Vehicle Voltron: The Other Defender of the Universe

Dairugger is the better of the two shows, but it suffers from having 15 pilots. Most of them of only get one episode that features them in any meaningful way so they just end up standing in the background until it's time to form Dairugger. Golion has the smaller main cast, allowing everybody to get enough characterization to be more memorable.

>>89524497
This is true. Having 15 characters is a lot to handle, but even as a kid, I liked the fact that there were 3 separate squadrons: Air, Land, and Sea. The Sea team had an alien dude commanding it so I liked how Star Trek-esque it was.

Had no idea there were /co/mrades here that watched 80's mecha anime. Another guy mentioned Dancougar and I was shocked.

>>89524069
>I liked Vehicle Voltron better and hated Lion Voltron

Fite me.

>>89526757
There's nothing wrong with that line of thought so long as you aren't trolling or being a contrarian.

Vehicle was a very fun series. I especially liked how the Drules tried to prevent Voltron from being formed like attacking the leg, head, or arm assemblies.

>>89524671
/co/ and /m/ share a lot of members due to our mutual love of superheroes. And who doesn't love mecha?

I'm a huge fan of Yuusha like Da Garn and Gaogaigar.

>>89524497
I really enjoyed Dairugger. Japan did quite a bit of mecha and sc-fi anime involving aliens in the 80's like this, Golion, Southern Cross, Mospeada, and SDF Macross.

>>89524069
You basically summed up the typical American view on war:

There has to be a Good Guy and Bad Guy; no shades of grey. I respected the fact that Vehicle didn't quite talk down to kids because it actually presented what paranoia and ignorance could do.

I always liked the idea of the Galaxy Alliance and how the Vehicle Team was at the front lines of the war while the Lion Team was dealing with a side theater of operations.

>>89524671
>Had no idea there were /co/mrades here that watched 80's mecha anime.

Mecha anime are the superhero movies of the east and Europe.
Selling people who just have super powers is harder than selling people on machines that give people said superpowers.

>>89527776
I wonder how the US would've received the Space Sheriffs? I know they utilized footage from Metalder, Spielban, and Shaider for VR Troopers.

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>These motherfuckers don't even know about Stealth Voltron
Did anyone actually watch the show this guy came from? It was a cg show from the 90s with a look similar to Beast Wars or Reboot, but I know nothing about anyone's opinion on it.

>>89529039
Oh I remember that. I hated that even more than Regular Lion Voltron cuz it ugly as hell.

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I wish Gladiator Voltron got to be a thing

>>89529039
Remind me again why that needed to be a thing outside of "Let's find a way to make more toys!"

>>89530035
That wouldn't have worked out. Dairugger and Golion both had robots with similar-looking faces, but Albegas was markedly different.

>>89529039
That series was awful. Not even Tim Curry could redeem it.

>>89531546

I really doubt kids would have cared that much about face details when COOL ROBOTS are on screen slice shit up with a sword

Vehicle Voltron was the only Voltron we got to watch in Mexico. I remember it was very confusing because all the toys were based on Lion Voltron.

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>>89531338
If only this gimmick worked in toy form.

Vehicle voltron sounds kinda cool, maybe ill see if i can find it and give it a watch

thanks /co/

>>89532742
Why did Mexico didn't get Lion Voltron?

>>89533274
>Vehicle voltron sounds kinda cool, maybe ill see if i can find it and give it a watch
>thanks /co/
This

>>89530035
agreed, imagine if Voltron had just continued on with another mecha series or two added to it every year

>>89531546
>That wouldn't have worked out. Dairugger and Golion both had robots with similar-looking faces, but Albegas was markedly different.
I don't think the people in charge cared about that, considering that Albegas as Gladiator Voltron did come over in toy form, and didn't get added to the cartoon only because Vehicle Voltron tanked

>>89530035
Me too.

>>89531578
All I cared about at the time was "CGI action show". I would watch so many live action shows for their 5min CGI transformation and battles.