[Androzani84]

So I said that I’d give my two cents only when you’d done 15 and 16…

Regarding the two new guys… I wasn’t exactly sure what to think. In a show where I was struggling to find anyone likeable on the side of good, the new guys being assholes wasn’t the easiest sell. But after a while, I turned around to considering Jin and J the second and third best characters in the show, mostly due to their fairly unique “bickering roommates” dynamic standing out compared to the other three partnerships.

And I haven’t talked much about the toys here, so here’s a discussion in the form of our new weapon for the two 6th Rangers, the Drivlade.

I’ll mention that the two new guys’ toys were both voice activated, a feature Bandai rarely uses because the microphone in the toy has issues picking up sound (either that, or they’re not great sellers regardless). But with this, there is a bit more functionality with the finisher sounds and the vehicle launching sounds, which are the closest the VA comes to managing emotion while speaking English. The latter I’m calling attention to because Go-Busters is the one post-Dekaranger Sentai with no way to summon the mechs using the main Morpher (which is an odd choice for a throwback in a show all about advanced technology, to say the least).

Next time, I’ll continue this Ted talk by discussing the new guys” mechs.