That's how Power Rangers Beast Morphers is doing it too. They kept the Buddyroids (renamed "Beastbots") serving as the zord cockpit controls. "Cruise" and "Smash" are simply the names of them in this version, with the yellow one named "Jax".wilcosu35 wrote:Having been watching Super Sentai for many years now, i can't get over how unimaginative PR is with the naming of things. "cruise beast bot", "smash beast bot". Seriously?
@ W-J: I don't know how they do things in the PR series, but in Go-Busters these guys, the Buddyroids (chida nick, gorisaki banana and usada lettuce) are not just robotic friends and assistants to the heroes, they also function as control mechanisms for the giant mecha, their actual heads ending up in the cockpit, so gorisaki's steering wheel face IS the actual steering wheel for the GT-02 (Gorilla Truck)
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
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.'
william-james88 wrote:The main zords will only be available in fall. What I noticed is that it seems full on production came before hasbro acually aquired the rights to the brand itself since the Saban name is all over the toys. The figures look better than anything Bandai of America ever did. they look tempting and more worth it than previous efforts. plus its super cool that they each come with an activation key (you had to buy those seperately before URGH!)
I did see some Bots though at Walmart. one is a gorilla bot with a steering wheel face (cool design), dont know what it does. the other is a red robot which transforms into a motorcyle. However, it is a 100% partsformer, which is too bad.
bvzxa wrote:Has anyone seen what the actual zords will look like? This is the first Power Rangers show I have been into, and it's a darn good adaptation of GoBusters. I have the original toy from GoBusters I may have to post some pics later. My wife is enjoying it too but she still prefers GoBusters and she'll sing the theme from it sometimes.
Here are some pics of the Hasbro zord toys:william-james88 wrote:bvzxa wrote:Has anyone seen what the actual zords will look like? This is the first Power Rangers show I have been into, and it's a darn good adaptation of GoBusters. I have the original toy from GoBusters I may have to post some pics later. My wife is enjoying it too but she still prefers GoBusters and she'll sing the theme from it sometimes.
The zords have yet to be revealed (as far as I know).
Most likely not. These two particular ones look to be scaled to interact with the toys of the Rangers themselves, rather than with the zord toys since the Beastbots themselves are human-scaled bots in the show.william-james88 wrote:And Sabr, are we 100% sure that in the toyline, these two bots pictured above will interact with the larger bots?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
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.'
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:For those interested, here's the toy list so far, plus images of sightings and product codes:
Power Rangers Beast Morphers toy list courtesy of GrnRngr.com
Community-driven, so if you people have info, submit them!
Personally I'm really curious about how Hasbro is handling the Morpher toys. US toys were a real miss at times when it came to that.
william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:For those interested, here's the toy list so far, plus images of sightings and product codes:
Power Rangers Beast Morphers toy list courtesy of GrnRngr.com
Community-driven, so if you people have info, submit them!
Personally I'm really curious about how Hasbro is handling the Morpher toys. US toys were a real miss at times when it came to that.
Especially for the 6th ranger
Sabrblade wrote:Here are some pics of the Hasbro zord toys:william-james88 wrote:bvzxa wrote:Has anyone seen what the actual zords will look like? This is the first Power Rangers show I have been into, and it's a darn good adaptation of GoBusters. I have the original toy from GoBusters I may have to post some pics later. My wife is enjoying it too but she still prefers GoBusters and she'll sing the theme from it sometimes.
The zords have yet to be revealed (as far as I know).
The Red Ranger's Racer Zord:
The Blue Ranger's Wheeler Zord:
The Yellow Ranger's Chopper Zord:
The Beast-X Megazord:
Compare with the original Bandai of Japan versions:
Surprisingly, Hasbro's gorilla is more show-accurate in its upright stance than Bandai's:Most likely not. These two particular ones look to be scaled to interact with the toys of the Rangers themselves, rather than with the zord toys since the Beastbots themselves are human-scaled bots in the show.william-james88 wrote:And Sabr, are we 100% sure that in the toyline, these two bots pictured above will interact with the larger bots?
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I got the US Samurai Megazord (anniversary gift from a friend) and the Samurai Battlewing guys, and I fully agree with you there, especially considering the latter's size and the Ape's lack of an Emblem Mode. Yet, I still want the Clawzord and "Octo"zord (it's a SQUID!) just to complete the Claw Armor Megazord and Battle Cannon.
To Bandai of America's credit, they did good with the "Shark" (Dino, guys...), so...
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I got the US Samurai Megazord (anniversary gift from a friend) and the Samurai Battlewing guys, and I fully agree with you there, especially considering the latter's size and the Ape's lack of an Emblem Mode. Yet, I still want the Clawzord and "Octo"zord (it's a SQUID!) just to complete the Claw Armor Megazord and Battle Cannon.
To Bandai of America's credit, they did good with the "Shark" (Dino, guys...), so...
Fair warning: The BoA Battle Cannon sucks thanks to a combination of the armament Zords getting shrunk more than the Samurai Megazord zords, and the Samurai Megazord having long thighs that make it the same height as Shinken-Oh despite the shrinkage. Behold:
You'll have to stand it on the tentacle tips to get it even near the proper height.
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:About the height of a short Deluxe, with the tentacles flat. About 1.5-2" taller with them folded under all the way like that, IIRC. It's sad. Compare the BoJ version.
What do you think of my desk display?
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:About the height of a short Deluxe, with the tentacles flat. About 1.5-2" taller with them folded under all the way like that, IIRC. It's sad. Compare the BoJ version.
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What do you think of my desk display?
My eye was immediately drawn to the white arm on the Shogun Megazord.
Nice display
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
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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