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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:01 pm

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So yeah, the second half of Beast Morphers season 2 has already finished airing in the UK ahead of its US broadcast. After having watched the rest of it online, oh mama, this season had so many callbacks and continuity nods to past seasons. Not just in the big triple-dino-team-up, but in episodes both leading up to and following it. Without spoiling anything, we got references to all of the following past seasons:
  • Mighty Morphin season 1
  • Zeo
  • In Space
  • Lost Galaxy
  • Lightspeed Rescue
  • Dino Thunder
  • SPD
  • Mystic Force
  • Operation Overdrive
  • RPM
  • Megaforce/Super Megaforce
  • Dino Charge/Dino Super Charge
  • Ninja Steel/Super Ninja Steel

Some of these references were minor bits of Easter eggs and fanservice, while other were actually pretty major and vital to the plot of this season. One in particular was so huge a reveal that it massively affected the greater narrative of the entire two seasons of Beast Morphers, and not in a negative way.

This big reveal (which I won't spoil for those who want to see it for themselves, just stay away from RangerWiki since the spoiler is already on there) got me thinking about something else related to the larger timeline of the Power Rangers universe. In particular, when was Grid Battleforce actually first established?

Going back to the very first episode of Beast Morphers season 1, we are told in that episode that Nate first joined GB as a child prodigy when he was 6, and then at Age 10, he tapped into the power of the Morphin Grid for the first time ever, giving GB access to it. In real life, Nate's actor was born in 2000, which would have made him 18 when they first started filming Beast Morphers in 2018. However, Power Rangers is no stranger to casting actors to play characters who are younger than their real-life ages.

In the penultimate episode of season 2, there is a flashback to a scene of Nate when he was still a kid (played by a child actor, even) working in a lab trying to experiment on some old ranger morphers from past seasons. For the sake of the timeline, it would make the most sense for this flashback scene to take place maybe a year or two after when he first tapped into the Morphin Grid at Age 10 since he was trying to create a new method of morphing in this scene. He would need to have already tapped into the grid in order first to understand how morphing already works before trying to revolutionize it. This would then make him about 11 or 12 during this flashback.

However, one of the old morphers seen in his lab during this flashback is a Gosei Morpher from Megaforce and Super Megaforce, which took place in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Unless the Mega Rangers' mentor Gosei had some kind of unseen/unmentioned connection to Grid Battleforce, the presence of this Gosei Morpher in Nate's lab would make earliest year in which this flashback can occur within be 2015, the very next year that came after the Mega War and the Legendary Battle.

So, if Nate was about 11-12 in 2015, and since Beast Morphers' two seasons take place across 2019-2020, that would make Nate either 15-16 or 16-17 during Beast Morphers. And since he first joined GB at Age 6, then the year in which he first joined GB was either 2009 or 2010, two years that currently have no recorded ranger activity in the main timeline since those were the years in which RPM and the reversion of MMPR aired, and RPM is in another universe while the MMPR reversion was just reruns with added special effects.

But to get to my main point, this means that Grid Battleforce has existed for all of that time since at least the years between Jungle Fury and Samurai! This means that they were around for the entire Neo-Saban Era without out ever having known! And that they were around during Megaforce and Super Megaforce.

This could possibly mean that Grid Battleforce were the ones who brought together all of the past rangers for the Legendary Battle that occurred at the end of the Mega War in 2014. How they would know about it ahead of time is anyone's guess, but both Jayden and Tommy did mention in their respective appearances during Super Megaforce that they had been observing the Mega Rangers from afar. If they had access to Grid Battleforce's surveillance technology, then they could easily have watched the Mega Rangers and kept track of their progress against both the Insectoids and the Armada.

In fact, GB existing back then would make them a likely candidate for who created Tommy's Master Morpher, which he probably had during the Legendary Battle since that episode implied that he had access to White Ranger powers at the same time as his Green Ranger powers. It would also make GB the ones who most likely restored or recreated any lost ranger powers that were utilized during the Legendary Battle.

And, heh, here's a crazy conspiracy theory that's just for fun. What if the whole ordeal with Gosei mentoring the Mega Rangers back in Megaforce and Super Megaforce was actually a charade operated by Grid Battleforce? Like, if Gosei really wasn't an alien mentored by Zordon, but was instead just an artificial construct built and controlled by GB, with all of his Ranger tech and equipment being given to the Mega Rangers all willy-nilly actually being a test platform for GB's Transport System? The Mechazords from those two seasons even feel similar to those from both RPM and Beast Morphers, being animal/vehicle hybrids. And all of the weirdness and inaccuracies from Gosei in those two seasons could be attributed to whoever at GB was speaking through Gosei having gotten his information wrong. The Mega Rangers could have been guinea pigs for GB's technology without their ever having known the truth behind the great and powerful Oz Gosei. 8-}
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby TulioDude » Wed Jul 01, 2020 11:47 am

