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Toku Ranger 01/27/17 12:54 AM

Original Megazords
 
We've had original villains, original vehicles, original power-ups, and original rangers. But we've never even once got an original megazord. I've always wanted to see original megazords but what about you guys? And would you guys mind if they put original megazords just fir the sake of it?

SanityOrMadness 01/27/17 12:54 AM

Re: Original Megazords
 
They don't even film zord footage by themselves. Why would they spend the money to outright create a new zord and film it?

At least the other stuff relates to what they already film. And if Bandai really think four "Megazords" a series isn't enough, say hello to the Ninja Train Megazord or Space Cube Megazord.

GreenNinja 01/27/17 12:54 AM

Re: Original Megazords
 
That requires knowledge and expertise in the filming techniques that create the illusion of large scale battles, as well as suits that work as a toy and look better on screen. At best, you'd end up with an MMPRS2 situation. Japan's just much better at this thing than we are.

Sevenlima 01/27/17 12:54 AM

Re: Original Megazords
 
Unless Saban make a partnership with Toei, but it would be too expensive.

Toku Ranger 01/27/17 12:54 AM

Re: Original Megazords
 
I keep thinking about that we could've had Titanium Crawler.

Bread 01/27/17 12:54 AM

Re: Original Megazords
 
I think that the often times "cheap" look of the American costumes such as the MMPR rangers in promo shots and in my opinion, the Titanium ranger, should discourage them from this idea. Saban can't handle individual characters, I don't see them successfully handling a zord.

big smile 01/27/17 12:54 AM

Re: Original Megazords
 
I suppose Ninja/Shogun Ultrazord don't count as US original zords because they mix Sentai mecha.

It's a shame they don't use more toys to make footage of US-exclusive Zords. The Dino/Thunder Zord transformation sequence was fairly decent and surely with modern technology such things would look even better.

And it's not as if they don't know how to make good Zord fights using suits. Season 3 also had some really pretty original Megazord fights (Although of course, they still used Sentai Mech rather than US exclusive Zords because I guess creating a US Zord suit would be to expensive). They were filmed outdoors and so made a nice change of pace from the Sentai ones (Although visually they didn't make sense as they had city buildings in a forest). It's a shame they didn't do more over the years.

HezMania 01/27/17 12:54 AM

Re: Original Megazords
 
The destruction of the thunder megazords was original footage. Although Sentai suits were used.

fryguy81 01/27/17 12:54 AM

Re: Original Megazords
 
The closest we've come is when MMPR did the Ultra Ninja Megazord by using the Ninja Megazord and Titanus toys. Of course that's a Megazord combination and all.

Titanium321 01/27/17 12:54 AM

Re: Original Megazords
 
In all honesty, it's totally possible it just relies on a showrunner willing to try something expensively new and Bandai wanting to pimp a toy only zord and probably being willing to spend some cash for it the way they did the bike in Forever Red.

It'd have to be something big and end of season to really fit the structure and limitations of the show. An original Ultrazord or something standalone from the other Megazords. It's possible it'd be entirely CGI or just as an attack too.

I'd like to see it attempted, but I understand the limitations holding it back. The perfect place for it would be a zord-lite series, and we haven't had one of those in forever.


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