The Voltron Poll [Archive] - Ozformers Transformers Club of Australia (otca.com.au)

GoktimusPrime

31st August 2009, 04:05 PM

From the Parramatta Meet thread (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=5099):

Vehicle Voltron much cooler than Lion Voltron. Never been a huge fan of the latter... come on, 15 vehicles that can dominate over land, sea and air (and space!) attached to a mobile battlecruiser is just so much cooler than five robotic lions based in... a kingdom? :p

And the Vehicle Force crew had non-humans too! It made it far more scifi and believable that Voltron was part of the Galactic Alliance. Plus that blue-skinned elven chick was HAWT! (Kirk'd!) :D

And the torso and head were separate vehicles whereas with Lion Voltron it's the same damn lion - so it made no sense when Keith would go, "form arms and torso..." - but wait, you ARE the torso! - "...and I'll form the head!" - what?! The head's attached to the torso? Oh... the head just flipped down. That's "forming" the head?!? It looked way cooler seeing that jet fly onto Vehicle Voltron's shoulders and _actually_ forming the head! Then the finally with that red jet forming the breastplate - yeah! And Vehicle Voltron had hands! He could flip the bird to a Ro-Beast... ya know, if he wanted to. :p

And forming the Blazing Sword with those two helicopter blades was cooler than just ... where the hell DOES Lion Voltron pull his Blazing Sword from?!? Sub-space??!? (o_O) And why pilot LIONS?! Your choice of intergalactic military vehicles: armoured terrain vehicles, submersibles and jet fighters vs. big cats. Ummm... hello?

Vehicle Voltron >>> Lion Voltron (plus their leader sounded like Optimus Prime cos he was dubbed by Peter Cullen! Phwoar! I think Cullen also dubbed some old mentor dude in Lion Force, but his character in the Vehicle Force series was actually their commander!)

MV75

31st August 2009, 05:48 PM

I liked them both. I remember watching vehicle force (machine men style) voltron, then one day they had lion force (victory style) on and I was "wth is this???" but after a while I warmed to it.

Paulbot

31st August 2009, 06:01 PM

I don't get it. Most of the things you don't like about the lion voltron series have to do with the English dub (reused combination dialogue, voice actors) but the poll is asking about the Japanese anime series?

Vehicle Voltron wins my vote because of the three combined modes the five land/air/sea vehicles could also form.

Lion Voltron had better villains, ones I can still name today. I have no idea of the names of the Vehicle Voltron's enemies (or the heroes either!)

Vector Prime

31st August 2009, 07:20 PM

From recollection, I was a massive fan of the vehicle Voltron as a kid and seem to recall even having the toys, but lion Voltron? meh, wasn't a fan at all. :p

SGB

31st August 2009, 08:42 PM

Vehicle Voltron by far. IMO he has a cooler design than Lion Voltron, and the Vehicle Voltron series has more mature storylines and story arcs than Lion Voltron.

Vehicle Voltron >>> Lion Voltron (plus their leader sounded like Optimus Prime cos he was dubbed by Peter Cullen! Phwoar! I think Cullen also dubbed some old mentor dude in Lion Force, but his character in the Vehicle Force series was actually their commander!)
Is the leader you refer to Commander Hawkins? If so, Cullen did indeed voice him.

Cullen also supplied the voice of Coran in the Lion Voltron series, and also provided the narration for both series.

loophole

31st August 2009, 09:04 PM

Lion Voltron!!!! i could never get into vehicle voltron as a kid and havent tried since.

Lord_Zed

31st August 2009, 09:08 PM

I prefered vehicle Voltron as a kid, it was just more sci-fi and interesting for me, also I loved the way the sperate teams had there own combined vehicle form.

That said I haven't watched either since childhood so there both a distant memory for me.

