My thoughts on the word Zord and why it's still around.

[Eldar]

I don't know if they're the first giant robots created in the PRU, but I do know they were created by Ninjor, not Zordon. Why the name so closely resembles Zordon's Ihavenoidea.

The ninjor created the dino powers thing thing is a retcon introduced to insert Ninjor and the ninja related stuff into the show. It was always presumed that Zordan was the creator before that.

 

[Dark Kabuto]

Heh, funny how they never explained why he created the zords. He just did.

Reminds me of this one episode from Reboot:

Bob: Your prepared for a giant monster made out enteirly out of nulls stomping around down town Mainframe? Tell me...how do you prepare for something like that?
Phong: Ah...lucky guess?

 

[KingRanger]

If it makes people happy to use the word zord great. I just think when a sentai mecha name is used over and over it couldn't hurt to use it.

 

[imadestroyer]

Zords is the new term for any type of Giant Robots. You have Zoids which is similar to Zords, I actually heard someone use the "Zords" talking about Transformers.

Zoids came out long before MMPR..

 

[Punk]

Ohhhh.....:confused2

 

[FreedomR8G6B1]

"Zord" is to "Mecha" as "Morph" is to "Henshin"...sheesh

*goes back to sleep*

 

[ryuuseipro]

Zoids came out long before MMPR..

In fact, when I first saw the US version, I thought the word "Zord" was a ripoff of "Zoid"!

Whatever they're called in Japan, they're "mecha" to me. Always has been, always will be. Even Mechani-Kong, Jet Jaguar and Mechagodzilla are mecha.

Super-Robots, Real-Robots, etc., are just subcategories of "mecha." Both Mazinger Z and Gundam are mecha.

 

[Bad Wolf]

a Zoid appeared in Godzilla 1985


just random info.

 

[Neckar Unrivaled]

"Zord" is to "Mecha" as "Morph" is to "Henshin"...sheesh

*goes back to sleep*

I thought the same thing