Best and Worst of 2016

I usually do every year but it looks like I forgot to do this last year.

BEST

Best Team Design

Goes to Kyuranger, the team of nine.

Best Teamup

When Gokaiger teamed up with the Zyuohger was pretty sweet.

Best use of females in merchandise

While females are ignored usually with Bandai and now that we see them more with Legacy figures and movie figures, I am starting to see them just warm shelves. They are not getting sold. But I like that Bandai is at least trying. With SFX masks, chest suits, swords, Ninja Steel armored figure and SFX movie figures, at least they are getting a chance. I can't stress how important it is to buy these things!!!

Best combo of White and Green Ranger

That goes to new character Lord Drakkon of Power Rangers Boom Comics.

WORST

Worst Christmas Special and Finale

Dino Charge was pretty good, not great but better than Megaforce. Dino Super Charge was confusing as it relied more on episode-by-episode shennigans instead of an arc. Also the finale was confusing with time travel shennigans and the Christmas special continued that with more confusion.

Worst Reveals of Movie Items

Not worst Megazord but worst way to reveal them was just the toys from Bandai. Lionsgate has tried to control what gets revealed but Bandai beats them because they have to turn in pictures to the stores and online stores. The official Power Rangers twitter revealed this megazord but I think it would've been better to reveal it via CGI. Toy reveals are often hard as they look less detailed. 

Worst use of Weapons

I'm not one to be like "The movie will suck because it doesn't have ____" but it was announced that only the Red Ranger will have a sword and the Rangers won't have blade blasters, their individual weapons (Lance, Axe, Daggers and Bow), and hence the Power Blaster. I'll wait to see the movie but it is kind of lame to see re-colored Swords in toy stores. It would've been nice to see the different individual weapons in stores. But I guess they have their reasons.

What are your best and worst??

http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2014/12/best-and-worst-of-2014-power.html

Henshin Grid Slow Down

Hi the electricity (not internet either) went out last week and it should be back in a few days. Also I am starting school (some college classes) and I work so I know I will be too busy. I already stop posting the pictures of Sentai and Kamen Rider every weekend. I might still do the PRDSC episode reviews but not sure. This will continue until June or so (hopefully I will be back at full force in the summer). So I am not retiring but things will slow down here even more than before. This has happened before in my 16 years of doing websites and blogs.

Megazord Madness and Dino Charge App Update

Megazord Madness

Just like Morphin Madness, Megazord Madness pits old zords from the past and present against each other and the winner will get Dino Charge stuff and the Legacy Thunder Megazord, Legacy Morpher and Legacy Blade Blaster. Of course, there are coupons.

http://www.megazordmadness.com 

 

 

 

The Dino Charge App, both for Apple and Android has been updated with Gold Ranger, Megazord Madness, the Pachy charger, some of the animation chargers and some of the egg chargers and toys like the first round of monsters and gold ranger.

 

https://youtu.be/L_6I0eKaGdI

Power Rangers Stickers in Facebook Messenger

Saban Brands have launched a pack of Power Rangers Facebook stickers for use in Facebook messenger. They have the Mighty Morphin Rangers and some villains as well. Please help us spread the love about these brand-new Power Rangers Facebook stickers and feel free to share on your blogs and social media pages. What’s more, they are ready for use just in time for Power Morphicon as well! Meet up with your friends at the convention and message them via Facebook with a red MMPR “thumbs up” or a “call me!”

 

You must be part of Facebook and preferably have the FB Messenger, get them here:

 http://bit.ly/prstickers

 

 

31" Red and Blue Super Megaforce figures, Q-Rex Megazord, Dino Charge toys, and other tidbits

UPDATED 6/25/14 9:11AM
This week I was sick, well I've been sick for the past two months. End of may I had stomach cramps, then beginning of June had food poisoning, that passed and this week I had ear ache and sore throat. I am only mentioning this to explain why I am behind one this news and stuff.

 

Source: http://blog.samuraicast.com/power-rangers-dino-charge-licensing-expo-2014/

 

This week was the Licensing Expo, when we usually find out the new theme and logo of Power Rangers but since we already knew it was Dino Charge, the bigger news from Fury Diamond who has attended it for the past three years is that there will be more Super Megaforce merchandise (like 31" Red and Blue Super Megaforce Rangers, lunchbags, etc.) and that there are planning more than one MMPR reboot movie (the first will be an 'origins,' if that is a hit, of course there will be more movies, presumably the Green Ranger may not appear in the first movie---maybe as a Joker cameo?). Oh, at the Saban Brands booth, they had Megabloks, Bandai toys, the giant figures, board games and Scholastics books.

