Megatron Wolf wrote:now if someone waved a fake gun around like that these days theyd be shot 27 times tazed & pepper sprayed, even if it was brightly colored. The 80s were great werent they, to bad i was to young to truly appreciate it.
Bumblevivisector wrote:Dang, 1983 ended up being a more relevant year for Japanese toys internationally than anyone could've anticipated at the time. On top of the pre-TFs, pre-Gobots, Kronoforms, Macross, and even the 3rd Voltron that was not to be (I swear it was the first thing after the Ban Dai sign at 8:30, but someone please correct me if I'm mistaken), at 11:05, we see that it also sported the first incarnation of Super Sentai that American TV would get an...interestingly-dubbed taste of, years before Power Rangers.
"Do you still have your gadget-watches?"
"I DON'T KNOW! LET'S CHECK!"
"I think it's time ta' launch, those things zat go 'WHOOSH'!"
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Bumblevivisector wrote:Dang, 1983 ended up being a more relevant year for Japanese toys internationally than anyone could've anticipated at the time. On top of the pre-TFs, pre-Gobots, Kronoforms, Macross, and even the 3rd Voltron that was not to be (I swear it was the first thing after the Ban Dai sign at 8:30, but someone please correct me if I'm mistaken), at 11:05, we see that it also sported the first incarnation of Super Sentai that American TV would get an...interestingly-dubbed taste of, years before Power Rangers.
"Do you still have your gadget-watches?"
"I DON'T KNOW! LET'S CHECK!"
"I think it's time ta' launch, those things zat go 'WHOOSH'!"
Say what? A Sentai series was dubbed years before Power Rangers?
Bumblevivisector wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Bumblevivisector wrote:Dang, 1983 ended up being a more relevant year for Japanese toys internationally than anyone could've anticipated at the time. On top of the pre-TFs, pre-Gobots, Kronoforms, Macross, and even the 3rd Voltron that was not to be (I swear it was the first thing after the Ban Dai sign at 8:30, but someone please correct me if I'm mistaken), at 11:05, we see that it also sported the first incarnation of Super Sentai that American TV would get an...interestingly-dubbed taste of, years before Power Rangers.
"Do you still have your gadget-watches?"
"I DON'T KNOW! LET'S CHECK!"
"I think it's time ta' launch, those things zat go 'WHOOSH'!"
Say what? A Sentai series was dubbed years before Power Rangers?
Well, not the whole series, just 6 eps according to wikipedia (I've only seen 5). It might seem like youtube-poop now, but this actually did air on USA and Nick, and the first two eps are hilarious.
Kagaku Sentai Dynaman, the Sentai series of 1983-1984.chuckdawg1999 wrote:Wow. That's amazing. What series was that in Japan?
Yeah, is it on record which Hasbro reps were there? The whole franchise we enjoy today may have taken a totally different shape but for one guy in the crowd glancing at a different table for one second. Perhaps the butterfly effect of being bumped into by one of those kids in the Dig Dug hats ensured that they only saw the Machine Robo conveyor belt when the lamest figures were topside, making all the Diaclones shine that much brighter by comparison.Sabrblade wrote:Getting back on topic, this Tokyo Toy Show video kinda makes ya wonder how different all of our lives would be if Hasbro had never attended this event and took an interest in the Diaclone and Micro Change toys.
Bumblevivisector wrote:Here's part 2, I swear I won't do this again, but I just couldn't leave you on that cliffhanger:
Part of the reason I still haven't gotten very far into Masterforce is that I just can't stop riffing references from this, even in my head, whenever the Pretenders and ____-masters power up.
"The Seacons are kidnapping people to use in Stan Bush's next music video!"
Yeah, frustrating that the vid's so distorted there. At first glance I thought the screen was squished in sideways or something. Maybe it was the first crack at sculpting the concept art before a redesign was deemed necessary. If only they'd shown it from above, a hole for a shoulder-cannon might have been visible.Emerje wrote:Man, that Convoy prototype at 2:42 is interesting. Really skinny and doesn't even have stacks or wheels yet, I've never seen that particular one before.
