Kabuto Origami

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Kabuto Origami

Kabuto Origami

US/EU: Beetle Zord

Zord Information

Toyline Bandai Japan: Kabuto Origami
Bandai US/EU: Beetle Zord
Release (Japan) -
Release (US/EU) -No. 31566
JAN Code (JP) 4543112550668
Mecha Type Auxiliary
My version Bandai (Japan)
Mecha Condition Used & complete (CIB)

Description

The Kabuto Origami is one of the auxiliary Origami from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, shaped like a vividly orange Japanese rhinoceros beetle (kabutomushi). It made its debut in Act 5 of the series: Takeru, the Red Shinkenger, first had to raise his Mojikara (the secret power of written characters) in order to master its disk — a necessity once an Ayakashi appeared that ordinary blades simply could not cut. It is summoned from the Kabuto Himitsu Disk (Secret Disk), which is slotted into sword and mecha and wound up. In Power Rangers Samurai it appears as the BeetleZord and is assigned there to the Green Samurai Ranger.

Its signature moment is merging with ShinkenOh to form Samurai Busou KabutoShinkenOh (the Beetle Blaster Megazord in PR). The beetle folds around the robot's head as a heavily armed helmet and shoulder armor, turning it into a walking gun emplacement. From the barrels set into the helmet it unleashes the Kabuto Hou, a flurry of cyan and orange laser beams; the finisher, Kabuto Daikaiten Hou, has ShinkenOh kneel, close up the helmet, and spin rapidly to gather orange energy before discharging it in one concentrated blast. Beyond that, the Kabuto Origami can dock together with the Kajiki and Tora Origami to form the flying DaiTenku (the basis of the Samurai Battlewing in PR).

As a DX toy, the Kabuto Origami was released by Bandai (Japan) as part of the auxiliary Origami line, and it thrives on the clever Himitsu Disk mechanic: the included Kabuto Disk is inserted and wound to drive the play features, among them the rotating beetle pincers and the horn cannon. It clicks snugly onto the DX ShinkenOh to build KabutoShinkenOh and plugs together with the other auxiliary Origami into the larger DaiTenku — a collector highlight for any Shinkenger display.

In the US, Bandai America released the same mold in 2011 as the BeetleZord within the ZordBuilder system, usually packaged with a Mega Green Ranger figure (Forest Green). The ZordBuilder pieces are built around simple flip-and-connect play, letting kids attach the beetle to the Samurai Megazord (Beetle Blaster Megazord) or freely combine it with other Zords — more play-focused and more plainly painted than the Japanese DX version, but the very same orange rhinoceros beetle.

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