Talk:Voltron

No Daltanius Reference?

I have read that the original Voltron lineup was suppossed to be Daltanius, Dairugger, then Albeg... the gladiator one, but they screwed up and sent the wrong "one with the lion" to World Events (lucky mistake). However, I remember the commercial teaser for Voltron and they showed Daltanius, Dairugger, and GoLion (and I just found it on youtube). But the toys were GoLion, Dairugger and the Gladiators, so there were 3 different possible lineups (at least). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.160.35.117 (talk) 11:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

by all means, write up the section if you like. Angel the Techrat (talk) 03:47, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Sven question

he dies in the original Japanese...but then how does he pilot it 1 more time in a later episode? They would have had to recon the previous plot. And I'm pretty sure I remember Sven in the 3D Voltron show (I miss that show). Did they pull an Ultimate Muscle and decide to stay with the USA plot instead of the Japanese plot? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.94.57.184 (talk) 00:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

If you mean the second season then the animators had to create a new scene. If you can tell me the episode name you're talking about post it here. The second season was never broadcast in Japan. --VoL†ro/\/Force 01:07, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

In the original GoLion series in Japan, Sven dies and it's his twin brother who comes back later on in the series. Because of programing regulations and censors, World Events Productions changed Sven's death scene to him merely being injured. Later on in the series, the twin brother is changed to Sven and the story reveals that he was on Planet Doom after recovering from his "near fatal" injury. Sven never made an appearance in V3D. --KiethBlackLion

Sho was Takashi's younger brother, not a twin. Angel the Techrat (talk) 03:46, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

The Voltron name

If Voltron's REAL name is GOLION, then where did Voltron got it's name?

Was it from, VOLTES V????? -A Voltes V fan

Voltron is definitely a copy of Voltes Vin many aspects;

The 5-man team (Space Explorers in Voltron vs Young Earth Defense Agents in Voltes V.)

A multi-funtioning combination machine/robot craft. (Voltron as Lion Robots and Voltes V as Super Earth defense space ships.)

And then, the VOLT in Voltes V's name.

(They should have called Golion "Liontron" if they do not intend to "borrow" Voltes V's name.)

- Mark "Hentai" Jimenez

Hachi machi! I had my doubts at first, but after looking at the Wiki entry, there can be no denying it... Voltron really is a derivative of Voltes V. Even the characters match up almos perfectly. It's funny how much of this behind-the-scenes information you miss when you're just a kid, especially in the pre-Internet, pre-otaku 1980's. --M.Neko 11:22, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm clear thing up, Voltron did not ripoff the name Voltes V. Vol in Voltron is a abbreviation for volume. tron is a suffix to denote complex scienific insturment. (mich (talk) 16:35, 29 July 2009 (UTC))

Red vs Blue quote

I removed the bolded part of this piece of information, because it seemed pretty tangentially related to the main topic, especially for something in the introductory paragraph:

Voltron was also mentioned in episode three of the web series red vs blue, in that episode the character Church asks his teammate Tucker what he would do with two chicks to which Tucker responds "Church women are like voltron the more you hook up the better it gets".

Esk 3 July 2005 20:25 (UTC)

The quote appears in both "TV" and "Miscellaneous". One or the other should be chosen. --711groove 16:22, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Outfit colors and lion colors

Is it just me or didn't the guy in red pilot a black lion and the guy in black piloted a red lion?

Keith, the pilot of Black Lion, wore red.

Lance, the pilot of Red Lion, wore blue.

Pidge, the pilot of Green Lion, wore green, and was the only full color-match.

Sven, the first pilot of Blue Lion, is the one who wore black.

Allura, the pilot of Blue Lion after episode 6, wore pink.

Hunk, the pilot of Yellow Lion, wore orange.

