Alrighty, now onto one of my most recent purchases, before or after the last post. This one was a tough one to get for some reason and I paid more than twice as much than I would have if I had bought one in store last year. I'm a little salty since I would have paid much less had I bough him a week in advance but there's nothing I can do now and it already messed up my schedule. Anyway, I'm surprised how much I like it, especially since, I post pictures of my
instagram and with the little engagement that I get, there reception towards the repaints are not good. I do like them, I'm not sure if I like this one or Rumble Tusk more... As far as I'm aware, there is no Sub Surfer Zord planned so this is basically all of the repaints of the Ninja Steel Megazord, yay!
As you can see the color scheme is a light blue and gray or silver to match the color scheme of the Astro Zord, which is a UFO. Everything you see here is just repainted much like in the Rumble Tusk.
The first one is the Dragonzord! Which is nothing especial it's just repainted and honestly it doesn't look terrible. I so like the color scheme but I wish the arms and the face matched the little metallic strip in it's butt where the fist is.
It's not different from any of the other repaints but I have to say that I like the original the most.
Like the one in the Rumble Tusk Megazord, he doesn't come with wings which is disappointing but you can still attach the ones from the Ninja Steel Megazord and it looks decent, blue doesn't match.
Next up is the Nitro Zord which isn't anything special, it seems that both of the repaints that I bought have a slight defect, with the Rumble Tusk, the Elephant in the humanoid form has a very loose head that doesn't stay locked in place so he is always looking up. In this one, the grill of the Nitro Zord is very loose, the slightest tough and it will fall off. The "silver" isn't even as shiny as it is one the original one, and the Rumble Tusk one is probably my favorite.
Zoom Zord is alright, it's probably my second least favorite, I'm not a fan of the amount of blue, it doesn't vary as much as the Rumble tusk one where the Shuriken is in gold and the stripes are silver and orange, but with this one, it's all blue.
Kodiak Zord is my least favorite, sure, the Rumble Tusk one has the same amount of paint applications but it doesn't look bad, this one just looks weird, it looks like an odd mutant dog.
The main event is the Astro Zord which looks nice! It's kind of funny that they kept the "Nin nin" on the toy since they didn't have to.
It looks a little wonky and when you put him on a flat surface it kinda flops forward. On a stand it looks nice, it's the smallest of the chair sitters (not counting the Dragonzord but it would still be the smallest). I do like the color scheme.
It also transforms and it's much easier than the Rumble Tusk Megazord but it is missing two or three paint applications, like the red and blue buttons as well as the silver chest.
The Hat is pretty basic and it has 4 edges like the Ninja Steel Megazord.
The blue that they used is really nice, a nice metallic shine, it's a shame that they didn't do the buttons. It's not super articulated either, the head rotates, the knees bend independently but not at the hips. The arms rotate all the way.
And for the most important gimmick is that it goes into Megazord form. Unfortunately you can't have him hold the blaster with the Robo Red Zord arm like in the show. I do like how it looks like here.
As for the pieces that it came with, it works very nicely, I like the color scheme as a whole but it still sucks that he can't hold it with the Robo Red Zord arm. Either way, it wasn't worth almost $70 but at least I finished the set...
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