[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Also, holy s***, even SPLIT LIP is happy about the mecha. I don't really think that lion looks any more like a lion than Cube Eagle looks like an eagle, and the robot itself has that same "generic face" as the last half-decade or so, but again, I'm not exactly sad about this, just surprised.

I'm not in love with the mecha, I just think it's decent. Inoffensively average I suppose. However, most of the zords resemble actual things, even though the lion doesn't, but honestly I thought it was supposed to be a lion-motifed spaceship.

But dude, they're not blocks! Like literal, actual blocks. With numbers, like the kind you give to toddlers. They have detail, they look mechanical, they put priority on being identifiable robotic representations of things and not a half-hearted pixel aesthetic that kinda exists kind but not consistently. The robot also at least attempts a heroic look and proportions. Yeah the orbs throw things off and it's still a big ol' chunko, but it's chunky in a way that looks at least strong and heroic and not just chunky because of bits of zord that have nowhere to go.

Yeah, the face is generic, but at least the helmet isn't ridiculously oversized. (the shape of the head reminds me of Bragigas, though. Not a bad thing just a coincidence I suppose) And most of all, it ditches the quasi-cutesy sculpts, one-hue-too-light primary colours, and adds real robotic details. Hell, when was the last time we actually saw silver in prominence on a main mecha?

Is it the best thing ever? No. Is it better than the garbage we've been getting since Kyoryuger? Hell yeah. It's all minor stuff that comes together to give the air of slightly more sophistication than the last three or so years.

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Originally Posted by ValdorKing

Ninninger and ToQger could both incorporated their gimmick without it being so invasive,

hahaha

I mean, depends on what your idea of "invasive" is.