Fan First Friday June Reveals

Hasbro Power Rangers Lightning Collection figures get revealed on Fan First Fridays, but yesterday June 11, 2021 they did a color-specific theme. For the first time, Pink Ranger theme. Fans were hoping for Jen the Pink Time Force Ranger and any other Pink Ranger after 1997. Some reveals were a bit underwhelming. 

Pink Ranger Helmet and Pink Ranger Morpher
I will be getting the helmet for sure and it seems Razzle knows. The Morpher has been done before by Bandai America, I would have done Black or Yellow Ranger. 

Katherine Set
Two Katherine heads and MM Pink and Zeo Pink with PC figure. I would get it just for PC. Some people said why not Turbo Pink but I guess they just want to finish the current teams (MMPR, Zeo, In Space, Lost Galaxy, Time Force, Dino Thunder, SPD, Dino Charge, Beast Morphers) before starting new ones. 

Cel Shaded
The thinking behind this would be to look like it is from a comic book. I didn't really like this reveal. When they said Pink Ranger-themed, people thought all Pink Rangers but apparently only Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger. 

Ecliptor/Astronema Set

This was not revealed on Fan First Friday but today by @whenaiyy and No Pink Spandex, there will be an Ecliptor/Astronema set. This was seen at China Wonder Fest. The difference with Astronema a new sculpt of purple hair, as the original had indigo/blue hair. Also, I don't like how on Fan First Friday, they mentioned Kendrix and Cassie and Kendrix's death and didn't reveal a set. 

Power Rangers Dino Fury Episodes 9-11 to premiere on Netflix US

Power Rangers on Twitter announced on May 26 that episodes 1-11 of Power Rangers Dino Fury would premiere June 15th in Netflix in the US, UK, ANZ and Canada. It has been confirmed by Power Rangers Command Power Hour (https://twitter.com/RangerCommandPH) through their Hasbro source that it is true that episodes 9-11 will premiere. Episodes 1-8 have aired in the United States on Nickelodeon. Usually new episodes are released internationally before they do in the United States. This is the first time new episodes stream on Netflix in the US before they air on Nickelodeon US. I am not sure about the UK and Canada. This does not surprise me as it has already been leaked that season 2 will exclusively stream on Netflix and no longer be on Nickelodeon in 2022.

 

Power Rangers Lightning Collection: Female Figures (UPDATED)

UPDATED 7/3

 As of July 2021, there are 20 female Lightning Collection figures. There have been 3 villainesses and only Yellow and Pink Rangers [Technically 2 evil pink, 1 evil yellow, and 1 evil red ranger.] For the record, there is 1 more Red Ranger (Lauren/Samurai), 1 Black Ranger (Hyperforce), 1 Green Ranger (Izzy/Dino Fury), 3 Blue Rangers (Mystic Force, Ninja Storm, Omega), 5 White Rangers (Alien, Wild Force, SPD, Mystic Force, and Ninja Steel) and 2 Silver Rangers (RPM and SPD).

Kimberly and Trini

Katherine and Aisha Metallic Armor

Katherine 2-Pack (Zeo and MMPR)

Tanya Yellow Zeo Ranger 

Rita Repulsa came with a 2-pack with Zedd.

Scorpina and Aisha 2-pack

Ranger Slayer

Ashley/In Space Yellow and Cassie/In Space Pink 

Astronema (came with Andros set with indigo hair and soon with Ecliptor with purple hair)

 

Psycho Yellow and Psycho Pink

Both came in Psycho Rangers set 

Syd/Pink SPD

SPD A-Squad Pink and Red, sold separately at Gamestop

Power Rangers Lightning Collection: Wave 10

Revealed Friday 5/14/21 on Fan First Friday. Andros was a surprise. I like the A-Squad Rangers. I especially love Scorpina but perplexed by another Aisha. I guess it's better than another Red Ranger. 

Andros in his famous coat. The black suit is basically his In Space Red Ranger costume in the shadows. 

