Gosei-Ultimate, Kourin!

You can call this a little review if you like.



Just feeling random, I decided to open up the DX Gosei-Ultimate one afternoon.

First of all, I should probably mention that Gosei-Ultimate as the last mecha of the Goseiger series is quite out of place for its concept and design. Well, it's like a spaceship or futuristic jet (with design elements of Megaranger's Delta Mega and Timeranger's Time Robo) in contrast to the rest of the animalized vehicle mecha like Gosei-Great and Gosei-Ground.

Ok, Datas Hyper was out of place as well for an arcade machine. However, that was just to constantly remind or trick the kids to play the Dice-O card game (like Animal Kaiser). So in conclusion, Gosei-Ultimate is still a odd design choice especially with the Master Head design in the chest area.

When I took it out of the box, I was frankly surprised that this toy was alot more heavier than I expected. The plastic is very solid and sturdy. Thumbs up for Bandai Japan! Not to mention that the chromed Miracle Gosei Headders really stand out, but scary and hard to maintain in the long run.

I got to admit... Prior to taking this out of the box, I was honestly unimpressed and regarded it more like a piece to complete the collection. And so with everything taken out, I started to transform it into the "spaceship" mode. *I always try to figure it out by myself and not look at the instructions.


Official Name: Gosei-Ultimate (Machine Mode)

Again, I was alittle surprised because I thought it was super simple from the show. The toy exactly required alittle more accurate turning of joints to fit into the respective correct positions. I kinda like that...

In its "spaceship" mode, the 5 Miracle Gosei Headders are prominently displayed in their chromed glory but weird in the design sense due to the 5 "holes" in the body.

Nothing much to mention about the Robo Mode, with the usual limited articulation points for all the Sentai Mecha.

It's just that after actually transforming and holding it do I gain more appreciation for Gosei-Ultimate. It is nice in its own regard and should not be treated as "just another piece of toy that completes the collection".

What A Joke!

Saw this advertisement on the MRT train sometime ago and in particular, noticed the following below:

Invasion! – An explosion of popular culture and toys In conjunction with Trans-Cool Tokyo exhibition
5 Dec, 10am – 6pm
Free Admission

"Come experience the magic and uniqueness of Japanese popular culture, with contemporary Japanese art from the Museum of Tokyo and colourful cosplay characters to interact with. This promises to be an incredible day of live music and art-based activities. You can also seize this chance to shop for unique Christmas gifts at the premiere toy carnival presenting the latest collectibles for young and old. This is one Japanese invasion you won’t want to miss!"



So, I was feeling rather down because of FYP and decided to check it out. Given the "hype" and the marketing gimmick, it does seems promising isn't it? But I was already mentally prepared; can't really expect much of such events...

While on my way, I was thinking like finishing looking around in around 30 minutes and end the short trip (which was also for some breather). Ok, that sounds bad right? Actually, it's just me unmotivated about FYP.

I pretty much got a shock when I reached there. The size of the whole event was only slightly larger than my living room! I am serious. It doesn't even take 5 minutes to walk the whole round?! Basically, it's 3 rows of tables selling some Star Wars, Transformers and the Soldier Dolls, with a little cosplayers in the center. The small booth selling STGCC 2010 doesn't count...

One word. PATHETIC.

I can't rationalise why the Museum Roundtable would include this as part of the highlights for this Explore Singapore event. That joke is not even an event per se, and what would tourists think if they happen to be there? It would be a disgrace in this case, and it certainly isn't the way to attract people (both Singaporeans and tourists) to visit museums.

Doesn't even look like they tried...

Coming Soon: Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger (2011)

Super Sentai 35th Anniversary:



(1). The Super Sentai Team Motif is "Pirates" inspired by popular anime "One Piece".

(2). The series will feature 200 past heroes from the past 34 series.

(3). The Goukaigers can transform into past sentai teams using "Ranger Keys" and their Henshin Mobile Phone Device, the "Mobairets".

(4). Weapons are swords "GoukaiKen" and guns "GoukaiGun".

(5). GoukaiRed's Pirate Ship Mecha is called the "GoukaiGalleon". By combining with the other Goukaigers' vehicles, they become the Gattai Robo "GoukaiOh".

Gosei-Completion

DX Gosei-Wonder + DX Gosei-Ultimate



Finally got these two today to round up the Goseiger DX Mecha Series.

