Review- Super Robot Chogokin Robot Dekaranger
Robo/Delta Squad Megazord

In this review I will be talking about the features and other notables of this Super Robot Chogokin Dekaranger Robo or Delta Squad Megazord. However, I'm not familiar with Dekaranger so I will do the review SPD style. One of the more current Sentai series. Special Police Dekaranger or as i know it to be. Space Patrol Delta.

I remember watching SPD every morning at 8 am before going to work. When I woke up. Back in 2004. It was a good series. One of the most noted yet funny episodes was Perspective. The comedy was every one of the five rangers explained this one event unfolding in their own point of view. To the point the learder of SPD Commander Kruger says "It is quite clear things will never be quite clear. Its all a matter of perspective."

SPD are rangers with sort of a law enforcement style to it. Judgement. And verdicts. Who's guilry or innocent.. And arrests. SPD is not without a Megazord like other sentais before it. In the first couple episodes, the team leader, SPD red. Jack Landor, In his Pat Striker along with the rest of the team attempt to for the Delta Squad megazord for the first time which took a bit of skill. The operations of the Delta Squad Megazord like the Sentai robots before it require all five members working as a team. Each one handles a certain function of the megazord. Lets get to the figure.

I ordered this figure online at Hobby Search. After seeing it in a department store in Tokyo on my recent trip and reviews on the net. I knew I wanted one. It came within about two weeks after ordering it from Hobby Search. Its timely arrival. Not a very large shipping box with the shipping label on it with the Hobby Search logo on. After carefully cutting the tape and opening the box And getting through some packing paper. Within it was the box of the figure and another box with a bonus item in it. It looked like effect parts. I will get into that later on. But first-

Package- Bandai has always had a reputation for making even the boxes of their figures very catching to the eyes. The box of the figure wasnt very big. Its about the size or a bit thicker and taller than the regular SH Figurearts or Figma boxes. I saw no damage on the corners it was clean.


The front of the box, I have to say is nicely done. I have to say, good visual effects. The background is an explosion with big lettering to the side in silver saying Judgement. To its right, is the actual figure itself. On the lower left corner it bears the Dekaranger logo. The right corner bears the Tamashi and Bandai logos. I have to admit Bandai did a good job with this. Even to the slighest details. Including the logos.



The back of the box shows off a bit of the figure in action. And briefly what the figure can do and it features. It shows as an added feature parts for a previously released figure the Gokaioh and the parts the can be used with it. Lets dive in.


Carefully removing the contents from the box. Everything is actually packed in a clear tray insert with a lid over it to keep the pieces from moving around. Each piece has a place even the small pieces to use with the Gokaioh. It shows Bandai paid close attention to packing the figure. And took extra care in handling theiir products.

Accessories- Even robot chogokin figures are not without accessories. Like weapons or extra hands.


After carefully taking opeining the lid I poured everything out. What you get are two judgement swords. one is the hilt and the full sword.. The signal cannon extra pair of hands. Nine sets of hands all together. Even hand cuffs. Defenitely police. It would make sense because the Deka in Deka ranger means cop in japanese.

I had to show these pieces separately. Since its for the Gokaiger series. I can say its a bonus item added into the set. The car is the Pat Striker which I think was a nice touch to add that on. And there are some blaster parts I will go over how it is used later on.

The Figure- The main feature. Okay asthetically this figure is really nicely done. The detail on this thing is just great. Its in proportions to the show and has a bit of realism to it. Not a single detail is missed on each part. It stands about 7 inches tall. Lets break it down individually.

Each of the units are called delta runners. Here's the break down-

1. Pat Striker- This forms the main body and controls all the main functions of the Delta Squad Megazord. I have seen this six wheeled vehicle use the Judgement sword on one side attacking the enemy.

2. Pat Gyro- Is the left leg of the Delta Squad Megazord. With in it houses the Gyro Wrapper hand cuffs under the gyro fan engines. In the show the Pat Gyro shoots from its twin gatting guns on either wing.

