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!

Confirmed: Power Rangers Samurai

Power Rangers Samurai is now the official title for the 18th season premiering next year; although it was the same as the given initial working title.



Right now, the only confusing issue is that the series will span over 2 years with 40 episodes? We can only wait and see...

However, the character names for the cast have now been completely changed:



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Now, the Green Ranger has a name that is repeated; "Mike" was first used for the Magna Defender in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (7th season). No big deal, we have two "Katherines" as well in the past - MMPR and PRSPD.

On a sidenote, the new logo looks kinda ugly right?

Source: www.PowerRangers.com

DX GoseiGround + KR Decade Violent Emotion

After a month of delay, DX GoseiGround has finally arrived but in limited quantity.

So, I headed down to CSC to get it after calling the Uncle.



I really like the design, the overall look of the combined form and both Groundion and Skyon (reminds me of Kirov Airship). On the contrary, Sealeon is considerably ugly compared to the other two. Hahah.

The Uncle marked out a price of S$105.00 on a piece of cardboard, but quoted me for S$90.00. Wee!



S.H Figuarts Kamen Rider Decade Violent Emotion

Bandai Japan is really ~!@#$%^&*. Hahahah, conning people to spend more money to get this updated version of the earlier released Kamen Rider Decade. Another S$40.00 gone.

Goseiger Sentai Hero Figures

Least expect Takashimaya to push out Goseiger Toys on shelves since Sheng Tai Toys has been displaying irregular patterns in recent years.

Anyway, all the Goseiger Toys are "On Sale" now, at prices comparable to the Japanese Retail and CSC. So, it's very reasonable to get anything!



Which also gave me a very good excuse to waste more money...

Considered for 30 minutes before I convinced myself to get the Goseiger Sentai Hero Figures. Got them only and only because of the Dice-O cards which were only available for Japanese First Press, hence rare to a certain extent. These are Bandai Asia Import Versions though, so I am not sure if the cards are First Press only as well.

Still, what matters is that I got the cards now. S$74.75 (or S$14.95 each) for the core 5. Can you believe that the original mark-up price is S$27.95 per figure? Crazy right?