Choujuu Sentai Liveman was the 1988 Super Sentai series. The team is comprised of students from Academia Island who must defend the world from their former classmates who have joined Armed Brain Army Volt and want to wipe out the inferior minds of humanity (ie. everyone but them).
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| The outer box that houses all three Battle Machines. |
Live Robo is made up of the Skymachine, Landmachine, and Aquamachine which were also known as Jet Falcon, Land Lion, and Aqua Dolphin. I've only watched the first bit of Liveman at this point but it's pretty entertaining and full of ridiculous 80's fashion and classic Super Sentai action.
Liveman are headquartered in an underwater base "Gran Tortoise" which launches the "Machine Buffalo" to carry the mecha into battle. These types of carrier mecha were much more common in earlier Sentai but eventually the mega mecha would be able to combine with the others for EVEN. BIGGER. 'BOTS.
Most Sentai stuff you get is either for the currently airing series or from the post-Zyuranger/Power Ranger era. I definitely appreciate that Super Mini-pla is going back further into Super Sentai history.
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| The box for each mecha is identical aside from the bottom caption box showing which one is inside. |
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| Apparently the Super Mini-pla line is fastidiously recreating the original box design of the larger vintage toys. A neat idea but one that holds no actual nostalgia for me. |
Jet Falcon
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| "Beware my robot falcon talons!" |
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| Pretty sleek head design. |
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| The flight stand also provides storage for the extra fists for Live Robo. |
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| Liveman Logo. |
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| Wings closed... |
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| ...wings open. |
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| There is a little adapter piece so Land Lion can be posed on the stand in jumping or running stances but I forgot about it and now I'm too lazy go back and take more pictures. I'm sure you'd be able to imagine what it looks like. ;P |
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| Not really meant for standing on the ground. |
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| FWOOSH! |
Land Lion
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| "RAWR!" |
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| Back guns, |
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| Laser tail! I actually don't remember if this tail shoots lasers like Voltron's do. |
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| "Feel the power, hear the roar!" (Again with the mixing 80's franchises, find a new joke ISMOTU) |
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| Just imagine it more horizontal with a black stand emerging from the belly and you've got the images I forgot to photograph. |
Aqua Dolphin
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| A two headed, two tailed dolphin submarine that can also drive on land... |
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| SCORE! |
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| Not quite Left Shark. |
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| Right head is giving a quizzical look. |
Live Robo
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| The mecha designs are improving. We're only four years away from the Mighty Morphin' Megazord that ruled the '90s. |
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| Is it a rule that all mecha with a lion component must have a giant lion head on the chest? |
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| See: Daltanious, G1 Predaking, GaoGaiGar, and at least one but maybe two other Sentai Robos. |
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| And that's just scratching the surface I'm sure. |
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| Dial "V" for ... Liveman? Sure why not. |
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| Shoulder cannons. |
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| Apparently these were also occasionally held by Live Robo as handguns. |
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| All the extra bits. |
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| Not too bad actually, but there's only three component mechs. |
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| Super Beast Sword! |
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| I tried to research if these crazy tipped swords had any real life inspirations and I was unsuccessful. They sure show up a lot in anime and stuff though. |
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| Live Shield. In the show it attached to Live Robo's forearm. |
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| This almost looks like it did on the show just without the fist showing. |
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| Behold the Rainbow Future Nightmare! |
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