[Shin Densetsu]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

Reading through the Legacy Megazord thread, reading through the comments about articulation, made me decide to do this thread. Tigerzord had articulation, that's true. Some of which was due to it's transformation than anything else. The Thunder Megazord however couldn't have that level of articulation and still be as show accurate as a lot of the Legacy items are. Because the Thunderzords are basically just armor for the Red Dragon Thunderzord, it's not a Voltron-Limb style combined robot. They could've, possibly, had some articulation with the original MMPR Megazord. But that to would've compromised stability.
Look at Combiner Wars Devastator, as an example. Watch Peaugh's review or any number of reviews done on the toy since it's release this month. The individual figures are extremely compromised for the sake of the combined robot. And as the point was made on Twitter, posing combined CW figures at all is a challenge. Especially Defensor.
Returning to Tigerzord however. That figure could have articulation because it's not a combined robot. It has an animal and warrior mode. And even when it combined all the limbs that are articulated fold up in some way. (The arms don't, I know). The legs however do.

Would I like an articulated Megazord? Absolutely. But they already gave the line to us, Soul of Chogokin. And then Retrofire. But a combined, articulated, Megazord? I just don't see that happening. And if it does I promise you the toy will suffer because of it.

I disagree. The only thing that may suffer is our budget.

What a lot of older fans want are SOC-style combining, fully articulated, diecast Megazords/Super Sentai mecha. This would obviously be reflected in price but this is the dream that collectors such as myself have.

The Legacy line IMO, makes MegaZord toys the way we wanted them BACK THEN, not necessarily the way we want them NOW.

The folks who want SOC-style Megazords are the older fans who grew up with MMPR, have seen toy companies up their ante and want something on par.

If Bandai Japan ever makes a SOC Super Sentai mecha, it wouldn't be on the compromised level of a Hasbro mainline toy like Generations Devastator. Would a Bandai of America released be downgraded in comparison? Maybe.

Are chances low for a SOC super Sentai mecha? Maybe. Who would they pick? There's over 35 years worth of super Sentai mecha to choose from. They weren't that popular in the SRC line and while different, Bandai unfortunately may have used that to gauge popularity/demand for SOC Super Sentai mecha.