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So, I love Lost Galaxy. A lot more than I anticipated when I first reviewed the series. And I'm especially fond of its Pink Rangers, Kendrix and Karone. There's not much more I can say about them other than they're awesome, and really? That's enough, isn't it?

Unfortunately, I'm not fond of the costume design enough to justify buying a Figuarts of them when they come out Magna Defender is another story. And even more unfortunately, Lost Galaxy got the short end of the stick when it came to toy designs, and it happened to be the ugly stick. If you look for old action figures, you're going to notice a major problem: the girls are all built with boy models. Understandable with Maya, as the Yellow Gingaman was originally a boy. But unforgiveable with Kendrix/Karone. And yes, the problem extends to the original Japanese toys too. Poor Saya.

But while I prowled ebay in search of...say, a DVD from the massive Power Rangers Zordon era release where maybe someone only bought it for MMPR or something...I found jeramiebacca2012 who had something intriguing. For $20 altogether, a Pink Galaxy Ranger with Jet Jammer.

She's actually fairly well articulated, and in Lights of Orion mode (sans Quasar Saber, oddly). Mine's a used toy, so there's some wear-and-tear, and the Jet Jammer is missing a couple of weapons (a missile and a blaster), but that's fine. In terms of detail, she's surprisingly decent, particularly on the Lights of Orion armor. But she's no Figuarts--she doesn't have quite as much articulation, and she's got screws sticking out of her back. Also, her ass is well-sculpted for some reason. This is for kids, right?

The Jet Jammer is beautiful. Again, I'm missing a blaster and one missile, so here's a side without the missile and here's the side with a missile. The thrusters look great, and not only does the bottom have wheels that let you scoot it along a surface, but it also has incredible detail in that bottom. Somebody loved this thing. Unfortunately, she doesn't fit very well into the Jet Jammer--this has to do with the articulation problem. Even the back of the box shows off the problem--while Leo and some of the others are sitting fine, Maya and Kendrix/Karone aren't, and have to lean. I have the same problem with Gokai Pink at her Gokai Darin, to be honest.

Well, if it's an articulation problem, I'd better call in a stunt double. As you can see, she's the same height as Kaoru, but with a very different build. Apparently, in America, female Rangers have bigger boobs. Around this point, I pretty much decided this was probably Karone I was dealing with (because she, Kaoru, and Lauren would have some stories to tell) and settled on Kendrix being with that little gashapon set I bought a while ago. Karone's hands were able to loosely hold the Shinkenmaru. No luck with Rekka Daizantou still, though. NOTHING can hold that monstrocity. I think it'd even defeat Daguva.

As a stunt driver, Kaoru actually fit really well in the Jet Jammer. I must remember this for any future Figuarts purchases. Her gripping hands even worked better on the controls than Karone's did. In fact, she fit so well that I managed to get a shot of the interior--you can see where Karone's legs are supposed to go. It's sad, but this beautifully detailed Jet Jammer really was designed for a toy line that wouldn't be created for about a decade. It's a Figuarts toy. If you have one of these, save up and get yourself a Figuarts to go in it--Gingaman, Shinkenger, anything. I might even throw a Kamen Rider in there at some point!

Anyway, here are Karone and Kaoru ready to fight another Legend War or something. And because back in the day, I loved how inaccurate the box descriptions of the series were, here's Bandai's description of Lost Galaxy. It's actually fairly accurate, though it still was on the "years in the future" thing that got retconned. Also, I always have to laugh whenever they say Magna Defender is helping them. Mike, yes. Magna? Not unless Mike guilt-tripped him into it.
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