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  • as much respect i have for the lion voltron and the vehicle voltron. I like the lion for the fantasy. And I like the vehicle for the science fiction. It's like saying which is better star trek or star wars. Is it great that we have this debate on which voltron is better. Oh for the record the lion hands down was better.

    Damn the 80's was a great decade for cartoons was it not.

  • Vehicle Voltron (Kikou kantai Dairugger) Is much better.

  • Is it me or is the vehicle team's intro cooler on this vid? I'll admit the Lion team is popular because the showed up first back then.

  • The lion voltron was very repetitive..always the same..the plot was very plodding and predictable. I hated the Allura character..she did not belong. The writers for the vehicle series were simply better

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  • Lion Voltron rules, the one made of cars and boats and space helicopters sucks.

  • VEHICLE VOLTRON WAS THE BEST EVER!!!

  • THE LION VERSION WAS BETTER

  • Although the Golion robot is cooler, as far as the actual series and story is concerned Dairugger beats Golion hands down. The plot in Golion is really one-dimensional and uninspired; the Galra villains have no redeeming qualities whatsoever, and watching the sheer cruelty on that show gets old really quickly. In Dairugger, the Galveston/Drule enemies are NOT evil, their planet is dying and they're fighting for what they believe is right. They can be just as courageous as their human enemies.

  • The lion version was better I think!

  • Lion Voltron was way cooler, better cast. Vehicle one had too many people to follow.

  • @Turdman12 Actually, I preferred the vehicle team because of the expanded cast. It made for a lot more story options which was actually what I liked better.

  • Lion

  • Voltron lions are better. thats why they chose the lion version when they made the new series this year

  • Vehicle...better drawing, vivid color, strong SF plotting, battle scenes that out-do virtually any anime of the 80's, and multiplex characters each with a different personality. And the bad guys don't use mahhhhh-gic!

  • @diddymuck I second that VEHICLE VOLTRON... BETTER IN EVERY aspect

  • I liked them both myself

  • LIon.

  • For me LION....Lion version's the best......but from what i heard...the vehicle version is much closer to Earth than the Lion version....

  • LION version all the way.

  • Lions the vehicles could only stay together for 5 minutes

  • LION VOLTRON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • The Lion Voltron of course, What kind of question is that???????

  • Golion, the original version of Lion Voltron was a typical robot anime. there were tons of this kind of anime in the 1970s. Gowapper 5 (1976), Combattler V (1976), Voltes V (1977), Dartanias (1979), etc.

    if you have an interet in it, search "robot anime op collection 1970".

  • for your informaton.

    Super Sentai series, the original version of Power Rangers series came out in 1975. Golion, the original version of Lion Voltron came out in 1981. Dairugger, the original version of Vehicle Voltron came out in 1982. and all of those were made by the same Japanese movie company named Toei. plus there were tons of this kind of anime in the 1970s. Combattler V (1976), Voltes V (1977), etc.

    if you have never seen any Super Sentai, look at my favorites (Sunao).

  • Lion Voltron definitely! !!!

  • LIONS FTW

  • Definitely the Lions! 5 pilots, 5 Lions. Vehicle Voltron had way too many separate parts. There were just too many characters and teams to keep track of. Lion Voltron had a more personable touch.

  • vehicle voltron sucks.........lion voltron is the shit hands down

  • What about the other Voltron that was never made into a cartoon?

  • Lion Voltron is better because he is self aware making him more than a robot. King Alfor gave the blueprints of Lion Voltron to the Alliance so that they can create their own version which was Vehicle Voltron. Also, Vehicle Voltron only has 5 minutes to operate once formed. Not impressive if he is given the title of Voltron Defender of the Universe.

  • Lions were better, but I like both!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • VEHICLE ENOUGH SAID!!!!

  • The lion version of voltron was more deadly because they COULD fight seperately! Also each lion had a special power. The car version came out first though, then was replaced by the lions! I agree, transformers had already mastered the car thing! Lions were a great and original idea! THEN, transformers started to move to animals....beast wars etc...

  • Hmm, I choose Golion and Dairugger over Voltron. Just on the basis of story and characters.

