I'm kinda interested in some effect parts but I doubt I'd have any use for the impact parts, so I'll be skipping those. I remember there being some others on display that were pretty nice though.

That's usually the case yeah.

I know a dude who could probaly make effect explosions and such, maybe I should hit him up about this. He's made amazingly well fashioned translucent energy weapons and do struts for like DCUC Lantern figures.

You have got to be kidding me! PteraRanger does NOT come with the sword or gun forms of the Ranger Stick or even the Thunderslinger. -_-

Where'd you see that? Can you link me, because I'm pretty sure they were on her accessory list.

This is the picture just posted on BF's facebook page:

That's incredibly lame and disappointing. They're really cutting corners on accessories lately, you'd never see this on the Shinkengers or Gokaigers. I'm still excited for her, but still...

Also, the fact that she doesn't have an "action skirt" is pretty lame, too.

Yeah , this has been widely discussed before. It's kinda B.S. that they didn't bother including the weapons. Especially since they already have the damn things made and molded. Expect that to be the case with Black , Blue & Yellow. The only trade off to them is that they will have howling cannon pieces. Pink got shafted...

That said , i am happy to see the arrow is attached to a hand. I was concerned about it constantly falling out of her hand.

You know what, I just looked at the Jp page and yes, they are not even listed on there (nor on Mammoth Ranger's). That kind of sucks big time but I guess there is nothing that can be done about it. TyrannoRanger will just have to share. :cry

By not including accessories, Bandai is saving money and almost forcing collectors to purchase all members.

Personally I wouldnt be bothered by the low accessorie count if it werent for the fact that those figures are going to be freakin web exclusives.

Actually, by not including accessories I went from "gonna try my best to get them all" to "Not even gonna bother."

You mean web exclusives that will be readily available here in the US for a lower price anyway because of Bluefin.

Thats not a factor for me because of two reasons. 1. I dont care for Power Rangers thats why I dont buy the US Releases and 2. I dont live in the US so its gonna cost me about the same amount of money and nerves to get ahold of them

The thing is, Bandai could have had them in at least the Zyu versions as an incentive to get American buyers to want that version instead like they did with the Akiba pieces.

Looking for a nice decent price for any of the Hesei Era Kamen Riders, for my fist Kamen Rider Figuarts... Any suggestion? W looks awesome, but it looks like he lacks accessory.

Double actually has a pretty good accessorie count. Different scarfs and alot of hands to do his signature poses.

Meh, I wouldn't say 8 hands and 2 scarves is a great accessory count though. Especially if you're one for putting toys in action poses.

Kabuto has been a favorite of mine..and with the renual coming out, you shoukd get a decent price on a second hand one

Why would they do that when the reason they made the new packaging was for MMPR 20? :eyebrow If they were gonna keep them like that, how would collectors that have no idea what Sentai is want to get them? Besides just regocnizing the suits?

Plus the fact the Akiba pieces were never intended to be an "incentive". It just turned out that was for American Sentai fans.

Its everything he needs though and thats pretty much how I measure accessorie counts.

No window for you Sentai only collectors:

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Ptera looks very good!

Already mentioned on TFW2005 board how it's kind of disappointing the box won't match up with the other Zyuranger releases, but I'm getting the feeling maybe all future sentai releases are going to be like this. Mammoth Ranger probably will.

The figure looks great though. I love seeing a team fill out even if it's slow to do so.

Actually I'm sure the windowless packaging will be mainly TWE-oriented. Will probably vary from series to series. For all we know Kibaranger and the other Zyurangers will be windowless while the Kyoryuger and Hurricanger releases won't be.

Also MMPR will be with window

Ordering Bluefin items is actually way more expensive for some international buyers (like me) then just getting them from sites like Nippon Yasan, HEJ and Mandarake when it comes to Web Exclusives and double that if they're general release. I remember because I was going to buy a MMPR Red Ranger to get signed by Rocky, but after searching around I discovered after shipping it would cost about $20 more then me just buying another Tyrannoranger after shipping, so I decided against it.

The removed accessories are annoying, but not really a huge deal. Chances are very few were planning on posing her with the Ranger Sword, which is really the most notable missing accessory. The stinginess of the situation is more annoying then actually not getting heaps of accessories that will barely be used. I think anyone planning on getting Pteraranger will still get her, it just leaves a bad taste in the mouth, because really there's no good reason for them not to be there rather then cost cutting.

