Go! Go! Evil Aliens!

I never really cared for the American version of the Power Rangers all that much. The heroes were pretty annoying to me, and the scenes with the American actors shoved in got on my last nerve. What I loved about Power Rangers were the monsters. I always rooted for them. Goldar was my main reason to ever tune into that show, and I was continually disappointed by how much of a chump he was. Still... he looked awesome (A guy that looks that spiffy needed to whup butt at least every once in a while).

I was thrilled to find this little assortment of old Power Rangers villains for a really great price on eBay last week. I bid and won, and I thought I'd share my haul here.



What a motley crew! Most of these guys are the big 8 inch tall rotocast vinyl figures, but a couple are the smaller figures with action features. I mainly wanted to get the bigger guys to go in my kaiju collection, but one of the smaller dudes has won me over.



These are the smaller 5 inch figures. They each have some kind of action feature. I never really cared for this line because action features usually annoy the poo out of me.



This is Pudgy Pig. I guess he's a pig's head in a Roman Centurion's helmet. With disturbing fat lady legs... ugh... When you move the crest on the helmet his mouth moves, and he eats stuff.



Ummm... why is there a hinge on his butt?



Oh no... he has a place where he can "poop" out his digested food. Ugh.



This is Eye Guy. He rules. I wish he had been made as one of the larger scale figures, because his design is insane!



I'm not usually one for action features, but his is a cool one... you press that button on his back...



... and his "eye boobs" shoot out at you. A W E S O M E!



Another cool bit is that his main eye has an articulated eyelid, so you can make him blink. Take that, Optikk!



He looks pretty cool coming after smaller toys like Pheyden here. He's one of the very best things about this haul!

On to the big guys:



Here's Goldar. I already have one of these guys, so I was initially going to offer him up for trade-- however, he has a broken wing. I can fix it, but I'd hate to sell/trade a repaired toy. I think I'm going to repaint him with a better paint job than he had before.



This is Pirantishead. He's pretty festive. I love his bell-bottoms.



He's supposed to be in an action stance, but he really looks like he's dancing. I think I like that even more!



Alien monsters have awesome tastes in colors.



This is Soccodillo. I remember this dude from the show. He'd roll up in a ball and beat the crap out of the Rangers.



He really needs to see a doctor about that lump.



The textures on this guy are great. He's a pretty chunky figure, and I love that!



This is Goo Fish. GooFish. Goofish. Yeah...



He's a pretty disturbing looking dude. It's like he's two monsters smashed into one. He might be, for all I know-- I never saw the episode with him in it.



Gotta love that extra mouth there. Creepy...



This was the treasure of the haul to me. I have wanted a Guitardo ever since I saw the review of him on Collection DX.




The sculpt and paint work on him are excellent (this one is pretty scuffed up, but he's still awesome), and he just has a prescence on the shelf. He has a nice silver paint spray on his arms and legs and the entire figure has a metallic sheen.



Of all these guys, I think he looks the most like a monster that would have fit perfectly into the Ultraman universe.



See? Works like a charm.



He towers over smaller figures as well!

So overall, I am very happy with what my $9.50 bought. You can't beat that deal with a stick!

New old stuff

Got this guy in the mail today. I never really cared for the American version of the Power Rangers, but I always dug the villains-- Goldar in particular. I missed out on getting a figure of him back in the day, because Power Rangers stuff was rare, rare, rare in these parts. I snagged this goon on eBay for 4 bucks, which is honestly a great deal-- most times the big vinyls go for a good chunk more than that.



He's an 8-inch-tall, rotocast vinyl figure, and he's made from some pretty dense vinyl. The quality on these Bandai vinyl figures is always top notch. He's pretty darn well-sculpted with a considerable amount of detail work for what was essentially a toy from a kid's show. He has cut joints at the shoulders, waist, and hips, so he's pretty nicely poseable.



The paint has held up pretty well considering that the toy was a kid's toy and that it's over 17 years old. I'm going to need to touch it up a bit, but that's part of the fun.




I had no idea just how huge this guy is until I had him next to some of my other figures-- he's an impressive addition to my kaiju collection!



Not too shabby for 4 bucks, huh?



Now... in addition to that I'm posting pics of this big sucker: the 13 inch tall rotocast vinyl Hulk figure from the first movie (you know... the one that sucked). Bad movie/great toy! I picked this dude up in 2003 when I was still in college (ZOUNDS!). They had just put them out on the shelves at Walmart, and these bad boys only cost 10 bucks. 13 inches of nicely articulated vinyl Hulk. WITH PANTS!!! Not too shabby!



There were two different versions: one with a slightly annoyed expression and one that looked like he was about to rape an elephant. I snapped up this one because I liked the face sculpt better. There's something powerful about the facial sculpt that says "calm before the storm." It's like potential energy as opposed to the other one that looks like an enraged wrestler who just realized someone peed in his beer.



When I say that this sucker is huge, I mean HUGE. He stands 13 inches tall and he's just about as wide as he is tall! He has 3 ball joints-- something that more rotovinyl toy makers need to explore-- which give him an impressive range of motion. His shoulders and ribcage areball-jointed, and he has cut joints in the neck, biceps, wrists, waist, hips, knees, and ankles. He looks great standing in his standard pose, but he can take on a nice amount of dynamic poses due to the clever articulation.



It's a really nice figure with some delightfully intricate sculptural details. If you ever see one at a good price, I'd say "snag it!" It looks really good on a shelf, and it's a lot of fun to goof around with.