GoktimusPrime

31st August 2009, 09:38 PM

I don't get it. Most of the things you don't like about the lion voltron series have to do with the English dub (reused combination dialogue, voice actors) but the poll is asking about the Japanese anime series?
My main beef is more to do with the themes. IMO 15 vehicles (with 3 teams specialising in different environments) roaming around space in a battlecruiser defending the galaxy was more exciting to watch over 5 lions defending a princess' kingdom! Maybe cos I've always been more of a scifi fan over an ancient fantasy fan. Unless you can combine them (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJqrWssQSxI&feature=PlayList&p=A2AE9FD15F5D5E71&index=26) ;)

ftr I have both series on disc in Japanese. But I haven't bothered to watch them all yet. :p

Tetsuwan Convoy

31st August 2009, 10:40 PM

Vehicle force all the way baby!

I am still searching for a nice toy of that one...

kup

31st August 2009, 10:54 PM

Rampage

31st August 2009, 11:25 PM

I chose lion Voltron because its the one which I have the more vivid memory of as it kept repeating in syndication when I was a kid. I also remember vehicle voltron but I was too young to remember anything meaningful when it came out and it didn't repeat on TV like the other.

I agree :)

I remember coming home as a kid and id watch it on ABC & then one day no more lions it still says Voltron but it's not the Voltron i recognize this is BS!!!!

jaydisc

31st August 2009, 11:37 PM

I am still searching for a nice toy of that one...

I like this one (http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~monomania/ore-bine/dairuggerXV.jpg).

SGB

1st September 2009, 12:04 AM

Vehicle force all the way baby!

I am still searching for a nice toy of that one...
I've got two of him. :D

Robzy

1st September 2009, 12:35 AM

Vehicle Voltron FTW :D

I do like the Lion Force too, but I prefer vehicles!

Golden Phoenix

1st September 2009, 01:11 AM

I like this one (http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~monomania/ore-bine/dairuggerXV.jpg).

damn that thing is a mess

Bartrim

1st September 2009, 07:57 AM

I've got the best of Voltron DVD which has 5 episodes from both series on it and after watching that I preferred vehicle force.

One thing that agitated me about Lion Voltron was the pilots suit colours didn't match their lions. (I know it's picky:p)

mknell

1st September 2009, 09:35 AM

I've always loved both Voltrons but I think Vehicle force was more awesome, I had the full set as a kid I wish i still had it

Sky Shadow

1st September 2009, 11:06 AM

I like this one (http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~monomania/ore-bine/dairuggerXV.jpg).

Stacks on!

rampagesss

1st September 2009, 12:11 PM

GoktimusPrime

1st September 2009, 01:28 PM

I remember coming home as a kid and id watch it on ABC & then one day no more lions it still says Voltron but it's not the Voltron i recognize this is BS!!!!
Other way round for me - I watched Vehicle Force first, then I saw Lion Force and thought, "buh?!"

I don't dislike Lion Voltron, but I definitely prefer Vehicle Voltie. :)

twincobra

1st September 2009, 06:58 PM

Lion voltron just looks %110 better and is the one i grew up with,never even heard of vehicle force.

GoktimusPrime

1st September 2009, 09:59 PM

Here:
Vehicle Voltron opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X6GIXJbrXE)
original Dairugger XV opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxUvL4Dayo)

And for comparison:
Lion Voltron opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEN1CMGzTmQ)
Original GoLion opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XyWN9lWa4o)

And the Albegas opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lR2qj0ona8) which was apparently going to become Gladiator Voltron but the idea was abandoned and never happened. :p

mknell

2nd September 2009, 09:40 AM

And don't forget Mr Peter Cullen doing the opening Voice over for both Vehicle & Lion force voltrons

TF76

3rd September 2009, 12:00 AM

I agree :)

I remember coming home as a kid and id watch it on ABC & then one day no more lions it still says Voltron but it's not the Voltron i recognize this is BS!!!!

