Hiden Saiseitou ShinkenMaru review

EVA_Unit_4A reviews the standard katana weapon used by the heroes from the 2009 Super Sentai Series, "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger"!

Be sure to read the full review with pictures at:
http://www.collectiondx.com/node/3916

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[fireluke]

Perhaps the last sound is from the Tiger Origami... Or shall I say Tora Origami

[CollectionDX]

@fireluke No. If that were the case, we'd hear the Kabuto and Kajiki, which came before it. Nice guess though.

--EVA_Unit_4A

[nyaah216]

@CollectionDX Can you show the kabuto disc and the kajiki disc working spinning

[CollectionDX]

@nyaah216 If I get them, yes.

--EVA_Unit_4A

[nyaah216]

@CollectionDX ok tnx but pleaaasssseee

[CollectionDX]

@nyaah216 If I ever get them, then YES, I will! Problem is they don't make 'em anymore, and it's almost been a year since they came out.

Sheesh... -_-;

--EVA_Unit_4A

[EVAUnit4A]

@Steamtostay

No. Those all have very distinct sounds. And Bandai wouldn't have released sounds of them so early in the first wave of Shinkenger toys.

[Steamtostay]

Well, using in-show continuity and having ruled out the Kabuto, Kajiki, Tora and presumably Ika as well, maybe it's DaiTenkuu, or the Ushi or Kyoryu Origami?

[Steamtostay]

Heh, figured out a much easier solution; the back of the handle, opposite the main trigger, could've had five buttons in the five main colours, each doing basically what the normal trigger does when you spin the hiden disc very fast. You could then operate the buttons with your thumb. Hell, if you want to hide it better, don't make them colour coded, but black with shape-codes i.e. pentagon, hexagon, square, triangle, circle.

[Steamtostay]

Completely different topic - just got a Shinkenmaru myself, and my shishi disc is a much darker red plastic, darker than the red stripe along the handle. It's on all surfaces so it can't be from sun exposure. Any ideas as to the cause, and/or is that a signifigant fault?

[Steamtostay]

@EVAUnit4A

Sorry, my exams just finished and my brain's still hyperactive.

[EVAUnit4A]

@Steamtostay

-_-

Seriously, dude, you're making this *way* too complicated...

[Steamtostay]

So effectively, when placing a disc on the spinning hilt, the shinkenmaru would detect that because all forty buttons would be pressed at once. Next, only the buttons required for a certain disc would be pressed, and that's how it identifies.

And when you spin the disc, it literally powers the sword speaker :)

How much would the market be willing to pay for that, seeing as the general feeling I've been getting from reviews is that the Shinkenmaru is already at the very high end of affordable.

[Steamtostay]

Another thought - mount the 'code' system in the middle of the disc, facing inward with the reader on the spinning black hilt? You'd still need all eight sides to have the codes, but it has potential. The Shinkenmaru would also be able to tell when a disc was being placed on (not just spun) by doing that.

Which reminds me; instead of the clicking thing, why didn't they just link the spinning disc feature to a small generator?

[Steamtostay]

I suppose you could have the 'code' system on all eight sides? Then you'd have a 50% chance of getting it right.

You couldn't use the Ebi Origami disc's notch system unless there was a suitable channel near the tip of the Shinkenmaru's handle, so that discs were automatically rotated to the correct postion before landing at the hilt. But then, how do you adjust for the spinning bit?

[Steamtostay]

The other problem is that both the Inroumaru and Gokai keys (as far as I can tell) always have the operator looking at the way the disc/key is being inserted, even when the latter is used for a henshin to some degree.

With the Shinkenmaru, if you're placing the disc on the hilt post-henshin you're not going to be looking at which way the disc is meant to be facing, and you'd end up with maybe a 5-10% chance of getting it right.