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When Masato Wada/The actor for Nobuo Akagi AKA Akiba-Red asked the higher-ups if there were gonna be any Ranger Keys for the AkibaRangers, they said no way.POPPYCOCK!!!
That didn't stop people like me and Ei Hamura/Tenma Ranger Shoji from making our own Unofficial customs of them.
Here's Ei Hamura's full team of AkibaRanger keys: [link]
Funny thing: The guy who commissioned me for this key is the one who sold me that Dragonzord for 40 bucks shipped and he heard about my custom keys as we were talking about Dragonzord and that he had some extra keys laying around/one of them being a Gashapon Red Buster.
I asked him that I would accept the extra Red Buster key as payment for this commission and so, here we are.
Color Rundown:
Rust-Oleum flat black, Testors Model Masters Gunmetal, Krylon Red Pepper, Rust-Oleum gloss red, Games-Workshop Shining Gold and finally, Games-Workshop Mythril Silver.
The base key I used was a TyrannoRanger key and I also used my clay to make the "hair" on his head. I also cut out one of those raised areas/where the key would do the "ratchet" motion as you turned it into key mode. I found that it does help either sanding down those pieces or cutting them out entirely. This key was a small experiment on the removal of 1 of the said raised areas and I'll more than likely just sanding it down in the future.
As always, let me know what you guys think of the custom key.
PS - As an added note, Masato Wada/Nobuo Akagi is also the dude who sings the ending theme for the show. His singing voice isn't that bad: [link]
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Comments: 32
Zeltrax987 In reply to Benjaminracoonbird [2013-01-29 09:38:10 +0000 UTC]
If you mean in the Mobirates then, yes.
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Zeltrax987 In reply to pegasusforever [2012-07-17 19:02:09 +0000 UTC]
I know.
If I knew his actual address in Japan, I would have made another AkibaRed key and I would have sent it to him without a second thought.
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ngjovan [2012-07-16 11:54:14 +0000 UTC]
Get ready to receive my money soon, sending it over.
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Zeltrax987 In reply to ngjovan [2012-07-16 16:56:40 +0000 UTC]
OK. I'll check my paypal in a bit.
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Zeltrax987 In reply to ngjovan [2012-07-17 08:01:00 +0000 UTC]
Ah.
It's cool.
I might get it at the beginning of August or something if it's that slow.
That also means that I might not be able to send the medal back until after I get back from Morphicon.
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Axusho [2012-07-15 21:51:41 +0000 UTC]
Looks good, well done.
Only downside is when it would be used in the Mobirates it would say Zyuranger,. Since there wont be any Akibranger keys the customs are just display items; which besides the sound is all a ranger key is.
Anyway, nice job nonetheless.
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Zeltrax987 In reply to Axusho [2012-07-15 22:10:21 +0000 UTC]
Well, what you don't see in these pics in that I actually edited the key teeth for this key.
Now, that when you stick this key in the Mobirates, it'll shout the Kamen Rider OOO thing.
The guy who commissioned me wanted the OOO noise because when you stick the OOO Keys in the Legend Mobirates, the Legend Mobirates will call it a "Super Sentai Special Item."
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NekoLLX In reply to Zeltrax987 [2013-02-15 02:46:33 +0000 UTC]
out of curosity (been on a custom ranger key kick recently) is there anyway to grab partial sounds like Gokai[break] [break]Killa sorta getting half the Gokai 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Zeltrax987 In reply to NekoLLX [2013-02-15 03:01:30 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, actually.
If you have a recording program/plus having a headset with a microphone helps along with the toys, you can record the sounds you want from the toys and edit them together to make custom noises.
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NekoLLX In reply to Zeltrax987 [2013-02-15 03:21:38 +0000 UTC]
REALLY? I though the Mobirates were hard locked and you couln't ad to the sound library. Or would adding new sounds require taking apart the Mobirate to change it's guts as well?
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Zeltrax987 In reply to NekoLLX [2013-02-15 03:52:12 +0000 UTC]
No, you don't have to take the Mobirates apart.
When you activate a sound in either the mobirates or the Gokai-Celluar/Which that is the only way to get the Abare-Killer noise, you hold the toy up to your microphone & hit the record button on the audio recording program on your computer to get the sound.
Trust me, there's ways of getting the sounds WITHOUT gutting the toy.
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Axusho In reply to Zeltrax987 [2012-07-15 22:14:23 +0000 UTC]
Kinda awkward, but part of me always did think the Akibaranger designs favored Kamen Rider (besides the helmets)
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Zeltrax987 In reply to Axusho [2012-07-15 23:07:24 +0000 UTC]
You're not the only one who had that thought/I did as well.
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Axusho In reply to Zeltrax987 [2012-07-15 23:10:14 +0000 UTC]
So there are people that think like me! I knew there was a reason I'm a part of this club.
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Zeltrax987 In reply to Axusho [2012-07-16 01:29:46 +0000 UTC]
Well, when I looked at the promo pics for the AkibaRanger suits, I thought to myself:
"Did Kamen Rider and Super Sentai have children and we got this?"
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LegendofHearts [2012-07-15 21:51:28 +0000 UTC]
Wada-san would be proud of you, and possibly cry many tears of joy.
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Zeltrax987 In reply to LegendofHearts [2012-07-15 22:11:15 +0000 UTC]
Thanks. If anyone can find his email address, send him an email showing the pics I made of this key.
I'm sure he'd love it.
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LegendofHearts In reply to Zeltrax987 [2012-07-16 01:55:57 +0000 UTC]
You could try asking Gold-san, he seems pretty knowledgable about these things.
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Zeltrax987 In reply to LegendofHearts [2012-07-17 03:31:13 +0000 UTC]
Nah, he didn't know, either.
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LegendofHearts In reply to Zeltrax987 [2012-07-17 03:32:38 +0000 UTC]
Well, we hope they mention it in the next radio show...?
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Zeltrax987 In reply to VexylGraphics [2012-07-15 22:10:40 +0000 UTC]
Thanks very much. I try to do good work with every custom key.
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