These two actually arrived during the end of last month (according to the forum sighting), but I didn't have time to check them out. Since I ended my examination today at 3pm, I thought I might as well go down to CSC to settle them in one go, because it's the dreadful FYP after the examinations and by then they would be sold out.

Two sets of each left, and the Uncle was quick to recognise that I have not gotten them. LoL~ His memory is still pretty good!

Hahah, some advice from the Uncle: "Undergraduates nowadays are so common and working only earns you the little salary, so how about further studies or venturing out on your own? Come out with something innovative! Or how about buying over my shop? Hahah!"

And, it's S$185.00 for both.

Power Rangers RPM In Stores!

Power Rangers RPM Toys out in stores! Get In Gear!



Pretty excited about this toyline, especially the action figures this time round (compared to the shitty Sentai Hero Figures for Go-Onger). For once, Bandai America finally did something right after so many years!

The Power Rangers themselves are not on steroids, plus all the weapons and accessories are included with the figures! In other words, they are like the BEST set of complete action figures that Bandai America has released to date.

What more can I ask for? I totally didn't expect them to have nice quality plastic and paint as well! Saw them and the packages in person today, so I was really impressed by the quality control.

Guess what? They are retailing at S$16.95 each, back to the normal action figure pricing for recent years. The only anomaly was Jungle Fury's hyper inflation of S$24.95 for each figure and frankly that shocked everyone. Who in the world would pay that amount of money to buy an action figure?

Another worthy series of the toyline would be the Microzord Sets (similar to Bandai Japan's Candy Toy Kits) at S$24.95 each. For those on a budget, they can also form the RPM Ultrazord. I'm also looking forward to the DX Formula Megazords for RPM, currently retailing at S$69.95 each. RPM Ultrazord Formation!

On a related note, Jungle Fury is still having its clearance but have yet to reach its lowest price. I guess Sheng Tai Toys is trying to hold out as long as possible because the series hasn't been very positive due to the horrible price tags.

Power Rangers RPM premieres Nov 20, 2010 on OKTO!

Saban or Not, Bandai America has done it again!

With the return of Saban Brands and the upcoming Power Rangers Samurai, Bandai America is getting ready to launch its new toyline for the series!

Many hoped that with the return of Haim Saban back into the scene, Power Rangers Toys would once again revert back into its roots of quality and the Japanese Molds, which suffered heavily during Disney's era of the franchise.

Apparently not! With or without Saban, Bandai America has decided to go ahead with its usual business model and what's "best" for the company in such an US economy.

Recently, images of the upcoming toyline have surfaced on the Internet, and garnered much attention of the fan communities, more negative less positive. Some speculated that these toys could have been long planned by Bandai America for release with or without the show to back it up, hence the heavily altered designs. We shall see...


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Personally, I think they are hideous unless they are going to be the designs for a movie release. In that case, kids might find it cooler. But who cares, I am going for the S.H. Figuarts that Bandai Japan is releasing next year. It seems that Bandai Japan finally saw its weakness for the lack of quality action figures.


Pictured: S.H. Figuarts - ShinkenRed

Again, the Zords are heavily butchered this time round. I ran some comparisons with the original Shinken-Oh, and concluded that these would be unable to transform into the Emblem "Origami" Mode. Even some transformations have been drastically altered.


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What's up with the Blue Puppy, I mean Dragon? Seriously Bandai America, do you always have to go to such extents? This is officially worse than Operation Overdrive.

Still No DX GoseiWonder...

Went to CSC today, considering it's pretty rare that I can actually squeeze out some time to slack even though I'm a natural slacker.

Nothing new at Ng's Collections at all; the Uncle is unable to secure any stocks for DX Gosei-Wonder or any of the Kamen Rider OOO stuff which the rest of the customers kept pestering him. Hahah...

Well, DX Gosei-Wonder was released in August and yet it's still not imported! Looks like I just have to wait for DX Gosei-Ultimate and get them together to save the trouble.

On a sidenote, Uncle was feeling very restless today and was talking about random things. Mediacorp was filming some documentary show (with host Chen Hanwei) beside his shop, but the Uncle was slightly irritated that the production team did not come and greet him as a kind gesture.

Then, he pointed out that even Edison Chen (whom he referred to as an International Star) was more polite than them. LoL, he showed me the photo of him and Edison together with another famous fashion designer. I didn't notice that photo in his shop at all. He also added another random remark, saying that both Edison and him are lechers!