So over the years, I've watched more Sentai than Power Rangers, and one of the best seasons, both from a concept and a character perspective, is Gokaiger, the series that would eventually become Super Megaforce int he English speaking world.
As always, each character was memorable, but unlike many Reds before him, Captain Marvelous wasn't some inept brat - he was a bonifide badass to start with.
So lately, Figuarts started up yet another subline name Shikocchou, which I believe is one of those "second chance" lines, where classic characters/figures are given that brand new design shine.
For the first Sentai entry, they've chosen to go with the great one himself, a wise choice seeing how they're trying to get people interested in the line again, and if you didn't make a Dragon Ranger, it's probably a safe bet to make Gokai Red.
Pricing has move up since the original figure was release. This one retails around 8,800 Yen, I believe.
got rid of my Gokai Green, and my memory isn't THAT good, but I want to say this figure has more hands than before 15 to be precise, including dedicated hands for holding the Mobirates and the Keys. While we're on accessories, I believe that there's no new ones per se - you get the Mobirates in both closed and open forms, the Gokai Saber and Flintlock, along with the Red key in open, folded, and "stick it into the Saber and Flintlock" modes.
Of course, these being so small, I took a few photographs and shoved them back into the box.
Gokai Red himself is looking much healthier than the OG figure, which was really, really skinny. I believe the general articulation of the OG wasn't terrible, definitely up to par with the expectations of the time. The biggest change is in the shoulder, which now make part of the shoulder covering into the shoulder joint itself, resulting greater range of motion. The belt and lower shirt are not a softer plastic, very pliable, and the part itself is floating. The actual groin cover and the collar are also soft rubber.
Speaking of collar, Goai Red has the Gokaiger emblem on the right side.
These soft plastic parts result in leg articulation on par with what you'd get with a Dragonball figure, but without that really weird groin featuring those additional plastic flaps that swivel just below the waist line. Improved shoulder design allows for the figure to cross its arms without the need for an additional effect part.
Posing capabilities are quite good, and really anything short of needing an actual ab crunch are possible, though I'm sure if you try hard enough you'll run into some extremes that you just can't replicate.
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