The uniform colors were completely random, with the exception of the traditional "leader in red" and "girl in pink", and not related to the Lion they piloted. Angel the Techrat 18:24, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Character Names

I find different American surnames for the Voltron characters in several websites. In Wikipedia is also not different. So which ones are the correct ones? The Japanese names are already correct, so we don't have to edit it, but I'm confused with the American ones. I got this names from various websites:

• Commander Keith Noel
• Lance Hollings
• Sven Byorn
• Malcom Cavish "Hunk"
• Princess Allura Tiel Osie'
• Patrick Grambling "Pidge"
• Coran Sile
• Prince Lotor Di'el
• King Zarkon Di'el
• Hagger

Can anyone verify this? Thanks HoneyBee 11:33, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Reply : There have never been official names released or aknowledged by World Events Productions. The "surnames" that you find on the net are made up ones by Fanfiction authors. About the closest to official surnames that we see were given to the characters in the Devil's Due Voltron Comic publication. RSXTC 08:07, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Is that where the article's names were found? --VoL†ro/\/Force 01:03, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Hagar or Haggar?

There's two different spellings in the article, which one is correct? nae'blis _(talk) 21:12, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Image:Dairakga.jpg

Not properly tagged. --Dangerous-Boy 10:48, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Lance vs Sven

Current revision states that both Lance and Sven are the second in command. DOES NOT COMPUTE DOES NOT COMPUTE DOES NOT COMSHHHRRRRRREEEEEE... teh TK 02:45, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

You need to READ MORE CAREFULLY. It says Sven WAS second in command, and all details of this are in the PAST TENSE. Then he was injured and retired to another planet. Allura replaced him as a pilot, and it's not too much of a brain burner to figure out that Lance replaced him as second in command. Canonblack 12:12, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Rumor about movie

Someone said some movie might come out in the future. Please tell Me if this is true or dispel it. -- Eddie, Tuesday February 28 2006 at 23:18

There is an article attached to this talk page, you might try reading it. It very specifically states that an untitled live action film project is in development. Canonblack 12:15, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I've heard something about Pharrell Williams being involved with the movie. He was being interviewed on Australian TV a few weeks back, and he was asked about the Voltron movie, he confirmed it. I think he is a producer for the film, and i think he will be doing the music also. any info will be cool, if anyone has it. --Adam aka. Cho03 16:26, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

The original Voltron movie script was written by Justin Marks. However, due to fan unrest and the fact that the script barely had any resemblance to Voltron and was more or less a rehash of prior sci-fi/disaster movies, the script is going to be re-written by the creator of the show Criminal Minds. A full review of the script can be found at http://www.geocities.com/kiethblacklion/Scriptreview.html It use to contain spoilers, but since the script is being re-written, there's no telling how much of the original script will get used. [KiethBlackLion]

*Ahem*

"New York–based distributor Media Blasters has announced the commercial release of Voltron on August 23, 2006"

As of the writing of this comment, it is July 27, 2006. I know we're talking about a science fiction animated series here, but I doubt the author of this remark could see a month into the future.

*Ahem*

Well.. I didn't make the remark in question, but perhapse you should re-read it. And/or check out Mediablaster's page. The comment doesn't say the anouncement was made on Aug 23. Aug 23 is WHEN the DVDs will BE RELEASED. -- Angel the Techrat

this is Dangerous_D filling in on this part, I made another update on Vol 2 release date it was due to comeout on the 12th but was pushed back another week to the 19th, aking it the 3rd date change on this

Sound effects

I'm hesitant to do so, but I'm removing the parenthetical comments on sound effects added to the introductory section on August 14, 2006. The meaning is unclear, the analysis is based on conjecture, and if the content should be included at all, it belongs in the "Differences" section. I would suggest that if it is added there, some research be done on the actual sound effects used on the original. -- Fru1tbat 13:24, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I cleaned up this section again. My reword was intended to remove any possible subjectivity. If anyone has a problem with my edits, please discuss here. -- Fru1tbat 20:47, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Fansites and external links

I have removed external links to discussion forums as they are a violation of WP:EL. -- MakeChooChooGoNow 09:23, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Relating the toys to the storyline?