3. Pat Trailer- A long semi 18 wheeler. This forms the right leg of the Delta Squad Mega Zord. In the trailer it houses part of the judgement sword. and can be armed with the Signal Cannon. I have seen a few episodes where the Pat Trailer uses the signal cannon to battle the enemy.

4. Pat Armor- A hovering armored decoy vehicle. This forms the right arm of the Delta Squad Megazord. On top it houses the hilt of the Judgement sword which are also used as search lights. Its more a defensive delta runner.

5. Pat Signal- Is more a support delta runner. Its used for public crowd control. Evacuation in emergencies or handling traffic with its big sign board on top. This forms the left arm of the Delta Squad Megazord.

Front view of the figure. The patrol lights on the top of the Pat Striker, Pat Gyro, and Pat Trailer are visible. The detailing of the drivers cab of the Pat Trailer and the cockpit of the Pat Gyro are molded in good detail including the front wheels on the Pat Trailer. The face of the Delta Squad Megazord each contour. Including the lights on the head. All in a transparent red. The detail on the cockpit on the Pat Striker is shown well in separate black windows. Bandai paid close attention to the detalis on this figure. Even the 4 and the 5 show on the arms. And the SPD logo is prominently shown on each part of the Megazord.

The back view of the figure is mostly blue for the Pat Gyro. Very small amounts of black on the top half of the leg. The same with the Pat Trailer its mostly green the back wheels are visible and a small amount of black on the top half of the leg. Just above the knees on the Pat Striker connecting the legs and above it is all red. Above it on the back is all white. With the SPD lettering in black on the rear foil. The back of the head the clear red lights go down half way. Still it looks really nice. And the arms show the 4 and the 5 on.

Features- Like every chogokin the same goes for this megazord figure. So what can this figure do? Each joint extends outward along the arms. The knees . The torso. The feet to give better range of motion on the figure.

Okay one of the functions of the megazord is on its right arm. The hilt of the Judgement sword on the right arm acts as search lights. Here i have the figure in search mode. The shoulder joints move out and forward enough to allow this range of motion. While the arm extends out to accomodate the pose.

Judgement. I thought it was pretty neat to pull off a pose like this with the figure. I even thought it was still pretty neat the sign board can flip up an can be used in Judgement mode. Which in the show it indicates Guilty or Innocent.

Thumbs down. Guilty. Deletion approved.

This was one feature i thought was neat. The Signal Cannon can be holstered in the side of the Pat Trailer. Much like how the Ingrams in the Patlabor show holster their revolvers. Or like Robocop. Bandai did a good job adding this detail. on.

Effect Parts- One of the added extra's that Bandai put into the package was effect parts. Its a new thing Bandai decided to put with the chogokin figures. The gives it more realism visually and while the figure is being displayed. I will admit its a good idea Bandai did that.

I was able to get the figure to be posed holding the SIgnal Cannon in sort of a Horatio Kaine style like on CSI. The manner in how the arms move allows this pose. The ball joints in the shoulders extend the arms out over the chest and the arms extending at the elbows give the arms the movement to be set in that position. It was once a story figures of any chogokin didnt have joints like this.

With the bonus effect parts that came separately with the figure. The fun of posing the figure goes to a whole new level. I have here the figure posed crouching on one knee. I gotta say if a chogokin robot figure can do that, it got some good joint movement. From what i've figured out seeing while handling the figure the knees are double jointed to allow the legs to move in that manner. And with the bonus effect parts, it gives it the impression its sliding back and shooting. From the force of the impact when it crouches. as it lands. In the show the actual Delta Squad Megazord is an agile machine. It will leap up. sort of flip roll and then land crouched.

With the judgement sword some really good poses can be pulled off like this one here where the megazord is charging at the enemy. I was suprised the figure was able to hold the sword in two hands in that pose. Chogokin figures don't always do that. This is pretty good.

But can a chogokin figure do this. Look like its done slicing as it passes the enemy. Still holding the sword. The bonus effect parts enhance that scene more visually. Much like its actually happening.

