The Energon Pub

[King Kuuga]

I have no real opinion on Ultraman X since, as stated, Mebius is my only major exposure to the franchise. Are the Big 3 copying one another in terms of transformation devices? Maybe. Good toy ideas make money, and they're clearly not above looking at each other to see what sells. I don't care much about roleplay stuff so it doesn't bother me one way or the other.


As for Ghost, I personally hope he's an actual ghost. And a kamen rider. A Ghost Rider, as it were. *flashbacks to Nicolas Cage*

[Sabrblade]

Oh look, another fanfilm (as if "Power/Rangers" wasn't enough):



Wait, 50 MINUTES!?! Sheesh!

[Madeus Prime]

Well, at least it was better then the last one, the acting, and while I know it was a fanfilm, could've been a little bit better. Plus the Dragonzord just kind of was pushed aside after it's big blast attack. I mean, I'd have loved to have seen Zordon take on the Dragonzord instead of a minotaur.

[King Kuuga]

There are a lot of fanfilms and other amateur productions in progress right now. This won't be the last.

[Madeus Prime]

There are a lot of fanfilms and other amateur productions in progress right now. This won't be the last.

Hopefully some of them will actually feature a Megazord fight.

[Sabrblade]

There are a lot of fanfilms and other amateur productions in progress right now. This won't be the last.

Hopefully some of them will actually feature a Megazord fight.

"Power/Rangers" had a brief glimpse at one.

[Madeus Prime]

There are a lot of fanfilms and other amateur productions in progress right now. This won't be the last.

Hopefully some of them will actually feature a Megazord fight.

"Power/Rangers" had a brief glimpse at one.

But in the distant background, with heavy blurring, and it really was just a glimpse. I understand these people have budgets, but I still think that they could do a bit better in that front. And honestly, all those monsters in the above fanfilm? They were clearly lifted out of a video game's files.

[Madeus Prime]

Possibly the first pic of Ghost. Looks a lot like Dark Kabuto TBH.

[King Kuuga]

Hi, Blurry-Image-Of-Meteor-In-Purple. Nice to see you making the rounds still.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Hi, Blurry-Image-Of-Meteor-In-Purple. Nice to see you making the rounds still.

Really looks like Meteor, doesn't it?

Any more news on the second Gaim: Gaiden? From what I've found, the second will have:

- Kamen Rider Dictator
- Kamen Rider Duke, Sengoku Driver version

- Zakuro (Pomegranate) Lockseed
- Lemon Lockseed (LS-99)

I wonder what the Zakuro one will do.

If they're going mythological route, the Ancient Greek one views the pomegranate as another "Forbidden Fruit", this time as the fruit from Hades. When Persephone, the daughter of the earth goddess Demeter, was abducted by Hades, he had her eat six pomegranate seeds, effectively forcing her to stay within the realm of the dead for six months, but still allowing her to be with her mother for the other 6 months. That's the basis behind the change of seasons.

[Madeus Prime]

If they're going mythological route, the Ancient Greek one views the pomegranate as another "Forbidden Fruit", this time as the fruit from Hades. When Persephone, the daughter of the earth goddess Demeter, was abducted by Hades, he had her eat six pomegranate seeds, effectively forcing her to stay within the realm of the dead for six months, but still allowing her to be with her mother for the other 6 months. That's the basis behind the change of seasons.

Looks like I'm not the only one who loves Greek mythology.

[wilcosu35]

I haven't seen any Kamen Rider show in a long time, but i have been keeping up on Sentai.
We've got the new mecha, Lion HaOh coming up, and i'm looking forward to see how Yukio Yamagata can act, since he IS that mecha. Ofcourse i already know his singing from Gaoranger and some other works, but i've never seen him on screen before.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

If they're going mythological route, the Ancient Greek one views the pomegranate as another "Forbidden Fruit", this time as the fruit from Hades. When Persephone, the daughter of the earth goddess Demeter, was abducted by Hades, he had her eat six pomegranate seeds, effectively forcing her to stay within the realm of the dead for six months, but still allowing her to be with her mother for the other 6 months. That's the basis behind the change of seasons.

Looks like I'm not the only one who loves Greek mythology.

Was all part of my Latin and Greek courses in school With that... if they really go that way... Then they stole my idea!

[Madeus Prime]

If they're going mythological route, the Ancient Greek one views the pomegranate as another "Forbidden Fruit", this time as the fruit from Hades. When Persephone, the daughter of the earth goddess Demeter, was abducted by Hades, he had her eat six pomegranate seeds, effectively forcing her to stay within the realm of the dead for six months, but still allowing her to be with her mother for the other 6 months. That's the basis behind the change of seasons.

Looks like I'm not the only one who loves Greek mythology.

Was all part of my Latin and Greek courses in school With that... if they really go that way... Then they stole my idea!

