I have a review in the pipeline for the MantanGun [with Buson's Engine Soul (#2)], but because there is a video attached to it- which Josh always edits for me, BTW- it won't be posted until after the flury of all of the SDCC-coverage is over sometime after next week; otherwise it would quickly get lost in the fast shuffling of articles & updates.

As for Bear RV's Engine Soul [#3], I'm still debating whether I want to get a DX Highway Buster or not. I'm not big into the ranger combo weapons, so spending all that money on such a small item seems a waste. Also, shelf space it beginning to become a concern, so I wouldn't have the room for the Highway Buster.
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As for the two newest Go-Onger, I'm really not liking their sidearms. They look too, um... dollar-only store cheap, if you know what I mean. But the suits aren't too bad.

This will also be the first time in Super Sentai history where a woman will be part of the new addition to the team. Yeah, we had Deka Swan, but she only appeared once in "Tokusou Sentai DekaRanger" (2004). Oh, and White Racer from "Gekisou Sentai CarRanger", but she was just a fan of the other rangers and only appeared a handful of times. But Go-On Silver will be a regular character.
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My money would be something like Power Rangers Grand Prix, or Grand Prix Force. Just as lame but it incorporates the logo.

Hmm, I've just seen the suit designs for Go-On Gold & Silver. Now those I definitely like, especially the fact that they've branched out from the racing suit style designs of the five main rangers and come up with something more like a flight suit to go with their engines. Oh and I'm starting to come round to Engine Daishogun too.

Not quite sure how that crown is gonna sit on the DX's head, though, but the lion's mustache is obvious... They also make new molds for 'Speedor's beak & back spoilers, and 'Bear-RV's nose; the rest just looks like straight-up repaint-town. The Go-On Sword looks a little different, though, and the concept art above shows a samurai-like katana longsword attached at it's hip.

But, James O, you may be right about the movie-exclusiveness of this release. We already have a title for it (called?), but I know nothing about it.
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(I should note that HobbyLink Japan [HLJ.com]- where I got the Engine-Oh and Engines Birca & Gunpherd- is not reporting any of this, nor do they even list Engine #9 yet. Nor does ZincPanic.com)

They're also reporting that the 2009 PR series will be called "Power Rangers R.P.M." I smell a rumor-related rat on that last one, though I could easily believe such a lame name too.
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The repaint could grow on me but right now I'm not sure, actually it wouldn't surprise me if that turned out to be a one off for the movie or something.

This'll work kinda like how Gunbir-Oh does- three mecha split among two rangers- Go-On [Gold] (female) and Go-On [Silver] (male)- with two of those for their personal Engines and a third extra. We already know about Engines #7- Toripter (helicopter/bird) and #8- Jetoras (jet fighter/tiger). But the new one- the component which will provide the head, body and legs for the new combo (just Carrigator does)- looks like a cross between a cargo plane and a whale (probably a Blue Whale). This makes this new combo, called the Seiku-Oh, fully flight-capable; with Toripter and Jetoras forming the arms.

This new whale/cargo plane Engine must be another Gigan Engine (i.e. "Giant" Engine) like Carrigator because it will be unusually large compared to most of the other Engines so far, but no images of the new Engine's vehicle mode have appeared yet.

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Also, I sighted the first repaint of the series- a new take on the Engine-Oh. Like the DX Hyakujuu Gattai Gao God from "Hyakujuu Sentai GaoRanger" (2001), it'll have some new headpieces for the individual Engines, and all of the Engines will be using the same colors- red, brown, gold, and black, with green eyes; possibly called the Engine Daishougun. Plus, it comes with a new unique Engine Soul.

I don't know about that 8-part combo that'll officially be appearing here soon on the series-

-but these other two are lookin' kinda cool.
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That is rather concerning, I must admit. But the two new accessory Engines look okay alone.
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Eva, I didn't said that TFs are flawless... yet Energon had many great figures (apart from Hotshot and all those redecos)- Wing Saber, Omega Supreme, Scorponock... actually i'm too lazy to write down all of them :)

Moving backwards in time, in "DekaRanger" I was never thrilled with the DekaBike Robo (or how it became the Super DekaRanger Robo, though the Riding DekaRanger Robo was a nice idea), and it took me quite a while to warm up to the DekaBase Robo and in the end I still didn't want one.

With "AbaRanger", I balked at the Killer-Oh for quite some time. Then, when I purchased one for someone else (actually a Deluxe Dino Stegazord) and snuck a look at it before sending it off, I slowly changed my mind and got one of the latter; with the intent of eventually finding an original to replace it. While I like the look & functions of the MaxOhJa, I can't really bring myself to get the DX one; it's just way too out of proportion. Even now I'm still on the fence on that one, but would never tolerate a Deluxe Triassic Megazord.

And so, for me, though I don't care for most of the hand-held weapons & accessories, I think that the DX toys from "Hurricanger" are the pinnacle, since I'm only missing the DX Senpuujin Hurrier and an original DX Tenkuujin (I have a temporary Deluxe Samurai Star Lightning Megazord in its place).
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I've never really like Starscream toys until I saw the one from "Animated", and I'm definitely getting that one!
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Anyway, how the hell everyone here is able to bend that stupid 10-minute limit from youtube? I just don't know how are you doing it...