  • Hmm, I choose Golion and Dairugger over Voltron. Just on the basis of story and characters.

  • vehicles voltron better & stroger.

  • Lions are the True Voltron Force

  • LION VOLTRON!!!!!! If i wanted to watch vehicles combine, id watch transformers, gobots or robotech (Which were all bad ass shows too at the time)

  • The cone head vehicle bot. He could destroy Mazinger Z and Mazinkaiser. Voltron Lion was always getting manhandled. Just watch the video! Vehicle Voltron running, spinning lazer blades glowin. Then he grabs them! Plus the cone head. Vehicle Voltron!

  • Pich, or Chip ... hhmmm ... 15 vehicles,3 five person teams: air, land,& sea ... or 5 lions ...

    I chose ... G-Force, & the firey Pheonix.

  • The Lions were better!!!

    Ah mhen I felt cheated when the lions went and the strange vehicles took over...

    At 6 or so I had no idea what torso meant... and I could never understand why they had to fight as lions for several minutes and then when they were getting whooped then they'd think...aha...lets form Voltron....twas silly but I loved it! Love it love it!

    Long Live Lion Voltron!

  • Lions

  • Version lions.

  •  There needs to be a modern Voltron ASAP

  • I think a Voltron movie is need without Michael Bays involvement!

  • Absolutely Lion Voltron :| the best robot anime ever made. Bye

  • as a fan noted on the dvd version if this debate, they compared Lion Voltron to Star Wars and Vehicle Voltron to Star Trek. i think that perfectly sums up both shows. i mean think about it: the SS Explorer is a lot like the Enterprise, and the Drules are the Klingons. another analogy would be Lion Voltron is like a royal knight, and vehicle voltron is like a sword-wielding, militaristic soldier.

  • @EmSeeSquared well put EmSeeSquared!!

  • @honcho76 thank you

  • LION VOLTRON. hands down. vehicle voltron is just stupid. whats so interesting and special about vehicles forming together to make a robot? its just boring.

  • @SOUNDSofINTELLIGENCE technically the lions are vehicles as well, since they have pilots, so...there you go

  • I didn't even know that was a Vehicle Voltron.

    The Lions look a lot more interesting. The vehicles appear to try and piggy off the Lions success.

  • Lions, because of the princess!

  • Lions 

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  • i would say vihicle, because in robot mode he has HANDS

  • vehicle way better

    

  • Did anyone see the episode when both voltrons teamed up?

  • Go Lion is cool but the toy only

  • lion is way better than vehicle

  • I think the main reason vehicle Voltron didn't blow up was because the cartoon came on weekday mornings, while lion Voltron came on in the afternoons. I don't know about you, but mornings I was usually too busy getting ready for school. I only really got to see weekday morning cartoons on sick days and during summer vacation. If they had alternated during afternoons only, it would have probably done better.

  • @newguy90 Absolutely. If you debut a show at an inconvenient time for the targeted demographic, then most people aren't going to watch it, let alone even know about it. I actually had the vehicle voltron toy but had to tape the episodes on VHS because I was obviously not home to watch them, I was on my way to school.

  • Lion Voltron has Lions for hands. He wins at EVERYTHING FOREVER.

  • lions ftw

  • LION VOLTRON FTW!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Lions!

  • Lion betches. Did the cars get a revamped 3d version? I think not! bwahaha xD

  • Also, lol is it me or did Vehicle Voltron have Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ford Bronco for feet? :P

  • I'll say this..Lion Voltron had better character devleopment...I mean even Princess took over blue lion and all..nice...but Vehicle Voltron from a technology standpoint was better. It had the flexibility to be 15 individual ships, or 3 super-vehicles specializing in land, sea, and air, and of course could still form Voltron itselef. So from an adaptability standpoint, Vehicle Voltron had more options but Lion Voltron always seemed to have more sheer force and I'll admit is cooler looking.

  • This brings back so many wonderful memories. For those of us who grew up on Voltron, we all just fell in love with the characters of the Lion Force. They did such a great job of making it not just an action cartoon, but one where you just learned to love Keith, Lance, Pidge, Hunk, Princess Alura, Coran, Sven, the mice, and even the villains. The vehicle force somehow never managed that despite having a neat design. Lions all the way!

