Sunday, January 29, 2017

Power Rangers Ninja Steel - Forged in Steel - Episode Review

Summary:
Calvin and Hauley are in  their yellow truck with their dog Kody. Calvin and Hayley find fallen equipment from the ship and Mick, finding out about aliens and Galaxy Warriors. They fight Bashers. Galvanax is upset that teenagers have gotten the Ninja Stars. He decides to get a contestant to destroy the Rangers. Calvin, Hayley and Mick arrive to the school's shop class. Principal Hastings mistakes Mick for the new shop teacher. Victor and Monty arrive with his car all newly painted but gets painted on. 

Back at the house, Brody freaks out that Aiden isn't home. Sarah reassures him. He looks in his dad's workshop and digs up to look for it. Sarah sees trophies. Brody tells them the dad melt the ninja steels and made them into throwing stars. He disappeared when he destroyed the prism. Redbot finds an empty box. They see a pic of the dad's trophy so they figure it is at the school as he went there. Brody thinks AIden put the ninja steel inside the trophy. Ripperrat is sent down to get the trophy. Brody destroys one of the spy bots. Brody tells Mick to look for the trophy.

Mick, Calvin and Haykey find the Ninja Steel. Ripperat arrives and attacks Mick. Calvin and Hayley fight him with sporting equipment. Ripperrat breaks Mick's datacom. The prism knocks Ripperrat out and Calvin and Hayley pull out the Ninja Stars. (Gold is missing) The Prism flies off. The Rangers arrive and introduce each other. Ripperrat arrives again and the five morph. They fight Ripperrat. They try the different attack modes of the morphers like bow mode, claw, and blade mode. Red does a final attack and blows it up. They 'gigantafy' Ripperrat. His chain arms are jammed. The prism shows them their zords. Mick takes out the throwing stars and throws them into the prism, making them stars to call their zords. 

They summon the zords and give them names like Robo Red Zord, Dragon Zord, Zoom Zord, Nitro Zord and Codiac Zord. They fight Ripperrat. They blast him and destroy him. Back at the school, they hide the prism in the paint booth as it is broken and since Mick is the shop teacher, no one will question a thing. Brody is happy he gets to go to school and apologizes for getting them involved. Mick says it wasn't an accident, he says he heard legends. Back at the ship, the host says ratings are high. They realize the Gold Ranger star is missing. Unfortunately Madame whats-her-name (Odium?) has it. 

Review:
It is a shame that Redbot doesn't become the Robo Red Zord, missed opportunity. I didn't like the thing of the Rangers naming the zords as it just relied on things they liked and nothing to do withe personality nor character development. All was missing was Preston to call his "Magic Dragon Zord." Good episode, it ties everything up in a nice bow but they use Power Rangers logic like why the Principal didn't check the name of the teacher and just assumed it was Mick. Also, did Aiden return home after he left (when Brody was kidnapped) in order to leave clues? Also why he left the house unlocked? 

Toy Fair 2017: Power Rangers movie and Legacy items

Upcoming and Current toys and Exclusives

2 Pack Good Vs Evil Sets in 5 inches
Green Ranger with Sword of Darkness vs Red Ranger (from Super Megaforce toys)
Robo Knight vs Loogie (5 inch version as original was 4 inch)
Silver vs Vekar
Samurai (PRSM toy) vs Ninja (?)
Gold vs Fury
Red vs Poisandra

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Power Ranger Team with metallic figures and Goldar.



SFX Masks
Red available in all other stores, these only at Target




Power Swords, Red available at other stores.


Auto-Morphin Figures coming soon, presumably available in other stores.

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Galactic Sentinels Issue Two

 

 Rated T for Teen for sexual innuendo and gratuitous drawings. Dedicated to Zsa Zsa Gabor.



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Sunday, January 22, 2017

Power Rangers Ninja Steel - Return of the Prism - Episode Review

  Summary:
The Ninja Nexus Prism landed in the backyard of a handsome father of two boys (Brody and Aidan) that seems to be a ninja. He removed the metallic crust. In the prism, there was the nexus star. He was able to pull it out. Brody was kidnapped by Ripcon. The dad took the ninja steel and gave it to Aidan. Aidan ran off. The dad faced the main villain Galvanex and was surrounded. The dad transformed with the nexus star. Ripcon took Brody. The dad de-morphed and Galvanex took the nexus star. The dad split the star into six pieces with his sword. Bordy says his dad was replaced with the Prism with the six Ninja Power Stars. Brody tried to reach in but Galvanex didn't let him. He couldn't get the stars out. Ripcon took Brody.

Ten years later to current time, Brody is with Redbot in Galvanex's ship. Bordy tells his friend Mick, he wants to escape. Ripcon arrives and Mick becomes a mop. Brody shows his ninja moves to Ripcon, Ripcon burns him about his dad. Madam Odius tells them to go. In the Warrior Dome, the host Cosmo Royale introduce the monsters for Galaxy Warriors show. The winner has to reach out the ninja stars out of the prism. We watch a battle against monsters that resemble Mig the Fearcat and Venjix's first suit. Korvaka (Mig) defeats the Venjix looking guy. Korvaka fails to get the Ninja Stars. Galvanex is upset no one can get the stars. Odius says they can make new stars from Ninja Steel. They are going after the steel.

Brody wants to get off the ship. On Earth, Preston arrives on a school bus, Calvin and Hayley try fixing a car. Sarah comes through on her hoverboard, that looks like one of the Ninja Steel zords. Preston tells Sarah about his magic show. In the ship, Brody got the prism and Redbot has Space cruiser keys. The Kubots arrive and the trio leave. Sarah is new to school and is introduced to nerdy Monty and butthat Victor. Victor gets on her hoverboard and crashes. Preston does his magic show, which impresses no one, he changes into a dragon suit and Victor knocks it off revealing his shirtless bod. Sarah apologizes. Preston and Sarah befriend. Sarah designed the hoverboard. Brody and his friends escape through the trash shute. 

Redbot saves Brody to land on Earth. Mick turns into a rock. Sarah and Preston see the crash and go on the board. Galvanex sends Korvaka to get Brody. Brody and Redbot crash land in the forest. He can't find Mick. The Prism has also landed and Brody is surprised by Korvaka. Korvaka tries taking it but Brody won't let him go. He gets advise from his Datacom, the ship's computer. Sarah and Preston arrive and knock him down. The prism glows, the three put their hands in the prism and reach out the Ninja Power Stars. Brody tells them they turn into Power Rangers. They make morphers appear and they morph when hit by Korvaka. They use their Ninja Star Blades to fight him. They destroy him. They cover the Prism with rocks in a clearing. Brody thanks them, they tell him they are a team. They head off to Bordy's house when the prism spins off away. 

Review:
I like the characters. Brody has an innocence about him but also brave and peppy. Sarah seems to be up for anything. Peter Adrian brings a lot to Preston, as much as his brother Yoshi. The magician-enthusiast character could be a one-note. The villains seem to be one-note. What is interesting is that the Ninninger villains weren't all together until the end. What is also interesting that Cosmo Royale is a mix of a villain costume from Toqger, which was not adapted. So glad this is like 2 parts. 

Thursday, January 5, 2017