Not as bad as White Ranger but I did expect Pink to come with more, mainly the other forms of the Blade Blaster and the individual white gun. I wonder if the others will be shorted on those.

I guess, but its still not really a figure with a standout accessory count.

I'm a bit late to the conversation but here's my two cents.

Do I really care that Pterra Ranger lacks the Ranger Stick in gun mode or parts for the Howling Cannon. No. Mainly because what's the likely hood of me ever displaying the 5 main Zyurangers using their sticks in one mode or another all simultaneously. Basically zero. I've got one thanks to Tyranno and frankly that's all I need, otherwise they can just stay holstered.

Could they still be included with other figures? Sure. Think about it like this. Pterra required an extra accessory, that being an arrow for her bow. So something else had to be removed. The ranger stick. Everybody shouldn't be freaking out considering this is NOT the first time this has happened either. Gaoki Yellow's second wired saber was included with Gokai Pink. This isn't new.

The howling cannon parts have been stated to be included with the other figures for both the Japanese and US releases. So again, why the complaints? It's not like you aren't getting them, you just aren't getting them right now.

And as for the box? Tyranno & Dragon have open windows, but they were mass retail releases. The new trend of most Tamashii Web exclusive boxes is that they don't need window packaging because they're online only items. You don't need a window when there's no store to look at them in. By the time Zyuranger is said and done only 2 of the 6 will have window boxes anyway. And while I harp about JP packaging being better than the US packaging the only thing I'm really going to do is line the spines of my boxes up in my closet shelf so I can get into them for parts more easily. So no harm in my opinion.

Parts count doesnt bother me, i work with what i get tbh.

Bit annoyed that CStoys havent had their shipment yet, or at least i havent had an invoice, im looking forward to getting it and Space Sheriff Sharivan

Same. I mean if you're gonna actively play around with them a lot, then sure I can see why the lack of the default weaponry can be annoying.

But chances are they'll be on display more than played with, so I'm perfectly okay with the saber being holstered while I display the members with their signature weapons.

I'd rather have had the Ranger Stick in gun mode than combined with the Thunder Slinger personally (dunno why they chose that mode especially) but it doesn't really bother me either. Especially if Ptera has the same accessory paint rub problems Tyranno did.

It doesn't make sense to me either. Why include a weapon that was used 3 times in the show as opposed to the one that was used 42 times?

So you have the same problem with your Tyranno and Dragon Ranger's having their hands blackened (or reddened) as I am?

I'm pretty much expecting at this point that, unless it is a 2 pack, all exclusives for Sentai will be in windowless packaging. That is why I really don't give a crap if my package has MMPR, Zyu, or Dai on it.


That is you though. I wanted to do a picture and maybe display the five rangers doing their attack with their Ranger Swords together like they do in the show.

While I wish I could say that is possible, I don't know. In the lat 6 months it seems like something is changing with the Figuarts line in the accessory count, which sucks because that is one of the reasons I stopped collecting everything else for this line. The quality control in their DBZ and Monsterarts figures are crap. Accessory counts are shrinking. Effect sets seem to be diminishing. Something just seems off lately.

Blade, Iron Man, and War Machine are spectacular recent figures that come with everything + effects parts

The Wizard Dragon forms were pretty good as well and come with tons of hands, in addition to sword, gun, and dragon parts

Can't speak for DBZ and Monster arts, since i'm not into those lines

You are right, Blade (along with RyuuRanger, Kyoryu and Hurricane Red) are definitely the highlights, so I can't really say it is on every Figuarts, but something does seem to be off lately and I'm not really sure why.

Can't speak on the Marvel dudes though because I hold no interest in anything Marvel toy related.

I haven't noticed it on my Dragon Ranger, but yeah my Tyranno's got it.

EDIT: November release dates for anyone who's interested -
Blue Spader -16th
Blade Reissue - 16th
Kamen Rider ZX - 30th
Alternative Zero - 30th

Is there maybe a way to put something inside the hand to prevent the paint rub? Like maybe some clear tape perhaps?

I'd like the Rangers to hold their weapons, but if paint rub is such an issue. I haven't even dared to put them in their hands.

It's not that the paint rubs off of the weapons, it is just that the weapon colors seem to dye the white hands.

I see. Still, would maybe putting some clear tape or something help it maybe? And are the Zyurangers the only ones that have had this problem?