Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Spoilers: Super Sentai 2011 Go-kaiger Toys

The above picture is of the logos of the past Super Sentai anniversaries. Above is the logos for the 10th (top right), 15 (top left), 20th (bottom right), 25th (bottom left), 30th (top center) and 35th (bottom center).


Italic descriptions written by Dukemon22.
Goukai Hero Series Sofubi
Pink, Green, Red, Blue and Yellow

Mobirates, GoukaiBuckle and Ranger Keys (sold seperately but also as a DX Ranger Key Set)
Keys included are Go-kaiRed, ShinkenRed, Go-OnRed (those three come with Mobirates), Go-kaiGreen, Go-kaiPink (those two come with GoukaiBuckle), GekiRed, DekaRed, MagiRed, GaoRed, VulEagle (Key Set 1)

Go-kaiBuckle
Can store one ranger key in the belt buckle (in essence, similar to Shinkenger's belt buckles). Comes with Go-kaiGreen and Go-kaiPink's Ranger Keys.


Ranger Key Set 01
GekiRed, DekaRed, MagiRed, GaoRed, VulEagle
Most likely we will be getting 7 sets for the 34 Red Rangers. Or maybe 6, with some sets carrying 6 instead of 5.

Go-kaiSabre
Releases: February
The Go-kaigers' sword sidearm. Able to utilize the Ranger Keys. The Goukai Mark on the guard emits 7-colored lights (Blue, Yellow, Green, Red, Pink, Purple and White). Official press material has called this the GoukaiKen. Comes with GoukaiYellow's RangerKey.

Go-kaiGun
Releases: February
The Go-kaigers' gun sidearm. When pushes the trigger, an upper part of the gun appears for key insertion. The Keys seem to be used to activate a finishing move. Comes with Go-kaiBlue's Ranger Key.

Go-kaiOh
Releases: 2/11/11 | Price: 6,500 yen
Go-kaiOh can enter a finishing mode, where cannons protrude from the different "caps". Galleon's bow opens up completely, with the 3-sails becoming armor. The barrels and treasure chests open up to reveal their cannons.

Go-kai Galleon- Red's 3-sailed galleon. Adhered to the bow are two sabers. Also, there are Boosters at the back. Go-kaiGalleon forms the head and body of Goukai Oh.

Go-kai Jet - Blue's jet. Where Go-kaiOh's hand is, there is a round barrel. GoukaiOh's hat is tucked behind the wings. Forms GoukaiOh's right arm and hat.

Go-kai Racer - Green's racecar. A square barrel is on the fist, versus Blue's round one. This is the car's bumper.

Go-kai Marine - Pink's submarine is white with pink accents). The tip of the submarine forms an ankle, but the upper part of the back is the knee. The location for its "cap" is a treasure chest.

Go-kai Trailer - Yellow's tractor trailer, which is mainly the cab part. It looks the most like a treasure chest.

Go-kaiMachine Series 01 MagiDragon
Releases: February
Price: 2,500 yen
Combines with Go-kaiOh to form MagiGo-kaiOh, in which the cannons are removed from the cap-ports, and MagiDragon is installed, adding a dragon head to Go-kaiOh's chest, wings to the shoulders and dragon-claws to the feet. It is a red version of MagiDragon as the original one was made of the other Magirangers other than Red.

Go-kaiMachine Series 02 PatStriker
Releases: March
Price: 3,000 yen
Combines with Go-kaiOh to form DekaGo-kaiOh, installing tires in the "Vulcan Ports". Go-kaiOh is armed with Dual-Guns made from the PatStriker parts.

Go-kaiMachine Series 03 GaoLion
Releases: April
Price: 4,500 yen
Eyes light up, and it speaks. Combines with Go-kaiOh to form GaoGo-kaiOh. Go-kaiOh's Legs are removed and Go-kaiOh uses GaoLion as its "legs" in a Centaur Mode [similar to GaoKentaurus/Pegasus Megazord.]

The silhouetted human-type robo combo seems to be a Shinkenger mode. GaoLion's head is on the chest, and the helmet has two-points, similar to ShinkenOh. The open Vulcan ports have the Shinkenger kanji on them, two "Ka" on the chest, "Sui" and "Ki" on both shoulders, and "Ten" and "Do" on the legs. The form itself resembles SamuraiHaOh, at least in silhouette.

Legend role playing set
Shinkenmaru, Mobirates, MagiPhone and D-Magnums

Vinyl figures of past Red Warriors
Deka Red, Magi Red, Gao Red, Shinken Red, Hurricane Red, Tyranno Ranger

Joint Gattai Series mecha (Similar to CandyToy)

EngineOh


GaoKing

Lavender Ranger's Opinion
So are we to understand we will get all 200 Ranger Keys? I don't believe so. Maybe we won't even see 200 Ranger Keys in the actual Sentai series. So far there is 12 Ranger Keys to be released. Most likely we will be getting all 34 Red Ranger Keys. So far there is 7 Red Ranger Keys, we just need 17 more. I just can't help buy mention Power Rangers, I know the series Goukaiger hasn't premiered yet, but it is kind of hard not to mention the Power Rangers since this series has a lot of past Sentai, that had been in Power Rangers. It is inevitable. It is obvious that Bandai kept in mind that the series will become Power Rangers, because many of the past Sentai first released with this line have become PR, only 1 has not--Sun Vulcan. Bandai America can easily skip that, since recently they have been making their own version of the Morphers, Zords and other role-play toys. And if Bandai does use older Sentai, these will be omitted.

