Gaoranger DX Gaolleries 2 of 15 – Gao Giraffe and Elephant

It's time for a double dose of Power Animals! In our second gallery celebrating Power Rangers Wild Force we take a look at DX Gao Giraffe & Gao Elephant from Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger!

When Gao King equips Gao Elephant it becomes Gao King Sword & Shield, and when equipping Giraffe it become Gao King Spear. The simultaneous use of both creates Gao King Spear & Shield!

Both of these figures were released individually at first, Giraffe was later collected into the Gao Icarus Boxed set. As single releases they include their own clear yellow Gao Jewel figures! When used in combination with the spherical Gao Jewel cases they can interact with the Beast Blades and the later released Falcon Summoner.

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Hey Den-O, just want to check. The Giraffe's legs are not clicky joints, are they?

Actually they are clicky. They ratchet into 4 positions.

They're so pretty.

They aren't the types of toys that are pretty too look at but turn to dust the moment you touch them... are they?

Are the positions locked decently well? Like a true ratchet joint? Sorry for asking, trust me I'm getting somewhere with this.

Shiny! Great job bro Look great!

Not at all. These babies have withstood the test of time. Despite being nearly 13 years old they are still better engineered than most of the sentai DX mecha released since them Very quality toys.
They do lock decently, nice strong joints.

Good to know.

To think that if Gaoranger aired only one year later, the QC issues would be nuts! (We've all seen Hurricanger, the hell happened there?)

As a testament, my Animus (GaoGod, but mine was Animus) managed to survive my childhood (The sawshark is missing it's saw and tail, but otherwise, it's surprisingly intact).
In contrast, I'm reading so many horror stories about current DX mecha it makes my head spin.

I could probably piledrive a Wild Force/Gaoranger mech and it'd come out unscratched, but a 2 foot fall off a shelf onto soft carpeting seems to be able to destroy any DX sentai mech released in the last 2 years...

That's the final bit of proof I need that the Korean versions of GaoRanger toys are vastly inferior. My GaoGiraffe has such terribly weak lock positions in its joints that you wouldn't know it had any if you didn't try to feel for them. They're effectively friction swivel joints, which made me confused when I first handled them, since Bandai never uses friction joints for Zord legs. It's the same for the Falcon and the Deer, absolutely nothing locks in! On GaoIcarus, the only things that go clicky-clicky are the shoulders and the Rhino hips and knees. EDIT: Not even the knees click! And only the right one locks in place!

Plus, the plastic is really light and poor, and I can see stress marks on the connectors.

Advice to anyone out there thinking of the Korean versions. While they may be good for other Sentai lines, I am convinced the Gaoranger ones really dropped the ball.