  • Hands down, Lions Voltron all the way! Now if only they'd come out with the movie...

  • I somehow didn't like Dairugger 15 design. I keep thinking if they go the other way and picked up God Sigma, would Voltron be more popular?

  • theres no voltron the voltron that you know never existed

    lion voltrons real name is GOLION

    vehicle voltrons real name is DAIRUGGER

    VOLTRON IS JUST A NAME TO CALL EVERY JAPANESE ROBOT OF THE ANIME WITH THE NAME OF VOLTRON...

  • @Rennba i've seen the anime dairugger, its different from voltron vehicle but the composition of this robots are same (vehicles)

  • @Rennba yeah ur correct, i've also seen some voltrons like this:

    5 great vehicle voltron : voltes v

    metal vehicle voltron : daimos

  • Vehicle Voltron rules! Lion voltron looks cool, but boring story!!!!

  • I grew up watching both forms of Voltron but I loved the Lion Force more because it has more character development and all the leads are more charismatic like Keith or even Lance :p

  • Lion Voltron rules

  • lion voltron all the way

  • LIONS KICKASS!!!!!!

  • i prefer the lions! they holds the legacy of the name voltron ...

  • Lion Voltron ROCKS!

  • Vehicle Voltron all the way. Don't get me wrong, Lion Voltron was cool and I loved it too but VV just seemed more real and had more of a continuing story line than LV. As a side note I wished WEP would go back and get the original voice actors ( minus Lennie, God rest his soul ) and dub the Gladiator Voltron Albegas and finally let us have our complete Voltron series.

  • @sthrn4501 wholhardedly agree about dubbing Albegas. i'm sure there's got to be enough demand for it. and hey, it'd make a good "reunion" series for the cast. and with how anime is handled today, they could prolly do an even better job than they did 25 years ago.

  • vehicle voltron

  • by far the lions are better, the vehicles there were too many of them. As far as how many there are 15 vehicles vs 5 lions. the lions were bigger stronger and hard to stop the forming voltron, where the 15 you had better chance of taking one of them out.

  • i like the vehicle voltron ther is 15 vehicle and olny five lions with 15 vehicles you can take out more bad guys this 15 vehicles then with olny 5 see my point

  • i love them both but prefer LION

  • I always felt a bit disappointed when the vehicle voltron version came on, I loved voltron so much and couldn't understand why there were 2. LION VOLTRON rules!!!!

  • Lion Voltron forever!!!

  • Animal Voltron Forever!!

  • Lion Voltron gets my vote.....you can never duplicate the magic of the originals, just ask the Temptations

  • @chewchewchewchewchew you are absolutely right, at least someone here hidden in these comments of newfags knows shit

  • Lion baby!!! i musta lost interest when the vehicles came out...cuz i really don't remember the cars.....

  • lion

  • Question.

    I know that the Lion Force stuff was re-released some time back (DvD sets of each season, I mean) and that sometimes Cartoon Network does show reruns of those episodes.

    Has the Vehicle Team gotten a similar treatment? I haven't seen any Vehicle episodes since they were in circulation a quarter-century ago!

    I loved both of the Voltron shows - it was my favorite cartoon growing up - but it does seem like the Lion Force gets (excuse the pun) the lion's share of attention.

  • @Skyrift buy DAIRUGGER out on bestbuy or some place that sells anime and shit

  • @Skyrift Vehicle Voltron has an official DVD release, yes. however, it's never been shown on Cartoon Network or Boomerang, and WEP has yet to release streaming episodes.

  • LION VOLTRON, IS BETTER

  • Dairugger XV >>> GoLion

  • Lion Voltron = Star Wars

    Vehicle Voltron = Star Trek

  • i agree lions all they way

  • LION VOLTRON HANDS DOWN!

  • Gladiator Voltron!

    Vehicle Voltron needed 15 members, Lion voltron fought with five members,

    Gladiator Voltron used three members to save the Galaxy!

