This bad boy deserves the name Grand Liner!

Fewer items came this week, but I can say it allowed me to make steady progress with Chapter 5 of ef - a fairy tale of the two.


Thursday, phat-badger, I firstly received Deluxe Supertrain Megazord.

I finally got the one Megazord from Lightspeed Rescue (a.k.a. GoGoFive on the Sentai side of things) I ultimately wanted (that isn't a black repaint), even more so after a certain someone (he knows who he is) got theirs for free!

The only gripes I have with mine is it doesn't have the antennae for Rail Rescue 1 and Rail Rescue 2, one or two missing stickers, and one of the clips on the detachable front piece of Rail Rescue 1 is broken (but it still attaches securely enough).

Apart from that, I'm very impressed with this Megazord. The Rail Rescues when coupled together as trains are roughly twice the length of Fortress Maximus' Battleship mode (which makes Travelion cry), and when formed as the Megazord they're around the same height as King J-Der (which makes Travelion cry yet again).


Thursday, lbh1876, I secondly received Revenge of the Fallen Mudflap.

Unlike his greener twin, I'm not so keen on Mudflap as his kibble gets in the way in robot mode, and he doesn't really lock together too well.

To put it more simply: Skids superior, Mudflap inferior!

Beyond all Space and Time for a marvellous bargain

Nemmy has just received a delivery from rogerrabbit1966, and this one is a really special one.


As you can see, I got myself a Deluxe Time Force Megazord complete with box, instructions and a promotional leaflet for the truly fucking amazing price of £3.98 (well, £9.73 if you want to include shipping)!

And on a side note, you can also see the other Masterpiece MP-1B Convoy Black Ver. metal plate and pouch I got from po_lu_si (yes, I actually paid to get the damn freebie this time because I couldn't be arsed to deal with anymore hassle regarding the second Masterpiece Black Convoy that didn't arrive with it either).

But enough about that, I want to focus on the Megazord instead.

I've always liked the look of the Time Force Megazord (a.k.a. TimeRobo), but my interest in it increased even more after I finally got the chance to see TimeRanger (the Super Sentai equivalent of Power Rangers Time Force) subbed in its entirety.

Of all the older Super Sentai series I wanted to see, TimeRanger was at the top of the list. Why? Mainly because I managed to learn of its existence before Power Rangers Time Force was even a twinkle in Saban's eye (okay, slight exaggeration, but I think you get the point).

TimeRanger just looked like a really cool concept at the time (how can anyone not like the futuristic nature it had?). The suits were cool, the weapons were cool, and the TimeJets with their three modes of transformation (TimeRobo Alpha, TimeRobo Beta and TimeJet Gamma) were also undeniably cool in my eyes.

But the coolest thing of all was the introduction of a second Red Ranger. You may know him better as the Quantum Ranger; I prefer to remember him as TAIMUFAIYAA!!! (sorry, I couldn't resist doing that. I meant to say TimeFire).

To cut a long story short, my recent watching of TimeRanger lead me into wanting (and of course getting) this Megazord. Now if only I could get my hands on a complete TimeShadow for the combined Shadow Alpha and Shadow Beta modes, that'd be really awesome!

We need Constructicon power now!

Damn, this is like the third day in-a-row I'd had new toys now.

Firstly, I got two parcels from xpwongagex and Kapow Toys (via Amazon).


Those contained a MMPR 2010 Yellow Ranger and an Animated Swoop (Nemmy is really liking his Animated lately, huh?).

And they weren't the only things I got today...


Because I also got the Revenge of the Fallen (Legends Class) Constructicon Devastator from the new Argos catalogue.

For Legends sized toys, these are amazing simply for doing what their larger brethren fail to do!


Hell, I was impressed with Devastator enough to include him in the photo I took of my now complete team of MMPR 2010 Rangers.

An unwanted Pink Ranger finds a new home

Nemmy had a rather unexpected surprise today.

An acquaintance of mine gave me their MMPR 2010 Pink Ranger they no longer wanted (they're a fan of Kimberly, but thought the new downsized MMPR 2010 toy of her was a bit of a let-down).


