#Astro Delta Megazord

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Flying power punch! GO!!

Plus a mystery villain.

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Power Rangers in Space - Astro Delta Megazord by ZZtheDark

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ZAP Astro Megazord

Yo, they told me it was big, but I didn’t know it was this big O_O And I know I’ve seen a few people complain about that, but my retort to that is, “Delta Megazord.” And now you’re imagining how insane the Astro Delta Megazord is going to be when/if they eventually make it. At this point, ZAP, for me, is how I’d like to collect the older Megazords I can’t afford the DXs of. And I had the DX Astro Megazord as a kid, so how does this compare apart from size?

The Good: As ZAP is supposed to do, they added quite a bit of posability. Neck, inward butterfly, outer shoulder, elbow, wrists, ab crunch, waist, hips, knees, and even ankles if you pull them out. If you’re familiar with the posability from the transformation joints DX toy had, those joints have been expanded upon.

The transformation is basically the same as the DX, but is much easier and more solid than ZAP Dino Megazord. The accessories are all fun, all the non-electronic gimmicks are still there, and it has the cockpit gimmick again.

The Bad: I don’t count size as an issue, but it doesn’t fit in my display shelf, which is a bit of a bummer. The hip joints are 1) very tight, and 2) somewhat hard to orientate when going between modes. Lastly, the shoulders have disappointing amount of range to them. They can only extend about 45°, and hinge at the bottom of the shoulder so it doesn’t always look nice. You can still get a decent amount of range, and the Astro Delta will hopefully fix it, but it’s a bit of a disappointment.

Overall, I really like this one, probably more than the Dino Megazord. It’s (apparently) detrimentally big, lacks arm posability, and is a little annoying to transform at one specific point, but it overall feels a lot more solid than its predecessors, and feels a lot more playable, whereas the Dino felt like a subpar display piece. If you like the Astro Megazord, but don’t have the DX, this is a fine replacement.

Now dis is a knoiffe!

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Pig Nejire from Denji Sentai Megaranger. Original gifs by Tokumonster.

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It’s time.

I’m gonna rate some fuckin megazords.

Starting with In Space cause I’m biased

(Possible flashing lights warning? Just to be safe)

Up first, this lil dude

7/10. It’s nothing fancy be he has so much charm! His little hat is perfection and honestly the simple sword design slaps.

Delta Megazord

7/10. Bruh came flying down to Earth with two gatling guns for hands and honestly it was a vibe. Gotta love a black/yellow color scheme but I gotta be honest I dont understand the pin head helmet. (Honestly it’s a 5/10 without the gun hands cause they’re so cool imo)

Lastly, this baddie

9/10. ITS CLASSY. ITS COLORFUL. IT SHOOTS A WHOLE ASS ROCKET AS A WEAPON. She is true beauty and one of my fav megazord designs like ever. 😌 love me some megavoyager 🥹💜

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My favorite part of that BBC tweet identifying a Gundam as a Transformer has been seeing the Japanese posting in response:

ID: Three screenshots of three different tweets with pictures.

1. A tweet by @Daitotetsugen (in all caps), originally in Japanese that says:

“こ��ネタは散々見てきたけど、英語版を見た時は爆笑 した” and machine translated to English that says:

“I’ve seen this story a lot, but when I saw the English version I burst into laughter.”

The picture is titled “Giant robot identification chart” and it’s made up of four rows with four pictures each of mechas and robots of different media, almost all labeled incorrectly.

Robots labelled incorrectly as “Transformers”:  Gundam Rx 78-2,  Zeku 2, Mazinger Z, Getter 1, Eva Unit 01,  Yf-19, Valsione R, Astro Delta Megazord, Daileon, Big O   

Robots labelled incorrectly as “Evangelion”:  RahXephon, Yuubrain, Tactical Surface Fighter, Nirvash Type Zero  

Robots labelled incorrectly as “Megazord”: Optimus Prime

Labelled correctly: ATM-09-STTC Scopedog Turbo Custom The Last Red Shoulder Ver.

2. A tweet by @Seskou (in all caps), originally in Japanese that says:

“メガゾード！” and machine translated to English that says:

“Megazord!”  

The picture attached to it is a drawing in color of the Gundam Rx 78-2 transformed as a trailer truck and engaging in a three step transformation sequence into his usual form.