Not So Serious by By Casey Bohn

This nicely drawn comic was drawn and written by Casey Bohn, about his opinions on Shinkenger and modern Super Sentai in general, I found it interesting so I posted it.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Speculations: Goukaiger traveling through all 34 Sentai

Here are some speculations and my own interpretations and guesses to what the Go-kaiger series will entail based on past habits of Toei and Bandai.
MagiDragon, PatStriker, and Gao Lion are set to be auxiliary mecha to go with the main mecha GoukaiOh in February, March and April, so maybe they will meet the Magiranger, Dekaranger and Gaoranger. The Ranger Keys rumored to be released first are GaoRed, VulEagle, and MagiRed, GekiRed so maybe they meet the Sun Vulcan and Gekiranger as well.

It is confirmed that the Go-kaiger will indeed transform into past Sentai, so many are wondering what will Toei do with the 5-person team of Go-kaiger and 3-person team such as Sun Vulcan, where other Sentai that started with 3 ended with 5 or more (like Liveman, Hurricanger, Abaranger, Gekiranger and Go-Onger). My guess to Sun Vulcan (which only has Red, Blue, and Yellow), is that either they will create Pink and Green members (like many fans hope for), or they will make a story in which Pink and Green are kidnapped or incapacitated in some way (which is a most likely scenario for me).

Fans also would want to know about the Sixth Rangers, like those 18 odd teams without a sixth ranger, what will the sixth Go-kaiger do. My guess is that Toei might do most of the early teams first before the sixth Go-kaiger comes along. But from the toy lists that have been released, it looks like they will be covering Gaoranger, Dekaranger, and Magiranger that have sixth rangers. So maybe they will display the main 5 of Gao, Deka and Magi and skip the sixth Rangers and then when the sixth Go-kaiger comes along, and the team becomes a non 6-ranger team, the sixth Go-kaiger will become a sixth like DekaBreak, DekaMaster, MagiShine, and GaoSilver.

As for American-exclusive Rangers such as the Titanium Ranger and the Spirit Rangers, many fans are hoping they will fill in the gaps of no sixth with these Rangers. Stranger things have happened, but I personally believe that with 34 teams and what Toei claims is 200 heroes, I doubt Toei will add more Rangers, but Kamen Rider Decade did add like 3 more Kamen Riders into the mythology of past series (Kivara to Kiva, Amaki to Hibiki and Abyss to Ryuki). So in conclusion, seeing by habits of Toei, most past Sentai will be in random order, we might get the Go-kaiger turning into random Rangers at random times.

And I am hoping that the one rumor I heard about (there being seven Rangers in order to go along with 7 Seas of the Earth) comes true. Because there are female minor Rangers out there (DekaSwan, DekaBright, DekaGold, MagiMother, Go-On Silver, Shinken Red) and most likely the sixth Go-kaiger will be male, and least likely he will become one of them as there is male sixth rangers in the teams that there are those female ones. So, it would be cool for there to be a seventh Go-kaiger that transforms into those women, and maybe White Racer and Shiro Bara Kamen (White Rose Mask of Sun Vulcan). Maybe they aren't enough Rangers, as there is only like 5 or 6 and I thought with Kamen Rider Decade, there would be a new female Rider representing the female Kamen Riders, but we got Amaki and Kivara, but they didn't represent past females, and the only acknowledgment to it was a short web video (which didn't mention them all).

Random Shinkenger Images

My site partner bought the final Shinkenger picture book (the one with side views and monster pictures we use for the websites), and it took forever for it to come out. Here are pictures I will not be including on the site because they don't quite fit in. They might be used in the future as part of the header or opening index.


With Richard Brown



A monster imitates Shinken Red



The little soot things

From the movie

From the movie




Tsukasa (Kamen Rider Decade) and Takeru



Hyper Shinken Green

The weapons and arsenal of each monster who had one.



Poll Results: Christmas Gifts / Jetman as Power Rangers


Good name for Jetman as Power Rangers?
Flight Force 79 (47%)
Sonic Wings 53 (31%)
Mach 5 49 (29%)
Full Flight 33 (19%)
Takeoff 22 (13%)
Sonic Air 22 (13%)

Which Sentai (that hasn't been used) would you want to have become Power Rangers in any point in time?
Jetman 158 (59%)
Fiveman 80 (29%)
Turboranger 86 (32%)
Liveman 86 (32%)
Maskman 83 (31%)
Flashman 82 (30%)
Changeman 81 (30%)
Bioman 82 (30%)

Which Power Rangers line did you receive for Christmas in the past?
MMPR 133 (50%)
Turbo 124 (47%)
In Space 86 (32%)
Zeo 85 (32%)
Lost Galaxy 85 (32%)
Time Force 85 (32%)
Wild Force 85 (32%)
Lightspeed 61 (23%)
Dino Thunder 60 (22%)
Ninja Storm 59 (22%)
SPD 53 (20%)
Operation 49 (18%)
Mystic Force 44 (16%)
RPM 44 (16%)
Jungle Fury 43 (16%)

How many Christmas Holidays did you receive Power Rangers as a gift?
Five or More 82 (48%)
1 Year 37 (21%)
Two 19 (11%)
Three 18 (10%)
Four 14 (8%)

Which Power Ranger toy line did you give a toy as a gift (Birthday, X-Mas, etc) in the past?
MMPR 107 (46%)
Turbo 93 (40%)
Lost Galaxy 71 (30%)
Time Force 71 (30%)
Zeo 70 (30%)
In Space 70 (30%)
Wild Force 69 (29%)
Operation 56 (24%)
Dino Thunder 50 (21%)
Lightspeed 50 (21%)
SPD 50 (21%)
RPM 50 (21%)
Ninja Storm 46 (19%)
Mystic Force 45 (19%)
Jungle Fury 42 (18%)