Well, I'm not complaining as it came complete with the accessories and even the packaging.

Also, it brings me one step closer to my goal of having all the basic MMPR 2010 Rangers.

My Rangers get a dose of Black and Blue

It is the day before Christmas, and I'm still feeling kinda pissed.

• Hassles within the caring profession
• Customs screwing me over in more ways than one
• My nan having a cancer scare
• Buses not running in my estate due to the weather

...and a bunch of other annoying shit are really making this a truly loathsome Christmas to remember.

But on a more pleasant note, I received my MMPR 2010 Black and Blue Rangers from redrobot1.


It would have been nice if the MMPR 2010 Pink and Yellow Rangers I'm expecting had arrived today as well, but I had no such luck.

Time for some Red Ranger action

You've already had my thoughts on the MMPR 2010 Green Ranger.

Today we get to expand on that a bit as I now have my MMPR 2010 Red Ranger from klotzy101.


The figure is basically the same as the Green Ranger, but with a greater degree of arm movement because he doesn't have the shield hampering it.

He also differs from the Green Ranger by having a Blade Blaster to go with his personal weapon and the DinoFlyer (and those claw thingys).

I don't really like the Blade Blaster as it looks dumb when plugged into the belt, and also that it doesn't stay in his hand with a steady grip as it just fits in there very loosely.

A tiny Green Ranger is fine too!

While I'm taking a quick break from playing VNs and the various new anime series I'm catching up on, I thought I'd give my opinion on this item I received from klotzy101 today.


As you can see from the picture I've got my first sampling of the new MMPR revival for 2010 (although I'm still kinda pissed that we won't be getting an adaptation of Shinkenger). And what can be better than starting with a figure of the ever popular Green Ranger?

Well, the first thing I've got say about it is a big damn you to the postman for trying (and of course failing) to shove it through the bleeding letterbox!!!

But putting my rage on that issue aside, let's return to the figure.

One thing you'll immediately notice about the new MMPR figures is their size, which is now comparable to that of a Microman. So yeah, they do look really tiny when displayed with my Power Rangers figures of yesteryear (including the Super Legends I've been getting).

I won't say that's necessarily a bad thing, but it does seem like an odd thing to do after all this time (especially when they spent money to give the Rangers these DinoFlyer and claw thingys for accessories).

And the DinoFlyer when used as wings on the Green Ranger gives off a Kamen Rider Odin (or Kamen Rider Wrath for those of you watching Dragon Knight) with Goldphoenix vibe, and it matches pretty well the shield I think.

What treats does this special day hold?

Well, today just happens to be the 25th birthday of ol' Nemmy here, so I thought I'd do another post on hauls.


The other day (so no, these aren't birthday presents) I got another Power Rangers Super Legends figure from 1977gp and a rather nostalgic (to me anyway) anime offering on DVD from Play.com.

• Green Samurai Ranger
• Street Fighter II The Animated Movie Special Collector's Edition
  

That being said, I did get one Transformer as a present from some friends.

• Revenge of the Fallen Demolishor

I'm actually pretty happy with this as they were worried that they might have bought one I already had (which I can understand), but I truly appreciate their thought to be honest.

It isn't that bad a toy either, even though the transformation is kinda like doing origami and balancing it in robot mode takes a lot of patience (and that isn't one of my strongest points).

Sixth Rangers and a few other goodies

I didn't get all of these items today; I was simply too lazy to post about them until now.


First from HobbyLink Japan and Frankie (a.k.a. toyspark) we have.

• Portrait.Of.Pirates Mild Nico Robin Dereshi ver.
• Alternity A-02 Megatron Diamond Black
  

Next up is two of the newer releases in the Power Rangers Super Legends range I received from chassie4011 and 1977gp.

• Super Samurai Green Ranger
• Titanium Rescue Ranger
  

And I also purchased all of the Metrodome G1 DVDs again because my old sets had some discs that'd refuse to play properly (on several players including my PC), so I thought "right, fuck you!" and looked on Play.com where I found the lot going for £20.