The Energon Pub

[Sabrblade]

I asked a friend of mine who knows a lot about these things and he said it's from an old UPN show.

Does he know which one?

[Bradimus]

I asked a friend of mine who knows a lot about these things and he said it's from an old UPN show.

Does he know which one?

It looks like it could be from Babylon 5, though I'm not sure whose ships they are. But the style looks right. At first I thought maybe it was from the Centauri-Narn war but after a quick image I think they are from another alien race involved in the greater Shadow War.

[King Kuuga]

I asked a friend of mine who knows a lot about these things and he said it's from an old UPN show.

Does he know which one?

He couldn't remember, unfortunately, or I would have provided that information.

[Bradimus]

Carranger was fun. Never taking itself seriously it was quite entertaining. All the running gags worked, though their boss mysteriously disappears in the back half of the series. I especially liked how the villains met their end (and that's all I'm going to say without spoiling anything ).

Along the way I watched Carranger vs. Ohranger. That was a disaster. Ohranger never figured out what it was and took itself too seriously. Contrasting that with a show that did know what it was and did not take itself seriously led to a pathetic crossover story and complete waste of time.

On the other hand, Megaranger vs. Carranger was great! However I have one gripe and that's with the power up Megaranger gets. That was a great power up and it would been nice if the writers would have thought that power up up as part of the show, especially leading up to the final battles rather than creating it only for a crossover event.

With that I am all caught up and ready for GoGoV! I just hope the subs are complete by the time I get to the last ten episodes.

[Hellscream9999]

So I watched Balt's review of the new paperweight megazord, and apart from looking really nice, I'm surprised at how small it is

Is there a reason for this, like are bandai japan and bandai america going to share the mold instead of each of them making a new version?

Or is this in the vein of 'lessons learned' from G-12 formation, and, by making the base paperweight zord smaller, they can go to more extremes

[Bradimus]

So I watched Balt's review of the new paperweight megazord, and apart from looking really nice, I'm surprised at how small it is

Is there a reason for this, like are bandai japan and bandai america going to share the mold instead of each of them making a new version?

Or is this in the vein of 'lessons learned' from G-12 formation, and, by making the base paperweight zord smaller, they can go to more extremes

I'm gonna go with option two. And if Bandai America does decide to bring this over without any changes I will be happy for kids and collectors who cannot afford to import from Japan.

[King Kuuga]

BOA will still make their own mold with zordbuilder ports.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

BOA will still make their own mold with zordbuilder ports.

And the auto-morph gimmick removed. Expect it to be more like the Mini-Pla kits without the articulation.

[Madeus Prime]

Well, Grateful Damashii...I like it less than I expected. I love the design, but the powerset is just too vague. Then again, we have only seen one fight, but I just find myself being bored with the fight. Plus when Javil(?) was upgraded by the...fire thingy, I was half expecting him to trash Ghost is his new form, which would be a change (New form- oh wait, he's getting his ass handed to him)

[King Kuuga]

I agree, Javert's powerup out of nowhere was weird, but they did say the worship room or w/e it was was more than it appeared. And yeah, for a new form debut, Grateful Soul was underwhelming. This is his second most powerful form he's going to get in the entire series and it just felt lame. Hopefully they do more with it before his final form debuts in about 9 episodes.

[Madeus Prime]

So, the usual crossover between Rider and Sentai was actually kind of awesome this time, both episodes kind of seamlessly fit in without interrupting the main story.

Also, the first episode for the reboot of Kamen Rider Amazon is out, no English subtitles, but this series kind of looks awesomely gritty.

[Sabrblade]

Do not be fooled. What you're about to see is not a new take on DC's Poison Ivy character.

It's supposed to be Elizabeth Banks as the new Lionsgate movie version of Rita - http://www.people.com/article/elizabeth-banks-power-rangers-movie-rita-repulsa-first-look

[King Kuuga]

"Let's take Rita Repulsa but give her absolutely none of the traits that made her identifiable."

I think I know how the X-Men fandom felt about Bluepocalypse now.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

The latest catalog images for Zyuohger has been revealed and boy... are the items a doozy, one after another. A summary:

- Cubes #7 Crocodile, #8 Wolf and #9 Rhinos have been revealed: all three combine into ZyuOh TheWorld's mech: Tousai Zyuoh. Of note is that Rhinos isn't a "cube", he's a carrier zord and forms most of the mech's body. Wolf forms the head and Crocodile forms a fist
- One more Cube Weapon: Komori (bat) that forms a boomerang.
- Remember that Cube Crocodile forms a fist? That should give you an idea of what the combined form of Zyuoh King, Zyuoh Wild and Tousai Zyuoh, Wild Tousai King, would look like. I'll be short:

1.) Lion and Elephant form the feet, in cube form
2.) Rhinos forms the legs, chest cavity and shoulders
3.) All Weapons attach to the sides of the legs
4.) Wolf and Crocodile form the fists
5.) Shark and Tiger are shoulder fillers, in Cube form
6.) Eagle and Gorilla, in Cube form, are placed in the chest cavity, and the head is placed on top.
7.) The "pencil" and Gorilla's cannon serve as its weapons.