Exaclty, Voltron as vehicals :confused:

I remeber thinking what next an optimus prime that transforms into a lion... :p

liegeprime

3rd September 2009, 12:34 AM

I grew up with the Lion force Voltron so Im a bit impartial on that one. They did show the Vehicle Force after they finished a season of Lion force , I only saw a handful of episodes as it didnt appeal to me... I prefered Voltes V if it was vehicles into big killer robot, Lion force sorta appealed coz they got more interesting enemies and plus the MOnster robots created by Hagar were more interesting as they do look like technoorganicmonsters robots... vehicle force enemy robots well they're just robots..... Also there's a whole heap of casts in the vehicle force that I never ever remembered any of them at all.... Dubbing wise well Mr Cullen's OP voice doesnt really match the Commander's "look" in vehicle force IMO....voice sounds old like 50s dignified veteran well the drawing doesnt lookit..... Also Ive seen the 2 voltrons movie special where they combined forces to defeat whose enemy - LION FORCE so Im guessing the producers do recognise that the Lion force is the more popular/interesting series so they ended up with more focus on the lion force characters and story plot ( long story short - Keith ends up with Princess Allura and Hagar turns good - 2 Voltrons help invade and destroy Planet Doom).

jaydisc

3rd September 2009, 12:06 PM

And don't forget Mr Peter Cullen doing the opening Voice over for both Vehicle & Lion force voltrons

I thought it was!

Wheel-J

3rd September 2009, 10:05 PM

Toy-wise and cartoon-wise, I'd go with the kitten-formers just because there's a transforming effort when they unite to form the defender of the universe! FTW!

And love their colours too! :)

Tetsuwan Convoy

4th September 2009, 12:06 AM

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Rampage_017/100_3637.jpg

As you can see from my collection i love voltron. I like the Lion Voltron the best as thats the one i grew up with, but have since bought the DVD collection and like them both. I like the Lion cartoon better but the Vehicle look better
Wowsers. Is that Vehicle force one die cast? Nice!

Other way round for me - I watched Vehicle Force first, then I saw Lion Force and thought, "buh?!"

I don't dislike Lion Voltron, but I definitely prefer Vehicle Voltie. :)

Ditto. Especially on the "buh?!"

SGB

4th September 2009, 03:17 AM

Wowsers. Is that Vehicle force one die cast? Nice!
No, it's plastic.

loophole

4th September 2009, 09:46 AM

love that pic SGB!! especially with bumblebee in the background look like hes trying to sneak in :p

Bartrim

4th September 2009, 01:03 PM

I've got to admit even though I prefer vehicle force voltron I still prefer the head of lion voltron.

SGB

4th September 2009, 03:00 PM

love that pic SGB!! especially with bumblebee in the background look like hes trying to sneak in :p
It's not my pic. :p

rampagesss

4th September 2009, 03:02 PM

Wowsers. Is that Vehicle force one die cast? Nice!

Na Vehicle force voltron is all plastic but the MP Voltron next to him is the Die Cast version :D

loophole

4th September 2009, 06:16 PM

It's not my pic. :p

oops my bad you know who i meant :o

darockk

7th September 2009, 11:55 PM

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/Rampage_017/100_3637.jpg

As you can see from my collection i love voltron. I like the Lion Voltron the best as thats the one i grew up with, but have since bought the DVD collection and like them both. I like the Lion cartoon better but the Vehicle look better

thats a sweet voltron collection.

Your picture brings back so many memories. The castle of lions was the holy grail in grade school. I remember only one spoilt kid who had that one.

i think the Voltron I had as a kid had cockpits where you could put the figurines in.(looks like you have it too) I only had one figurine though which was the red guy, Keith or something.

currently on the lookout for that same voltron and the die-cast non-cockpit version too, but not sure how much to spend.

SGB

7th September 2009, 11:59 PM

i think the Voltron I had as a kid had cockpits where you could put the figurines in.(looks like you have it too)
That'd be the Voltron toy that was released by Panosh Place.

Tetsuwan Convoy

9th September 2009, 02:54 PM

No, it's plastic.

Na Vehicle force voltron is all plastic but the MP Voltron next to him is the Die Cast version :D
Dang, still very nice

thats a sweet voltron collection.

