Let's do collectible device. We need to know that so we know how to incorporate it into the belt. I was thinking it could be amber stones and each one contains dinosaur dna which can help him change forms and transform.

Dino Gems like in Dino Thunder. Or DNA Scales.

I was thinking of something I liked to call "Fossil Chips". Basically its Dinosaur fossil fragments the size/shape of a poker chip or maybe an SD Card? Granted the whole thing isn't a piece of fossil, it's has a small chip of fossil in/on it.

We'll make this into a poll. So far we have:
Amber Stones
Dino Gems
Dino Chips

puzzle slates with each piece forming a body part ala fourze

I suggested dino essence cards (thick as a gaia memory) that make their own noises when he slides them through the belt.

Why so thick? That would have to make the scanning device huge.

well, with normal cards, you would have very limited sounds you could make with the belt.

I think it would be interesting to have a more open ended side of the collectible items spectrum. or at the very least have it to where we could pull a Fourze and find a workaround.

then again, this is something more in the realm of fantasy, so we wouldn't have to be obligated with something like toy limitations.

I'm not looking at it in the terms of toys either. I'm looking at it in terms of design and appearance. So, my next suggestion would be a key system? Not like what I'm using for my Kaijin set. But something like a sliding tumbler system. Paleo slides a key/card through the reader, the teeth on the side hit a series of tumblers and make the noises.

I was thinking of having a generic dinosaur head bite down on whatever he slides in the belt regardless.

So you guys want to add cards to the list?

I dunno.


As for what you said Sano, about the chomping dinosaur heads, that's gives me an idea. But it's not coming through all the way yet.


Idea! Why not combine the essence card idea with the Go-Onger spirit thing and the Kyoryuger Zyudenchi? Basically a dinosaur essence cartridge that is inserted into the chomping mouth of a dinosaur head on the belt. Or bracelet, kind of like Drive.

May I make a suggestion?

No! No you cannot!!


Of course you can, you dolt! This is Tokunations Rider! All members are welcome to suggest ideas.

Feel free to contribute as much as you want.

Let's not make it a two piece henshin device. Let's keep it a belt. I like the idea for the collectible device.

Wait, if he dies anyway, what was the point of changing him from ONE of the pre-skeletal Extinct into a pre-human. I thought the reason you decided on that change was so that he could stay alive as a mentor? Also - as enemies - if the Shaman was able to cast a hibernation spell on them, why didn't he eliminate them then and there? Not to mention, where does the whole "extinction" aspect play into it all if surviving the meteor played no part in their timeline? Lastly, killing the shaman off so early also leaves no connection to the magic of the Extinct and the magic of the Driver if he has no part in it's creation. I'm completely open to alterations and big changes to the idea I proposed initially, but that just sounds less simple, makes less sense, and causes way too many plot holes.

Phew. Rant over. I just had to throw that out there. Again, I do think the backstory barely matters here and the design of our fan-created rider is the most important part. So continue with what you're doing now. I don't mean to backtrack things.

Why don't we just make the collectibles mini - dino heads which bite down / attach to the belt. And they activate finishers by opening the mouth with a button press and bite down on the belt.

Or the collectibles could just be magic dino teeth inserted to a DNA scanner-like belt

the driver isn't supposed to have magic.
it's meant to be technology.

Okay so why not have crystals similar to the ones used in gaoranger/wild force except instead of animal statues or whatever was inside those things they have dino dna in them.

I'm in no way suggesting in any way crystals or gems or eggs or... Whatever exactly it looks like is pictured here.

The only thing from this sketch you should consider is the Dino Skull motif. Everything else is just random visualization.

Whatever the form change collectible ends up being (I'd thought about Dinosaur figurines that fold up like ranger keys... only without the key part) would slot in and the skull would chomp down to initiate the transformation. In this sketch the jewel would slide in to the open cavity on the other side of the belt, but you can ignore that entirely if you want. Honestly as I was sketching this I started to lose interest in the idea of a gem or stone... thing. But oh well.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...psqpfvanfg.png

MS Paint FTW.

How about Dino skull clips (the ones that look like clothespin) which are clipped (bite on) on to the center of the belt

The belt is technology, not magic. The hibernation of the dinosaurs made them disappear really, so people assumed they were extinct.

I think we could go woth the chips idea only instead of them having a fossil piece on them have them have the DNA sequence of a specific dino programmed into it.

That's the point of having the fossil piece in the chip. The fossil holds the DNA sequence. But now that I think about it I realize that fossils don't really hold much DNA in them at all, if any.

I really like it, but let's just do the collectible device and we'll get back to the picture. Earlier I was suggesting the idea of Amber stones and those can work in that. I think cards or chips could work in that also. What do you guys think of my idea, Amber stones. For example the ones that mosquitoes get stuck in. Maybe they could the DNA of different dinosaurs.

The mosquito in amber from Jurassic Park was the reason I colored the stone orange in that picture. :P

this whole thing could turn into one big jurassic park refference with one wrong move XD

That's a good idea!

What about microscope slides with crystalized dino DNA?

I really like the idea of amber stones being the collectible gimmick. Different forms could have different colors of amber.

Well you have to consider that collectibles need to be cool enough for people to want to... youknow. Collect them.

I suppose what I pictured there was an egg shaped amber stone with a dinosaur name and silhouette. Then when it's inserted into the Driver and the jaws bite down, it slides through and into the window. There the driver lights up the stone, revealing a figurine, or three dimensional skeleton, or something inside.

Just an example of how the collectibles would power the form changes: Say his forms are something like Carnivore, Herbivore, Omnivore and Aquavore and there are four different colored categories of stones to represent them. Any of the Carnivore colored stones would transform him in to the Carnivore base form, and then depending on the dinosaur revealed inside, it would give him a particular power, weapon, or additional armor. Again - for example - his first transformation could be "Carnivore Tyranno." Carnivore being the base, and that particular stone's ability granting him the Tyranno Blade. He could from there switch out the stone with another Carnivore colored stone, say Raptor. The base suit would stay the same but it would switch out the sword for something like claws.

I know we're just focusing on collectibles right now, but you simply HAVE to blur the lines for some things. Before officially deciding on a collectible device, we must consider how well something like it could be implemented and what each one would do first.

^^I like that. A lot.^^

I support this
Maybe the Base forms have different secondary weapons, and the stone slightly alters the abilities, i.e. Raptor is fast, Tyranno has a lot of beefy beefcake beefyness, etc. etc.
What would be the mid-season upgrade though?

So....we're discussing forms now?

Not necessarily. What I'm getting at is we need to at least start thinking about how the form changes and power ups are going to work whilst we decide on the collectible or else we might choose a something that doesn't allow enough options gimmick wise.

I also think this thread should get back to the poll and voting format more often, here. It's much more effective than guessing or assuming all of us are on the same page or in agreement as far as an idea goes.

maybe we should just submit our belt designs and have a poll to decide

Good idea Yuu.


As for what you said RollOut, Ok. Well, I think we should try to get the belt down solid before we work on the collectibles. The belt will help us figure out what kind of collectible to go with.

We shouldn't be discussing forms. I think it's obvious we're going with RollOut's design . It's perfect and can work with any collectible device.

Alrighty then! Moving back to the collectibls idea. We need to take a poll. Set it up! :lol