It'll never happen in a million years, but I always thought a Greek myth based Rider would be awesome. I mean, he could have three forms, Zeus (Electric/weather), Poseidon (Water/earthquakes), and Hades (Shades/gems), with either weapons or attacks based on the other gods. With the secondary rider of course being based on Greek heroes like Hercules and Thesius (ball of yarn attack? )

[Sabrblade]

BOOYAH! - http://news.tokunation.com/2015/07/08/sdcc-2015-bandai-power-rangers-legacy-27279

[King Kuuga]

Legacy Thunder Megazord is everything I ever wanted.

This year, at SDCC, Bandai ruled, while Hasbro underperformed.

What the hell happened?

[Madeus Prime]

Jinba Chestnut Arms and Lemon arms have been revealed





You know, most of the Gaim riders had recognizable motifs and homages to historical armor, Gaim was a samurai, Baron was a European knight, Marika being a Arabian warrior, etc. I have no idea what The Jinba Chestnut Arms are based on, but the lemon arms look, sort of, like a squire or some form of court royalty, just basing it on the fact that he shares the European knight theme with Baron and Mars.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Huh, they upped the ante by making actual new Arms instead of repainting existing ones (Golden/Silver into Ringo, Melon into Watermelon). Call me impressed

And yet another lockseed, Marron (Horse Chestnut or Conker, via French) Energy? I'm spotting a pattern here: regular fruit-based Energy Lockseeds (Lemon, Cherry, Peach, Melon, Dragon Fruit) produce a Sonic Arrow, whereas Nut-based ones (Matsubokkuri (Pinecone) and now Marron) produce upgraded Arms Weapons.

[Samsonator]

BOOYAH! - http://news.tokunation.com/2015/07/08/sdcc-2015-bandai-power-rangers-legacy-27279

I honestly need this.

[Madeus Prime]

Huh, they upped the ante by making actual new Arms instead of repainting existing ones (Golden/Silver into Ringo, Melon into Watermelon). Call me impressed

HEY! I liked the watermelon shield/gattling gun. You don't mess with that kind of combo!

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Huh, they upped the ante by making actual new Arms instead of repainting existing ones (Golden/Silver into Ringo, Melon into Watermelon). Call me impressed

HEY! I liked the watermelon shield/gattling gun. You don't mess with that kind of combo!

I wouldn't dare

Some more info: unsurprisingly, the Marron Energy Lockseed, like all of the Gaiden Lockseeds, is a redeco:

- Watermelon: Mango
- Ringo: Golden/Silver/Black Ringo
- Lemon: Kiwi
- Marron Energy: Peach Energy

I figured, since the decoration on Jimber Marron Arms is similar to that of Gaim's Jimber Peach.

BOOYAH! - http://news.tokunation.com/2015/07/08/sdcc-2015-bandai-power-rangers-legacy-27279

I honestly need this.

Ooo, pretty! No doubt expensive as hell and exclusive to boot, therefore out of my reach... Unless my wife takes a fancy to it (she thinks she still has the Red Dragonzord and the White Tigerzord),

[Samsonator]

BOOYAH! - http://news.tokunation.com/2015/07/08/sdcc-2015-bandai-power-rangers-legacy-27279

I honestly need this.

Ooo, pretty! No doubt expensive as hell and exclusive to boot, therefore out of my reach... Unless my wife takes a fancy to it (she thinks she still has the Red Dragonzord and the White Tigerzord),

Like all Legacy series stuff, it will be exclusive to TRU. Price-wise it should be somewhere around the price of the other Legacy series Zords, so, between $80 and $100 approximately.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

My final post of Gaiden for now: Who else think the Ichigo (Strawberry) Lockseed will make a good Zakuro (Pomegranate) one? Calling it!

Like all Legacy series stuff, it will be exclusive to TRU. Price-wise it should be somewhere around the price of the other Legacy series Zords, so, between $80 and $100 approximately.

Hmmmm... Not as bad, but still rather hefty. I'll have to limit myself to the Megazord (reissue coming up!), Thunder Megazord, and maybe the Dragonzord.

[Madeus Prime]

Ghost's design has been unveiled!




Interesting looking to say the least. I think this is the first time we've had a main rider who's default (we assume) form is going to be primarily black and orange (Faiz was black and red before somebody corrects me). Plus probably the first main rider to have an outward facing head accoutrement since Kabuto. The overall design puts me in mind of Wiseman to be honest, the orange face, the hood, the stylized clothing aspect, and the predominant color (black in place of white).

The driver in itself looks interesting, I can't tell if it's modeled on a hood, an eye, or a mouth.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Ghost looks... interesting. Something tells me he'll be a combination of Den-O's Imagin and Kiva's Arms Monsters as it looks like a ghost possessing him.

In other news... Watch and weep, an overlook of Lion Ha-Oh plus Ha-OH Shurikenjin. Two words: Samurai Ha-Oh redo: