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They're a bunch of what?

Anyways, I looked up Mutegi Shogun and found one on ebay. Only one at $300 plus $64 shipping. I don't want it that badly.

Seriously, it can't be worth that much.

I know the Sentai series is very different from the American stuff, but I'm a hardhead and will stick with the US awesomeness. Besides, we got Tommy the Green Ranger. Nothing can top the green ranger.

However, I think I will need to sit and read all the Sentai storylines so I can get a better idea of what's going on here. I kinda want to fill the few remaining gaps in all my old stuff.

I need and Artilatron. I think I spelled that right. It's the Turbo carrier Zord.

I bought this online last week and I finally received it on Monday, I now own the Astro Morpher from Power Rangers in Space, in Pristine Mint Condition, well I got the Japanese Sentai version of it, called the Digitizer, the same thing pretty much:

robofreak wrote:They're a bunch of what?

The censor is there for a reason. Besides, those two Ultrazords were US-only, and were filmed using the actual toys! ' Nuff said.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

robofreak wrote:They're a bunch of what?

The censor is there for a reason. Besides, those two Ultrazords were US-only, and were filmed using the actual toys! ' Nuff said.

Well, Wikipedia did nothing except confuse the crap out of me with trying to figure out the censor.

I had no idea Sentai is older than just MMPR. I've got to figure out what Zords are older than just the Dinozords as it seems there are some additional things to discover there.

I'm trying to find the RPM Megazords. If anyone can hook me up, let me know. I want that RPM Ultrazord abomnination in my collection.

yeah go to Super Sentai Database, it will show all the Pre-Zyuranger Megazords, the first Sentai series to have a Megazord, Giant Mecha was Battle Fever J from 1979

*look at Sentai datavase*

*head explodes*

I had no idea this series went into 1979.

I'm really annoyed. I want the Samurai Megazord, but the US version is drastically different from the Sentai version. I'm familiar with mold differeces, but the US Samurai Megazord is like a completely new figure. Can't achieve origami forms and the leg combiner ports are completely different.

Was the Samurai Gettai really that unsafe in the US?

robofreak wrote:*look at Sentai datavase*

*head explodes*

I had no idea this series went into 1979.

I'm really annoyed. I want the Samurai Megazord, but the US version is drastically different from the Sentai version. I'm familiar with mold differeces, but the US Samurai Megazord is like a completely new figure. Can't achieve origami forms and the leg combiner ports are completely different.

Was the Samurai Gettai really that unsafe in the US?

I know right? I should mention that it might not have been a safety issue but a cost issue. Never bought a PR toy before and I was going to go for this one. I really want the Candy Toy but it's lost to the sands of time.

I'm not sure if it's a matter of cost. If anything, the Samurai Megazord should be more expensive since 4 out of 5 Zords are completely new molds. Turtle is the only Zord capable of achieving the origami form.

I noticed the package said it's compatible with the MMPR Zords for 2010. I wonder if the mold change was made in order to promote the idea of having backwards compatibility with the older toys?

I'll probably go for the US one for now since I don't want to drop $200 on the Sentai Samurai Gettai, but I'll get that one eventually.

And a Mutegi Shogun.

robofreak wrote:I'm not sure if it's a matter of cost. If anything, the Samurai Megazord should be more expensive since 4 out of 5 Zords are completely new molds. Turtle is the only Zord capable of achieving the origami form.

I noticed the package said it's compatible with the MMPR Zords for 2010. I wonder if the mold change was made in order to promote the idea of having backwards compatibility with the older toys?

I'll probably go for the US one for now since I don't want to drop $200 on the Sentai Samurai Gettai, but I'll get that one eventually.

And a Mutegi Shogun.

It was cheaper to take the extra joints out to make them Origami. I really wish I was able to find that Candy Toy now. You can find the other mechs but him on Ebay.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:It was cheaper to take the extra joints out to make them Origami. I really wish I was able to find that Candy Toy now. You can find the other mechs but him on Ebay.

I still question that. Mostly cause based on everything I see of the 2 figures, they would have had to have made 2 separate molds. It's just a matter of removing the transformation function. It's about the same amount of plastic for both of them. To do what they did for both versions requires a second set of molds just because of the nature of injection molded plastic.

Clawzord also went through extensive retooling for the American market. To the point that I think there are now 2 clawzord molds as well. The new mold had to be done to compensate for the knee joints in the Samurai Claw combination.

It makes me wonder what additional retooling will be done for the remaining Zords.