Power Rangers Samurai Octozord

Here we have the Mega Ranger's Octozord, just like the other auxiliary zords, Octozord was on sale, though Octozord was not a octopus but more of a squid, Octozord was a much cooler name then Squidzord.

Much similar to the others in the line, Octozord came with pegs for the Rangers to ride on. Paint details are not too bad, the only gimmick the Octozord had was the spinning tentacles when you roll it along, besides the gimmick, Octozord is compatible with both Clawzord and Samurai Megazord.

Samurai Octo Clawzord and Samurai Octo spear Megazord

And with all the auxiliary zords, they all combine to form the Samurai Battle cannon.

Overall, the Octozord is a good toy, just with a few minor flaws. Compatibility with the Samurai Megazord, Samurai Clawzord or the other auxiliary zords, makes this a real winner. Lotsa play value and with the sale, Octozord is definitely value for your money.

Power Rangers Samurai Beetle Folding Zord

Another auxiliary zord from the Power Ranger samurai line, this time is the Green Ranger's Beetle zord, available in all major departmental stores islandwide at $26.36 after a 20% discount.

The beetle zord just like the other auxiliary zords has a matt finish on all the orange parts, has a gimmick  when you roll it around the head spins.

Like most auxiliary zords from the line, the beetle zord has pegs for the 4 inch figures to peg on  and "ride". Beetle zord also combines with Samurai Megazord to form the Samurai Beetle blaster Megazord.

The head of the beetle zord detaches to form another head piece for the Megazord, the body of the beetle zord forms a shield.

Now the auxiliary zords also combine to form another configuration with the Beetle zord, Tiger zord and Swordfish zord, altogether they form the Samurai Battlewing.

The Samurai Battlewing is a nice mode, no gimmicks in this mode except that the beetle zord head still spins when you roll it. In this mode, it also combines with the Samurai Megazord to form the Samurai Battlewing Megazord!

Power Rangers Samurai Swordfish Folding Zord

Continuing with the Power Rangers Samurai series zords line, heres's the Blue Rangers Swordfish zord, Retail price was $32.95 Sgd, now with a cool 20% off which is $26.36 sgd is not a bad price for these little animal zords that is compatible with the other Megazords in the line.

The toy has a matt finish on all the blue parts, yellow paint details on the eyes and gold paint details on the tail fin, in swordfish mode, just like all the other auxiliary zords in the line, there are pegs for 4 inch figures to peg on and "ride", it has a tail flipping gimmick when you roll the zord along.

And just like I mentioned before, its compatible with the Samurai Megazord to become the Samurai Swordfish fencer Megazord, providing a new head piece and swopping the yellow ape zord replacing it with the body of the swordfish to form a sword arm.

 

Or you have a new configuration, the tail slapping mode! To slap the enemies silly.....

As a stand alone figure, the swordfish zord is definitely not worth it but if you have the Samurai Megazord, this is a nice addition to the set making more display options, the other good news is the Swordfish zord is not only compatible with the Samurai Megazord, it also combines with other auxiliary zords and also needed to form the Gigazord.

Power Rangers Samurai Megazord

Away from the 4 inch figures, gotten this Megazord awhile back when they first started the sale. The Power Rangers Samurai Megazords which had a standard retail price of $79.90 dropped to $69.90 which now has 20% off.

As we all know, due to past releases by Bandai America, disappointment is usual part and parcel but seriously, the current Samurai ones are so much better, I have to give Bandai America props for this line. Let's hope they don't fail us again when the next line comes out.

As usual, the paintwork isn't as high quality as the Japan counterparts, complaining doesn't help so the details needs a little kick start, with  Gundam markers on stand-by, I filled in all the details that the actual toy doesn't have, the other bad news is the lack of the emblem modes which to me isn't a big deal at all.

First up, the Red rangers Lion Folding zord, only missing minor details, panel-lined the side of face of the lion, outlined the eyes black and the PR logos on both sides of the front legs, may get red acylic paint to continue the fire kanji on the back upper part of the hind legs. 

The Pink ranger's Turtle Folding zord has good details, I just panel-line the logo on the left flipper.

Probably my least favorite, Blue Ranger's Dragon folding zord, maybe due to the fact that Bandai America changed the transformation, outlined the eyes and panel-lined the body with a black gundam marker. Sprayed the gold piece to give it a withered effect.

The yellow ranger's Ape fold zord has poorly details face so I touched it up and panel-line the ape's mouth. 

Lastly the Green ranger's Bear fold zord has a green nose, coloured it in and outlined the eyes black, sprayed the gold piece to give it a withered effect.

In Megazord mode, I sprayed the buckle and the gold parts of the head piece for the withering effect, painted the hilt of the sword black.
Overall, I love the outlook of this version compared to Shinken-oh. This is one Megazord thats hard to pass up and now with on-going sale prices, real good play-value, combinable with a number of other zords, what could be better.

Another Sundays haul

Another nice Sunday with more stuff I've gotten while shopping around.

Though it's been kinda late for the release of the Power rangers Samurai or Samurai Sentai Shinkengers (released in 2009) to be released here (which is now 2011) in Singapore (and usually it's always late for most stuff to get here), anyways, they are finally here, the Powerrangers Samurai Megazords or Samurai Gattai Origamis toys with also the Tv series hitting us every weekend mornings, these toys are a sure hit.

Current sales trend in Singapore departmental stores, usually within 2-3 months after the hype of the franchise has slowed down, the toys will be severely marked down and thrown into discount baskets, knowing that, I've decided to get them anyways. The basic Samurai Megazord and Clawzord were SGD$69.90 each, not too bad given the fact as the previous PR Rpm megazords were SGD$79.90 each.

The bad news, it seems that certain Samurai series toys and action figures have ridiculed marked up and out of the norm retail prices, the auxilliary zords were SGD$32.90 each (totalling to 4 zords) even though they came with 4" mini figures of the Power Rangers, the 8" action figures were SGD$27.90 each and 4" ones at SGD $14.90 each, seriously, the price was too much for me to handle.

I guess the auxilliary zord will the ones that I will be wait for. (to be thrown into discount bins that is)

Besides Rangers, I also gotten thunder thunder, thunder cats woOoOoooOOHOOOOOOOO Bandai 10" action figure of Lion-O from the classic 80s animation from the local toy shop.

Another excellent action figure, highly recommended, I will do another detailed review of them soon....