before an announcement? How long is it usually between Shodo and SMP?

Honestly not sure. Maybe give it a month or two? It's pretty unprecedented actually that they announce the SHODOs before the SMP

Sun Vulcan
Shodo - 2/2020
Minipla - 2/2020

GogoV
Shodo - 09/2020
Minipla - 07/2020

Bioman
Shodo - 08/2021
Minipla - 02/2021

Liveman
Shodo - 2022
Minipla - 2018

Gaoranger
I can't find release dates, but I did find preorder dates
Shodo - 07/2021
Minipla - 03/2021

So yeah, you seem to be right - it's pretty unprecedented. There's also no discernable pattern. I hope this isn't following Gokaiger, where it got a shodo release but no super minipla.

The thing is Gokaiger was a special thing to coincide with the 10th anniversary movie, and Dairanger has nothing like that

Gokaiger getting a shodo figures, but I am personally quite sad we currently didn't get Super Minipla GokaiOh...

Maybe Super Minipla GokaiOh in 2 or 3 years later?

Eventually quite possibly. They've just been firmly focusing on older fans and series thus far. 2001 is the newest series SMP's touched so far and they've been going vaguely chronologically with kits (at least as they move forward). And besides spreading out with releasing pre-Zyuranger kits regularly, they're now circling back to revisit series (i.e. Ninjaman) and, if we do get Dairanger kits, possibly hitting on other 90s series that they skipped. I feel like it will be a long time before they get to Gokaiger.


I finally started building the second set of DonBros kits. I'm getting the feeling that they skipped a P-Bandai DonOnitaijin kit... because the normal release was the premium version. Working on Toradoragonjin, I'm reminded of just how good the colors of the plastic used for the DonBros minipla are compared to the last few years' kits, and that's 95% of the justification of the P-Bandai release. If anything, I'm surprised they didn't do a Black Onitaijin Murasame kit insead.

When do we expect King-ohger minipla to be revealed/released?

If anyone's still after one, HLJ is about to get some Minipla Don Onitaijins in stock

https://www.hlj.com/mini-plastic-ava...-set-bann81986

AGH that's tempting but I'd rather be able to bundle that with other aftermarket items I missed out on. HLJ shipping is still 25-30 right?

I feel that. I just got a notification from TFSource that my Liveboxer is in stock. As much as I want to bundle it to get free shipping, I'm less than halfway to the threshold and will probably have to pay the $20 shipping. :thumbdown

edit: Nevermind, Shipping is $8 :lol

I would love if TFSource regularly carried minipla. I think they only got Live Robo because it was a distribution bundle with Zyuranger stuff.

I'm wondering if they're getting Shokugan Modeling Project but not Super Mini-pla? Because they got all of the re-releases, Aquarion, Exkaiser, and (I think) all of Gaoranger, which were all released under the newer branding. But they also got Gunbuster and GaoGaiGar, which were considered Super Mini-pla, so who knows?

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I love this big ol' chonker. There's a couple things in the vehicle modes that aren't great, but in mech mode it's great. It makes my other kits look small in comparison.

No combination pics because I left Liverobo at my mom's house when I moved. I'll make sure to snag it next time I go back. On that note, I wonder if it will be compatible with the SMP Alt Destiny Liverobo? I doubt it, but you never know...

Minipla Avataro Gattai Series PB Black Onitaijin Murasame announced! Comes out in June for 4,400 yen on Premium Bandai.

Dairen'Oh is the next Super Minipla!

https://twitter.com/candytoy_c/statu...18294619791360

Nice! Just need Won Tiger to match the Legacy megazords. Haha.

Images of the King-Ohger have been revealed and it looks great!

https://bandaicandy.hateblo.jp/entry/20230228_sentai

I'm really excited to see the auxiliary mechs. The snail and pill bug revealed so far would be perfect for the line.