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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Goseiger & Go-Busters
Sentai Hero Series 02 & 03 (2010, 2012)


These vinyl figures may only have moveable arms and a waist swivel, but they're only about ¥800 apiece. Up through Shinkenger, they even occasionally came with weapons! Some paint always goes AWOL, but what's on the chopping block is usually chosen well, and the sculpting can sometimes be exquisite. The specifics surrounding these series will highlight a common issue with the line:

All 5 Goseigers* and Gosei Knight are available, and this is usually the norm. One can typically expect each main team and their Sixth(s) to be produced. In Goseiger's case, though, only the boys' Super modes were made. This was unfortunately taken a step farther for Go-Busters, as Hiromu alone got a Powered Custom version, at this scale.**

That said, everyone (outside of Pink Buster) is accounted for at the base level and there's even a Buddyroid series of vinyls.*** Even though gaps sometimes exist, I don't think these should be avoided wholesale. In those instances, they're simply not an option for a complete, matched set. As additional representation of individual characters, however, they're still aces!

The footnotes are located below the cut.

4 (+2) Little Senshi All in a Row out of 5



* Gosei Pink, Black, Yellow and Blue's change cards were included with the
    first run of these figures. I ordered my Eri over a year after the fact and still
    received the card. This is (very) sadly how poorly Goseiger's toys
    sold.

** Yoko and Ryuuji's Powered Custom forms were made in the Sofubi Hero line.

***Enetan and Li-Oh weren't made, but Enetan is sculpted into the head of her
    mecha (at proper scale for these figures) and Li-Oh's DX release is scaled
    acceptably, to boot. He's big and that's good enough.

The possibility of these arriving warped in some manner is moderately high, depending on where you live and the temperature conditions between there and where they're coming from. Such warping can prevent them from standing properly, or at all! Luckily, this can absolutely be remedied. Have a look around for a tutorial on how to fix vinyl toys, if you're in such need. It's definitely a process that requires help from an adult, though. Hence why I'm not covering it.

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