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If this helps to flesh out the MegaForce storyline it could be cool.
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:35 pm

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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby TulioDude » Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:50 am

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It feels we have these cartoon rumors since 2010.I think it's best to wait and see.
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby ZeroWolf » Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:10 pm

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I was a bit suprised to read that article, I guess Hasbro don't want to be restricted by Toei's offerings anymore (or more simply, don't want to pay them)
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:07 pm

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ZeroWolf wrote:I was a bit suprised to read that article, I guess Hasbro don't want to be restricted by Toei's offerings anymore (or more simply, don't want to pay them)


To be perfectly fair, would you see any of these Sentai being adapted?

Ressha Sentai ToQger
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger


From what I see, they all have elements that may not translate well or would be too... tame? Rainbow-colored trains, Minecraft ripoff, or cops and robbers? I suppose it's possible, but the deviations made would be too much for some.

Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger I could see being adapted without that many changes (just don't say "Zodiac" because that's only 12/13 out of the 88!)...
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:15 pm

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Then again, people were saying that Go-Busters wouldn't work as a PR adaptation, yet Allspark Pictures impressively pulled it off in ways that haven't been done since Go-Onger was turned into RPM.
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby ZeroWolf » Sat Jul 11, 2020 5:02 pm

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True on all accounts, what's the current super Sentai series? ToQger was the series before what became Dino Charge wasn't it?
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Sat Jul 11, 2020 5:39 pm

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Sabrblade wrote:Then again, people were saying that Go-Busters wouldn't work as a PR adaptation, yet Allspark Pictures impressively pulled it off in ways that haven't been done since Go-Onger was turned into RPM.


Go-Busters was strangely largely similar to RPM, and perhaps unsurprisingly, it has been tied specifically to RPM via the main villain.

ZeroWolf wrote:True on all accounts, what's the current super Sentai series? ToQger was the series before what became Dino Charge wasn't it?


After, actually. Here's the lineup since then:

Ressha Sentai ToQger: skipped, but dubbed in Korea as Power Rangers Train Force
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Power Rangers Ninja Steel, dubbed in Korea as Power Rangers Ninja Force
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger: skipped, dubbed in Korea as Power Rangers Animal Force
Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger: skipped, dubbed in Korea as Power Rangers Galaxy Force
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger: skipped, even by Korea
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger: being adapted into Power Rangers Dino Fury, dubbed in Korea as Power Rangers Dino Soul

The current show is Mashin Sentai Kiramager, with magic, jewels and vehicles as motifs.
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby ZeroWolf » Sat Jul 11, 2020 5:45 pm

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Thanks now I remember Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger, some people speculated that Toei had made that show to be perfect power ranger fodder, citing all the extra rangers :-?
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Sat Jul 11, 2020 5:53 pm

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ZeroWolf wrote:Thanks now I remember Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger, some people speculated that Toei had made that show to be perfect power ranger fodder, citing all the extra rangers :-?


Supposedly Bandai of America even helped with the toy design of the line. But alas... Power Rangers in Space redux is not in the cards.
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby King Kuuga » Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:52 am

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Jelze Bunnycat wrote:To be perfectly fair, would you see any of these Sentai being adapted?

Ressha Sentai ToQger
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger


From what I see, they all have elements that may not translate well or would be too... tame? Rainbow-colored trains, Minecraft ripoff, or cops and robbers? I suppose it's possible, but the deviations made would be too much for some.


They adapted Carranger, they can adapt any of these. The biggest problem with ToQGer is the repetitiveness of the trains and some of the ancillary designs being very boring. The villain designs give them a lot to work with, and the color changing is a fun gimmick. Zyuohger's blocky mecha designs may seem jarring but as with most things, you get used to them quickly. If they could make the toys more articulate, that would be a plus. I see this as having a lot of flexibility in terms of how they spin a story. LuPat would be a high concept show, we haven't had rangers fighting rangers since.... what, Ninja Storm? And here they're at odds for the entire series. The biggest problem I see is that the show wound up heavily favoring the thieves in the second half, giving them powerups and mecha that were clearly designed for the police, and which would have kept the show balanced if they had. I don't see the idolization of criminals or vigilantes going over well in the US, especially in the current climate (obviously in the story they're not bad guys at all but people will judge based on superficial themes). On the other hand, the portrayal of police might also get some backlash because of the current public debate about police violence in the real world.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger I could see being adapted without that many changes (just don't say "Zodiac" because that's only 12/13 out of the 88!)...

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Dinosaur-based series have always done well AFAIK, to the point Korea skipped Lupinranger vs. Patranger, so I could see that happening. On the other hand, Kyuranger could have been made into an In Space throwback, but 88+ Constellations?