Your picture brings back so many memories. The castle of lions was the holy grail in grade school. I remember only one spoilt kid who had that one.

i think the Voltron I had as a kid had cockpits where you could put the figurines in.(looks like you have it too) I only had one figurine though which was the red guy, Keith or something.

currently on the lookout for that same voltron and the die-cast non-cockpit version too, but not sure how much to spend.
One of my friends had the Lions that had the cockpits. I remember being impressed by the size, but it was very light and the lions ankles were stuck in the angle that they needed to be in for Voltron, so when they were seperates they stood funny. That was the main thing that put me off that version. Now I have a nice metal Voltron of Lionny goodness.

SGB

9th September 2009, 04:29 PM

I've got the die-cast MP Voltron, but sadly it suffered some damage when it fell off my desk a few months back. One of Black Lion's legs snapped off and Yellow Lion's head broke off.

I was able to superglue the Yellow Lion head back on, but Black Lion's broken leg is irrepairable and as a result I can't keep the Lions in Voltron form.

Still angry with myself for letting this happen.

mknell

9th September 2009, 04:42 PM

rampagesss

9th September 2009, 04:57 PM

thats a sweet voltron collection.

Your picture brings back so many memories. The castle of lions was the holy grail in grade school. I remember only one spoilt kid who had that one.

i think the Voltron I had as a kid had cockpits where you could put the figurines in.(looks like you have it too) I only had one figurine though which was the red guy, Keith or something.

currently on the lookout for that same voltron and the die-cast non-cockpit version too, but not sure how much to spend.

Yea ive got that one the Panosh Place one with the cockpits but you can't see it much behind Vehicle voltron

Also have just found Skull Scavanger figure so now i have all the figures :D

I've got the die-cast MP Voltron, but sadly it suffered some damage when it fell off my desk a few months back. One of Black Lion's legs snapped off and Yellow Lion's head broke off.

I was able to superglue the Yellow Lion head back on, but Black Lion's broken leg is irrepairable and as a result I can't keep the Lions in Voltron form.

Still angry with myself for letting this happen.

Yea i have the Die Cast MP Voltron as well, i was a little nervous about it as i had read horror storys on TFW2005 thet his legs were very, very easy to brake so i just took my time putting him together
And yea it would suck if he fell over did it suffer any paint damage?

SGB

9th September 2009, 05:56 PM

where did you score that from? How much did it set you back?
Purchased it from Amazon. Set me back about $150, postage included.

did it suffer any paint damage?
No.

nettie!

9th September 2009, 08:59 PM

lion force is totally the coolest.

TF76

9th September 2009, 09:03 PM

lion force is totally the coolest.

rawwwwwrrrrr!;)

nettie!

9th September 2009, 09:06 PM

lion force is totally the coolest.

rawwwwwrrrrr!;)

;)

Eruntalon

12th September 2009, 01:44 AM

I remeber thinking what next an optimus prime that transforms into a lion... :p

http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Victory_Leo

sort of...

GoktimusPrime

12th September 2009, 11:11 AM

or this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4PkkDz5iRk) :)

GoktimusPrime

25th April 2010, 10:57 AM

http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/2100000/the-original-voltron-2172709-750-700.jpg
http://lyndonology.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Kittytron.png
http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/03/voltron-girl.jpg

:)

Lint

3rd May 2010, 03:24 PM

^that costume is LEGENDARY

G1Optimal

15th June 2010, 09:26 PM

:(:eek:

Sorry if this has been posted before, but...
It Looks like the Voltron movie has been Scrapped
Voltron Movie Scrapped (http://www.movieline.com/2010/06/voltron-movie-scrapped.php)
Source:Movieline (http://www.movieline.com)

Although i think, i voted for Lion Voltron when this poll started , i think i started to figure out why (slow i know :D ) Though, i can vaguely remember things (Vehicle Voltron More so )

To me "Lion Voltron" looked like it was less complicated and more efficient than Vehicle Voltron and as such Lion Voltron to me was more believable and understandable

Mostly because , there were " 5" Operators of "5" Lions which is all that was needed to form Voltron (which lets say, i felt was efficient and believable IMO)...

