[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by EpsilonX

Those two reasons aren't mutually exclusive though...in fact, they fit together quite nicely.

The train boner thing seems likely too. It's probably a mix of all three - train's aren't too popular here, dinosaurs and ninjas (the next two seasons) are super popular, and the megazord has a boner.

ToQOh did that joke in Ep. 3 against Chain Shadow. There are a few means for a P.R. adaptation to avoid that:

- Don't use Chain Shadow's Megazord Battle!

- Shorten the time spent during the Megazord Battle against Chain Shadow.

- The front of Red Ressha is shown folding upward onto the chest during the standard ToQOh transformation. Refilm the combination sequence of ToQOh to remove this so as to not even hint at the possibility of Red Ressha doing anything stupid or awkward.

- Let the DX Hasbro version be constructed in such a manner that the Megazord train chest is locked in place when the head is connected, therefore it would be virtually impossible to adjust the parts to echo that dumb joke.

If the Ep. 3 joke isn't the primary reason, but the theme is, then the focus should on the story and not just the theme. Lean into all the previous moments trains have been significant to the franchise (train-focused episodes or train-themed Megazords), while simultaneously focusing more on the story and the characters around the theme. In my mind, a train-themed Ranger team would occur from an in-universe standpoint by accident; it's not planned by anyone to give teenagers the "Power of Trains", but rather something that just happens. Remember, Dino Charge's backstory was that the Energems were bonded to dinosaurs, but not necessarily planned by Keeper to give Earth people the "Power of Dinosaurs"!


On a purely Zenkaiger level, we haven't seen how the "Sentai Gear" gimmick will work yet so it's possible that ToQger wouldn't even factor into it heavily. Even Gokaiger short-changed some of their predecessors; they changed into some teams more than others. I look at that Zenkaiger poster and see a P.R. adaptation a mile wide on that basis alone. The less Zenkaiger references an un-adapted team, the better its chances for an adaptation. That being said, one has to also get a feel for the villains themselves before making an accurate assessment. Still got a few days before the official website goes live and reveals more details.