S.H. Figuarts Tyranno Ranger/ MMPR Red Ranger Official Images
 

The Official Bluefin Tamashii Facebook Page has just posted up official images for S.H. Figuarts Tyranno Ranger or as he'll be known by his US release, the original Mighty Morphin' Red Ranger!

Tyranno Ranger/Red Ranger will come with his trademark Ryuugekiken/Power Sword as well as the Ranger Stick/Blade Blaster and Thunderslinger! US retail for this figure will be $44.99 through Bluefin, Japanese pricing is unconfirmed at this time.

He looks great!

I'll more than likely get Green, so I'll more than likely get Red.

Show of hands... How many people here consider this a Rocky figure?

Nobody? ...that's what I thought

Maybe because I've been up all night.. But I do consider this a Rocky figure. Also when did he get a slingshot? I don't remember a slingshot..

:lol

You see that blue guy up in the top right corner? That's the Rocky figure I'm waiting for :p

Because it was in like one episode of Power Rangers (the first one with Titanus).

That'd explain it.

It was used quite a lot in Zyuranger. Thus, he's a Geki figure ;)

He looks awesome. I figure outside of the lower arms and lower legs, they are just using the same buck they used for the DekaRangers since there is no actual sculpting required on any of these guys' bodies. Nevertheless, that is pretty sweet. I want him now.

Looks great! Unless I can get him cheap I'll probably pass as Red Ranger is not one of my favorites. But he still looks great!

Still jonseing for TigerRanger/Yellow Ranger. That's a "must buy" for me if it happens! (Question is, male buck or female buck? HRMM.)

Male buck obviously. Yellow has a male buck in the show regardless of who the suit bearer is, so there is no need to do a female buck. Maybe they could do a female buck version as a convention exclusive or something, but the normal version should have only a male buck.

I tend to agree, but remember that in the Zyu2 footage Yellow did the female poses and stances like Pink. Just food for thought. :D

cant waiy fo this! looks fantastic!

really hope they release the whole team though...

its be a male buck regaardless the verstion it want be accuarte in ether form then if one has a female buck

they could do a skirt verstion as an exclusive for a gokaichange for gokai yellow and come with a tiger ranger key for it

They could always just add the skirt as a bonus accessory.

Am I the only one not interested in either of these? I have no attachment to any of the shows/characters, and the designs never did anything for me.

What is "buck?"

And PLEASE do not answer with a snide obvious joke.

It's a word Mattel made up because calling it a mold like the rest of the world just isn't "cool" enough for their garbage.

A buck is a standard body for an action figure. So in this case we're talking about whether a Yellow Ranger would have the "standard" male Figuarts body or "standard" femal Figuarts body. Of course they are never standard, and the buck is modified for each release generally. But it's an industry term which has come to find useage among collectors.

A good example of various "bucks" is the old COPS toy line, which had he same construction as GI Joe only scaled up. That had 3 male bucks -- the standard one, the "large" one for big characters like Rock Krusher and the "thin" one for characters like Dr. Badvibes. All had the same articulation and jointing, but overall different bodies.

Personally, I don't want a skirt attachment or variant for the hypothetical Tiger Ranger, just a straight up accurate one. And the Figuarts guys are generally so thin that it can easily pass as a muscular, fit female body like Trini anyway, heh! :D

Not really, but Matty does make extensive use of their existing bucks with minimal remold between different releases in an attempt to keep costs down on stuff like MOTUC. Please note that I said "an attempt."

The term "buck" goes back about as far as action figures themselves; it was used in industry as far back as the original 1/6th GI Joe toy.

Essentially it means using the same body type for the majority of a figure line. For example, 80% of MOTUC uses the exact same torso, legs, and upper arms. If you look at He-Man, Man-At-Arms (once the armor is removed), or Fisto, they have the same mold underneath their clothes. Same goes for Teela, Evil-Lyn, and She-Ra. Trap Jaw, Man-E-Faces, and Roboto. ETC.

Take the upper legs and hands of all of the rangers released thus far. Most of them are the same pieces just with a different paint job on them.

Or in the case of the Gokaigers, Red, Blue, and Green use the exact same bodies, just with different heads. Silver uses the arm legs. Pink and Yellow share the exact same bodies, just different heads.

The same would go for like the DaiRangers. The four guys would have everything the same except for the heads.

And I stand by my statement that they just using the word to sound "cool" :p

I'm willing to grant you that, but they did not invent the word! :lol

hate to say this...but probably yes lol...I know those of us in the geriatric wing started off with these guys, and they are kind of the gateway for a lot to this genre...

Thanks, guys!

Preach it brother Starscreamer!

The only thing I take issue with aside from the shoulder joints(which are like Shinkenger Figuarts) is the forearms. I know Tamashii was going or a "gloved" look hence the thickness at the end of the gloves, but it's a bit too thick.

Not a dealbreaker though, aside from that this looks very very screen-accurate and is the best Red/tyranno Ranger toy I've seen yet.

Whats the likely hood we get the rest of the team? Having Green and Red would be nice but I'd need all of them.