Toy Review: Loyal Subjects Vinyl Figure - Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger

Loyal Subjects have released vinyl figures that usually go for retail price 11 to 15 dollars. They are blind packs, so you don't kow what you will get. The ones available are Billy/Blue, Red/Jason, Yellow/Trini, Pink/Kimberly, Black/Zack, White/Tommy, Green/Tommy, Translucent Red, Rita, Zedd and Goldar. Saban Brands gave me one and it's Kimberly.

 

 

First of all, it's hard to open without ripping the carboard on the top. When you take it out, it is in a silver reflective bag with the MMPR logo in front and  Power Morpher with black spot in back.

The figure comes with Blade Blaster, Power Bow, Pony Tail and two halves of helmet and Trading Card. Trading card has the figure on one side and the Red Ranger from the box cover in other. Pink Ranger has diamonds on the back which is not accurate, it should be two triangles meeting. Everything else is accurate. She has joints and can move around her legs and arms and head. Yes she can stand up but there is not much stand movement. The ponytail is hard to attach.

 

Review:

I love this Pink Ranger! When I first saw these figures, I thought they were smaller and didn't move a lot. I am impressed by the articulation and semi-action of detail, I must say. I would have said attention to detail but the back diamond writhes me because it is a common mistake that in 20 years, you'd think it wouldn't be overlooked. This is suggested age of 15 years old, I also suggest this is not for kids. They are great for collectors. They are a little pricey for me but I understand the price. Also since they are blind packs, I am not risking it in instead of paying $120-150, I will probably be paying $200 or more.



Toy Review: MM Power Rangers ImagiNext Blue Ranger & Triceratops Zord/Green & Pink Rangers

ImagiNext is a toy line from Fisher Price company which usually carters to children under the age of 8. ImagiNext are action toys mostly for boys ages 3 to 8. I received these two products (Blue Ranger & Triceratops Zord and Green Ranger & Pink Ranger set) from Saban Brands because I am part of Power Force.

 

Blue Ranger & Triceratops Zord

When I first heard of this, I was excited for my grandnephew (age 5) and grandniece (age 2) because they are around the age range. Some fans would prefer Dino Charge and not Mighty Morphin, but I think that if this is popular, then there will be more. Obviously this is to capture former fans, now adults to buy this for their kids.

It comes with four missiles, the zord and Blue Ranger figure. There is an empty slot in the package, which has no weapon in it. I thought something was missing.

 

The back missile launcher folds back and stands up. The two launchers rotate back and forth in about 340 or 330 degrees, it doesn't go all the way 360 because it hits the blue part. When the figure is placed in the red center, it pushes down and the zord necks pushes the head out. There is four blue wheels under the fake wheels.

This is the back of the box, it has beautiful artwork of the four zords (no Pterdactyl), Megazord, Goldar & Rita and the six Rangers with Power Cannon. Underneath shows Megazord, Tyrannosaurus, Sabertooth Tiger, Mastodon, Goldar, Green & Pink Set and Putty Set.

Second product is Pink Ranger & Green Ranger, Pink Ranger comes with Power Bow and Green Ranger with his Dragon Dagger. Green Ranger has no shield and silver stripes on his helmet.

 

This is the back of the box, it has beautiful artwork of the four zords (no Pterdactyl), Megazord, Goldar & Rita and the six Rangers with Power Cannon. Underneath shows Megazord, Mastodon, Goldar, Red & Yellow Set and Putty Set.

 

 



It is hard to put the Power Bow in Pink Ranger's hand. It has slots for the Power Lance, Power Daggers, Power Sword and Power Axe to form the Power Cannon. Proportion-wise I think the Dragon Dagger is too long, I tried fitting it in the Power Bow and it is hard to do so but it fits.

 

The backs are accurate with diamonds. Pink Ranger has no white in helmet. Green Ranger has silver stripe. The bottom feet have holes to fit the groves in the zords and other playsets.

Review:

My grandnephew of course loved the Triceratops Zord. He played with it for hours. His only complaint was that the Blue Ranger didn't have his Power Lance. He rather have the Ranger figures sit in the zords than stand. I like the details like the Triceratops and Ranger symbols on the console like on the show. The zord and Blue Ranger are accurate. Pink & Green aren't. Overall these are great for little kids who are the target audience. If you are a collector, you might find them cute.

 



Power Rangers Megaforce Hot Wheels Mega AIr Jump Set

 I picked up the Mega Air Jump set from Power Rangers Megaforce Hot Wheels at Toys R Us. It is a Toys R Us exclusive and unlike the first Hot Wheels set that comes with the Mega Striker, it comes with a car you can't get anywhere else. I picked it up for my nephew. If it is not popular with adult fans, I see this is a favorite for my nephew and kids would love it.

 

At first I didn't think that the car was based on it but it slightly has the colors of the Gosei Ultimate and has some elements similar to it such as the red lines and the triangular shapes on the back of the top.

 

Front, side and back views. It is a convertible of sorts. It has red transparent 'windows.'

 As I said on the video, it has five tracks, four go in the first one, attaching to the clamp and the jumping ramp. The ramp is attached to a tower with another ramp. The tower ramp also has a track to hit the floor. The set comes with no paper instructions, just tiny illustrations on the back of the box. It is pretty simple to assemble, especially if you have assembled Hot Wheels tracks before which I have,

 The Red tracks come with a gold attachment that slides under the groves of the other red track and snaps with the circle dot. It is easy to dissemble as well.