Why do you keep bringing up the 88 constellations? They only referenced that number once or twice in the entire show, or even the toyline. It's not like their goal was to collect all 88 Kyutama or anything like that. They just get new constellation powers periodically. Hasbro doesn't have to release all of them as toys.
Also here's some insight on the US involvement in the development of that series. According to BOA reps, they got a seat at the table during the concept phase and helped to design the gimmick items (the kyutama) and the armor on the rangers may have been their input as well. I think it'd be cool to get Kyuranger over here, the suits are very eye-catching and I think they'd be appealing to a US audience but I also understand why they chose Ryusoulger for 2021. Dinosaurs have always been popular with kids, so it's an easy sell as far as themes go. Factor in the release of the next (possibly last) Jurassic film next year as well, bringing dinosaurs that much more notoriety in a similar way as how the original Jurassic Park bolstered the popularity of MMPR by the timing of it all, and I think it's going to be a successful season. Certainly not the franchise renaissance, but we'll probably see a spike in the numbers.

As for the rumors that they're not going to continue to license footage from Super Sentai..... we'll see what happens.


For my part, since last check-in, I've become enamored with the Minipla and Super Minipla model kits and have amassed quite a collection. They're small kit versions of the mecha from various seasons. Standard Minipla are cast in 2, maybe 3 colors of plastic representing the mecha of the current series. They have no factory paint applications (except occasional special releases) so all finer details that aren't part separated have to be done with stickers or paint. They are fully transformable, but may use some minor part swapping and sacrifice some of the gimmicks of the deluxe mecha in favor of the line's real selling point (nowadays at least).... articulation! These minipla can strike poses a deluxe can only dream of. But it wasn't always this way, articulation was only introduced in the mid-2000s and before that the minipla were just as immobile as their deluxe counterparts, which is why the Super Minipla line of more advanced builds for classic robots has started to remake classic Sentai mecha. Super Minipla features more frames per box, more colors and part separation, and some pre-painted areas (ESPECIALLY faces) that make for an overall very enjoyable build. They still need some stickers or paint for detailing but they don't look as bare without them. Super Minipla started with Zyuranger in 2017 and has jumped back and forth between pre-Zyuranger and post-Zyuranger mecha. Currently they have done (in chronological, not release order):

    1981 Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan: Sun Vulcan Robo and Jaguar Vulcan
    1988 Choujuu Sentai Liveman: Live Robo and Live Boxer
    1991 Choujin Sentai Jetman: Jet Icarus and Jet Garuda
    1992 Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger: Daizyujin, Dragon Caesar, and King Brachion (Megazord, Dragonzord, and Titanus)
    1994 Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: Muteki Shogun and Kakure Daishogun with Tsubasamaru (Shogun Megazord and Ninja Megazord with Falconzord)
    1997 Denji Sentai Megaranger: Galaxy Mega and Delta Mega (Astro Megazord and Delta Megazord)
    1999 Kyukyu Sentai GoGo V: Victory Robo, Grand Liner, Liner Boy, and Black Max Victory Robo/Sigma Project (upcoming) (Lightspeed Megazord, Supertrain Megazord, Max Solarzord, and Lifeforce Megazord)
They just announced 1984's Bioman as the followup to GoGo V, and if I had to speculate based on poll results and established patterns, Gaoranger is the most likely candidate for the second half of 2021.

Here's my collection thus far. As I only started collecting this year, I missed the initial release of the Zyuranger sets, and due to the extreme popularity of both Zyuranger and MMPR, they have skyrocketed in price on the aftermarket. However, I just found someone who gave me a good offer on the full Zyuranger set as well as Live Robo, so they'll be mine shortly.
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby ZeroWolf » Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:26 am

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I really want the mini-pla releases (not just for sentai but for GaoGaiGar) but the prices are eye watering for someone on a shoestring budget.

Regarding the Future of Power Rangers as a series, if they went animated they could start adapting arcs of the Boom! Comics
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:32 am

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The thing about Hasbro not renewing their contract with Toei that doesn't make sense is that Hasbro would still have to do so if they even want to continue marketing MMPR and other past seasons since those still use designs from Zyuranger and onward that are still owned by Toei. When Hasbro bought Power Rangers from Saban, they didn't also buy the rights to Zyuranger from Toei, so Hasbro pretty much has to continue cooperating with Toei if they even still want to market the Zyuranger (and Dairanger in the White Ranger's case) designs in new MMPR merchandise. Hasbro can't go it alone if they want to continue banking on MMPR nostalgia.
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby King Kuuga » Mon Sep 28, 2020 12:27 pm

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Sabrblade wrote:The thing about Hasbro not renewing their contract with Toei that doesn't make sense is that Hasbro would still have to do so if they even want to continue marketing MMPR and other past seasons since those still use designs from Zyuranger and onward that are still owned by Toei. When Hasbro bought Power Rangers from Saban, they didn't also buy the rights to Zyuranger from Toei, so Hasbro pretty much has to continue cooperating with Toei if they even still want to market the Zyuranger (and Dairanger in the White Ranger's case) designs in new MMPR merchandise. Hasbro can't go it alone if they want to continue banking on MMPR nostalgia.

