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The new season of Power Rangers Super Megaforce is underway and today we're taking a look at the DX Wild Force Red Lion Zord from the Super Megaforce toyline.

The figure is a Bandai of America adaptation of the DX Gokai Machine Gao Lion from Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger and in turn, represents the Legendary Power of both the Power Rangers Wild Force and Power Rangers Samurai teams.

As part of the Zord Builder line, Red Lion is chock full of ports and pegs that allow for an endless amount of combinations with other compatible figures. Aside from the standard 'Lion' mode, there are two other configurations shown in the instructions that utilize parts of the Fire Smasher, helmet crest, and 'boosters'.

Red Lion comes packaged with a Wild Force Red Ranger Key that can be used to launch simple pressure missiles from the Lion's mouth. The Key can also be used to open the chest panel of the Legendary Megazord and again, fire a missile.

The figure breaks down into 12 separate parts and can be combined with the DX Legendary Megazord to form 2 different combinations. The first is a 'Centaur Mode' similar to the configuration the 'Giant' Red Lion and Wild Force Megazord had in Wild Force and the second is a take on the combo seen in-show. This second combination, yet-to-be-named in show, is a solid configuration and possibly one of the best Auxiliary Zord powered-up forms we've seen from this toy line. The 'Wild Samurai' combo can wield an over-sized Fire Smasher as it's weapon or the standard Sabers can attach to the Lion's 'boosters' to form a long, double bladed staff.

Overall, The Wild Force Red Lion auxiliary Zord is a fun figure and a 'decent' representation of it's on-screen counterpart that also offers a lot of play value. So far, the only downside to this figure is how hard it seems to come by.