It seems very likely to me that the numbers have nothing at all to do with the storylines. Also, does anybody have release and rerelease dates for the toys? Growing up, I don't know whether it was because of my age, or because of my parent's situation that I first started watching the vehicle Voltron series with no knowledge of the Lion Voltron series, but when I wanted the Voltron toys, which an aunt bought each group for me and my two younger siblings, I don't remember the Lion toys being around at that time either. Hackwrench 22:32, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Thinking about it some more, if there was an original toy release for the Lions, the numbering may have come about due to a successful rerelease after am unsuccessful first release. Hackwrench 02:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Dillards use to sell strange Voltron toys until 1988 I think with names like Voltron III and Voltron IV, etc. These toys were expensive. This article addresses nothing about the tons and tons of Voltron toys that have been made. Japanimation station (talk) 15:37, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Earth was devastated by nuclear war?

"In Golion, the initial scenes are actually of Earth, as the pilots have returned from their mission in the year 1999 to find that the entire population of Earth has been killed in a nuclear war."

A nuclear war between who? Between Earth and Galra, or between two nations on Earth? 69.69.72.198 01:59, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Reply : During the opening narration for episode 1, the narrator doesn't specifically state who started the war, but it was the great nations. We are left to just assume who they were. RSXTC 08:09, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

The DVD released isn't the japanese version

"Collection One: Blue Lion, featuring the first fifteen episodes of the series, is scheduled for wide release on September 26, 2006, though it was released early in the US under special agreement by some major retail chains on September 12, 2006. [1]"

From what I read on amazon.com from both the description and the user comments, this isn't the Japanese version. It's just the american version of Voltron. http://www.amazon.com/Voltron-Defender-Universe-Colletion-One/dp/B000FUTV64/sr=8-1/qid=1159887879/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-5088939-7040868?ie=UTF8&s=dvd Inforazer 15:09, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Correct. The article is about the American series, so the line you quoted wasn't inappropriate, but it may have been poorly worded (and was out of date). I've updated and clarified it. -- Fru1tbat 15:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I also clarified the information even further to help avoid confusion. Inforazer 17:08, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure if the term "American Voltron" is necessary (as I understand it, "Voltron" is specific to the American version). In addition, "Collection One: Blue Lion" refers to the first volume only, not the entire series, as the current text makes it sound. Maybe it's the first sentence that's throwing you off. I've rewritten again to completely separate the two sets of releases. Note: Since it's hard to find two websites that agree on the exact name of the volumes, I've dispensed with the "Collection One: Blue Lion"-style names and simplified it to just "Volume 1" and "Volume 2" for consistency and accuracy. -- Fru1tbat 18:09, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, in Australia, the 20th anniversary editions of Voltron have been out since late 2005, and come in 5 sets for each of the lion force and vechicle force series from the early 80's. These have been released by madman and the AV channel. Shouldn't these be mentioned in the dvd sections of the article, as these complete collections seem to predate the collections talked about in the article. -- lturner80

Details have been added. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.166.5.241 (talk) 12:44, 27 March 2007 (UTC).

Here is a promo that claims that the Japanese version is going to be released sometime in 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue8p4zXM22c —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.88.48.67 (talk) 10:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

King of Beasts Go Lion Vol. 1 released to DVD on May 27, 2008. Vol.2 scheduled for August. RSXTC (talk) 20:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Voltron's Weapons, how could you forget?!

