Durarara!! takes place in the city of Ikebukuro, where Mikado Ryūgamine has just transferred to at the request of his childhood friend Masaomi Kida. Mikado soon learns about the city's colourful inhabitants - including a Russian Sushi seller named Simon, a short fused man named Shizuo with incredible strength, and an information deal named Izaya. He also learns about Ikebukuro's gang society, particularly a large, anonymous group known as the Dollars. But Ikebukuro's population isn't that straightforward, as Mikado also meets "The Black Rider", a headless motorcycle rider who has become the city's urban legend. This rider is in fact Celty Sturluson, a female Dullahan from Ireland who has come to city in search of her missing head (which is the source of her memories). As the series begins each of these people have different stories to tell, but soon their paths become closer and closer, with the stories interlocking into one bigger story which has the...

After several weeks of the post office not telling me I had a parcel waiting for me (sigh), I finally have my hands on the Gokaiger minipla Gokai machines - the first add on pack to the mini-pla GokaiOh (which I reviewed several months ago). As each of these figures offer something different each time, I will be reviewing them a little differently than usual. Each figure will receive a rating both on its individual mode and its combination with GokaiOh (each mini review will also be followed by pictures). So without further adieu, I give you the MagiDragon, the Pat Striker and GaoLion. MagiDragon The first Sentai power the Gokaiger received was the MagiDragon, from 2005-06's Mahou Sentai Magiranger. The MagiDragon is the combination of the yellow, pink, blue and green Magirangers in their magical mecha forms, only here rather than its usual black it is red with a rather fetching pirate bandanna. The model itself is easily to assemble, and while not the most articulated thi...