[Sunred]

Rejoice Legacy Tigerzord. Your brothers and sisters have arrived.

[SPLIT LIP]

Please come out now, ThunderMegazord.

[TokuChris]

Back home finally. Anyone have ?s for me about anything I saw toy-wise?

[GreenPsychoRanger]

Tell us everything!

[TokuChris]

I did. At least, what I was allowed to

[TokuKnight89]

And here I thought that the giant D.C. Megazord at the conventions might just be a good reproduction statue. It's a shame that only Bandai paid to use it. I remember when P.R. used its own footage of a Megazord vs. a monster. There have been multiple instances over the years. Why they don't ship the Mecha/Megazord suits anymore, I'll never truly understand.

[TokuChris]

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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

And here I thought that the giant D.C. Megazord at the conventions might just be a good reproduction statue. It's a shame that only Bandai paid to use it. I remember when P.R. used its own footage of a Megazord vs. a monster. There have been multiple instances over the years. Why they don't ship the Mecha/Megazord suits anymore, I'll never truly understand.

From what I understand, Toei ships New Zealand EVERYTHING. It's up to production whether or not to use it. And making new footage of the Megazords is sometimes a little pricey because of the set you have to create.

[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by Kickback

From what I understand, Toei ships New Zealand EVERYTHING. It's up to production whether or not to use it. And making new footage of the Megazords is sometimes a little pricey because of the set you have to create.

Thunder Megazord vs. Octophantom

Thunder Megazord vs. White Tigerzord

Thunder Megazord and White Tigerzord vs. Repellator

Thunder Megazord and White Tigerzord vs. Rito Revolto and Zyu2 Monsters

Shogunzords vs. the Sinister Simian

All of 'In Space' vs. Giant Asteroid

Mega Winger vs. Velocifighters

Astro Megazord and Galaxy Megazord vs. Psycho Pink Monster Form

I could honestly go on. This was when P.R. could and WOULD do ANYTHING it could think would work. I'm not denying that the more you do, the more it costs, but I still think an attempt would be definitely worth it. Notice that most of the U.S. Zord footage is done differently with a lot of "ground-to-air" camera work than the straight-forward "Mecha/Monster Battle on a City Set". How could Toei ship them every little thing, and we still go so long without any original footage of the Megazords? Even ONE!!!

[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

How could Toei ship them every little thing, and we still go so long without any original footage of the Megazords? Even ONE!!!

Because of what Kickback just said.

It's expensive and difficult. Notice how huge the suit is for the Dinocharge Megazord? How it's like nine feet tall? That's because the person inside is basically on short stilts, swinging around huge, bulky body parts. It's difficult, exhausting, and takes a lot of choreography to use one of those costumes for very little gain. Factor in that the only examples of unique Megazord footage is from back when Power Rangers was telling radically different stories. Nowadays it's so much more in line with the Sentai, with minimal changes like a few new villains or allies. Superficial stuff in the grand scheme of footage recycling that makes up 90% of the action. There's no narrative reason for new footage, and do you really think uber cheap neo-Saban gives a shit to just make unique footage for the sake of that? Kids won't care, and if the story's uneffected, neither will stuffy adult fans like us.

[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Because of what Kickback just said.

It's expensive and difficult. Notice how huge the suit is for the Dinocharge Megazord? How it's like nine feet tall? That's because the person inside is basically on short stilts, swinging around huge, bulky body parts. It's difficult, exhausting, and takes a lot of choreography to use one of those costumes for very little gain. Factor in that the only examples of unique Megazord footage is from back when Power Rangers was telling radically different stories. Nowadays it's so much more in line with the Sentai, with minimal changes like a few new villains or allies. Superficial stuff in the grand scheme of footage recycling that makes up 90% of the action. There's no narrative reason for new footage, and do you really think uber cheap neo-Saban gives a shit to just make unique footage for the sake of that? Kids won't care, and if the story's uneffected, neither will stuffy adult fans like us.

The second half of this could easily explain Super Megaforce. The other side of this is that I'm not asking for much to begin with. A third side calls that if the suit is so cumbersome, is there any way to do it in segments? If certain elements do come off and can be coordinated autonomously from the rest of the whole, then one can do a close-up of an arm or leg moving and still get a desired effect, even if that effect is merely to cover a cut in the Sentai footage. The sword itself is a separate piece. And they could add a superfluous, but gratifying shot of the Megazord just standing. They did "statue" the suit. Also, Dino Charge is breaking ranks with typical Neo-Saban madness, and cannot solely be called "footage recycling". Oh, and a fourth side is the use of CGI. I admit that such a mock-up via computer rendering would not have the same genuine impact of the suit, but it would technically be considered "new footage". They did use a CGI Rex in the beginning of D.C. I do understand that it all goes back to the money as well as the time and effort of the crew, but I still can't help but wonder if certain restrictions could be...circumvented.