Where on the other hand Vehicle Voltron was "near straight to the point" looked to be (if these are the correct words) more complicated and not very efficient for me to believe, that it could be a real team (super hero at least anyway)

etc...

You needed 15 Vehicles/Parts to form --->One<--- Voltron..... :confused::eek:

Can't remember exactly but, i think the 3 teams "Air", "Sea" and "Land" couldn't form there own Robot Voltron.
If they did, i probably would of started to be more interested, on this point alone (etc.. "Air Voltron" , "Sea Voltron" and "Land Voltron" which all had 1/3 of the power of the full/main Voltron )

And to some degree, there was too many people......

even, if they were "3 specialized teams" of "5 operators" ("total of 15"), there were way to many and 5 could of been just as good For example....

3 specialists "one, for each field" is at least needed "they could of had a bit, of experience from other fields as well"
&
The other 2 could of been a mix of the 3 fields and could of Qualified them as "Leader" and "Second In Command" etc...

And even as a kid, i saw these problems but... couldn't describe it, so it was probably something like "What The... o_0 :confused:" for its time. :D:p

SGB

15th June 2010, 10:49 PM

The Voltron.com admin posted a message on the official Voltron forum last week saying that the movie hasn't been scrapped, so it appears the initial reports were wrong.

GoktimusPrime

15th June 2010, 11:34 PM

G1Optimal: really... the entire concept of gestalts and indeed giant mecha/robots is fundamentally ridiculous. :)

Have you ever seen the anime series "Martian Successor Nadesico" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne1hImfqCQg) (aka Mobile Battleship Nadesico)? I highly recommend it as it delves into some of the 'facts vs myths' of how giant robots could actually work and also the way people pilot them. Really pokes fun at some of the ridiculous aspects of mecha anime (but done behind the backdrop of a serious scifi interstellar war drama :))

Another good anime is Panda-Z (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joXslkvMIoA) which is big parody on robot and mecha anime. (^O^) ROCKET PUUUUUNNNNCH!

kaiden

16th June 2010, 12:50 AM

Have you ever seen the anime series "Martian Successor Nadesico" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne1hImfqCQg) (aka Mobile Battleship Nadesico)? I highly recommend it as it delves into some of the 'facts vs myths' of how giant robots could actually work and also the way people pilot them. Really pokes fun at some of the ridiculous aspects of mecha anime (but done behind the backdrop of a serious scifi interstellar war drama :))

Get to Know Nadesico ;)

GoktimusPrime

16th June 2010, 10:28 AM

And through Nadesico you get to know Gekiganger! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHQMoeWL3pU) :D \(^\^)(^/^)/\(^\^)(^/^)/\(^\^)(^/^)/

I very endearing spoof of 70s/80s giant robot anime (e.g. Voltron, Mazinger Z etc.) :) GEKIGAN CROSS CRAAASH!

G1Optimal

18th June 2010, 02:33 AM

G1Optimal: really... the entire concept of gestalts and indeed giant mecha/robots is fundamentally ridiculous. :)

well to me, 15 vehicles "with no back up Robot form/s" to make 1 Mighty Robot makes it more so, I'm sorry to say this Goktimus prime, i just couldn't get into it....:(
(even more so, after the episode "i think i saw", where one of the Vehicles/Operators was unable to complete the Vehicle Voltron Sequence.. it made no sense to me why, with that many Vehicles/Parts it was only made to form 1 Robot with all 15 only...:confused::confused:)

This is why i like Lion Voltron....
as "5" Lions form Voltron, i could believably understand that they were unable to form Voltron due to Problems.

but, not 15 :eek: that is way to many "not to have" some sort of reserve robot form.

