[Yellow Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

Nah, she was portrayed by Kiyohito Nakagawa.

Damn I thought Mr. Pink was PteraRanger.

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Originally Posted by Den-O

We aren't talking about suit actors. The actual physical character is male in Zyuranger. And all of the footage depicting that character is of a male physique. So in any footage used in the US for the first season and a half, which is almost all japanese footage, it's a man. The character Trini is female and they got away with it because of yellow "traditionally" being more associated with girls/women.

Suit actors traditionally are male but many strong badass women have broken into the career in recent years. AKiba Blue & Yellow's suit actors were women, Kamen Rider Marika is a woman. It's pretty cool actually. But we're talking about the physical appearance of Tiger Ranger and Yellow Ranger being the same.

Ignoring that every female suit worn by a man actually has a male physique too there's the scenes where Thuy Trang is in the suit,all American season 1 footage, the later half of season 2 and all of season 3. Meaning that all in all there's more footage of a female Yellow then a male one

and in this image Yellow clearly is female:
http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...fe/Prteams.jpg

And to be frank I'd say worldwide the suit is more well known as being a woman due to PR and that most PR fans would rather have a Yellow Ranger figure that looks like a girl because they know her as one.

[Talisman]

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

Female Yellow Ranger started appearing late Season 2, once all the Zyuranger and Zyu2 footage was gone. Ironically, at this point they had stopped using their original weapons like the Sabre Daggers, I believe.

That always bothered me. Still does. Especially how little they actually used Saba.

Who gives a sword a tactical AI and then NEVER uses it? Even as a nugget I found that to be a critical flaw.

[MetroPoliceGray]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

We aren't talking about suit actors. The actual physical character is male in Zyuranger. And all of the footage depicting that character is of a male physique. So in any footage used in the US for the first season and a half, which is almost all japanese footage, it's a man. The character Trini is female and they got away with it because of yellow "traditionally" being more associated with girls/women.

I thought it was because Thuy/Trini was....uuhhh...."right for the part". Always thought it was strange they decided the Asian should be Yellow, and the black guy should be Black. Just sayin'......

Anyhoo, they should've just went the same way as Tyranno/Dragon Ranger. I feel the purists, especially from a collector POV. But most if not all companies see money, so guess this is their way of testing the waters on this figure. This is the first time they've encountered this kind of issue. And willing to bet this'll set the standard for other gender-bent characters.

[Den-O]

For me it isn't even about purism. I'll buy the web exclusive because that's the one I want, I want the male one and I want the Zyuranger packaging.

The issue is availability. People who want the mostly more accurate male body type will have to go through middlemen, they don't get an alternative in the US. They're only given the option of the female body type.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

For me it isn't even about purism. I'll buy the web exclusive because that's the one I want, I want the male one and I want the Zyuranger packaging.

How is that not purism?

[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

How is that not purism?

Because he doesn't say he doesn't want the MMPR version, just that he wants to get the Zyu version.

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Originally Posted by MetroPoliceGray

I thought it was because Thuy/Trini was....uuhhh...."right for the part". Always thought it was strange they decided the Asian should be Yellow, and the black guy should be Black. Just sayin'......

It was an accident. That's it.

[Talisman]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Because he doesn't say he doesn't want the MMPR version, just that he wants to get the Zyu version.

More accurately, a purist would deny the MMPR version even has a right to exist.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

How is that not purism?

Because I'm not trying to force feed it down on everyone that this is the only version they should ever buy? It's the one I want for the stated reasons, I have no problem whatsoever with the version others chooses to get. I fully recognize there is a demand for the female body type and the MMPR packaging.

I just think that the lack of availability for the original version sucks. If you want the male one you can't just go buy it at a specialty store/comic shop or off Amazon like you'll be able to do with the female type. You'll have to go through a middleman service or pay more on the secondary market plus international shipping in most cases. I have no problem jumping through these extra hoops for the one I want, not every wants to or even can.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Because he doesn't say he doesn't want the MMPR version, just that he wants to get the Zyu version.

It was an accident. That's it.

Exactly, it was an accident. Tony Oliver told me that they were eight episodes in of filming when someone on their crew brought it up and they just had that look of, "Ohhhhhhh boy." They never even thought about it. Hell, I never even thought about it until someone brought it up to me back in 2002 when he said, "Man, I cannot believe they casted the black dude as the black ranger and the asian girl as the yellow ranger."

Anyway, I hope every single person that wanted a Trini Figuart buys her. If they don't, it is going to just look poorly on us and may send a message to Bandai telling then that Bluefin does not know what they are talking about.

[Talisman]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Anyway, I hope every single person that wanted a Trini Figuart buys her. If they don't, it is going to just look poorly on us and may send a message to Bandai telling then that Bluefin does not know what they are talking about.

"Want" and "ability" tend to conflict more than they intersect...