Why didn't you guys list his weapons!--JDitto 03:20, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

The Blue Lion - suggest merge with this article

I was stub sorting, and the article The Blue Lion was one I picked to sort. I've moved it into an appropriate stub category, and also suggested it be merged with this article - as it consists of only one line, and is flagged as being in serious need of cleanup. Scottkeir 01:25, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

For the moment, I have boldly made it into a redirect. Even the one line was a bit misleading, as it did not indicate that this is a fictional object. --Aleph-4 13:42, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Super Robot Taisen W

Alright, so our beloved Golion finally got into SRW, can this in any way be mentioned in the article? Just Wondering

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No untitled voltron movie

Though there might be a Volton movie coming out the trailer shown before the transformers movie is not it.It is a monster movie with the working title of Cloverfield.Produced by JJ Abrams.User:Parralax

yes but there is quite possibly some truth. threw the line someone screams in the street is "its a lion. Its huge" and it makes sense to put it infront of transformers . but this is still speculation. so i would not cross it out until we have a direct comment from someone working on the film that its not. (JW)

Actually, the line is "It's alive! It's huge!". It was a trailer before transformers based on the high number of people expected to see that movie. There's nothing to back up it's a Voltron movie. It's speculation and doesn't belong in the article. CPitt76 01:11, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

New Voltron script review @ http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2007/06/latino_review_gives_voltron_script_a_rating.html

complete review @ http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=65

Please fans out there be gracious that they are trying to produce VOLTRON movie. I hope they stay true to the story for nostalgic 80's fans as well as introduce new fans of the 21st century to Voltron. I hope the underlying story is strong with great characters after

the final script is revealed. So go out there an express your opinion.

VOLTRON!YES!

You know check on IMDb and the release might be delayed until 2010. --VoL†ro/\/Force 01:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I stated this earlier in this discussion, but I shall post it here as well. The original script is being re-written. The review on LatinoReview.com isn't a complete review, but rather an attempt to push the movie without giving any real substance to it. The following link leads to a FULL review of the script. http://www.geocities.com/kiethblacklion/Scriptreview.html

--KiethBlackLion —Preceding unsigned comment added by JoshuaBeazley (talk • contribs) 21:04, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

The script is no longer up, as Geocities shut down their user sites LReyome254 20:13, 12 July 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by LReyome254 (talk • contribs)

How come their is no live action page when they released some conpect art for the movie? ≈

Voltron Combine Sequence

Activate: Interlock
Dyna Therms: Connected
Infracells: Up
Mega Thrusters: Are Go

"Let's Go Voltron Force!" (Sequence Confirmation?)

Form Feet and Legs
Form Arms and Body/Torso
And "I'll" (Black Lion) form the Head.
Edgeix 03:17, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

TODO: What exactly does interlock, dyna-therms and the infracells do?

Pure OR speculation on my part, but I'm a Otaku with ranks in Star Trek Technobabble and a healthy dose of bullshit...

• Activating Interlocks: This one is easy. Sends the command to open up the "tab A's" and "slot B's" that the other lions connect into. Presumably you would want them normally closed to seal out the vacuum of space, and protect them from interstellar debris.
• Dynotherms Connected: Since dyna comes from the Greek dynamis meaning "power;" and therme is Greek for "heat;" I would conclude that it has something to do with heat transfer, possibly collecting generated heat and converting it back into power. Perhaps this means the engines tend to overheat during the combination sequence, and this is a safety feature.
• Infracells Up: Since infra is Latin for "below", up would be opposite. Perhaps this means that the cells are stowed away at this command, maybe because the lion is switching over from a battery cell to being powered by the Megathrusters.
• Megathrusters Are Go: This would therefore be the command to fire the megathrusters, and make the necessary maneuvers to form Voltron

So basically, it's a matter of opening up the plugs for the other lions to connect to, switch from Lion battery power to Robot megathrusters, and combine.