Note: to me anything else other than robot/s, as a back up would of made me loose the point of Voltron

Have you ever seen the anime series "Martian Successor Nadesico" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne1hImfqCQg) (aka Mobile Battleship Nadesico)? I highly recommend it as it delves into some of the 'facts vs myths' of how giant robots could actually work and also the way people pilot them. Really pokes fun at some of the ridiculous aspects of mecha anime (but done behind the backdrop of a serious scifi interstellar war drama :))

Nope
as it is another show, i would probably think of it as another Universe/Point of View "or" something, that defines as different to the rest. :D

Another good anime is Panda-Z (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joXslkvMIoA) which is big parody on robot and mecha anime. (^O^) ROCKET PUUUUUNNNNCH!

as before

Sorry if this Offends anyone it is just my opinion of it. :o:o:o

GoktimusPrime

18th June 2010, 07:54 PM

But losing a lion would also seriously impair Lion Force's ability to form Voltron too. This is an inherent weakness of gestalts anyway, as parodied by the Robot Chicken skit where they talk about what happens when one (or more) gestalt member "calls in sick". We see Lion Force Voltron being beaten by a Robeast as he hops around on one leg and the top half of Devastator just lying on the ground while Optimus Prime runs up and kicks him over the horizon! :)

With Vehicle Force Voltron it would theoretically depend on which vehicle was lost. I vaguely remember there was one episode where they had to form Vehicle Voltron with only one arm. But the same thing could happen to Lion Voltron if any of the limb lions were impaired or destroyed. The advantage of having 15 vehicles is that in their non-combined form they're more formidable as a fighting force.

Nope
as it is another show, i would probably think of it as another Universe/Point of View "or" something, that defines as different to the rest.
Of course Nadesico is a different universe, but the things that it parodies still apply. It's just like how Spaceballs is its own universe, but it parodies a lot of things about scifi movies like Star Wars, Star Trek etc. Nadesico is like a parody of super robot anime like Voltron -- only that there's an actual serious scifi story in it. It just happens to be a hilarious parody. :)

Things that it spoofs includes:
+ The amount of time wasted doing overdrawn dramatic combination sequences (and how IRL that would get people KILLED!!) "Let's form Voltron! Form feet and --" BOOM!
+ LAWS OF PHYSICS! A most cases they just ignore things like gravity when they merge. And move about.
+ How the "hero" pilot is often an amateur. This may not apply to Voltron so much. IIRC all the Voltron pilots are trained professionals right? But you have say Macross (Hikaru Ichijou was a civilian), Gundam (random kids), Evangelion (chosen kids) etc. In Nadesico the hero mecha pilot is the ship's cook! (wahahahaha) :D
+ Some of the Nadesico's crew and pilots are actually super robot anime geeks. So what is it like to pilot giant robots IRL when you've grown up watching super robot anime?

One thing I love about Nadesico is how it points out how blatantly silly a lot of things about super robots is. :)

G1Optimal

19th June 2010, 11:33 AM

But losing a lion would also seriously impair Lion Force's ability to form Voltron too. This is an inherent weakness of gestalts anyway, as parodied by the Robot Chicken skit where they talk about what happens when one (or more) gestalt member "calls in sick". We see Lion Force Voltron being beaten by a Robeast as he hops around on one leg and the top half of Devastator just lying on the ground while Optimus Prime runs up and kicks him over the horizon! :)

With Vehicle Force Voltron it would theoretically depend on which vehicle was lost. I vaguely remember there was one episode where they had to form Vehicle Voltron with only one arm. But the same thing could happen to Lion Voltron if any of the limb lions were impaired or destroyed. The advantage of having 15 vehicles is that in their non-combined form they're more formidable as a fighting force.

Of course Nadesico is a different universe, but the things that it parodies still apply. It's just like how Spaceballs is its own universe, but it parodies a lot of things about scifi movies like Star Wars, Star Trek etc. Nadesico is like a parody of super robot anime like Voltron -- only that there's an actual serious scifi story in it. It just happens to be a hilarious parody. :)

Things that it spoofs includes:
+ The amount of time wasted doing overdrawn dramatic combination sequences (and how IRL that would get people KILLED!!) "Let's form Voltron! Form feet and --" BOOM!
+ LAWS OF PHYSICS! A most cases they just ignore things like gravity when they merge. And move about.
+ How the "hero" pilot is often an amateur. This may not apply to Voltron so much. IIRC all the Voltron pilots are trained professionals right? But you have say Macross (Hikaru Ichijou was a civilian), Gundam (random kids), Evangelion (chosen kids) etc. In Nadesico the hero mecha pilot is the ship's cook! (wahahahaha) :D
+ Some of the Nadesico's crew and pilots are actually super robot anime geeks. So what is it like to pilot giant robots IRL when you've grown up watching super robot anime?

