Comments on: Engine Sentai Go-Onger

Key Card-driven?

EVA_Unit_4A — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:31:48 -0500

Anyone here remember the data cards that they used in "B-Fighter Kabuto"/"Beetleborgs Metalix"? Each figure, weapon, and vehicle came with a black plastic ABS coded card that you could insert into the morpher device or scaled weapons, and make them perform unique light-&-sound F/X. Goonger looks like it's gonna be like that... but with a cellphone henshin device and a fuel pump nozzle gun/sword. (BTW, how funky is that weapon!? Weird but funny at the same time. If it pans out, I might get one...)
A bus? That's different; they used to do vans or trucks, but never a bus. Interesting.
BTW, Josh, do we have a pronunciation yet for the series? Is it "Go On" (telling someone to move) or "Goon" (a bad guy)? ------------------------------ CollectionDX Staff

Darn- I thought the

EVA_Unit_4A — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:18:18 -0500

Darn- I thought the rough-Engrish version- "Enjin" mean "Flame-God". (I keep hoping for an all-dragon-themed season...) Oh, well.
But you're right, Sanjeev- this does look a lot more promising that GekiRanger ever did! And look at the upgrades- they don't replace the entire arm, just part of it. That's cool! While I liked the new armor-upgrade gimmick from GekiRanger (someday when I get down to creating that original fanfic, I'm gonna use armor-upgrades as the primary combining system), they just didn't make any that I liked, save perhaps Geki Bat. Out of that whole season, I'm only gonna get the hand-held Geki Tonfas and Geki Saber, and DX Juuken Gattai Geki Fire.
That Wikipedia entry indicates that each vehicle will have its own Ranger to accompany it- meaning the shark and (wolf?) machines will have new Rangers of their own; a secondary team! ------------------------------ CollectionDX Staff

Ya hit the nail on the head...

Sanjeev — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:43:59 -0500

...with the comparison to the Time Bokan stuff.

At first, I didn't like how goofy the cutesy eyes on the individual vehicles looked...especially in the combined mode. It's now starting to grow on me, though. I never bothered with last year's Gekiranger--the way they did the animal theme in the robots/toys just didn't appeal to me at all.

This seems much more promising to me.

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Sanjeev