  • @elcucuyfeo Haha! Someone remembers "Albegas", aka Voltron 2, or Gladiator Voltron. Good stuff! I always thought that Vehicle Voltron looked the coolest, but the Lion force is definitely what people think of when they think of Voltron.

  • by the time the cars got halfway through connecting, the lions would've chewed them up & shit them out! (and YES--i said shit--not spit!!)

  • The Lions & I ain't from Detroit...wfenio & Aquaslasher borrowed my thoughts as well as most every1 in this forum

  • Lions. Lions. Lions.

  • Come on! Do you have to ask?!

    Lion formation, all the way. ^^

  • i go for

    voltron lion

    i jz love voltron-

    form feet and legs lol

  • LIons of course!!!! Go Voltron Force!!!:)

  • Lions were the first and original Voltron...and the best!!

  • NO DOUBT , THE LIONS

    VOLTRON

  • Lion Voltron is the best.!

    No contest!

  • THE LIONS R BY FAR THE BEST

  • I think it would be a tie or draw..

    Assembly speed vehicles 20sec Lions 35Durability the Lions, they actually weld themselves together, the vehicles just seem to have a magnet thing going so they dont seem as solid...Weapon Systems , V or L have a slick arsenal....

    I based my view from watching each one assemble on these clips....I think it just comes down to the better voltron or operators the day they meet...

  • chew chew has the right info. Who would win though?

  • So cool hearing Optimus Prime's voice doing the intro for Voltron :D

  • peter cullen is the man

  • Lions do it better

  • i never saw vehicle voltron

  • It sucked. I remember my disappointment when they started showing this as a kid. I moved on to Thundercats.

  • Nah i strongly disagree. Vehicle voltron is the best.

  • Lion Voltron. It has science and magic to rely on. Hilarious bit from the most recent Voltron comic book attempt had Lion Voltron drain Vehicle for power and upgrades.

  • lions all the time

  • I want to see a voltron fusion lion and vehicle the ulitmate defender of the univerce.

  • Lion Voltron all the way!

  • Yo creo que ambos Voltrons tienen su "tumbao"...

  • As a child i liked them both,

    looking back the Lions were much more Masculine Bad Ass!

    the Vehicle Voltron was more of a technical Bad Ass!

    I think if i had to choose one to protect my ass... it would be the Lions

  • I wish the lion force show could have kept the character Sven a little while longer.

  • @eshaw2115 i totally agree with you, the princess didnt do it for me

  • VEHICLES!! Lion Voltron sucks balls.

  • dairugger xv!! vehicle voltron rocks!!

  • Lion.

  • Lion Voltron is the shiznit.  Vehicle Voltron blows.

  • actually the question should be Voltron or Golion?

    and if you see the unedited version opening of Voltron, you will see some of the scene were taken from Golion opening scene.

    ;)

  • Vehicle.

  • The ONLY thing that I DIDN'T like about the vehicles was that there were so many pieces. But, the Vehicles were far more dynamic that the wittle-wions! And there were a few times they beat their ro-beasts without forming blazing sword!

    The things I DIDN'T like about the lions was they got rid of Sven, the coolest dude on the team! ("Vee vill beat dat vitch Hagar und her vicked ro-beast!!") That, and they got help from those rats.... RATS!!

    With that said, I'm with you NoJutsu!

    VEHICLES!

  • i go for the lion voltron!!!

    i miss them!!! sob...

  • vehicle and lion is like star wars and star trek. one is a bit mystical another is just some explorers

  • Both were great...lions looked better. but I must say, I was stunned for a month when the switch was made on the air without any reason or explanation. Were they screwing with 12 year olds' minds?

  • lmao!!!!! i know right?!!!!

  • i remember the day they replaced lion voltron with the car version on tv. cried my eyes out that day, maybe even died a little inside. never even gave car voltron a fair chance. i knew lion voltron would pwn the shit out of it anyway.

  • boooo!!!! >:(

    LMAO!!!

  • I hate both dubs, but the origional Japanese versions, GoLion and Dairugger XV were some of the best animes ever.

    GoLion>Dairugger XV

  • I'm one of the few fans that watched the show back in the 80's who liked both equally but for different reasons. Lion Voltron looked cooler but Vehicle Voltron looked like a tougher fighter. In the end, they're both equally awesome!

