Our gallery of the most anticipated Super Sentai DX Mecha in years is finally here! The DX Kyutama Gattai KyurenOh is made up of five individual zords, or voyagers, utilizing the DX Kyutamas as the connectivity pieces. With lights and sounds unique to anything Super Sentai has released in the past, KyurenOh dictates a change in direction for Bandai Japan which has struggled in recent years with their Super Sentai toy line.
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Easily the most anticipated DX Mecha in years from Super Sentai, the DX KyurenOh is finally here! The official name of the figure is DX Kyutama Gattai KyurenOh, but for the sake of simplicity, we'll just call it DX KyurenOh. We received our shipment right on launch and have spent the last couple of weeks working on our gallery. And now we are pleased to share with you our high resolution gallery of DX KyurenOh!
Let's break it down mecha by mecha until we get to the final form of KyurenOh! Here we go!
Oushi Voyager
The Bull Zord! This thing is pretty impressive to look at - a lot of little details in what essentially a bull-tank. There isn't a ton of articulation, but the articulation that is here feels right. The horns can move and the mouth of the bull can open. Otherwise, that's it - the movement in the treads is reserved strictly for the formation of being an arm or a leg, not actually anything else.
The gray on the tank parts look surprisingly silver. Overall, I get a real nostalgic feeling towards the original Mastadon from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and knowing Bandai America's influence with this series, I wouldn't be surprised if it was intentional.
The Oushi Voyager, obviously, has the Oushi Kyutama.
Ookami Voyager
The Wolf Zord! Can't help but think back to the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie when Billy got the Wolf Zord. This thing has some incredible sculpting for the fur on the body and legs. There's a bit of yellow which really pops. All in all, this is probably the best-looking mech of the bunch with the detailed sculpting.
Articulation wise - same idea as Oushi Voyager. The mouth can open and close, and most of the leg articulation is used for the formation of an arm or a leg for KyurenOh, nothing more.
The Ookami Voyager comes with the Ookami Kyutama. Mine was very loose, but that may be just a quality issue on mine.
Kajiki Voyager
The Swordfish Zord! I'm going to be honest - in my opinion, this is the weakest of the bunch. There's no articulation to this guy at all - he folds up to be a leg, or just sits there to be an arm. The yellow is a soft yellow, and I feel like there should be more to his "sword" part but alas, that is not the case.
Sculpting wise there's nothing to me that stands out, and the yellow makes the toy itself feel very bland. Easily the weakest of the group.
Kajiki Voyager comes with the Kajiki Kyutama.
Chameleon Voyager
This thing is LITTLE. How it manages to form an arm or a leg compared to the others is mystifying to me. The green is a nice soft green. There is no articulation on this voyager aside from the fact that the mouth can open and close, revealing a cool surprise - the tongue can extend out! That was an unexpected and pretty awesome little feature that helps Chameleon Voyager standout compared to the weaker of the voyagers, like Kajiki Voyager.
Chameleon Voyager comes with the Chameleon Kyutama.
Shishi Voyager
The main body portion of KyurenOh, the Shishi Voyager works as the main "battle ship" of the fleet. This thing is massive and it's heavy - exactly what you'd expect for the portion that makes up the main body. There's little articulation here - there's little gun/wing flaps that you can move up and down, and the "shoulders" can rotate (but that feature is reserved for transformation of KyurenOh).
Shishi Voyager has the lights and sounds, but they are mostly forgettable. You get some sounds of engines firing up and some laser blasts.
Shishi Voyager comes with the Shishi Kyutama, which again, suffers from being loose and easily flipping over on its own. But that just might be mine. But when they all come together they form....
DX KyurenOh
The five voyagers come together and form KyurenOh, and the big guy doesn't disappoint. The colors here are amazing in the fact that they come together so seamlessly. This thing looks and feels like your classic DX Mecha from Super Sentai of the past (prior to your Ninninger and Zyuohger DX Mechas).
The Kyutamas connect to Shishi Voyager to form the arms and legs, and with a couple parts flipping here and there, you have an awesome looking Mecha. But the biggest (and coolest) feature here are the lights and sounds.
The Kyutama will light up when KyurenOh is formed, and with little lighting, you will see that there are little images of the Kyurangers piloting the Voyagers via the Kyutama. I can't stress how cool that is (check out the images we took of them).
The other great feature here is that each voyager can be an arm or a leg and you can swap them at will and very easily. That makes endless combinations for you to come up with to find your favorite.
Released at the same time are the remaining four voyagers and we will have galleries for them very soon with all the fun possible combinations you can come up with.
Pro's and Con's
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Overall
The days of complex DX Mecha are over and have been over for a few years now. But this DX Mecha is probably the closest thing you'll get to your traditional feeling and looking Megazords of the past. I won't rate this as a "MUST BUY", but I will rate it as a "MUST BUY" at retail price and even slight mark-ups. The playability of this thing is through the roof and I admit to not being able to put it down the first few days I had it.
Check out all of our images in the gallery and let us know what you think!
Kajiki Voyager, Shishi Voyager, and KyurenOh!
KyurenOh, Kyutamas, and the light up features!
I do wish the electronics did a little more, like being able to identify which kyutama is in which port, or have different names for different KyurenOh configurations. As it is now, it really feels a little lacking.
It looks pretty nice, though I am a little disappointed that each limb is so uninteresting.
What are your thoughts on the asymmetrical color detailing?
I don't think every mecha needs to be super complex or over the top, but this feels like it was phoned in and they're just making money based off of the fact it's Sentai anything.
It doesn't feel like they put much effort into this one, even Ninninger had more oomph to it.
This giant... block of plastic doesn't do it for me. Saddens me, I was really looking forward to Power Rangers anything to buy in the foreseeable future outside of the movie Zords (which I still enjoy) and I'm seeing that both sides of the pond hold nothing for me this year.
It doesn't feel like they put much effort into this one, even Ninninger had more oomph to it.
This giant... block of plastic doesn't do it for me. Saddens me, I was really looking forward to Power Rangers anything to buy in the foreseeable future outside of the movie Zords (which I still enjoy) and I'm seeing that both sides of the pond hold nothing for me this year.
Eh, I like the toy, I like the pics, I like it in the show. Is it the most inspiring robo they've ever had? Nope. But it's neat and it catches my interest, despite my initial disdain of its stumpy limbs. I wish it did a little more, but it's not a deal killer for me. As soon as I recover from February's spend-a-palooza, I'll be ordering one.
It's better than baby blocks at least.
I'm okay with the suits as well, they're weird enough to just be neat. The cubes are still a mixed bag with me but their transformations at least provide more effort than this mess of a...machine.
It almost feels like they started with the lights and sounds gimmick first, then worked backwards and built the mecha around it.
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