There are two things written in Japanese in the picture:

戦え！超ロボット生命体 - Fight! Super robot lifeform (roughly translated)

エヴァンゲリオン  - The title of Neon Genesis Evangelion

3.  A tweet by @naototsushima, originally in Japanese that says:

“まあまあ間違えはよくある事さ仲良くやろうや ” and machine translated to English that says:

“It’s a common mistake, let’s get along”  

The picture attached to it is a drawing in color of Optimus Prime and the   Gundam Rx 78-2 shaking hands while looking at the viewer. They are seen from hips up and the background is green.

End of ID

(Text ID courtesy of Accessible Maccadam's)

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Daily Mecha #1 - Astro Delta Megazord

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Power Rangers Astro Force

In response to multiple alien invasions in recent years the government forms a response team to confront the next alien threat. This team would be trained and given top end technology to perform their job.

Five people are recruited to form this team and are given morphers and training. They are the Power Rangers Astro Force.

The timing could not have been better, for the United Aeon Empire has set their sight on Earth. Lead by the monstrous Dark Specter and his first lieutenant the beautiful yet brutal Astronema they attack Earth.

Red Astro Ranger- Andrew, the leader of the team is well studied in battle techniques and strategy. Armed with the Astro Drill Blue Astro Ranger- Teddy, the second in command is an expert in computer science and programming Armed with the Astro Hatchet Yellow Astro Ranger- Lynn, an expert marksman with skills in targeting. Armed with the Astro Slingshot Black Astro Ranger- Raul, a great mathematician and researcher. Armed with the Astro Lance Pink Astro Ranger- Julie, communications expert and technician. Armed with the Astro Satellite

Astro Megaship- A cutting edge ship with incredible weapons and a shuttle for long range missions. Turns into the Astro Megazord

Delta Megaship- A secondary ship that turns into the Delta Megazord, equipped with more weaponry

Astro Delta Megazord: Both Megazords combine to form this Megazord.

Silver Astro Ranger- James, a washout who failed the entrance exams but came back and proved himself capable of using the Silver morpher. Armed with the Astro Blade

Nova Megaship- A winged ship built for speed first. Forms the Nova Megazord. Its wings can join with other Megazords to enable flight.

Cosmic Zords: A second set of zords for the Astro Rangers. Cosmic Megazord: Red Astronaut Zord- Waist/Lower Torso Blue Rocket Zord- Lower Legs/Missile Yellow UFO Zord- Chest/Arms Black Shuttle Zord- Head/Shield Pink Rover Zord- Feet

Morphers- Astro Morphers- Wrist worn devices Morphing Call- Ranger Mode Activate Morphing- Suits form in sections around them Power Rangers Nitro Force: The remains of Divatox’s gang join up with the Aeon empire for revenge and the Nitro Rangers offer their aid.

Nitro Racers Sacred Forest

Powerverse

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For anyone who’s a big fan of the GoGoV/Lightspeed rescue mecha’s and missed out on the DX ones back in the late 90′s/early 2000′s and would like to get them, Premium Bandai’s Got you covered with new model kit re-releases of the Victory Robo/Lightspeed Megazord and Grand Liner/SuperTrain megazord as part of the Super Minipla Line. The super-minipla line, unlike Bandai’s Gundam model kits or Figurise models, are a newer redesigned upscaling of the older candy-toy figures bandai used to/sometimes still releases, intended for older audiences and maintain a higher build quality for animation/Tokusatsu mechs not part of the standard circle of figures bandai Produces; usually in smaller scale to the DX toys.  I personally have collected all their Gaogaigar ones, and they’re fantastic, and include all the gimmicks they can with as much pose-ability as they can manage.

For reference, the Victory Robo is on the scale of a standard SH Figurarts or Figure-rise standard figure or 1/144 gundam model kit, while the Grand liner is approximately in scale with a 1/60 Gundam model kit, the 1/144 Psycho Gundam, the 1/100 Sazabi ver ka, or the Super-Minipla release of King J-Der. As these are Premium Bandai items and not something that’ll be entering regular retail, there’s going to be a significant markup on import costs for them due to their scarcity, but currently Retail for Victory Robo is 5500 yen (likely average Import markup will leave it at around $75 or higher) and the Grand Liner is 13500 yen (Avg Markup to $175 or higher).   For those who would want to get in on buying them, the Website Tokullectibles has them up for preorder, with a july-set release date. https://tokullectibles.com/collections/super-sentai/products/super-minipla-gogov-grand-liner-super-train-megazord https://tokullectibles.com/collections/super-sentai/products/preorder-super-minipla-gogov-victory-robo For those who would want to wait and potentially get them later, or would like to see if bluefin might be importing them like they did the MMPR Season 3 Ninja megazord and Shogun megazord, and PRIS’ Astro-delta megazord Minipla models; the figures will likely be around those same markup ranges as evidenced by the normal western retail prices for those items.  If Bluefin does not, then your likely next-best bet will be the Japanese retailer “Mandarake”.  Mandarake is a Japanese second-hand/Used item retail chain that ships internationally, and is a Godsend retailer for anyone who misses the first-run releases of any P-Bandai merchandise or get screwed over by a import/E-bay seller that never actually provides what they were selling, or does so months after their releases.  I’ve gotten a LOT of P-Bandai Gunpla from them in the last year, at relatively fair prices.

