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Power Rangers Super Megaforce is taking a break from airing a new episode this week, but that doesn't mean Tokunation.com can't bring you another Super Mega gallery of Prince Vekar and the Xborg from the 5 inch line!

Not part of the 'first wave' of SMF figures that came out in early January, Prince Vekar and Xborg have just now begun to trickle out at retail stores and online.

The Xborg is this year's henchman, an adaptation of the Gormin Sailors from Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. The Xborg figure stands of course at approximately 5 inches tall and has a fair 17 points of articulation including 360º rotation at the head, shoulders, wrists, and ankles. Unlike the SMF Rangers and Prince Vekar that have skirts and shoulder pads that get in the way of movement, Xborg has nothing to limit his articulation. The figure has a fair amount of sculpted detail and the paint job (whether intentional or not) gives a nice weathered look to it. The Xborg only comes with one accessory, a short club/mace.

Prince Vekar too stands at approximately 5 inches tall and only has 13 points of articulation, most of which is hindered by the large shoulder pads and long coattails. The figure's wrists can technically turn 360º, but the large tassels make it difficult to do so. Vekar has a fair amount of sculpted and painted detail, but the omission of paint to the 'medals' on his chest is a bit glaring. I do like the blue they chose for the figure, it really pops with the molded white and additional silver/gold accents on the figure. Vekar does not come with any weapons/accessories.

For me, the Prince Vekar and Xborg figures from the Super Megaforce 5 inch line are easily better than the Rangers released so far.