Review: Power Rangers Samurai - 4" Wave 1

Written Review: http://ridersrangersandrambles.com/?p=2276

I finally found these at Target after a small hunt, actually being much shorter and more reasonable then my hunt for the MMPR figures last year. I wasn't going to get these at first, as I was originally very off put by the SIC like designs BoA had given the Rangers. Besides the rumor that these were molds Bandai was going to use before Saban bought back the franchise and created Samurai, it makes no sense why Bandai would go on a limb and give us non-show-accurate figures in Wave 1 of the series. That STILL bothers me, but I purchased them with an open mind, and I'm honestly glad I did. Keep in mind that I use a lot of Shinkenger terms in the review, as the only American terms we know right now are "Samuraizer" and "Fire Smasher."

Honestly, I wasn't expecting to like these figures. I'm a sucker for screen accuracy, and I was originally really turned off by the designs and the figures themselves. Finally owning them, I can safely say that I do actually enjoy them. They come off as a very SIC Kiwami Tamashii like take on the Shinkengers, and I guess I can respect that. The mouth plate still bothers me, but I can ignore them, as they are quite tiny in the first place. I have to respect Bandai for bringing some nicely sculpted, painted, and detailed 3.75" figures to the table, and they are indeed a huge improvement over the MMPR figures in terms of proportions, weapons, and sculpt in general. If you MUST HAVE ACCURACY, then wait and see if they make spandex clad versions for Wave 2, get the unarticulated multi-pack versions, or spend a bunch of money and get the S.H.Figuarts form Japan. For those of you that love Shinkenger or Samurai, and can respect a new take on a favorite design, you'll love these figures. You can find them at Target and Walmarts as of this review.

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[wargun1000]

are they sic size? kiwami tamashi

[ShukuenShinobi]

@wargun1000 Yup. Just a tiny bit shorter I think.

[nightwingx1985]

Mmm. I'm not sure if I'll get them all yet, but I'm definitely interested in the yellow one for some reason. I usually HATE this scale for my own reasons, but for Power rangers I can overlook it. I might army build the "Moogers". Just to have some fun monsters for my other figures to fight.

Offhand, Do you think they'll do a lot more original scenes when they get to Gokaiger to hide the pre Zyu/MMPR rangers? because otherwise it'd be hectic to explain...

[ShukuenShinobi]

@nightwingx1985 If PR lasts that long, I'm sure they'll be reshooting a majority of the show.

[TheGeoXWar]

Hey does anybody think Mia is Hot!

[MrToluca99]

this is slow

[Supermegaman737]

shuken, i hope this isn't to personal to ask, but what do you do for a living to afford all this stuff?

[waching]

I found regular versions of red blue green and gold. no pink and yellow though. bought blue and it was awesome and is the best resemblance to shinkenger (cause they dont have the shoulder armors of the mega version)

[Jonzilla37]

I got these on sale for 4 bucks each. I wasn't bothered by the skinniness of the girls when I bought them because if you watch the show, they ARE that skinny in the suites it's just that the extra armor exaggerates it making it look much worse. That's just me though. i kinda wish they had ankle articulation but what can you do

[crabclaw85]

It really bothers me how skinny the girls are & that the pink one is actually purple for some reason :|

[TheTurtle4554]

awesome

[aryansk7]

cool vidio  comment back

[4293172]

Nice Job

[ItsFlapJack]

@shadowfox2321 I know you said that 3 times now...