[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by Locke

And I guess I can kinda understand the showa throwback thing, kinda, but with sentai suits getting increasingly more complex in the last five years or so and this show running alongside a show whose entire gimmick centres around increasingly more insane costumes, this better have a DAMN good story to justify the incredible cheap blandness of it all.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, complexity and innovation truly died with Boukenger. Easily the most innovative and inclusive DX line of mecha from Sentai. Starting with Gekiranger we've been bounced back and forth between over simplification and sub standard complexity and haven't gotten back to Boukenger levels since.

There are good things out there. SHinken-Oh, G12, Go-Buster Ace, Plezuon. But the level of quality and complexity achieved by Boukenger has never been seen since.

[WhiteRanger]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

Tons of new info translations courtesy of the team at Herotaku!

Minus the animal vehicle of go onger I feel like it going to be more and more like go onger

[ElConvoy]

After staring at a bigger pictures of the helmets for quite a bit I really dig em. Love that the tracks are raised. The rest of the suit still is lackluster They just feel naked.

[uchihabro77]

Alright my thoughts-

Suit- Cool, showa, not much else.

Mecha- yeeeeeaaah. No. I just dont care for it.

Weapons and Changer- I wanna like it, I just cant.

Overall- Im doing like I do everything else, I wont form an opinion on the show until I see it, but the toys? I dont care for them at all right now.

What does it mean? Ill be able to focus on Gaim and backtrack on Kyoryuger.

[greever4889]

Hurray, I can start on either Gaoranger or hurricaneger! Since ill be skipping most of if not all of tokkyuger.

[nicholsG12]

i'd like to point out that the mecha looks like a train sandwich. literally the first thing I thought of when I saw it. I honestly think they blew their creativity budget on kyoryuger, and that's why this looks so bland. I want them to restart the microzord line with this when we get this show over here.

[Paladin]

With color-swapping as the main gimmick, the "bland" suit design starts to make sense. If there's no major details or other parts in the way the costume/editing departments can swap colors around with no problems. It also explains why the Tokkyugers are referred to by numbers instead of their colors; the numbers don't change when they swap.

And I'd be willing to guess at the reason for the color-changing too. Does everyone remember in RPM when each Ranger suit had special abilities? That could also be applied here and explain why they have to change colors.

Those two add-on Zords really bring out the detail of the main Megazord a bit more. If we get a lot of these extra Trains then that might help the apparently lackluster design. I'm not on board for a purchase yet but I might be heading towards the station. :P

[Shadow Moon]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

I've said it before and I'll say it again, complexity and innovation truly died with Boukenger. Easily the most innovative and inclusive DX line of mecha from Sentai. Starting with Gekiranger we've been bounced back and forth between over simplification and sub standard complexity and haven't gotten back to Boukenger levels since.

There are good things out there. SHinken-Oh, G12, Go-Buster Ace, Plezuon. But the level of quality and complexity achieved by Boukenger has never been seen since.

My thoughts exactly. Then again Boukenger was the 30th anniversary so that might explain the quality. Maybe we'll achieve that level again when the big 4-0 roles around in two years.

[guncannon109]

Not a fan of the suit design, but then again I wasn't a huge fan of the Kyoryuger suits when I first saw them either.

[algo448]

I love how pink is so happy on the poster.