 

source: http://blog.samuraicast.com/deluxe-q-rex-megazord-review/

 

Here is FuryDiamond's review on the Licensing Expo including Koichi Sokomoto's Gunblade and the Q-Rex Megazord he found at a Wal-Mart in Las Vegas. The Q-Rex Megazord comes with a Red Ranger key... which is Dino Thunder Red. Which has people scratching their heads. My theory is that it could be that Bandai wants all the Red Rangers to have Zord Builder Keys. Zord Builder Keys refers to the Red Ranger keys that come with Morphers, Megazords, Cycles, Zords, and Roleplay Gear like the Hand Gear and Sword. They are usually a darker red and has different design or variant. Q-Rex's appearance in stores is just the beginning of the Fall Wave toys rolling in. They usually do in the summer until November, when the Dino Charge toys should start coming by Black Friday. Depends on where you live of course, where I live in Miami we get things 2 or 3 weeks after the initial sightings and sometimes we get nothing (Armored Mighty Morphin Green Ranger figure). I already spotted the Armored Super Megaforce Silver Ranger at a local Toys R Us.

Link: http://blog.samuraicast.com/licensing-expo-2014-summary/

 

Also some of the Dino Charge toys appeared in a promo and FuryDiamond provided a cap and there is the main megazord and instead of pink, the Triceratops appears to be purple which has made fans quiver. But we'll see when it comes to stores, prototypes do change.

http://razzle1337.tumblr.com/post/88992931386/dino-charged-toy-info-from-toys-r-us
Also Razzle of Razzle's Dazzles has discovered on his UPC search that there might be a special Legendary Morpher with 20 Ranger Keys and it will be $79.99 at Toys R Us. But who knows if this will be released or not. He had found a UPC thing of Blind Packs months back and that never came out. As for what 20 keys it could be, my theory is that they are the Red Rangers.

 Razzle has also discovered a Legacy White Tigerzord, Legacy Saba Dagger and Legacy 'Mov' 5" figures which we can only guess are figures based on the 1995 movie costumes. Or maybe they will just look like the 1995 figures. Razzle says 5 are Rangers and one is Ivan Ooze. Hopefully we'll find out more at Comic Con. These are most likely to be released in 2015 along with Dino Charge toyline. No pictures yet, these are just toy listings from Toys R Us found through the UPC code scanner.

Entertainment Earth updates with new Super Megaforce Toys

Power Rangers Super Megaforce Battle Gear Wave 2 Set

 Legendary Silver Morpher 

Silver Spear

It is said to be released September 2014 but maybe eariler.

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BA38035BB


Power Rangers Super Megaforce Battle Gear Wave 3 Set
Super Mega Blaster
 Super Mega Saber
Legendary Silver Morpher
 Silver Spear
It is said to be released September 2014 but maybe earlier. 
 http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BA38035C

Power Rangers Super Megaforce Training Set Wave 3 Set 
Red Ranger Hero Set and Silver Ranger Hero Set
http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BA38050CC

Power Rangers Super Megaforce Zord and Key Wave 2 Case
Ninja Zord, Mystic Dragon Zord and Green Ranger, and Delta Runner Zord and Blue Ranger
So it looks like we are getting Dragon Zord and Delta Runner again and the Ninja Storm Mini Zord name could change. I thought at least Dino Thunder would get a new zord.
http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BA38080B

Power Rangers Super Megaforce Ultra Battle Gear Super Mega Cannon 
Unleash ultra battle power with the Power Rangers Super Megaforce Ultra Battle Gear Super Mega Cannon! This powerful cannon was built by blue Ranger Noah after the Power Rangers Super Megaforce team encountered a powerful monster who was immune to their usual attacks. Gathering strength from all 5 Rangers, when this cannon is fired, it blasts an overwhelming punch! Insert up to 5 Ranger Keys for extra power, use the hand pump to build up strength, then watch the LED display to know when the Super Mega Cannon is ready. When it's fully charged, press the trigger to launch 2 discs at once! Discs stick to walls, windows and more, so you can set up targets and perfect your aim. Comes with a target, 3x discs and 1x Legendary Ranger key that can also be inserted into other Power Ranger Battle Gear Items.
http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BA38065

 Power Rangers Super Megaforce Cycle and Figure Set
Operation Overdrive Cycle, Jungle Fury Cycle and Turbo Cycle. I bet you that PROO will be Blue, Jungle Fury will be Red and Turbo will be Green.