 

Some Hot Wheels cars are usable and work in the jump. The Yellow Ranger car does not. The Red Ranger car works great. For us, even better than the silver one. There is a gold mechanism before the jump that if you hold it back, it lets the silver car do the jump successfully. The silver car comes with plastic rubber band-like band that you need to take off the wheels before using.

 I also got my grand nephew the Yellow Ranger Tiger Zord car as he requested it and it has a great design, it has bull-dozer-like wheels, but they aren't the actual wheels. The car toy wheels are covered by the 'dozer' wheels. It makes it difficult for the car to run through the Mega Air Jump track. It get stuck at the first stop and doesn't jump. Like the Blue Ranger car, it also makes it difficult for it to fit in my Nephew's Hot Wheels carrying case that carries regular Hot Wheels cars.

 

 I found the Blue Ranger car under my desk (I have a big desk).

 Kids Rating: 4 Stars 

Lavender Ranger's Rating: 4 Stars

My nephew Jaiden loves it! It is great for kids, easy to assemble and easy to use. Hard thing for parents is storage. I have just been dissembling it and re-assembling it. I like playing with my grand nephew and it. My nephew that is 25 and likes cars also likes this one. 

Adult Collector Rating; 2

I don't think this was made for collectors. If you are both a Hot Wheels and Power Rangers fan, I suggest picking it up just for the silver car. It is quite cool. But can it be confused with other Hot WHeels cars as it is not as 'dynamic' as the Yellow Ranger car or Blue Ranger car? Yes, it is sort of generic in the mist of Hot Wheels cars.

Power Rangers Megaforce Gosei Morpher Toy Review

UPDATED 1/20/13 8 PM EST

I went to Toys R Us today near International Mall, which was rebuilt to include Baby R Us within it as it used to have Pets Mart next to it. I got it for 40% off along with a Retrofire Samurai Megazord for my grand nephew Jaiden. The megazord keeps falling apart, the shoulder armor and waist parts. Anyways, I usually don't get US morphers but this one is great! Jaiden loves it! I tried using my old 2008 CCG cards (US equivalent to RangerStrike) and some work! It was Jaiden's idea to stick the old cards in there. Also, thanks to Furydiamond for most of the cards as he gave them to me at PMC.



Here are some that work:

SPD Red Swat card = RPM yellow, Jungle Fury Blue Power Up, Time Force Ranger (Quantum)

 SPD Battlized Red Ranger = Super Samurai Blue, Operation Overdrive Blue, Operation Overdrive Yellow, Jungle Fury Yellow Power Up,  Super Samurai Green, Operation Overdrive Black

Delta Runner 5 card = Operation Overdrive Yellow

Delta Runner 3 = Ninja Storm Green,  RPM Blue and Super Samurai Blue.

Camile and Wolf Ranger = Lost Galaxy Megazord
Power Up Yellow Cheetah Ranger = Lightspeed Rescue Red
Blue Wild Force = Operation Overdrive Pink
Delta Command Megazord = Operation Overdrive Silver, Megaforce Black Powerup
Flit = Operation Overdrive Megazord or Operation Overdrive Pink

Shiny Cheetah Ranger card = Zeo Pink, Samurai Pink, Jungle Fury Megazord, Zeo Blue, Jungle Fury Blue Power Up

  Rhino ranger = Wild Force

Delta command crawler = RPM Green and Victory Charge

Red Tiger Zord = RPM, Super Samurai Red
Mega Tigerzord = Mighty Morphin Black, Mighty Morphin Megazord
Blue Jaguar Zord = Samurai Blue, RPM Green, Jungle Fury
Tiger Ranger (16) = Operation Overdrive Yellow
Tyrannosaurus Dino Zord = Zeo Yellow, SPD Green Power Up, Mystic Force Pink Power Up

Red Dragon (Thunderzord) = Mystic Force Green, Samurai Red, Lost Galaxy Yellow, Jungle Fury Yellow Power Up, Jungle Fury Red Power Up, Ninja Storm

Power-Up Blue Ranger = Mystic Force Yellow Power Up, Turbo Pink

White Tigerzord Tiger Mode = Megaforce Megazord, Megaforce Black Power Up, Lost Galaxy Megazord
Jungle Pride Megazord = Megaforce Red

I tipped off FuryDiamond of Ranger Crew Blog and now he filmed his own tests. Funny enough, I had the cards didn't want to work when I recorded it. Some said something different like the Delta Command Crawler saying 'Victory Charge.' But out of friendly competition, here is mine:



Read more: http://blog.samuraicast.com/gosei-morpher-with-collectible-card-game-2008/#ixzz2IY3ng1tK 

Dragon Sword and Hotwheels Red & Blue Toy Reviews

In an effort to bring Henshin Grid into a new direction and have video toy reviews, I planned to get the perspective of a young Power Ranger fan. My plan as to review some new toys from the perspective of my 3-year-old grand nephew Jaiden (he wasn't named after Jayden the Red Ranger). Anyone that has a 3-year-old know it is hard to get anything out of them. Jaiden turned out not liking being photographed or even on video. He got shy. For Christmas, I got him the Samurai Red Sword Cycle, plush 16" Green Samurai Ranger Battler, Mega Mode Green Samurai Ranger Mask, Hotwheels Power Rangers Megaforce Red and Blue, and Megaforce Dragon Sword and Phoenix Shot. His mom gave him the Red Ranger Sword slahing Action Morph figure. I only reviewed Dragon Sword Phoenix Shot Battle Set and the Hotwheels cars of Power Rangers.

 

  Dragon Sword Phoenix Shot Battle Set

 

Power Rangers Megaforce Hotwheels Red Dragon Zord and Blue Shark Zord