[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

I feel for the Ninja Steel cast. They seem like really good people, they are really good people, fun and.. Yea. They were stick with a crap season built from a crap Sentai season and everyone's now pointing at the new shiny thing in Hasbro and Beast Morphers.

That being said I will now point at the new shiny thing and ask a question.

Is anyone else here for a Cheeda Nick/Go-Buster Ace repaint turning it into Beast Wars Cheetor? Because I am here for that.

Ultimately, Ninja Steel is now Wild Force in that it is a "periphery season", in that it was the FIRST change for franchise ownership and changed stations in the middle of its run in anticipation of what was to come, even though Beast Morphers will remain on Nick! While Wild Force had some interesting parts when I was younger, does anyone care for the show other than "Forever Red", the 10th Anniversary Episode! Granted, this is a difficult question given the real-world events since that season ended, but outside of that and 10 Red Rangers joining together to violate continuity and destroy a giant mechanical dragon of destruction with a Deus ex Machina that never meant much to anyone, does anyone really feel for Wild Force like they used to?

"Forever Red" feels like Star Trek DS9's "Trials and Tribble-ations", but DS9 had more to offer which is why it isn't the only episode to get recognition!

Wild Force had only so much to offer, and Ninja Steel was trying to follow Dino Charge and its success without shaking much up!

It was an ill-timed business decision on the part of Hasbro and Saban because it does take away from Super Ninja Steel's latter half, which will only be remembered at this stage for the Anniversary components! But the ill-timing works on a real-world level as well, because I had just lost my grandmother when the news that Hasbro would make toys for Beast Morphers broke, which was a fun little distraction at the time because it gave me something else to think about!

I would say that all we can do is try to give Super Ninja Steel whatever credit we can, because they did most of that BEFORE Beast Morphers and the switch to Hasbro! Respect what they did because this will truly be last blast for Saban's involvement, though Shattered Grid and Beyond the Grid are making bigger and bolder leaps and moving the franchise further along than we thought possible even 5 years ago!

We honestly don't know how good the first true entry in the "Hasbro Era" will be, so we have let Super Ninja Steel do what it can as we bid farewell to Saban's involvement!

JDF appeared at an Anime Festival in Bossier City, Louisiana just this past weekend, and made note of the fact that Saban did care for the franchise and did find Sentai on TV in a Japanese hotel room and tried to spread it and pitch it to the world!

Say what you will about Saban's character and his politics, as well as JDF's, but I do believe that Frank was correct and that Saban, love him or hate him, ultimately succeeded!

Super Ninja Steel and the Comics are Saban's swan song with the franchise! Let's not forget that!

P.S.: Transformers crossover with Beast Morphers! Something like this: http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2018/04/...ion-announced/

P.P.S.: I kinda think the news in that link might be a gag, but don't quote me on that either!