Everyone's been wondering what that Pat Striker included in the set is for. and what it can do. Well one of them is the front part can come apart and can be used as blasters. Simply by connecting the front of the Pat Striker to the gun grip parts provided. The figure holds the Patrol blasters pretty well. I wanted to replicate how the SPD Red Ranger uses his blasters thats why I have the figure holding them. I have the figure looking like its sliding back and shooting.

With the patrol blasters the figure can look like its showing off or looking like a cowboy shooting two revolvers.

Another pose of the figure showing off

As you can see i made the figure posed here to look like it sent out the Pat Striker. It came in the set so i wanted to make use of it Its a small car with six wheels. and much like the one on the megazord. But this one is more heavily armed. On all of the six wheels there are gattling cannons. A pretty cool add on. The car looks nice. And very well detailed. Bandai really did a good job detailing that car. It sort of reminds me of that car that docks into the soul of chogokin Daimos figure.

What police unit is not with out handcuffs. At some point even the Delta Patrol Megazord arrests the bigger criminals. To do that, it uses the Gyro Wrapper. This pair of handcuffs come from the inside the Pat Gyro. Its a pretty neat feature. Not even the Patlabor Ingrams have a pair of handcuffs. I like the feature.

Verdict- I must say its a very nice figure. Ever since I watched SPD in 2004 I became a fan of the show. This figure is well made. The touch of realism to the figure is great. Bandai didn't miss out on any of the details. And the amount of accessories it has makes it more fun to handle. And i thought it was a nice touch to add that extra Pat Striker. Bandai had to sacrifice its the figures combining ability in place of detail and joint movement. I'm not complaining. I really like the figure. I must say its the best figure of the Delta Squad Megazord made. I hope Bandai releases the Dekabike Robo. Making it transformable so the Delta Squad Megazord can ride on it. Or release a comination of the two. in megazord mode. I would also like to see Bandai release the Swat Flyer Megazord. I hope Bandai released them in the future. Would i recommend this figure? Whole heartedly yes. To Sentai fans. Dekaranger fans or Chogokin collectors. This won't wont be the last Super robot chogokin figure i'm getting I have a few more in mind. I'm getting later on.

Review: SH Figurearts Gokai Blue

Another release by Bandai. And another welcome addition to the SH Figurearts sentai figure line following the Shinkenger figurearts Shinkenger figure line. This the second gokaiger figure I own and the second SH Figurearts figure in my figurearts collection. I ordered this one on line off a japanese site. Hobby Search. I was lucky it was still in stock. I had a feeling I ordered the last one in stock. Give or take about three weeks the package arrives. Merely a box with the shipping label on it. I carefully cut the tape open. Opening the box, all i saw was a lot of packing paper. This is good. it keeps the item from moving around and keeps it from getting damaged during shipping. So after removing all that, I got to the actual thing itself. It was a box with the figure in it and the box the gokai darin was in. A bonus item that comes with every first release of the gokaiger figures. Which i will talk about later on. Lets get started-

Package-

The front of the package has a window on it. To the bottom on the right it has a cut out picture of the Gokai Blue figure. The window on the top bears the Gokaiger logo. Its good for those who want to display the figure in mint condition To the right is a border in metalic blue and it bears the lettering Gokai Blue in large fonts. Below that is the Tamashi Nations and Bandai logo.


The back of the package bears a pictture collage of some of the features showing what the figure can do. Bandai did a good job displaying the features. I have to say its well laid out. It even shows off the style of the figure. Lets dive right in-


Before getting to the figure, I had to remove a plastic tray insert. Which has a cover to keep the pieces in place. Bandai really paid attention to detail on this one. Even the small mobirates keys have a place for them.

Accessories- I got everything out of the package. After I removed the figure and and put it aside.
No sentai figure can be without accessiories. So that is also included. But this one has a lot packed in with it. Lets see Including the two hands on the figure, that makes a set of 12 hands. the Gokai Saber and Gokai gun. The Mobirates phone and the keys. A unique thing included in this set are two clusters of the Gokai Sabers. How i understand it, at one point in the series, Gokai Blue uses all 5 of the team's swords. at one time. I thought that was need to have that in there.