  • Lion Voltron all the way. Cooler idea, better back story, more evil villains, crazier robeasts and you didn't have to remember the names of 15 characters (all of whom were basically based off the 5 Lion team members). And they were cartoons about life and war in space...didn't need being more "realistic" in concept for it to fire imaginations.

  • I used to watch Voltron when I was 14-15 years old weekday afternoons. I must say, as a teen, I liked the Lions better. But now, I love them both. The Lion Force was better in terms of characters, stories, and in terms of toys, it was easier to keep up with. I didn't really like Vehicle Voltron back then, but I do now, out of appreciation and rarity. Vehicle Voltron to me, is like G.I.JOE in space. In terms of the robot, Vehicle Voltron is the best looking robot. Altogether, I love both 50/50.

  • Lion Voltron all the way. I look more stronger. Vehicle Voltron looks like a kids toy.

  • Voltron Vehicle 1000%

  • That's over NINE THOUSAND!!!

  • Lion force Voltron is so much better than Vehicle. Lion looks better and has a better transformation sequence. Who would rather ride around in a car than a giant mechanical lion?

  • Vehicle Voltron all the way! I grew up watching & playing with these. The lions had higher quality mainstream cartoons but the Vehicle Voltron was way better. 15 different pieces (5 each land sea & air) vs 5 lame different colored lions. And Vehicle Voltron was about Earth with more realistic vehicles than goofy mech lions. The lions were like the model for the Power Rangers.

  • Lion all the way!! Cars are for transformers...

  • i had the toy version of the vehicle voltron, but watch the lion version cartoon....I cant decide atm...both had good and bad parts

  • Lion voltron ...of course!

    lol _Vehicle_lol....sory about that i know that some people love V.V.

  • Lions? The damn Princes messed up their whole color scheme. There is no Pink Lion...Vehicle all the way. Better weapons and he looked like a Samurai.

  • Lion team is better fewer pilots stronger machines, better storyline i also like the vehicle team but lions are really better

  • Lion voltron all the way baby. LIONS FTW

  • The original is the best

    Lion even looks better

  • the lions are the best

  • GOLION!!!!!!

  • defo Lions so much better the vehicle voltron abit boring

  • I wish the recent comics had been better. They did start good...didn't last though.

    :(

  • lion was the best.....just doesnt look right to do it any other way.

  • Lion

  • lion voltron is the best

  • LIONS ALL THE WAY :)

  • I recently bought the DVD sets, and while I see why the Vehicle Voltron is so disliked, I can appreciate it. Mainly because Lion Voltron was an episodic space fantasy/action series while Vehicle Voltron is an ongoing saga, with the Vehicle Force lugging the hard yards in an effort to discover and colonize new worlds.

    This is not to say I hate Lion Voltron, because I dont hate him, I just think the Vehicle Voltron got a real bad rap because the viewers weren't ready for it.

  • Vehicle was better. Lion was just more well known.

  • fuck the vehicles, LION all the way.

  • I never knew there was a Vehicle Voltron..

    But I love the original. THE LION V.!

  • *F* up the V. voltron. Thums up for the Lion voltron. Lion voltron is the real V.Voltron suckkkkkkkkkk

  • LION VOLTRON!!!

  • I prefered the Vehicle Force Voltron version, but I still liked Lion Voltron. As other posters have noted, VFV felt more like a war drama series, ala Robotech: Macross, while Lion Voltron had too much stuff like the pet mice in the castle.  I also liked the whole star-faring feel to VFV as well.

  • never heard of vehicle voltron,lion was super awsome though,especially the metal sound from hitting its chest when forming

  • definitely lion voltron!

  • Lion Voltron will pwn the assess of Vehicle Voltron!!!

  • Lion by a mile Voltron 2 is a fag.

  • lion is better cuz its the only season i watched when i was like 5

  • 1:37 - 1:44

    Tears.

  • TEll me... when Lion Voltron forms...and you hear each lion roaring...do you feel an IMMENSE rush of blood and chills all at the same time?! No matter your age...suddenly you're 10 years old agin.

  • Amen.