That doesn't seem to be the case if this is true. At worst, they just have to periodically re-license the seasons they have already used: Zyuranger through Kyoryuger, Ninninger, and Ryusoulger. At best, their contract was for the perpetual rights in their regions as long as they continue to use the characters, and they just won't borrow any new characters from Toei.

ZeroWolf wrote:Regarding the Future of Power Rangers as a series, if they went animated they could start adapting arcs of the Boom! Comics

I've only read snippets of the comics and heard summaries. Been meaning to get into them. I'm down for this idea, even just as a side-media like the WFC and Machinima animated series relative to the mainstream TF cartoons.

ZeroWolf wrote:I really want the mini-pla releases (not just for sentai but for GaoGaiGar) but the prices are eye watering for someone on a shoestring budget.

Believe me I hear that. I have paid more than I'm comfortable thinking about for all of this. I don't collect Gundam, but my friends who do say that Minipla are way overpriced for their size and complexity. I've heard this is because they're produced in smaller quantities by a different division from Bandai's Gunpla manufacturers but still...... they get pricey fast. I also got bit by jacked up overseas shipping costs on some pieces because of the pandemic. Only advice I can offer is to look on secondhand sites like Mandarake and Yahoo Japan once shipping routes settle down.


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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby ZeroWolf » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:21 pm

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The detail and articulation are insane, that is a great collection
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Postby Sabrblade » Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:22 am

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Bad news - https://twitter.com/PwrRngrSite/status/1345349423778430977

As first discovered by @MegaPowerBrasil a few months ago we can now confirm -

#PowerRangers is LEAVING Netflix (except MMPR, Ninja Steel, and Beast Morphers) on January 31st/February 1st.

No word if it will move to TubiTV like other Hasbro properties.
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby Kamijou Touma » Sun May 23, 2021 5:17 pm

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Zenkaiger is just so stupid. But I love the voice actors they used.

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Postby o.supreme » Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:38 pm

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I'm Looking forward to Ultraman Trigger in a couple of weeks (July 10th). Tsuburaya Production Co. (TPC), has amazingly been able to simulcast in real time the last 2 Ultraman series on Youtube with English Subs (sadly I missed most of Taiga, but caught all of Z). I've been a fan of Ultraman since watching the original in the early 80's in syndication. I've gotten out of the loop, but always come back, and Mill Creek had been knocking it out of the park for the last 18 months or so with Blu Ray releases.

TPC was in a decades long legal battle with a company from Thailand that falsely/fraudulently claimed to own the international rights tp distribute Ultraman media outside of it's native Japan. Since the courts finally ruled in TPC favor a few years back, we can finally benefit now from this amazing franchise that goes back more than 55 years now.

Just to put that into perspective, Ultra Q, and the original Ultraman aired the same year (but a few months earlier), than the Original Star Trek, and the franchise is still going (even though it had almost a decade of silence in the 80's.)
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby chuckdawg1999 » Mon Sep 12, 2022 12:47 pm

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Putting this here to see if there's any interest. If there's an official Kamen Rider thread please point me in the right direction.

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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby ZeroWolf » Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:35 am

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Rest in peace Jason David Frank, another icon from my childhood gone.
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby chuckdawg1999 » Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:34 pm

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ZeroWolf wrote:Rest in peace Jason David Frank, another icon from my childhood gone.


This sucks on so many levels, you just never know what's going on with someone.
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:37 pm

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chuckdawg1999 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Rest in peace Jason David Frank, another icon from my childhood gone.


This sucks on so many levels, you just never know what's going on with someone.
He was only 49. And what's worse, it was suicide. :(
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Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby chuckdawg1999 » Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:38 pm

Motto: "The man, the myth, the legend... yeah right."
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Sabrblade wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Rest in peace Jason David Frank, another icon from my childhood gone.


This sucks on so many levels, you just never know what's going on with someone.
He was only 49. And what's worse, it was suicide. :(


Yeah I heard. Life is hard for everyone.
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Re: Seibertron Henshin! Tokusatsu Discussion Thread

Postby Sabrblade » Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:07 am

Motto: "Can't do a job halfway. What's worth doing is worth doing well, I say."
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always premieres today on Netlfix.

I watched it and loved it!

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