Prehistoric Animals had Six to Eight legs

(photo credit: Power Rangers NOW)

Previously, I wrote about the T-Rex Battle Zord and approach taken with the Power Rangers movie merchandises. Today I will be talking about the one thing I'm not happy about the movie: the robot designs.

(photo credit: Power Rangers NOW)

(photo credit: Power Rangers NOW)

The mecha design was revealed in their toy version online a little before the T-Rex was released in stores. Along with it, fans got to see the mastodon, triceratops, saber-toothed tiger, and pterodactyl. I definitely dig the design because it is Transformers-like and they actually look like real-life machines.

(photo credit: Comic Book)

The toys already give a good amount of details of the robots, but the poster that was exclusively shown on Comic Book two days ago show greater details. The poster features the zords covered in mists and rushing forward, with the Saber-Toothed Tiger in the front and most explicitly shown. The curvy parts and blue glows add a nice futuristic look to the refined tiger from the '90s show. I personally have a thing for glows, so it gives me the badass fierce chills.

But what I don't like are the mastodon and tricera. I mean, just look at them!

 (photo credit: Power Rangers NOW)

(photo credit: Power Rangers NOW)

If I remember correctly, both animals only have four legs. So what's wrong with them? Are they supposed to be some sort of mixture of a spider and mastodon, and another composed of a beetle and a tricera? Honestly, it makes them look a bit ugly.

Nonetheless, the zords have a unique design approach aimed at an older audience. They look like they are actually made of metal and strong enough by themselves without even combining. And one simple design preference should not be a factor to not look forward to the upcoming movie.

So that concludes my article entries for this blog. This and the previous articles were short but were something I really wanted to talk about.

This class gave me the opportunity to write a blog for a class, which was awesome for me because I had been barely writing my actual blog because of school. Under a topic that I have passion for, it allowed me to further improve my organizational skill and new writing skills I learned from Writing for Mass Media.

I guess that's all there is for me to say.

Good bye!

The bigger, the better

(photo credit: Den of Geek!)

If someone asks you "what movies do they have now?" and you answer Doctor Strange or Moana, tell yourself to be smart enough to ignore the current movies and talk about March 2017 movies because Lionsgate's Power Rangers is on its way. I'd be greater if you even mention the robots that will appear.

The upcoming movie revolves around five teenagers in high school who discover the Power Coins, the source that provides them with super powers, by chance at a quarry and are chosen to save the world from Rita Repulsa's threat. But the kids must first deal with their daily-life issues and bond together as a team.

The movie was announced in 2014 to be released in 2016, but got postponed to Mar. 24, 2017. As much as I was worried about the release because of the prolonged production, my worries faded as good information was revealed gradually one year ago, including the cast, suits, and robots.

The robot designs were revealed just last month online through their toy versions. One of the dinosaur-themed robots, the T-Rex Battle Zord, was released in stores just this month.

(photo credit: Toysrus.com)

The T-Rex is sold for $39.99 and is about 21 inches in length, which is bigger than the size of an average Power Rangers robot toy. No wonder the price! This gigantic mechanical dinosaur can even combine with four other mechas, which are estimated to be sold for $19.99, to form the all mighty Megazord.

Who would have thought a toy targeted for a young audience above the age of four would be so big? I really like the approach toy company Bandai Co., Ltd. is making with the movie merchandises because a big size is something that definitely appeals to an adult audience too, which is part of the main audience of the movie.

To be honest, as a fan, I thought we would be getting more legitimate collector items for the movie other than the Toys"R"Us exclusive action figures in the picture below, but if this is the case I'm happy buying the kids toys. And since Christmas is around the corner, now is time to spend all the money on those morphenomenal items.

(photo credit: Tokunation)

By now you may think that I am very excited about the robots as well as the other toys. That's not a lie, but I do have one issue: the design of some of the other mechas!

That will be covered in the next and final article for this blog....