GaoKnight
 

I keep seeing a GaoKnight (and it's the same one, roughly $100, good price for the SP Power Animal, complete shark and Japanese version) on ebay, and since it has the three Power Animals I'm missing to complete GaoKing, should I try and take the plunge or hold out?

Also, does someone have a pic of all the Power Animals aside from GaoGod's components together?

Gaoknight is an excellent set. The full set was a TRU Japan exlcusive which included all the main components of Gao King except Gao Lion. But it also included a black Gao Elephant intended for the Black Gao King set. To make a proper Gao Knight you need the standard blue Gao Elephant. Alternatively Gao Kong (red ape) was released individually as an "SP" figure. That way if you already have the other parts from a Gao King set and don't want to double up you don't have to.

If you need a pic of all the Power Animals together then maybe this will work?

http://imageshack.us/a/img837/7918/d6xb.jpg

Found another one with the elephant for about $50~$60 more.

I'm going after that one.

If it's the one I think you're looking at, I don't know if that's the official Japanese version. Possibly a mainland Asia release.

I don't see the Bandai "seal" on the front of the box, and I don't see it listed in the Super Sentai Toy History 35 book. Like Den-O said, I thought GaoKnight was only ever released in Japan as a TRU exclusive.

Its was. The only official Bandai Japan release Gao Knight set was the TRU exclusive. Anything else is a mainland asia release as a part of the Korean Power Rangers line. Which removes most if not all the diecast from the Power Animals. I cant recommend the Korean releases personally for that reason. Get the TRU set or the individual SP Gao Kong to go with the parts you already have.

I'm fine with the lack of Die-Cast. I have the Korean GaoRhinos and GaoMadillo.

Plus, GaoKnight has to be one of the weirdest of the GaoMechs. I almost wish we had gotten GaoTriple (or, as I call it, the Tripartite Megazord due to each animal forming a backpack) instead.

But then again I REALLY want to see someone, whether it's FansProject or Bandai as a reward, do GaoTriple, GaoGuardian and GaoMercury.

Gaodevil all the way. Its the one unused concept Id love to see the most. Oh and Gaomammoth. Its own gigantic mototrized battle platform and robo. Oh what could have been....

The Korean Gaoranger stuff isn't bad, but be wary that it's not really the same plastic quality as other Bandai of Japan material. I got a GaoIcarus, and the plastic is lighter and feels cheaper. It's maybe a step above the Bandai of America stuff today but nowhere near the usual Bandai of Japan material.

I'll admit I never got a Japanese Gaoranger toy to compare it to, so I can't say if the Japanese ones had this light plastic too.

When Bandai's done with the legacy stuff, I vote we go *remind* them that Power Rangers wasn't just MMPR. I'd rather have those than a Legacy Dragonzord. By a tiny bit.

As awesome as that would be, the unused Gao designs could only ever happen if a third party of some sort picked them up. And then they'd be big over detailed over articulated monsters instead of the humble transforming bricks that I like my sentai toys to be :(

I would seriously kill though to have them in any form. I just want to be able to complete all 100 Power Animals.