The Figure-

Asthethically the figure looks pretty good.. Here it is out of the box. I have to say the style of the figure looks really good. I was impressed. The blue color of the suit is a matte blue. Even the boots have the fold details on them. Bandai really paid attention to this detail. Seen from the front, The silver cuffs are just on top of the boots and on ends of the sleeves of the jacket. The jacket has a gold trim on the chest which goes up to the shoulders.The jacket is word in an open manner. The collar on the inside surface is silver. The jacket is set in an open fashion exposing the black suit under it. exposing the Gokaiger emblem on the chest. Which is in a white color. The helmet has a black visor over it and gold strip around the visor. with the gokaiger emblem on the forehead.

Seen form the back view, the boots have more of that fold detail on them. the jacket is all blue. with the gold trim on the edges. Like being seen from the front view, the belt is a gold color. Which wraps well around the figure's waist. The collar is raised a bit. Showing the outside surface which is a gold color. The helmet along the edges have a gold trim. Its visible that bandai put as much detail into this figure as much as they could to make it show accurate.

What exactly can this figure do? Lets find out. Here I have the figure standing after suiting up. I have to say the hand grips the mobirates pretty well. The detail on the mobirates is really good. almost like in the show.

No sentai can be without role call. After suiting up. Here i have the figure in the Gokai Blue role call pose. I'm amazed how well that was executed on the figure. It looks good. This is I think how I will have the figure displayed on my shelf.

Its also clear that sentai heroes tend to show off. So the joints in the arms were designed to pull that off. The ball joint in the shoulders and the double hinged elbows allow the figure to cross its arms over its chest. Thats pretty good.

It doesnt end there. Sentai heroes also come off as pointing gestures to the enemy. I have the figure in one of the gestures proping its gun on his shoulder. The hand holds the gun well. The finger goes on the trigger quite easily and the gun stays in place.


In deep thought.


Lets talk about the weapon. The gun is a standard issue pirate side arm called a flint lock pistol. Sort of like a musket that fires a lead ball propelled by a blast of gun poweder. Only this one doesnt shoot lead balls it shoots beam energy discharges. Even holding the gun sideways it works. The gun wont fall out of the hand.

When it comes to joint movement, Bandai takes a lot of effort in making sure the figures have the proper amount of articulation. The SH Figurearts line of action figures as excelled at that. It was once thought of that a figure cannot stand on one leg and do a kick. The ball joints in the hips extend outward to allow the legs spread farther. The feet being metal, allows the figure to stand on its weight, the ball joint on the feet allow it to be posed to balance on one leg. I was impressed when i saw how the figure did that so well.

That joint movement also allows the figure to stand with its feet together in a fencing stance. I must say quite well. The Gokai Saber is held quite well in the hand. The Gokai Saber is a standard type the pirates use callled a cutlass. Its large blade gives the weapon its distinct shape



Crouching on one knee. I would have to say that many action figures could never pull of a pose like this even with weapons in its hands. However the SH figurearts does that without any problems. It still looks really good.

Weapons compatibility-

A few scenes in the series show memebers of the Gokaiger team using each others weapons. Like Gokai Yellow will use Gokai Pink's sword or Gokai Green will use Gokai Blue's Gun, etc. That adds the fun into having the figures if you have two of the figures of the team members from the show doing that.

Gokai Blue is able to use Gokai Green's sword and as you can see its held pretty well in the Gokai Blue's hand. What makes it good is the added fun with the figures being able to do this.

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The two of them holding each other's weapons.

I had to do this. Here i'm showing Gokai Green with Gokai Blue's gun.


Double shot.

It doesn't end there. Why is there a cluster of Gokai sabers in the set? Well, at one point in the series, Gokai Blue uses all the swords of each member of the team all at one time. It was quite amazing to see.

FINAL....WAVE..!!!!

Gokai Blue holds the saber clusters quite well in each hand. I thought from the size of the blades alone they would fall off. But they stayed on pretty well.

Even with the blades the figure can still pull off some neat poses.

And... even prop the sword cluster on his shoulder. Not bad.

