Saturday, December 10, 2011

SH figuarts Shinken Blue Review

Welcome to another of my SH figuarts review, first exclusive super sentai figure will be SH Figuarts Shinken Blue, cost me $80, ouch! Nevertheless I still love it. But seriously I never expect Shinken Blue to be exclusive....
 Lets start with the box, consistent, but no display of weapon, my seller didn't give me the exclusive brown box for this figure, the box is a little damage on the left side because of that, never buying from him again. 

 Nothing different to show that it is exclusive...

 Content wise for this figure, because it is exclusive my expectation would be higher and just nice the accessories satisfy me.
This set includes:
- Shinken Blue figure
- Shodophone
- Shinken Maru
- 2 Ryu (Dragon) origami 
- Water Arrow
- 8 right hands
- 5 left hands




Everything is like the same as the other shinkenger,  I believe Bandai make this exclusive because it didn't expect non-hardcore collector would buy this figure.

 A pair of open hand, like Shinken Red for posing purposes.

 "Lord, let me handle this..... Lord?"

 A special kind of hand for posing purpose, open with figures spread out.

 You can't see me, no offence.

 A shaking hand, cool.....

 Hand shake? Anyone?
 Shinken Maru similar to the one Shinken Red has

 Similar function as well: removable disk
 Shinken Maru can be place on the left side of his pocket

 A hand for shinken Maru


Doesn't your hand hurts by the blade?

 Shodophone, also similar
 Hand for Shodo phone

 Similar Problem, hard to hold, but looks quite nice if you got the right position.



Ryu origami exclusive to this set, love it, only the head can move but still the design were great. One thing that didn't make me regret about buying this figure.

 Hand for holding origami

 
Sorry something wrong with my camera focus, but it actually comes with 2 different hand to hold the origami, 


 I see no different using different hand

 Another hand for posing purpose


 Shinken....Blue, the same


 Also comes with a folded version of ryu origami, a hexagon shape with a "水" on it, means water 


 Holding is a little difficult also
 A pair of weapon holding hands, for holding the Water Arrow

 Water Arrow, nice and unique

 Shinken Blue's personal weapon 


 Removable disk, a little bigger than the sushi and common disk, the ryu moving picture well painted on the disk

 1 hand holding



 The arrow holder is movable, however a little fragile, be careful, my friend's one is broken, this is only for display purpose, kids, do not pull it in and out like a cheap figurine!

 Gonna love him

In conclusion, if you are not really a big fan of Shinkenger you might not want to get this product because of the price, no Kuroko freeby by the way. There might be extra hands and unique weapon and origami but again if you are not a hardcore collector, you do not need to buy this.
Rating: 9/10, the hand problem, weapon not as cool as Shinken Red, price issue, but I still love this guy.
PS: I am a hardcore collector of Super Sentai

Next will be Shinken Green!








Tuesday, December 6, 2011

SH figuarts Shinken Gold Review

Time for my 2nd SH Figuarts review, that will be the one that cost me another $40, SH Figuarts Shinken Gold.

Attractive box once again, didn't make me think long enough to buy it.

 Next lets go to the content, although it doesn't impress me like what Shinken Red does, but still it comes with a lot of variety items.
This set includes:
- Shinken Gold Figure
- 3 Sakana Maru
- DaiGoyou Paper Lantern and Jitte Mode
- Sushi Disk
- Ika Origami
- Ebi Origami
- 4 Right Hand
- 3 Left Hand

Figure Time!



 Another awesome figure that I cannot complaint about, its really like perfect.

 The belt holds a pouch for the Sushi Changer, as you can see, behind his back there is a hold for Sakana maru.




 Comes with hand off course, like all other figure, Shinkne Gold also comes with a pair of open hand for posing purposes, not much comment about this.

 What?

 1, 2, 3, victory clap!

 Then it come with a pair of weapon holding hand, no further comment given.

An additional weapon holding hand that holds the Daigoyou jitte.

 Sakana Maru got 3 different types for this set, this  one is only for posing purpose, it is to put behind the back of Shinken Gold (the hold on the back), even if its only for purpose, the painting is really good.

 Realistic!

 Unique thing about this set, the second sakana Maru is the one that shows the blade halfway, can do more posing for this. Not so realistic, the length of the first and second sakana maru of this review is way too different. But this is how the series appears to be.

 Hope I make it look good.

 Also comes with Sushi Disk, disappointed that it doesn't comes with Sushi Changer...

 the third Sakana Maru is the separated one that comes with the blade and the cover. Very nice detailed 

 The disk can be put onto the Maru, unfortunately Sakana Maru cannot fit the one disk that puts on Shinken Maru

 Can be played with holding both the Maru and the Cover


 DaiGoyou is cute...


 Accurately painted, awesome


 Jitte is also detailed

 Nice!

 The hands for the jitte is different, for posing purpose

 Also comes with Ebi Origami, unfortunately no movement can be made, I almost broke its pincer 

 Cannot change into Daikai Oh, too bad!


 But its nice anyway, not too bad


 Also comes with Ika Origami


 I still prefer Ebi, Ika is a little plain

 I wonder why doesn't Shinken Red also comes with Tora Origami, with that, buyers can also start to collect the origamis. 

 Freebies review as promise, Kuroko

 Box is unique, behind it comes with a DIY flag, need to damage the box first, My box is really in bad condition as my seller crushed it accidentally, nevertheless it breaks my heart to tear this beautiful box. Its just a flag, why can't Bandai just give it to us.

 Do not expect too much in a freeby like i do, it is Figuart Zero, for dumb people it means it is unmovable. Cannot hold the flag, so I see no purpose why should I tear my box.


 It may be a freeby but still they made some effort painting it. And by the way all SH Figuarts Shinken Red and Shinken Gold comes with this freeby, if your seller does not give you this, it means he or she swallows this freeby. No offence

To sum up, this Figure is worth it, free Kuroko, you can get both Shinken red and Gold to play with, they both have totally different sets of items.
Rating: 8/10, no sushi changer, no movable origami, other than that its a great figurine!
Stay tune for Shinken Blue!