S.H. Figuarts Tricera Ranger Gallery
 

Tricera Ranger, Dan!

One of the most anticipated S.H. Figuarts of the year has just been released. S.H. Figuarts Tricera Ranger from the classic series Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. Or if you're picking up the US release then he's the original Blue Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!

**Post #2 contains tons of images as well. Check out all of them!

Tricera Ranger was just released as a Tamashii Web Exclusive in Japan. A US release by Bluefin is also coming up very very soon. With Tricera Ranger's release the Zyurangers and original Power Rangers are down to just a single pending release to complete each team! The upcoming Tiger Ranger/Yellow Ranger will finally finish off this fantastic set!

S.H.Figuarts Tricera Ranger comes packaged in the now standard windowless box style of recent Web Exclusives. But once you have the figure out of the box, you'll never want to put it down. Tricera Ranger is absolutely gorgeous. I said in my previous review of S.H. Figuarts Mammoth Ranger that he was my favorite at that time. Well Tricera ranger has officially knocked him out of that spot. This guy is fantastic. Crisp paint applications, and the perfect shade of blue will make you fall in love with this figure. There's not much more that can be said that I haven't said 5 timesalready with previous Zyuranger galleries. They're all top notch. And this one is a perfect example of the quality of these figures.

Accessories
Tricera Ranger comes with possibly the most accessories of any of the Zyuranger releases. At least in terms of them being unique. Dan includes 3 alternate sets of hands, two set of open types for weapon holding, and one set of curled knuckle types for fighting stances. He also includes his signature Tricera Lances in two forms, separate and combined short staff. Sadly he does not include an extended version of the staff, but it was used on rare occasions in show. Also included is the traditional Ranger Stick in it's standard form, as well as the combined Ranger Slinger weapon.

The rest of Dan's accessories are dedicated to building the Howling Cannon! Beginning with Mammoth Ranger each Zyuranger figuart includes some of the accessories needed to assemble the Howling Cannon. Mammoth included the Ryugekiken and Tricera Lances, Tricera Ranger includes the Ptera Arrow and Sabre Daggers. It should be noted that the axe included with Mammoth Ranger DOES NOT allow you to create the Howling Cannon. He only comes with the axe form of the Mammoth Breaker, not the gun form necessary to complete the Howling Cannon.

The Tricera Lances Mammoth Ranger includes are molded in a different size with additional tabs to make the Howling Cannon, so the Lances that come standard with Tricera are not compatible. Likewise the Sabre Daggers which Tricera Ranger comes with are meant for the Howling Cannon and differ from what will be included with the actual S.H. Figuarts Tiger Ranger. The Ptera Arrow included with Tricera is likewise larger and molded with additional tabs to create the cannon, when compared to the one included with Ptera Ranger. This whole thing is meant to ensure that you can display your individual Zyurangers with their weapons AND still be able to create the cannon.

Overall
If you haven't been impressed yet by the Zyuranger/Power Rangers releases in this line, and this one didn't do the trick, I don't know what will. S.H. Figuarts Tricera Ranger is absolutely perfect, aside from the lance issue which really isn't a big deal to me personally. He's easily the most well constructed of the Zyurangers I own. He includes a plethora of accessories. And damn it all he looks GOOD with sentai blues and other blue toku heroes. Do yourself a favor and pick up this exquisite figure ASAP.

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HE LOOKS AMAZING, something about that blue just POPS Great job Jordan, especially the "Forever Blue" shots :)

Here's looking at you, Mr. Yost!

Looks great! One question though, does he come with less hands than the others do?

He and the other exclusive Zyurangers all contain generally the same number of hands, 3 new sets aside from the basic fists. Though some of them do come with special hands like Pterra Ranger.

Awesome figure, its like each Zyu release is better than the last to me :lol

Looks great! Really can't wait for Yellow though.

Aside from the lance, this guy is so dead-on perfect to the real deal from the show.
I love the color blue they use as well, it just stands out so well.

Anyone planning on getting a MMPR Blue Ranger version to have David Yost sign at the upcoming convention?

I need this so badly! For my childhood lol.

I thought the "Lance" was longer when combined...
Oh well. Looks good. Kinda sucks about Mammothranger not including the gun form of his axe.
What, is there gonna be a Bandora release that will include the gun mode to finish the cannon? :p

Yeah, he usually used the lances separate but the few times he did combine them they always extended. Its a pretty glaring omission tbh.

As for the "Gun Mode", that comes with Tiger Ranger to complete the Howling Cannon. However unless I'm mistaken he didn't ALWAYS pull the top part of the axe down before using the gun. I'm pretty sure there were a fair few instances where he just flipped it and fired and I'm pretty sure in Gokaiger (where the axe was never used except as a gun) they kept it in its normal form.

True as that may be the Moth Breaker included with Mammoth Ranger is in no way compatible to make the Howling Cannon. The small rectangular piece at the upper end of the grip is molded in place. The Howling Cannon version has that piece molded at the bottom of the grip with a clip to hold the Ptera Arrow. And it has a tab to accommodate the Ryugekiken.

He may not have always pulled that section but it's the accurate and proper way to form the gun version of the Moth Breaker. The one included with Tiger Ranger is in the appropriate configuration.

Yeah, I wasn't saying that you could, I was just saying that you can still pose Mammoth Ranger using it as a gun without the need for Tiger Ranger and it not be inaccurate to the show.

Ah. I needed to pay attention to the Tiger ranger release...*Shrugs* Oh well.

Either way, it'll be pretty nice when finished. Each of the Howling Cannon Ver. weapons is a bit larger than the normal versions each Zyuranger comes with. Seeing as there's the whole "TV magic" thing where these weapons combine into a cannon larger than the sum of the parts. Including alternate versions which do combine, and are more accurate to the cannon assembly VS the individual mode, makes sense.

Now I'm so close to completing the team I may as well. Although this month has been expensive as hell, so he can wait. Maybe until I can get Billy, Trini and that Armoured Jason all in the same order.

Once again I love the pics with the bike I hope you do all five of them together with the bikes after Tiger is out.

Oh no worries. I will be ;) I already have all 3 Road Saurer/Battle Bikes, 3 of 5 Kaiber Machine/Thunder Bikes, and 3 out of 6 Shark Cycles. I plan to have all of them by the time Tiger Ranger comes out. That way I can do all of those shots some real justice for Zyuranger & Power Rangers.