Moon stick

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The Moon Stick is Sailor Moon’s ultimate weapon from the first story arc of the Sailor Moon anime and manga series. The Moon Stick is the weapon that she uses to vanquish the evil Queen Beryl. Those who watched the U.S. dub of Sailor Moon may remember this weapon as the Crescent Moon Wand.

Although other versions of the Moon Stick have been released, Bandai recently released what they are touting as the most accurate version of this iconic weapon. Bandai’s new Moon Stick is a 1:1 scale prop replica, hence the “Proplica” moniker for this new line.

The Moon Stick is a weapon with a simple design. The previous toy versions of the Moon Stick, which were released a while back, took some liberties with the design in order to make it look more ornate. But this time around the name of the game is show accuracy and the Proplica Moon Stick does a good job at capturing what this weapon looks like in the anime. I think the only thing that would have made this more screen accurate is if the Moon Stick had a longer handle.

In the Sailor Moon series, the Moon Stick was upgraded with the addition of the Silver Crystal. The Proplica Moon Stick includes a Silver Crystal, which can be attached onto the Moon Stick by removing a circular cover piece inside of the moon crescent. You remove this piece by pressing the buttons that are concealed at the base of the crescent moon.

That buttons for releasing the golden cover/ Silver Crystal are not the only functional parts of this toy that are concealed for maximum show accuracy.

The battery compartment is also nicely hidden on the body of the Moon Stick.

Also, the speaker for this Moon Stick is better hidden than the previous iterations of Sailor Moon’s iconic weapon.

See the speaker compartment? No?

The circle in the back of the Moon Stick is actually a gap betwen the two pieces of plastic. This gap allows the sounds to escape the toy. It also keeps the back of the Moon Stick from having large and noticeable holes for the speakers. The previous versions of the Moon Stick, being toys and all, went that route and tried to incorporate the holes into the design by making them into star patterns.

The “on/off” switch actually the chrome piece at the bottom of the moon stick. It has three settings: star mode, off and moon mode.

The Moon Stick features 4LEDs that light up when you press the star button on the handle. There are 3 LEDs  inside the golden crest.

There is also a color-changing LED inside of the Silver Crystal. I had to turn off the lights in my photo setup because they overpower the LED in the Silver Crystal. In normal lighting conditions, however, there is no issue with seeing the light from the LED inside of the Silver Crystal.

The Moon Stick features 8 different sounds, which are produced by using different combinations of the “moon” and “star” settings on the wand, pressing or holding the star button and using the wand with or without the Silver Crystal. Check out my video review to listen in on the sounds of the Moon Stick and also check out the LED lights!

The Moon Stick also comes with a stand so that you can proudly display your Proplica for the world to see.

The base of the stand has an indentation in it. You can place either the chrome cover for the crescent or the Silver Crystal on this part of the base.

The stand’s design takes into consideration that sounds for the Moon Stick come out of the rear of the toy. There is a circular cutout at the back of the stand, so that you can still listen to the sounds effects of the Moon Stick while it rests in the stand.

Also included is a pretty sweet flower-themed display piece to insert the Silver Crystal into.

The Moon Stick is a very smartly designed prop replica, which gives us a very faithful rendition of Sailor Moon’s iconic weapon. This version of the Moon stick will no doubt satisfy even the most discerning Moonie looking for a great display piece or for a prop to go with their Sailor Moon cosplay.           

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