Bonus Item-

As I mentioned this eariler in the reveiw, all first edition releases of the Gokaiger figures came with this limited edition item. A helm control. The Gokai Darin. Asthetically it looks nice. It does make a good display piece with the figure. As shown here its two parts. The chair and the controller itself. It has the appearance of a traditional galleon's helm. The wheel spins freely. and the figure can hold on to the handles around the wheel. Much like on a ship. Having this Gokai Darin is good if you are serious about collecting the whole line of Gokaiger figures. Or actual Sentai toy line. Later on it will be come a demand among collectors. And will become rare.

Verdict- I will admit its a very nicely made figure. I saw no flaws on the figure. Bandai did a good job with the figure. They didn't miss even the slightest detail. The details on the weapons were to the show accuracy. I recommend it for sentai fans or SH figurearts collectors. The figure is made for adults to collect and kids to play with.

Review: S.H. Figurearts Gokai Green

Being the 35th Sentai series to date, Aired in 2010. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. The series has sort of a pirate theme to it. Depending on conditions the team have access to using the power, weapons and abilities of the previous 34 sentai heroes to defeat their enemies.My first look at the early episodes of the Gokaiger series, I have seen the team Henshin (suit up) and fight. I did see a lot of showing off in the middel of the battle. But its amazing how well they can weild their weapons. With unbelievable skill. I was impressed.

For sometime Bandai has released Sochaku Henshin (Armor suit up) figures of the Kamen Rider line. As is the same with the Souchaku Henshin line's successor the S.H. Figurearts line. It being mostly Kamen Rider figures. In 2009 Bandai did something a bit different and decided to release a sentai figure. The first one to be released was from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger- Shinken Red. That was later followed by Shinken Gold. Does it end there? LIke Kamen Rider, Sentai S.H. Figurearts exclusive figures were released. High in demand but very hard to find. 2010, Bandai releases the S.H. Figurearts Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger FIgures. Four are released in normal production. Gokai Red, Gokai Blue, Gokai Green, and Gokai Silver. Currently the latest one released. My topic today is the SH Figurearts Gokai Green.

I was on my recent trip on vacation spending the holdiays in Tokyo. I was walking around looking into various stores. Mainly the hobby floors of BIC Camera in Shinjuku. and BIC Camera in Ikebukuro. I saw the Gokaiger figures in a glass case. All three of them. I thought of getting them. Luckily when i got back to Hawaii, and was at Toys n Joys to see what new stuff the store had in stock. I looked around a bit. Near the main doors of the store in a glass case was a Gokai Green figure. That began my collection of Gokaiger FIgures. I grabbed him.

PACKAGE-

First look at the package, its a box with a clear window in the front. Which shows off the figure very nicely with its accessories. To the right on the bottom is a picture cut out of the figure. There is a metallic green border on the right side of the box with the lettering Goaki Green in big letters. Below it is the Tamashi Nations and Bandai logo. Very nicely done.

The back of the box shows off the figure. a few pictures of its features and what its able to do. Bandai captured that very nicely and set it up really well too. Very catching to the consumer's

eyes. Well done on that part Bandai. Okay lets break the package open and dive right in.

Upon opening the package, the figure is in a plastic tray insert with a clear cover on it. This is to keep the pieces in place. Bandai made it an effort to properly mold places in the plastic tray for each and every single piece. Its just flawless. How the whole thing was done. Each piece fits perfectly their places. This is better than what I have seen with a souchaku henshin figure's

package. Alot better. Bandai should keep packing their figures like this in the future.

I have already removed the cover from the tray insert being careful not to cause anything to shift out of place. Carefully i removed the figure and put that aside and poured out all the pieces. I didnt think this figure would have a lot of pieces.

Accessories- What's a figure without accessories. It would seem quite boring that an action figure would be without accessories. And Bandai has included quite a bit of accessories with this figure.. A lot more than i thought. A set of 10 hands. Two fists. Two splayed open hands. Two trigger finger hands. One mobirates holding hand. One key holding hand. Two sword holding hands. The Gokai Saber. The Gokai Gun. This is going to be fun. On to the main feature...

