Mahou Sentai Magiranger Magiphone 魔法戦隊マジレンジャー マージフォン

The 2000s have so far brought us some decent, solid made Changers for Super Sentai. Bandai dropped the ball big time with this one...

I'm sorry if I sound abrupt, but I really can't say much good about this toy. It's sounds are quite annoying, it's lightweight and kinda clunky [in an almost cartoonish manner], and worst of all...it sends a cold reminder of terrible changers of years past; namely the V Changer Brace from Fiveman. *shudder*

I will relay this one piece of good news. This is a piece of news that Sentai toy buyers love to hear...ready?

...it's amazingly cheap!

I picked up this sealed Magiphone for $8 US. It is the cheapest changer i've ever purchased [with the SP License in a very close second].

If I must say one more thing about this toy is that the straw that broke the Camel's back is the cardboard "chips" for each Mage. They're just...terrible. They're not always punched right and worst off they're just incredibly vulnerable.

Bandai America released this toy as the Mystic Morpher in it's Power Rangers: Mystic Force [*ahem* 파워레인저 매직포스] line. From what I gather, the Mystic Morpher is a smaller, ass-backwards version of the Magiphone. Instead of pressing the button for wand mode, the button flips the phone open. They should've combined their efforts so that both toys could do both actions!

This phone is one in a series of five phones [plus two more variants] released for Magiranger. With reviews of the others forthcoming...stay tuned!

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Entertainment

Tags:

• Mahou
• Sentai
• Magiranger
• Magiphone
• Bandai
• Japan
• 2005
• Toy
• Commericial
• CM
• CF
• MV
• Tokusatsu
• Henshin
• 魔法戦隊マジレンジャー
• マージフォン