I
was at the SM Toy Express (a toy discount store chain here in the Philippines)
about a month ago when I saw this plus three other spacecraft variables being
sold for only Php 60 (roughly around $1.00++) from its original price of Php
120 per variable. Since these toys were not that familiar with me, I decided to
get for myself 2 out of the 4 available spacecrafts and check them out first
before I can decide to acquire all of them. As soon as I got home, I did some
little research on Crystal Warrior and found out that they are somewhat China's
answer to the more popular Sentai heroes of Japan and the U.S. but as of to
date, these Chinese Sentai heroes are still quite unfamiliar to most people...
or I could be wrong. There were a few personal blogs and forums discussing
about Crystal Warrior and since Bandai took them in to handle their toy
merchandising, it has somehow, in some other way, helped boost their
franchising though it wasn't enough to get them flourishing in today's
mainstream Sentai market.
Going
back, I decided to unbox the DX Fighter Magical and I must say that the toy
item isn't that bad at all, in fact the spacecraft has the resemblance of a
crossover between a F-117 Stealth Fighter and an F-2 Stealth Bomber when its
wings are clipped. Paint job on the toy is quite average having just the
cockpit/canopy glass painted partly in blue while some parts were painted in
black and the rest are in white. The item is purely made of plastic though it
doesn't give you that cheap feel of plastic toys that you get off the
sidestreets from some toy vendor selling bootleg toys or something like that.
Overall, it's not that bad nor is it at par with very good quality toys
synonymous to the Bandai brand and their products. It is somewhere in the
middle where quality is up a notch from average with a price tag that is
reasonable to those who are just random toy collectors looking for good bargain
finds.
It
was only yesterday afternoon that I took some snapshots of the item since I was
preoccupied in recent times with other stuff (including some bouts of laziness
attacks) and I have managed to come up with a photo set that you can see in its
entirety over at our Facebook page. Here are some photo samples of the toy and
hope you guys like it. 'Til next time guys, stay safe always!
(*Click
on the images for larger view and more photos inside)
