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09-02-2012, 01:39 PM | #11 |
Kawaii 5-0
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They exist as metallic-paint exclusives, but I don't think they've had mass releases.
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09-02-2012, 05:30 PM | #12 |
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I have bought none because I do not like Bandai's 4 inch bad proportions over muscled figures with little details and oversized weaponry.
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09-07-2012, 11:44 PM | #13 |
Furry Valiant
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I'm normally not a fan of em either, but I picked up Deker along with the red Shogun ranger today, and I'm pretty glad I did. I'll probably nab the pink one the next time I see it couse while the shoulders kinda bug me on the normal female molds, the one with a white collar or whatever seems to do away with that, and without looking bland like the older versions did.
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09-08-2012, 12:01 AM | #14 |
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I'm not really a big fan of the muscly look either, but I think they've been toned down compared to what we had before. Hopefully this trend continues so we get better proportions in the future.
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09-08-2012, 01:28 AM | #15 |
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Sentai's Reasons Why Muscled Action Figures Work Or Sentai is Bored Muscled Action Figures work because they aren't Figuarts. Muscled Figuarts would look doofy, like He-Man on Steroids. But when they're small four inch fingers, or even six inchers, they have to have some muscle tone. Some mass to them. That's why all the Spider-Man figures I've ever seen, no matter how awesome Spidey is, have always looked misproportioned. Because he looks smaller than he should be. And that's how it would be for MMPR figures. They'd look mismatched and small if they didn't have, atleast, some tone to them. Yes, sometimes, they do go overboard. But. It's a small price to pay for such cheaply priced figures. |
09-08-2012, 03:33 AM | #16 |
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I dunno, some of the new Spiderman figures look pretty good proportion-wise. But yes I agree that it might have something to do with giving them more mass, that or kids just prefer them looking more "super-heroic"? A lot of the artwork for lunchboxes and bags tends to have muscly rangers too.
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09-08-2012, 09:29 AM | #17 |
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Samurai Toyline stuff I've bought, and some thoughts:
- The core six Rangers, in Mega Mode: In general, for the $6 apiece I've paid for the 4 inch rangers, I have been very happy with them. More articulation than I thought initially, plus the fact that I got an entire team of six rangers + decent accessories for $36 or so made me really damn happy. YES, they are flawed figures. YES, they have "STEROID PROPORTIONS!!11!" But honestly, for Power Rangers fans, we should be used to it by now. - Xandred: Flawed as all hell, with a very impressive sculpt. Articulation is made useless by the sculpting, but in all honesty I'd rather have him with a mostly uninterrupted sculpt instead of an inaccurate design with a range of motion that doesn't exactly scream Xandred/Doukoku. - Mooger: See Xandred. - Shogun Ranger: REALLY impressed by this one, as I thought the giant shoulder armor would kill any poseability whatsoever. But then I look to see that they're actually on balljoints, so they can be moved around out of the way of the shoulder itself. Also, you can combine the Bullzooka (Best weapon name, ever) and the Mega Blade into the Shogun Spear. - Samurai Megazord: Yes. It's a botched attempt at the actual zords. However, the Megazord itself (Which I got for $12~) is incredibly well proportioned and is honestly worth it if you're going to get... - Claw Megazord: This guy. THIS GUY. This one was well worth paying retail on. Giant fucking lobster mode, a great adaptation of his gimmicks... generally the whole package is fantastic. Until you get to his integration with... - Octozord: Saw this at Walmart with the intention to sell it to a bro who ended up finding one the day I found it, I kinda regretted this purchase. His integration with Claw Megazord is ALMOST perfect, except his hilt cannot be truly formed due to the size of the Claw Megazord's fist. He's still a really great zord, with tons of Zord Builder options. Overall: I'm very happy with this line, and I'm probably going to end up going full-on into the Megaforce toyline. |
09-10-2012, 09:34 AM | #18 |
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I had bought the Gigazord boxset as well as the 6 Mega-Ranger set from TRU during the recent BOGO 40% off sale. But Then I realized I really didn't have space or room for them, so returned them. Ah well.
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09-10-2012, 09:56 AM | #19 |
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for me i picked up at asda for £4.49 Red Blue Green and Yellow Mega Mode Rangers As soon as i get the normal non mega mode figures of them they be having the power weapoms the mega mode come with due to theyy look better on them and i got Octo and shark from Cutoros on here
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09-10-2012, 09:57 AM | #20 |
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I have picked up the carded Yellow Samurai Ranger, Yellow Mega Ranger, and Master Xandred. I also got the 6 pack of Super Deforms.
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