[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

Both appeared in 199, among every other giant robot and Variblune & Varidreen, which happened only a couple years ago. I'm sure that, if most or all those older suits and VTOLs were made from scratch and then scrapped post-production (assuming that the original suits and VTOLs weren't kept at all) Toei wouldn't rebuild 6 mecha suits (Daizyujin exempt, because Saban would probably prevent destroying that suit) just for a team up. That costs ¥, and a large company like Toei is most likely savvy enough to not waste materials that would be used later.

A lot of 199 was stock footage, though.
And you overestimate how little regard Toei holds for their suits, shameless cutting up old ones to help make newer ones if they're not just tossed to begin with (Though, they have been saving them recently, so perhaps if Astro appeared outside of stock footage they might still have it).