At What Point Do You Stop Being a Fan and Start Being a Hater?
So Lately I’ve been
very much conducting my very own Power Rangers Train (LOL you’ll get this in
2016). Now I get it I’m kind of getting annoying but anyone who knows me when I
get excited I go a little over board. Well the Power Ranger crazy had support in
the form of a website dedicated to tokusatsu (a Japanese style of film and TV usually
associated super heroes and kiaju). Well after finishing up recording and
editing this week episode of our podcast (episode 40) I usually take time and
listen to some of my favorites podcasts. Well while listing to the podcast for
the above mentioned tokusatsu site they talked about Power Rangers this week. Now
while listing I excited for a positive adult prospective to the new show PRSMF
(that show title is a mouth full). I didn’t get that this week Instead I got a
lot of Jaded sentai fans. Now this episode was longer than normal because they
took a break but right about the 1 hour mark I stopped listening with 40 minutes
remaining. When the topic turned to the Blufin Distribution and there lack of anything
else Sentai/Power Rangers related. Now I agree with a lot that was said until it
turned to the upcoming S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger and how this
figure will not be like its Japanese counterpart toy. Now I think some explanation
is in order in the Sentai series Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, that most of the
footage for Power Rangers season one came from, the yellow ranger was a dude,
however the toy we are getting in the US uses a female form.
Japanese
US
I agree with this I
think if the Power Ranger character was a woman the figure should be too. The
argument made was that this was unfair to both sentai fan as they would have to
import the male version and unfair to Ranger fan as the footage was of a dude. Now my response to this is a simple one if
gender is that much of a problem for people then maybe all power ranger figures
should look like the original action figures.
In Light of this
podcast I’m taking a break from there site I may check it out for news still
but I’m going to be less active on the boards connected to the site
On a different note entirely
I may have a solution to the Bluefin problem of no new S.H. Figuarts. This Idea
goes out to Bandai of America and I suggest that you take the Figuarts away
from Bluefin in regards to Power Rangers only and you sell them as either part of
the legacy line or as a new collector line. Another solution I could recommend is
that if you are a fan of power rangers you check this line out and pick them up
yeah there a little pricey but I bet like me you bought the Legacy Morphers and
they beat that in price range.
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