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Now that I'm actually awake and can respond properly on a computer.

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Originally Posted by Sentai

Really? Lightzord, Small Clawzord, Scorpion Zord.

Defend them, I dare you.

SPOILERS: I can find the good in any toy. Any. Toy.

Lightzord: Rather than make a pointless DX-sized Robot + Role Play weapon that was used maybe TWICE in the actual show, I think BoA did a good job of making an alternative for the most part by making it able to transform into the staff and lantern that the Megazord toys themselves can use by taking advantage of the Auxillary Zord system they've had set up since the MMPR 2010 lineup. Unfortunately, the one flaw with the toy is that by being in the Auxillary Zord play pattern, they had to make it compatible with a "Rider", and as riding a robot's shoulders doesn't exactly work as well as an animal, they made the Lightzord turn into one... kinda. They insist it's a spider, I just don't see it and as someone has pointed out before, it looks like a Beetle more than anything.

Small Clawzord: There's only one way to defend this choice and even so, I admit it's a weird-ass stretch that only I can probably justify. Take the chest port of the Claw Megazord. Smack on a smaller version of the Lobster as a Chest Plate. Bam. DoubleClaw Megazord.

Scorpionzord: Aside from the DoubleClaw Megazord thing from the Small Clawzord (In this case, rather than it being a "Little Brudder" I see it more as a parasite taking over the various mecha.) this toy has one extra play feature to it: The tail. The crazy-as-hell, multi-jointed tail that has more articulation in itself than the majority of the line. Also, it's also kinda genius to remold and redeco a lobster into a scorpion to get the most of the new design. Part of me wishes that BoA would make a full-sized Claw Megazord remold of this style.

I really do like when Bandai decides to make US-original mecha. Get as purist as you want to the Sentai adaptations, but I always prefer originality over straight-up adaptation/remaking. It's one of the reasons I enjoyed the MMPR 2010 line.

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

The 4" Mega Mode figures are great. I don't like the proportions of the standard rangers, but if the quality is the same I don't see much else to complain about them. Definitely want a Shogun Ranger when the line hits the UK.

As far as kids toys go, they're way better than the vinyl/gimmick toys Super Sentai churn out every year (mecha notwithstanding).

I agree. Bandai of America is getting better at this, to be honest. I still say one of the best Toku Toys in the last 10 or so years is the Samurai Mega Blade. That thing is just damn impressive.

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Originally Posted by Blade Raider

I'll defend Lightzord as so ridiculous it's AWESOME! Leave it to BoA to take a lantern and make it into a stag beetle and call it a spider. That is talent right there.

Plus, it can become part of the final combination as a lantern shield, unlike the Japanese version that's completely left out of the robotic orgy.

PS 4" Shogun is the last figure I plan to get from Samurai. Why the devil did he have to be packed one per case?

I dunno man, they're also the same people who turned a Dinosaur into a Shark. They're smoking something over there, but I sure as hell won't stop them.

RE: Shogun, I think there might be one left at my Walmart, I'll check on Monday.