It's nice to get pics of them, as well as some other shots of the suits in action, but haven't we known about these monsters since the press conference? Either way, I'm not too sure how I feel about the monster designs, they're kinda bland looking from those pictures. Then again, from the plot they don't seem like the focus of the series anyway.

Also, I will say that it's wrong to immediately assume it will be a good series, I mean yes, the plot does sound awesome in a crazy and ridiculous way, but we also assumed that Wizard would be awesome because the suit design was so great, and that didn't turn out near as good as what we expected.

I'm assuming it will be a good series based on what I've seen.If I'm wrong,then I'm wrong.Only person I'm disappointing is myself.I think it'll be a good series,but not perfect.I know it'll have it flaws.Every series does.You have to have a neutral thought on it.You cant be too positive or too negative.The suits to me look amazing,the henshin is over the top,but makes sense.The fruit design is different,which is nice.I wanted a change of pace.The street dancing,it all depends on how they use it.If they use it just to show them having fun,then fine.But if they start overusing it,then meh.And like I said about the smaller monsters,every series that comes after decade has at least one of them.I think it's a cool twist on where these came from.

As for the monsters,yeah we knew what they were called.I posted that because it mentions the smaller versions and why the bigger ones show up.The reason I like that so much is because unlike some of the series before it,it explains where the little helpers come from.

OOO does a good job of it too.Fourze is ok with the Foodroids,just not as solid as OOO,and Wizard's makes sense in the fact their crystal,that's it.The reason I dont like Wizards little minions is because its more of a toy selling gimmick then a storyline.

We won't know if it's good until its a few episodes in. These shows kind of live or die by how they handle the doldrums between major plot points.

It really isn't "a thing" just one person saying it over and over.

Yeah I always find that if you don't like a show within the first few episodes, you probably aren't going to change your mind later on - or even want to change your mind but if you ARE enjoying a show during the first few episodes, don't invest too much into the show because Toku has a real tendency to drop the ball.

You're just a peach, ain't you?

"If you don't like the first episodes, you will never like it, and even if you do, you probably STILL won't like it."

Well it's true, if the core heroes and universe has been established (usually in the first five to ten episodes) and you aren't feeling it, it's unlikely you're going to change your mind after that point. And if someone tells you that it gets good in fifteen more episodes, I know I certainly wouldn't care to watch fifteen more episodes of a series I'm not enjoying to get to a 'good' bit that I have no guarantee I would like.

I mean I did that with OOO, and I'm glad I did, but that was because OOO had cool action scenes and a great main Rider to push me through those first crappy twenty or so episodes. There are many, many other series that didn't even offer me that much and there was no way I was sticking around, even with protests that I was missing out.

Except that wasn't the point I was making. It was the bit that even if you like the first episodes, it will be shit because that's what Toku does. That the kind of piss-poor attitude that makes my eyes roll everytime I see it on message boards.

Okay SPLIT LIP, Locke, we established how you guys feel about series, but can we get back on Gaim discussion?

I'm not finding the fruit theming to be as zany or interesting as many others are.