Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga (Post 431944)

Akaranger arrived!

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The box reads "Akarenger", so I guess they're sticking to the old "Gorenger" translation, but honestly "Akaranger" makes a heck of a lot more sense considering every season outside of Goranger has translated レンジャー properly to "Ranger" and this is the same line of toys that translated "Basco" as "Vasco" despite him having a "B" for his flag and being named after a real explorer...

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But anyway! He's indeed significantly bigger then any other Sentai Figuart. He retains the same sized hands though, so it is possible that its just to replicate the puffy look of the old suits. VulEagle will show wether this is a permanent shift in the size of Sentai. Weird that Sentai apparently sell so badly they're released so sparingly, yet they make them bigger and therefore less cost efficient. Bandai, why you so strange? He's not actually big enough to look out of place with other Figuarts though, so I'm thankful for that.

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Accessory-wise, Akaranger is decked out! He's got 5 pairs of hands, plus one extra for the iconic Goranger pose, the Goranger Storm Soccer ball, the Red Bute, the Red Bute in Spear Mode, the Silver Shot and his belt with a Birdie attached. The cape comes packaged separate from the main body and is hard plastic. It slots in very solidly with an audible "click" that feels solid enough that I don't want to try and take it out. The Silver Shot doesn't actually fit inside he holster, instead there's an empty holster and a holster with the gun attached that you can swap out when needed. While Akaranger comes with a lot, there's still room for more! I know the Goranger Storm came before the Goranger Hurricane, but I feel the Hurricane is actually a bit more iconic. I wish it came with the Hurricane football instead, but maybe one of the (hopeful) other members will comes with it? I'd also have liked the Red Bute actually as a whip or lasso, which is how he mostly used it. It only comes with it folded up or as a spear, which kind of sucks. An interchangeable flowing cape would've been nice to make action poses have a bit more "oomph" too. Still, Sentai Figuarts have been criminally lacking in accessories lately and Akaranger is a big step up!

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I think he's fantastic. I'm so happy that he wasn't cancelled and it gives me hope for the future of Sentai Figuarts. He's a lovely figure and the most important character in Sentai (and by extension) Power Ranger history as the first ever Red Ranger and my collection feels just so much more complete by having him! If you haven't already bought him, do it! Support the future of Sentai Figuarts!

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Just for fun, the two legendary Red, Blue and Yellow heroes.

Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga (Post 431944)

...this is the same line of toys that translated "Basco" as "Vasco" despite him having a "B" for his flag and being named after a real explorer...

Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV (Post 432099)

Nice to hear Biorider is better after the huge step back Roborider was. I look forward to mine arriving.

Originally Posted by Den-O (Post 432108)

Robo Rider is probably my biggest disappointment of the year. Just an absolutely terrible figure with piss poor QC. His hips don't even really function. And he can only hold his gun with one right hand. There's almost nothing to him.

Bio Rider has 5 extra sets of hands compared to Robo's 1 & 1/2. But Bio does only come with one version of the Bio Blade. It's semi-translucent with a white frost over it. So it kind of fudges being both a standard non-powered up version of the blade & the powered up "lightsaber" look at the same time. It should have just come with both like RX. The sculpting is gorgeous on the thighs and torso though, those rubber "folds" look incredible. But the hips leave much to be desired for range of motion. Still far far superior to Robo Rider though.

Originally Posted by WhiteRanger (Post 432118)

But ant robo rider literal was a robot like suit with no move men and he only just used the gun on hand hand and moved like a robot

Originally Posted by Baltan II (Post 432079)

The explorer in question is Vasco da Gama though, not Basco da Gama, which goes against the complaint you're making about the name. The name Basco is still fine because it's one of those multi-layer Japanese pun names they love to use on Super Sentai, and should have been on the box, but given the interchangeability of B/V in the language and the actual explorer's name I totally get why it happened. As far as unusual romanizations on Figuarts boxes go, it's no Jimber or Ratorartar.

As for the official romanization of Gorenger and all its team members over the more logical "Goranger" and ___ranger, maybe it's some kind of legacy thing, like the way Riders up to Decade are still Masked but everything after is Kamen.