The Figure- What can i say about this figure. When i first take it out of its plastic tray there are is a plastic sheet between the torso and the lower body where the belt is. That is to keep the belt from scratching the two body parts during transport. I had to remove that carefully.

Asthetically It is a very nice figure . Alot of detali to it. Seen from the front view, Its mostly green A very soft matte green with some black along the legs up to the chest bearing the Gokaiger emblem in the midde. Silver on the top of each boot. The jacket has silver cuffs. Gold lining the sides. Silver on the inside of the collar. The helmet is all green with a dark visor. Trimmed in gold along the edges. On the forehead shows the gokaiger emblem. Bandai even put the slightest details on this figure. Even the wrinkles on the boots are molded on.

Seen from the back view, the helmet has a gold trim on the edge. The outside of the jacket's collar is gold. with a gold trim on the bottom edge. The bottom edge of the jacket has a gold trim as well. Seen from both views the belt is gold. Seen from the back the wrinkles on the boots is also

visible.

The figure is able to hold its Mobirates phone quite easily. I wanted to replicate that scene after he suits up.

Joint Movement- The one thing SH Figurearts figures Bandai made it known for is the amount of articulation the figure has. I will not be taking the figure apart to show where the joints are. I will point them out where they are exactly.

The neck has a ball joint to give the head a good range of motion allowing the figure to look in every direction almost replicating the human head movement. The shoulders have a ball and socket joint this is also for better range of motion for the arms. And better posability in the arms. The biceps swivel. The elbows are double hinged. The wrists are on both a swivel and ball joint to give the hands better range motion. The body is on a ball joint as well as the hips. The legs are on a swivel joint. The feet are metal the weight adds stability to the figure when posed. The knees are double jointed. This is good for pose when the figure is crouching.

How well can the figure hold the weapons. I have the figure holding the Gokai Saber pretty much resting it on its shoulder. The Gokai Saber is a common design of a sword pirates use a lot called a cutlass. That ball and socket joint allows the figure to be posed with its feet toghether. (top and bottom images)

How good is the joint movement. Well take a look. It was not even considered possible that an action figure can be posed to do a kick on one leg. The ball joint in the hips allow this pose to be well executed. And it worked good while the weapons are in the figure's hands. Thats pretty good for Bandai's quality.

Showing off is another thing. The trigger finger allows the figure to look like its spinning the Gokai gun around its finger. I thought that was neat.

The Gokai gun is held pretty well in the hand. The gun is a common type used by pirates called a flintlock pistol. Much like a musket which shoots a lead ball. Except this one does not shoot lead balls it shoots beam energy .

As I had mentioned earlier, the figure is able to crouch quite well. And the ball joint in the hips make that possible. Right now I dont know how much more super-posable a figure can be. This is pretty good.

And the best feature of any figure. Well i like to call it that. but another thing that was not considered possible with any action figure. The ball joints in the shoulders and wrists make it possible for the figure to pose with its arms crossed. Now this is good. It wont be possible if it didnt have all those joints in it.

Bonus Material- Okay on a limited release, the first run production Gokaiger figures will come with this bonus package. The Gokai Darin. Its simply put, a helm control of a ship. Much like the ones used on pirate ships to steer the vessel. My figure came with this bonus pack. But it was in a separate box. Lets take a closer look.

The Gokai Darin looks nice. It is actually two separate parts. the control column and the seat. The control column is mostly green with some gold trim on it. Yes the control wheel in the middle spins, The chair is mostly gold with some silver.The part where the figure sits is brown. The detail is just great on this thing.

The figure does look good seated with the Gokai Darin.

Its a good set to have if you are a Gokaiger fan, but if you are not as much a fan The later released figures are sold without this bonus item. I do like the idea this Gokai Darin came with the figure. It adds more display option.

Verdict- I do recomend this figure. Yes. It wiil be a good addition to someone's SH figurearts collection or for a fan of sentai. Its a very well made figure. A lot I would expect from Bandai to put into a figure and maybe more. I had fun posing this figure. There is a lot the figure can do. I do plan to collect the whole Gokaiger team.