A-Squad Rangers (Red, Yellow, green and Pink)

Gamestop exclusive 

In Space VS Pack
TJ Blue In Space VS Zhane, Psycho Silver

MMPR VS Pack

Scorpina VS Aisha, Yellow Ranger

 

Power Rangers Dino Fury - Unexpected Guest - Episode Review

Episode Summary: 

The Rangers fight a monster with their Megazord. They defeat it but Void Knight, Mucus, and Wolfbane arrive. Wolfbane growls and takes apart the Megazord. The Rangers get out of the zords and a bird bothers them. The bird turns out to be Mick Kanic from Ninja Steel. He is looking for the Nexus Star but Zayto says they don't know him and they are busy. Later, Javi and Amelia are at Buzzblast when Mick disguises as a package. He appears and surprises Javi and Amelia. J-Borg tells Mick to leave and he becomes a basketball. Then they hear an attack and go outside. Wolfbane attacks Mick. 

Mick becomes a toy car ad Wolfbane goes after him. The others arrive. Zayto finds out Void Knight wants the prism now as well. The five morph. They fight with Wolfbane. Green uses Muscle Dino Key and Pink uses Elasto Dino Key. Wolfbane takes apart the Boost Sleeves with his howl. Mick hides. They all teleport him away. Mick shows the Legendary Ranger Database in his base and asks Solon if he can plug it in. He shows them the nexus Prism. It has a direct connection to the Morphin Grid. Zayto says protecting it is their first priority now. Mick says there has to be a way to stop the howl. Zayto tells him Solon can help him, it is not safe for him outside. They find the Prism could be at the Waterfront. The five leave. Mick and Solon work on the howl.

Void Knight berates Wolfbane. Boomtower says he'll do it. The Rangers arrive where the Nexus is and pretty music plays. Zayto tries reading its mind and his antennae comes out. The nexus stops spinning. He sees the Morphin Masters with stones. They used the grid to power teams of Rangers. They made the Prism. Green and Red sent the Prism to fight evil. It found itself on Earth and gave the Ninja Steel Rangers their powers. It vanished. Morphin Masters have been observing teams including Beast Morphers and them. Prism was sent on a new mission, it is searching for something. Boomtower and Wolfbane arrive. The Prism flies into the sea. The Rangers morph and get knocked down. They then fight. 

Mick arrives and gives Wolfbane a 'treat' which makes his voice squeaky, it is a no howl drop. Wolfbane and Boomtower grow. The Rangers call the Zords and Mick leaves. The Rangers form the Megazord Warrior Formation with all 5 zords. They fight Boomtower and use their attacks. Boomtower goes down. Wolfbane jumps on top of the Megazord. It is destroyed. Mucus gets the Sporix. Boomtower powers up and does his signature attack. Megazord jumps up and counterattacks. They use the Mega Fury Saber and the other forms appear and make a Mega Slash. Boomtower is destroyed. Mucus goes for the Sporix but Izzy catches it. She almost gets Mucus but Mucus leaves. The Prism flies away. Mucus gives Void Knight the Sporix. He puts it in a device. It powers up but he needs more. Void Knight is impatient and goes to his secret room. He tells someone inside to forgive him. It is a beautiful woman, giving Mr. Freeze vibes. He calls her his love. Izzy says she is starving. They eat candies. Solon and Mick arrive and ask what happen to the drops. The Rangers have funny animal voices because of the failed drops. Solon roars and they return to normal. Zayto learns a lesson. Mick says he'll open a steakhouse and Izzy asks if Rangers eat for free. He says maybe a discount.

