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Post by commond on Sept 18, 2024 4:35:24 GMT -5
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Post by shaxper on Sept 18, 2024 6:04:07 GMT -5
Here's a translation from the Fiveman wiki page: Thanks so much for this! I don't totally understand the translation but can make sense of most of it. Any idea what the "crisis" was that "doomed the series around 1987"?
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Post by shaxper on Sept 18, 2024 6:06:52 GMT -5
Yikes. Appeared in two episodes before it was destroyed? Not exactly a receptacle for kids' wildest imaginations and fantasies.
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Post by commond on Sept 18, 2024 6:20:39 GMT -5
Here's a translation from the Fiveman wiki page: Thanks so much for this! I don't totally understand the translation but can make sense of most of it. Any idea what the "crisis" was that "doomed the series around 1987"? I believe it's referring to Choujinki Metalder being cancelled after 39 episodes.
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Post by commond on Sept 18, 2024 6:27:58 GMT -5
Yikes. Appeared in two episodes before it was destroyed? Not exactly a receptacle for kids' wildest imaginations and fantasies. Here is what wiki says:
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Post by commond on Sept 18, 2024 6:39:38 GMT -5
I believe this is the VHS tape that came with the toy. It's an instructional video on how to put it together:
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Post by shaxper on Sept 18, 2024 6:46:04 GMT -5
I believe this is the VHS tape that came with the toy. It's an instructional video on how to put it together: Well that's disappointing. Here I'd always believed it contained actual episodes. Thanks so much for this!
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Post by commond on Sept 18, 2024 7:11:45 GMT -5
Interestingly, the Ohranger series had low ratings but record toy sales. Are you familiar with those toys? The success seemed to be based around compelling kids into buying all six robots.
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Post by shaxper on Sept 18, 2024 7:45:00 GMT -5
Interestingly, the Ohranger series had low ratings but record toy sales. Are you familiar with those toys? The success seemed to be based around compelling kids into buying all six robots. Of course. Isn't Pyramider/Pyramidas from that series? Very cool stuff, though I wish there'd been more metal.
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