[TokuChris]

When Power Rangers Dino Charge first began to leak, we discovered through casting calls and credits that there was a new villain called Sledge. Not only was he a new villain, he was the new MAIN villain, replacing the Kyoryuger counter-part known as Chaos (who is rumored to appear in Dino Supercharge but we won't know for awhile yet if that's true or not). And when Bandai America announced villain toys and then revealed him at Toy Fair 2015, fans were all abuzz with excitement!

So how does the toy of the new Power Rangers-created villain stand up? Let's find out!

The Figure
This is another figure that features great articulation. You have the standard 13 points of articulation (head, 2 on each arm, forearms, 2 on each leg, knees), and my all time favorite part about this figure - his shoulders are designed NOT to hinder his arm articulation! The shoulder pads, as shown in one of the pictures, actually can pull back (they are attached further down his arm) which allows you to get some great poses with his arms that do not have the shoulder pads blocking your path.

As always, the paint applications are weak, almost to the point that it ruins the figure. The armor is a bright rust orange instead of being a muted rust orange like in the show, and his skin is way too neon green (it should be a bit softer to match the show). So Sledge is very bright as a toy, none of his computer contraptions on his body are painted, and the backside of the figure (as standard in Bandai America releases) is not painted at all, almost ruining the majesticness of the sculpting of the figure.

Sculpting wise he's pretty spot-on, and the added "cracks" and "dents" in his armor are a nice touch. He has scales on his arms (just like the show), and he even has detail on his "dreadlock tentacle" hair. Speaking of - that tentacle does stop some articulation on the head as you can't easily wrap the tentacle around his shoulders because they're so bulky.

His legs also get hindered a bit because his waist is so huge. Overall, he feels heavy and bulky, with enough articulation that isn't hindered to make him feel like a pretty strong figure.

The Accessories
He comes with his blaster that fits in to a molded hole in his right wrist. Mine fits snugly but I've seen reports of others where the peg isn't large enough and thus it falls out constantly. The blaster itself is molded in the soft plastic and I assume the mold wasn't strong - I have a noticeable crack in the weapon from the plastic molding (see picture).

The Good

• Great articulation
• Menacing poses because of the shoulder pads not conflicting with articulation

The Bad

• Paint applications are very weak
• Armor is too brightly colored, could have used a more muted color
• The plastic that makes up the blaster is thin and thus easily cracked/disfigured

Overall Conclusion
This isn't a home-run figure by any means, but it's also not a bad figure. For a "main villain" figure Sledge does a pretty good job of delivering what you'd hope for. The issues I have with the figure can easily be fixed by painting him yourself or simply never using his blaster accessory. He is currently available both in the last wave of Power Rangers Dino Charge as well as a case assortment in either Target or Toys'R'Us that have the Power Rangers Dino Supercharge figures in stock. Sledge is a must-buy for a Power Rangers fanatic, but a figure that an average collector doesn't necessarily need to dish out anything more than what retail is for him.

[Mr. Yellow]

Sledge looks great and I hope we see more of him in Supercharge...however, he's missing his "other half."

[Enchilada645]

Sledge is a figure I still need to pick up. I skipped him for Snyde because I've heard of how rare Snyde was so next villain I get will probably be him. His armor may be a bit bright but it isn't as bad as the original coloring we had when he was first unveiled, I think back then it was closer to a shade of orange I think? I'm not sure. Still a great looking figure.

[Galvantula]

For the main villain of the show Sledge turned out kinda middle of the road. If only he was casted in darker shades and had a better weapon he'd be solid but what he have now is servable.

[Hessed Bolt]

I really like this figure. Some paint will help A LOT but I am actually appreciative of the level of articulation already.

[scikaiju]

I'm surprised it took them to the final wave to do this figure, considering how villiain heavy the line was.

[ZeltraxMillenium]

I do wanna nab this figure, but he does DEFINITELY needs a weathering job with some silvers & blacks.

[Talisman]

A figure suited for Citadel paints if there ever was one. He's practically an Ork already!

But that is a very clever design for the pauldrons. I'm actually impressed with the effort they put into it, and it seems to have worked very well.

[Zandarthunder]

Sledge! I finally got a hold of him today, and he looks fantastic. I recall back in the very first images of him, he looked very light brown but he's very different in person. He has some pretty good articulation, and the movable shoulder pieces are great.

I think I may blackwash my figure to make him look more gritty.

[bloodorangearms40]

I have yet to find him yet, I want him