Episode Review:

Zayto dimissing Mick seemed a bit out of character and unneccessary. As for the Morphin Masters creating the Nexus Prism, there is no surprise there, but it strange to add something from a past season with a 'mystery' plot without much else to go on. Also

Power Rangers Dino Fury - Stego Search - Episode Review

 Episode Summary:

Solon prepares the now-ready Zord finder which uses the five keys. Javi is not around and Izzy says he could have a new instrument. Solon says they have to wake up the zord. Javi indeed has the new Keytar he was saving up for. He plays it in the park. People like it. Jane and J-Borg are looking for stories in the park. J-Borg spots the crowd. They go near and record Javi. Jane appluads Javi and says she wish she could. Javi says J-Borg can make music too. J-Borg says she can sing. Javi plays music and J0Vorg vocalizes which the others don't like but Jane does. Jane then raps. The crowd likes her rap. Javi's dad comes and says they are disrupting the birds. His dad takes the Keytar and have people clear out. He sees the price and says Javi should save his money. He says Javi has given up on the other instruments and leaves. Javi says he still uses his whistle.

Javi arrives at the base. The others tell them the bad news that they can't find the Stego Zord. Javi is sad and leaves. Javi says he is fine, even though he doesn't seem fine. He teleports away. Izzy says she'll talk to him and teleports away too. Meanwhile, in Area 62, Boomtower has waited long enough for his power source and takes a Sporix. Mucus warns him. He puts the Sporix in his chest. He powers up and laugh. Izzy finds Javi and talks to him. He is about to tell her when Doomtower arrives with Hengemen and Mucus. They morph and fight. Izzy uses the Sprint key and Havi uses the Shield Kye. Red arrives and uses Hyper key. Pink uses Gravi Key. Blue uses Elasto Key. Doomtower uses his boom blast and de-morphs the main three. Javi blocks it and have Izzy strike him. But he strikes her first and she de-morphs. Javi comes to his step-sister's aid. Zayto tells him to take her to safety.

Void Knight arrives and berates Boomtower. The hengemen fight the Rangers. Javi and Izzy are found by their dad and the dad blames Javi for Izzy being hurt. The others try to comfort him but he goes in the truck. Back at the base, they talk about how Javi is 'salty'--grumpy. Solon finds the viral video and shows how the dad took away Javi's keytar. Javi arrives and says Izzy will be fine. The others tell him about the video. They ask if they can help. Javi says no. Ollie says maybe his music energized Stego Zord. Solon tells Javi to play an instrument. He plays a soft tune on his whistle and Solon detects the zords. The music must amplify his ranger energy. They spot it. They get a call from J-Borg about Boomtower. Javi is sent to find his zord and the trio goes to fight Boomtower.

The Rangers arrive morphed and the ground shakes. Boomtower is huge. He knocks them down. They call the Megazord and fight Boomtower. They lose. Javi calls the zord and it comes out of the ground. Doomtower is about to attack it when Stegozord arrives and hits him with spikes. The Megazord combines with the zord and Javi enters the cockpit. It becomes Dino Fury Megazord Spike Formation. Sun is setting and they fight. They create a shield with their fists and lifts Doomtower to the air. They slam him down. He does another attack and they send spikes toward him. Zayto calls his saber. They do the final attack--Stego Mega Punches to defeat Boomtower. Boomtower explodes. Boomtower arrives to his regular size. Mucus cheers him up. The Rangers run toward him and they teleport away. Javi teleports to Izzy. The trio teleport too. They later all meet at Buzz Blast. Izzy has her arm in a sling. They give him the Keytar as a gift. He thanks them. He apologizes for not telling them about his dad and says he will try to be more open. He plays a tune and everyone comes around to enjoy it. J-Borg is not programed to dance and Jane tells her to loosen up. J0Borg spins around and does it took fast and drills into the ground. She hits a water main and water explodes in their faces. They laugh. 

Episode Review:
This shows that you can have a well-written episode and still have silly comedy like J-Borg, Jane and puns about spikes. It's not the best, but still good. I didn't like last week's episode, it was a bit too soggy and sweet. This one shows Javi's moppy side which I do like. Izzy isn't as annoying as she was last week so all in all, good episode. I would've called the episode "Black sings the blues."