Or it could just be three minutes of filler that the animators didn't have to write for each episode... -- RoninBK _{T C} 08:06, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Succession to Arus throne

With the death of King Alfor, one would've excepted his only child should've become Queen-regnant Allura. Oddly enough, Allura has an aunt who's a Queen-regnant - I know it's just a cartoon. GoodDay (talk) 22:01, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

It would seem that the use of Queen regnant to refer to her aunt is likely inappropriate. If I understand correctly, the sibling of a reigning monarch is still referred to as Prince/Princess. (a case could be made to refer to her as Princess Royal). It's also possible that she was perhaps queen of a neighboring monarchy, seeing as how royal families have a tendency to intermarry. -- RoninBK _{T C} 23:28, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Allura could still be a princess if she were a minor, which is believable considering how Coran and Nanny treat her. You'd think she'd have been an adult by the time of V-3D, though. Perhaps the age of majority on Arus is rather high...say, 25? --12.106.209.61 (talk) 20:51, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Separate The Japanese anime into its own article

Now with the release of Golion to DVD, its time to separate all references to the anime into it's own article; provide links between the new article and this one for reference.RSXTC (talk) 19:50, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes this is very important as it is now this can be very confusing, we need to do the same as macross and Robotech are doing now (minus the stupid figths)

Stealth Voltron

One thing that should be added is some info on the "stealth lions" that the Lion Force Voltron transformed into when they went through that weird interdimensional portal. (In one of the episodes — one of the few I actually managed to see — the stealth lions, sans one of them (that needed repairs), had to do battle with that universe's lion Voltron, which had an evil goatee and was piloted by Lotor and crew. --Joe Sewell (talk) 21:02, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

World Events YouTube

World Events Productions have a YouTube channel I am using that to show the difference between Voltron and GoLion. I hope no one minds.

Dwanyewest (talk) 09:21, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

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Why not have a general Voltron page and then separate ones for all versions?

I see links to two other pages for different Voltron series. Why isn't there an article for just the original Voltron show? This page mostly contains general information about all the television series, plus toys, comics, and whatnot. I enjoyed reading all the information on the page before it got taken out. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Voltron&diff=246206739&oldid=244305200 Why not put it back in with a Voltron: Defender of the Universe page, and then just have another page for general information about everything Voltron releated? Dream Focus (talk) 09:39, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

All the deleted information from this article, others, and even the articles deleted in their entirely, was exported to an external Wiki and was expanded greatly over the years. Does everyone agree that http://voltron.wikia.com/wiki/Voltron_Wiki would be a good external link to add? Dream Focus 15:14, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

ABC? I don't think so!

It aired in syndication. Whoever edited this article must've seen it on a local ABC affiliate, but it was definitely not a network show. For instance, in Detroit, it aired on WKBD 50, an independant station (later Fox then UPN/CW, but at the time of Voltron it was indy). 76.226.103.166 (talk) 08:37, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Does Sony own television rights?

I lookes up Sony Pictures Television shows on the iTunes Store and I found Voltron on the list! Does this mean that Sony owns distribution rights to that show? StevenMario (talk) 22:53, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Beware, this user likes to make up information and insert it into Wikipedia articles, then his actions get YOU banned for edit warring. Japanimation station (talk) 15:39, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Comparison to first generation of Power Rangers?

I remember thinking when Power Rangers first came out, that they were a rip-off of Voltron. Think about it: They each pilot a zord with connects into a larger fighting one. The major difference that I'll point out is that the Voltron crew, to my recollection, never fought hand to hand. 70.92.19.159 (talk) 13:56, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Better cites needed for this "Far/near/middle universe" stuff

The link given for the only real cite for these terms being used now seems to lead to something else after a revamp of voltron.com and without any sort of official source it comes off as some sort of fanwank or OR or something along those lines, but not appropriate for the article in any event. The shows never used near/far to distinguish the two (and the middle one wasn't even part of the show) and the toys used numbers to distinguish them, not near/middle/far. So where do these terms come from and how are they appropriate for the article?76.226.112.55 (talk) 20:14, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Watch the introduction of Fleet of Doom with the long description of how peace is prevailing. There are other references as well but that is the quickest one I can think of. (Shan (talk) 19:22, 19 June 2011 (UTC))