Plus, the P-Bandai design team have teased that they’re likely not done with The GoGo-V line just as of yet...

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Today, Bandai Candy revealed the official information regarding the next Super Sentai Super Mini-Pla release; the release is for none other than Galaxy Mega and Delta Mega from Denji Sentai Megaranger. The two will be sold together, as a set rather than being sold separate as some collectors expected. Power Rangers fans will easily recognize these mechas as the Astro Megaship/ Megazord and the Delta Megazord from Power Rangers in Space. In addition, both sets will be able to combine to form Super Galaxy Mega/ Astro Delta Megazord. Below is the official gallery from Bandai Candy:

Pre-orders for the Super Mini-Pla Galaxy Mega & Delta Mega Set are set to open tomorrow, October 1st. The set will be sold at retail, but Premium Bandai opened their listings for the set early. Premium Bandai and retailers (like our sponsor, CS Toys International) will be selling the Super Mini-Pla Galaxy Mega & Delta Mega Set for roughly 6912 yen, with its release set for Janurary 2019. Denji Sentai Megaranger is currently available in North America on DVD via Shout! Factory; the complete series was released on home video last October.

Official Images: Super Mini-Pla Galaxy Mega & Delta Mega Set #DenjiSentaiMegaranger

Today, Bandai Candy revealed the official information regarding the next Super Sentai Super Mini-Pla release; the release is for none other than…

Official Images: Super Mini-Pla Galaxy Mega & Delta Mega Set #DenjiSentaiMegaranger Today, Bandai Candy revealed the official information regarding the next Super Sentai Super Mini-Pla release; the release is for none other than…

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The full roster of Megaranger/PRIS mechas by me. ZZTheDark and nuts, forgot to put my logo on there. X_X

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On the older side of toku, we got complete looks and pre-orders for the Super Mini-Pla versions of Megaranger’s Galaxy Mega and Delta Mega. Yes yes, I and a bunch of others are wanting these because they’re the Power Rangers in Space Astro Megazord and Delta Megazord (no idea what Hasbro’s Power Rangers deal is gonna do to Bluefin Bandai imports), but that’s beside the point. What’s important is how COOL these things look, just being properly transformable little toy robots. I can’t believe we actually got a decently posable figure out of the Delta’s deliberately bricky design. And they even combine! Given how into completing sets Bandai is with these releases, I really hope we get...whatever the Megaranger names for the Mega Voyager and Mega Winger were (man, the PR adaptation really stuck the Sentai version’s prefix in there a bunch, didn’t it?).

[reversemoon255]

Mega Voyager

I’ve hit the end of my backlog! It took me until the end of the year, but it finally happened >_> And we’re ending it with an old toy I’ve had my eye on for a long time. I owned the Astro and Delta Megazords as a kid, and had a neighbor with both this and the Mega Winger. It was one of those situations where I had what most people would consider the cooler toy (since it’s the most cohesive looking combination), but I always liked the look of the Mega Voyager more. Probably because it had the usual colors, but symmetrical. Also, it’s got a bazooka.

Also, this is preowned, and super in need of some shock oil. I’ve really got to pick some up for Rovoyager-1. Everyone is pretty good, though.

The Good: It’s a pretty fun transformation. Shuttle Voyager-2 and Tank Voyager-3 are both pretty simple, but the way Rovoyager-1 forms a core for everything, the way Rocket Voyager-3 forms the legs and the weapon and the torso, and how it combines with Saucer Voyager-4 and how it itself transforms. There’s a lot of cool conversions, like DekaRanger Robo, where it’s interesting but mostly centers around Red being the complex one. It’s neat how three of the five require intricacies to get to this mode in comparison.

Also, I joked about the Bazooka, but it’s really cool. My spring is dead, but I’ve seen a new one fire, and it can fly. It also has clips on the side so hold it to the waist, so I’m not afraid of displaying it while holding it since there’s actual engineering in place to deal with that and prevent the arm from eventually failing.

