Juukou B Fighter Pulsaber ReviewHello again people and fans, Dave here again for another review and yes, this is a sequel to the previous Metal Hero toy I reviewed. Behold, the Big Bad Beetleborgs' ...errr I mean B Fighters' Pulsabers. Yes, this piece came together with my Input Magnum because they are both compatible. Introduced in Episode 22 of Juukou B Fighter, the Pulsaber reacts to the yells and voices of the B Fighters and their roars of justice. Let's dwell in and see how close this toy resembles the one in the show IF IT DID.
Behold the package of this 1995 toy piece:
Simple and yet another open window packaging concept item for the 90s.
The bottom of the box shows the Pulsaber toy and the 3 B Fighters.
The top of the box is simpler with just a blue background and one B Figher emblem on it.
At the back, some minor guidelines are shown on how to operate this toy as well as how to integrate it with the Input Magnum.
Contents are fairly standard in this toy. We got the Toy itself, a plastic tray, a seal sheet and this one came with a black and white manual sheet.
The manual sheet shows the basic operations as well as the explanation on how to play the combined mode.
Upon unboxing it, the toy looks quite close to it's show counterpart. The blade part is as usual soft rubbery plastic and is made to be shorter for safety reasons
The back of the toy has the exact same details as the front and in addition the LEDs can also be seen at the back.
This is the battery cover portion. No screws, no need for pointed pens. Just pull it out and it reveals a compartment for 2 AA batteries. This is an old toy, so it uses AA batteries.
This is how this toy sounds when you press the trigger once. In order to activate the Finisher / Charge Attack sound, hold on the Trigger and yell / make some noise to the speaker. What I did in the video was simply knocking on the speaker since I can't be yelling at it. It still works since knocking makes sounds. This is a very smart function. YES, VERY SMART. For a 90s toy that can do what it could in the show, I give an A+ for the innovation.
Another way to activate the Charge Attact sound is to press on to both sides of the red clear panels. This also emulates what is seen in the show where the B Fighters ROAR and slide the LED part at the same time. Pure genius, pure genius.
to the final gimmick of this toy, connecting with the Input Magnum. There are a few steps in order to do so:
The first step is to fold down the clear red grip on the bottom back of the Pulsaber. This piece grips on to the area near the Power Bolt of the Input Magnum.
The next step is to unlock the clear red piece at the center of the Pulsaber and folding both pieces down. Then relock the red piece with each other and you get:
SABER MAGNUM!
This is how the function of this works. By pushing the Trigger on the Input Magnum, there's another locking trigger that pushes a trigger on the Pulsaber, resulting it to be in CHARGE UP mode. With that, the sounds from the Input Magnum will resonate to the Pulsaber and it will cause something like a charging sequence and when the time is right, the Finisher sound occurs which is another different finisher sound. The requirement of the gimmick is that the Trigger needs to be held for at least 3 seconds and this is mentioned in the manual of the Pulsaber.
The combo I did in the video is 1-1-0-INPUT and that is the basic finisher for the SABER MAGNUM, they call it MAXIM BEAM MODE which fires a beam similar to the respective B Fighters' colours. There was also another MAXIM combo used which was 0-2-6-INPUT and is called MAXIM RETTOU MODE (MAXIM FREEZER MODE).
Looking at the size of this thing, it's really quite accurate in scale. I love this gun really really much. It's a very unique toy and to say it's a 90s toy, it's so hard to believe.
In the West, Bandai America released this toy under the name Pulsaber as well and the packaging was slightly different and was more matching to the Big Bad Beetleborgs line.
The photo above is how the Bandai America Pulsaber's packaging looks like. I do not own or ever seen this one hence, I don't know if the sounds and functions are changed. Credits again to GrnRngr.com for the photo above.
All in all I would say this toy is awesome. Sound receiver and motion receiver makes it so unique. However, the full potential of this toy is fully unleashed if you have both Magnum and Saber. The combined SABER MAGNUM is really a very good weapon. I would give 4.5/5 for both value and playability.
