The Great Don Onitaijin
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Power Rangers is a series that has formed the childhoods of many of us. This show was of the things that made up the early 2000s, being on the same level as Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. However, while these two managed to stay on track, Power Rangers would end up going in a different direction. At a certain point the quality of the show started to decline and along with it, the quality of their toys. Any avid toy collector for the franchise will tell you that after RPM the toys took a severe nosedive in quality. It was as if the company behind them stopped caring about giving good toys and instead just wanted to get something out there. And with each low quality toy, us collectors started to lose more and more of our passion.
However, that ends now! Rejoice fellow toy collectors for I have the thing that will reignite your lost passion. Behold, the dream of all Power Rangers fans and collectors: Don Onitaijin!
What you are looking at is the main megazord of Avataro Sentai Donbrothers, one of the latest Sentais to come out of Japan. In case you don’t know, Power Rangers is actually an adaption of the Super Sentai series with most of the toys being American adaptations. So what makes this different then the disappointing American toys? Simple: they actually listened to criticism.
The son of Takuya Tsurumaki, one of the designers of the franchise, got a chance to play with the previous season’s toys and said that they were “boring”. He didn’t like the blocky nature of the toys and wished he was able to pose them more. So they decided to take his comments into account when making Don Onitaijin, resulting in something never previously seen in their toys. One thing that you might notice is how much mobility there is in the joints. Unlike most megazords, Don Onitaijin moves a lot like a gunpla which allows for more dynamic movement. Because of this you can make interesting poses that you wouldn’t see in typical toys like it (it can sit!). And the craziest thing of all is that it sits at an incredible 17 in tall! If you are an avid Power Rangers fan looking for a high quality megazord or just a toy collector in general, then I highly recommend looking to get this one. This is one toy that you can’t miss.
Logan Floyd-Mcgee | Writer
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