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BA38070AA

Deluxe Zord Armor
Deluxe Silver Megazord Armor Ranger
http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BA38110B

Power Rangers Super Megaforce Deluxe Megazord Wave 3 Set 
Q-Rex Megazord (Silver's zord)
Turbo Falcon (RPM)
Legendary Megazord (final combo)
http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BA38095C

Power Rangers Super Megaforce Morphin Command Center Playset 
Seems the Command Center Playset is back. "Design your own action environment for the Power Rangers with the Power Rangers Super Megaforce Morphin Command Center Playset! With 17 different interconnecting pieces, you can build the Power Rangers Command Center, Ranger Battle Ship, Megazord Cockpit, and more! The common connection point also allows you to connect pieces from the Zord Builder collection to create an even more dynamic action environment! The Morphin Command Center comes with a 5-inch Ranger and an exclusive Tensou figure. Connect the Deluxe Gosei Morpher, or play with other Power Ranger figures, vehicles, and Zord Builder toys (sold separately)."
http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BA38235

Check them all at http://www.entertainmentearth.com/hitlist.asp?searchfield=power+rangers+super+megaforce&onform=1&eeshop=&x=0&y=0

Check out Fury Diamond's Ranger Crew Blog for pics of Bandai's Super Megaforce site that is currently down, it wasn't finished yet
http://blog.samuraicast.com/power-rangers-super-megaforces-official-bandai-site/

Newly added Super Megaforce toy listings

Amazon

Amazon has added the second wave of Ranger Keys, from Toy Wiz. The first wave is from Amazon, reasonable prices.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dtoys-and-games&field-keywords=power+rangers+super+megaforce+key+pack&rh=n%3A165793011%2Ck%3Apower+rangers+super+megaforce+key+pack

 

Toy Wiz

Toy Wiz has the second wave of Ranger Keys in stock, but at large prices.

http://www.toywiz.com/supermega.html

 

K-Mart

They added Super Mega Blaster, Saber, Armored Might figures, Hand Gear, Morpher, Hero Sets and Megazord of Super Megaforce. You can't order them online yet though.

 http://www.kmart.com/search=power%20rangers%20super%20megaforce

 

Toys R Us

They added the first wave of Ranger Keys and the Hand Gear

http://www.toysrus.com/family/index.jsp?s=A-ProductAge&origkw=power+rangers&categoryId=11194092&sr=1&f=Taxonomy%2FTRUS%2F2254197&pg=1&searchSort=TRUE

Some Exclusive Zyu2 Footage at Grnrngr.com

I am obsessed with Zyu 2 footage. Zyu 2 is a fan-term for the footage that Toei made for Saban for Power Rangers Season 1 and 2. Fellow Power Force Member John Green (grnrngr) has gotten hold of some footage from an anonymous source of Bloom of Doom and Invenusable Flytrap which has Megazord footage. He will be putting them as clips on his site like everything else for Zyu2. So this is to come in 2014.

http://www.grnrngr.com/zyu2/teaser/

His Zyu2 Footage section

http://www.grnrngr.com/zyu2/

Ranger Key App with Ranger Key Illustrations

 UPDATED 11/28/13
Someone hacked the Ranger Key App, and got these pics, they got live-action full size of Rangers, helmets and Ranger Keys pics. There is also Titanium Ranger, Magna Defender and Blue Senturion but no Ranger Keys of them. All the sixth Rangers are there but out of the Extra Heroes, Wolf Warrior, White Mystic, Kat Ranger, Sentinel Knight, Dai Shi and Camile are missing so maybe they will be added later. Biggest surprise is Ninjor.The Ninjaman key will be released in Japan along with the Metal Heroes keys. The Gokaiger never became Ninjaman so most likely we wont see it on the show but cool theyll be making the toy.

More about the app:

http://blog.samuraicast.com/power-rangers-scanner-app/

Pics thanks to Fury Diamond at:
http://www.megaforcecast.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=620

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers:

Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers:

Zeo:

Turbo:

 Blue Senturion's helmet and full body pic is there but no Ranger Key, he got one in Japan so he should get one....

In Space:

Lost Galaxy:

Magna Defender got a helmet and full body pic but no Ranger Key, he had one in Japan so he should get one.

Lightspeed:

 
 Titanium Ranger had a helmet pic and full body pic.