The obvious appeal of this is the fact that it folds on its vertical axis, into a calligraphy brush, after opening normally as a phone. It's a neat engineering feat that I won't deny, but there simply isn't much to it beyond that, in my eyes. It comes with a set of instructions for pantomiming the five main kanji the team uses to henshin, which is a great touch, especially for Western fans like myself. Though, it isn't THAT hard to imitate the strokes done by the cast on-screen. The center column of buttons (PWR, 2, 5, 8, and 0) elicit the cries of the five main origami, and are in order of the original Shinkengers' hierarchy, not the current-day team. That's not an error; the main point of Shinkenger is how traditions change, evolve, and must be broken.
A note about comparisons can be found below the cut.
3 Flicks of the Wrist out of 5
BoA decided to forgo the folding gimmick entirely, releasing a really abysmal static piece of shit. A second version was released with a light in the top, to mimic the American footage, but it was still shit. I have almost nothing but praise for the Samurai toy line, so please know I'm not being a blind Sentai purist in this instance. It really is the biggest turd of a line that's full of gold.The Bandai Asia version is fine, obviously. There is a third Eastern release that used Power Rangers Samurai branding. As there's no voice-clips herein (only animal and tech sounds), it should have gotten through entirely unchanged.
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