I also appreciate how Rocket Voyager-3 can combine with either 1 or 2. It’s not ever something you’re going to use in a display (unless you buy more than one copy, I guess), but I always appreciate stuff like that.

The Bad: The biggest disappointment of this set has always been Shuttle Voyager-2. You pop the head out the back, and the entirety of the Zord becomes a shield. I don’t like when they do that (as this is not the only time it has happened). It could have been smaller and incorporated into the chest, or bigger and given it actual wings (instead of taking the Mega Winger’s). Other than that, though, there isn’t much else to complain about.

Overall, this is a solid vintage release. This is one of the few occasions where nostalgia for playing with it as a kid is definitely shaping my opinion a bit, but I still feel like it’s super solid. I was originally going to stop with Mega Voyager, and not try tracking down Galaxy Mega or Delta Mega, but hearing people talk about that combined mode recently, and my own memories of owning it, are probably going to eventually make me replace it.

(Taken before I got Gojyujin, Machalcon, and Grateful Phoenix)

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Timeline Power Rangers In Space

1998 (In Space)

Andros learns of Zordon's capture and Dark Specter's plans to conquer the universe and get beamed aboard the Astro Megaship. There, the Turbo Rangers arrive and meet up with Andros, and are granted with new Space Ranger Powers.

Andros is the Red Space Ranger.

T.J. Johnson  becomes the Blue Space Ranger.

Carlos Vallerte becomes the Black Space Ranger.

Ashley Hammond becomes the Yellow Space Ranger.

Cassie Chan becomes the Pink Space Ranger.

The Astro Shuttle and the Astro Megaship combine to form the Astro Megazord. Bulk and Skull set out to prove aliens exist. (From Out Of Nowhere)

The Phantom Ranger returns and gives the Rangers the Delta Megaship, which can become the Delta Megazord. (The Delta Discovery)

The Astro and Delta Megazords combine to form the Astro Delta Megazord. (The Great Evilyzer)

Andros learns that Darkonda was the one who kidnapped his sister, Karone, when he was a kid. (Flashes Of Darkonda)

The Rangers find the Mega V Zords, combine to form the Mega Voyager, which were hidden by Zordon. (The Rangers' Mega Voyage)

Justin and Storm Blaster return to help the Rangers rescue Lightning Cruiser. (True Blue To The Rescue)

Andros' old friend Zhane is awakened from his cryogneic sleep and joins the team as the Silver Ranger.

Zhane joins the others as the Silver Space Ranger. (Survival Of The Silver)

Adam returns to help Carlos with his self-confidence. (Always A Chance)

Andros finds out that Astronema, co-leader of the Evil Space Aliens, is none other than his long-lost sister Karone. (The Secret Of The Locket)

Karone joins the Rangers after learning that Andros is her brother. (Astronema Thinks Twice)

Karone is captured and brainwashed by Dark Specter. Zhane is given the Mega Winger, which can combine with the Mega Voyager to become the Winged Mega Voyager. (Dark Specter's Revenge)

Astronema creates the Red, Blue, Yellow, Pink and Black Psycho Rangers. (Rangers Gone Psycho)

The Pink Psycho Ranger is destroyed. (A Rift In The Rangers)

The Blue Psycho Ranger is destroyed. (Five Of A Kind)

The remaining Psycho Rangers steal the Mega Voyager. (Silence Is Golden)

The Red, Black and Yellow Psycho Rangers are destroyed. The Mega Voyager is recovered by the Rangers. (The Enemy Within)

The Psycho Rangers return and are turned into cards. Andros receives the Battlizer Morpher. (Mission To Secret City, Ghosts in the Machine)

Dark Specter is destroyed alongside Darkonda. The Mega Winger is destroyed. Astronema declares herself the new ruler and threatens to destroy all the citizens of Angel Grove if they don't turn over the Rangers, but the citizens, starting with Bulk and Skull, declare they are the Rangers. The Rangers, minus Andros, reveal themselves to the public. Andros battles and injures Astronema. Andros reluctantly destroys Zordon, releasing a wave of energy that spread throughout the enemies destroying most of them. Rita, Zedd, and Divatox are turned into humans. Karone is reunited with her brother Andros. (Countdown to Destruction)

Other Events

The young Jarrod begins training as a martial artist with the Order of the Claw. Welcome to the Jungle

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Astro Delta Megazord is a Very Big™ and Very Pretty™ Lady