One thing I love about Nadesico is how it points out how blatantly silly a lot of things about super robots is. :)

I could be wrong here but, For some reason i am thinking that you are suggesting that i am taking this robot thing to Seriously ???:confused::(

If so, lets just say it doesn't take much for me loose interest in things

especially, things I personally disliked about Vehicle Voltron....
which was "even though, it was not real" mostly in Technical ways.

Note:
sure the idea, of the Gestalt like Combiners is fundamentally ridiculous. But, i personally fail to see why Mecha/Robot are (not in ways that are used for fighting/combat anyway) and as such, i find it to be more to be "Improbable"
as, i can potentially see civilian uses, in the form of "Construction" and "Rescue" at least... this is if we were able to build them of course.:D

Sky Shadow

19th June 2010, 12:21 PM

SGB

19th June 2010, 07:16 PM

I vaguely remember there was one episode where they had to form Vehicle Voltron with only one arm.
There was also an episode where Vehicle Voltron was formed with only one leg:

http://voltarchive.animation-web.com/Screenshots/VV/Ep25/cap160.jpg

http://voltarchive.animation-web.com/Screenshots/VV/Ep25/cap162.jpg

There was also another episode where Vehicle Voltron was formed without the head:

http://voltarchive.animation-web.com/Screenshots/VV/Ep20/cap164.jpg

http://voltarchive.animation-web.com/Screenshots/VV/Ep20/cap176.jpg

G1Optimal

24th June 2010, 03:48 PM

Vehicle Voltron had fifteen members because it was based on a rugby team. (Weird, but true.) And if they couldn't form a giant robot, the groups of five in the Air, Sea and Land teams could all individually combine into Strato Fighter, Aqua Fighter and Turbo Terrain Fighter. Surely it makes more sense for forming a giant robot to actually be 'complicated', since it becomes an in-universe explanation of why the characters don't just form the bloody giant robot in the first place and stomp the villain easily rather than only using it as an eye-rollingly stupid dramatic last resort (as in just about every episode of Lion Voltron).

Yes, I know but i considered the Voltron series to be based around Robot/s not anything else..

and with that reason , i need to see more than just a Strato Fighter, Aqua Fighter & Turbo Terrain Fighter (I was trying to remember what these where thanks Sky Shadow.:);) ) and i needed to see a Strato Voltron, Aqua Voltron & Turbo Terrain Voltron "even" if they retained the combined Vehicle Modes.

If i wanted to watch a show about vehicles i would have watched Pole Position, Knight Rider and Mask "actually, thinking about it i did watch Knight Rider and Mask. :D:p"

http://voltarchive.animation-web.com/Screenshots/VV/Ep25/cap160.jpg

http://voltarchive.animation-web.com/Screenshots/VV/Ep25/cap162.jpg

http://voltarchive.animation-web.com/Screenshots/VV/Ep20/cap164.jpg

http://voltarchive.animation-web.com/Screenshots/VV/Ep20/cap176.jpg

This is why, i personally could not accept any excuses why this could happen with 15 Vehicles compared to 5 Lion's. :rolleyes::eek:

I mean surely, they could of least formed a Smaller Voltron with the amount they had left .. "even if they did do things that i suggested and things like this still happened, i would have accepted it more, as there could of been reasons in doing this (etc... calling a weapon that can only have been accessed from the main mode )

Note: if it was 5 Vehicles yes i can understand, in the same way as i wouldn't find any plausibility in 15 Lions.

gee, i am really having trouble trying to explain myself..:(:o:(:o