- Thought that was the end? Hardly: Red gets his mandatory power up via the Whale Change Gun, basically a Cube that unfolds into a cube-shaped gun akin to those transforming truck and jet RP guns from the 2007 Movie. The animal of choice: the whale, and he gets his own Cube Animal, Cube Whale, that transforms and combines with all cubes released (!). I can tell you this: it involves stacking them... did I mention it's a whale?
- Finally, the obligatory red mech retool: #0 Cube Condor... who's retooled from Cube Gorilla and uses the "pencil" as a neck.

Uhm... thoughts?

[King Kuuga]

Here are the requisite scans to complement that information: http://news.tokunation.com/2016/04/20/d ... aled-32774

Personally I continue to be utterly disinterested in Zyuohger's mecha. The show is nice enough, but the toys are very uninspiring.

[wilcosu35]

Call me a sentai fanboy, but i think the cube animal thing is kinda cute. Ofcourse, being sentai, they will always be reasonably simple but i think it's nice how they managed to extract so many animals out of the same shape.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I forgot to mention, Wolf and Crocodile can form legs on their own for either Zyuoh King or Zyuoh Wild. Both mecha now have 3 sets of pants

by the by, Wild Tousai Zyuoh has set a new record with the most components in a single combo:

Engine-Oh G12/RPM Ultrazord: 12
Kyoryu Samurai Ha-Oh/Samurai Shark GigaZord: 12
Wild Tousai Zyuoh: 13

Looks less clustered with most components being Cube-shaped, that helps tremendously.

:EDIT: if you want to count the Headders as separate mechs, Hyper Ground Gosei Great still holds the crown with a tremendous 19. The rundown:

Great: 5
Datas Hyper: 2
Ground: 3
Land, Sea and Sky Brothers: 9

[Hellscream9999]

man those are a joke, and don't even get me started on the lopsided arms on cubezord 1-6 (can't remember the name) oooohhhhh, that is hurting my mind looking at it; these things are such garbage, they are nowhere near worth the ~$70+ you'd have tp pay to get them

[LOST Cybertronian]

While the combined forms are kinda meh (thank god for Mini-Pla), the individuals cube animals is where these mecha shine. The only thing I really hate about the show is when Yamato changes to Gorilla, it reminds me of something like this.

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[Bradimus]

Do not be fooled. What you're about to see is not a new take on DC's Poison Ivy character.

It's supposed to be Elizabeth Banks as the new Lionsgate movie version of Rita - http://www.people.com/article/elizabeth-banks-power-rangers-movie-rita-repulsa-first-look

As for her character's new look: "It's definitely a modern and edgy re-imagining of the original Rita Repulsa," says Banks.

Um... This new take on RR doesn't come close to some the hot, edgy female villains of Super Sentai. If anything this is toned down. Remember Shelinda?

[Sabrblade]

Fully body costumed shots of Elizabeth Banks as Rita:

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The hairdo screams Divatox, but the rest looks like the secret love child of Uma Thurman's Poison Ivy and Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin.

[King Kuuga]

We have a few pictures of her in another costume, a black number, sporting a different hairdo (though still no spears). I'm starting to recover hope.

[Madeus Prime]

First look at Ultraman Orb!



He's actually kind of awesome. I love the fusion gimmick, especially Tiga/Ultraman and Zero/Jack.

[Bradimus]

So I'm going nuts because I have no idea what the Zyuohger's are actually saying when the sub says "instincts awakened." Same thing with "Ginga rebirth" and "suit up." Can someone transliterate those phrases for me?

Thanks!

[Jelze Bunnycat]

So I'm going nuts because I have no idea what the Zyuohger's are actually saying when the sub says "instincts awakened." Same thing with "Ginga rebirth" and "suit up." Can someone transliterate those phrases for me?

Thanks!

Ginga rebirth: ginga tensei
Instincts Awaken: honno kakusei

Where did you get "suit up" from? If you tell me the series I'll know the proper transformation call by heart.