[Starscream Gaga]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

It's not worse, it's better. It looks better, the Smasher doesnt have that annoying hinge, it looks more.. Samurai-ish? Yes, Samurai-ish.

It doesnt though; it looks far worse. The Smasher doesnt have the hinge, but just look at the compromise to the lion. He has a visible sword sticking out his butt and the helmet, which was hidden well as the tail, is just slapped on top. The lion legs do not look samurai armour, they look like awkward misplaced legs slapped on top of his arms and completely ruin the look. Its not like any effort was made to make them look ornate or armour-like, theyre just stuck there as lion legs with absolurtly no difference from when they were being used as legs.The kanji (and the sword) are just slapped on all over the lion (in the wrong places) which not only ruins the idea that the lion is Wild Force and the ultimate power transforms him into Samurai, but just looks bad. This also sacrifices the diffirentiation between the two modes because instead of having the black and colored lines over the lion parts, the Shinken mode just looks like lion pieces are stuck all over him. The change to the lions mane to Shinken gokaioh is also dropped (althogh the pics in the OP havent done it) which, while minor, also made Shinken more seperate from just being Gokaioh with lion parts in him.

I get that the bigger sword is a plus and I can sort of see why people would like a smaller, less bulky and samurai look to the arms and legs and some people dont like the doors (although I think just how bothered people are by them is getting exaggerated a bit since the SMF line appeared) and compromises are to be expected, but does the Red Lion look better then Gaolion? Not by any stretch of the imagination.

Sorry for all the typos, too. Im trying to use a tablet and I suck at it.