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Power Rangers Lightning Collection Dino Charge Red Ranger Gallery
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12-12-2019, 08:11 AM
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Den-O
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"It's Morphin Time! Dino Charger Ready!"
Arriving in Amber Beach on a mission to find his long lost father,
Tyler Navarro
could never imagine what really lay ahead for him. By chance, he and his new friends come into contact with the
Energems,
ancient crystals that channel the Morphin Grid and the energy of the universe. Once entrusted to the ancient dinosaurs of the past by the mysterious alien
Keeper,
these Energems have chosen Tyler and the others to be the next generation of
Power Rangers!
To defend the Earth, to defeat the villainous Sledge and his crew, to unlock the ultimate power of the universe, in a world full of strife the
Dino Charge Red Ranger
fights to survive!
Packaging
As we are all pretty familiar with the line by now, I'm sure I probably don't need to go through my usual list of reasons why it's awesome.
Hasbro
was keen to make sure these appealed to collectors and fans of the franchise from throughout it's various eras. And they also really pop thanks in no small part to some wonderful box art, lovingly crafted by artist Tom Whalen aka
@strongstufftom
on twitter. His artwork is breathtaking, and makes these figure's feel like just a bit more of a passion project from the folks at Hasbro.
Main Figure
I know. This one is way overdue.
Lightning Collection
has really come along in the last roughly year, moving at a pretty brisk clip. And in trying to catch up on previous releases I've finally gotten back around to
Dino Charge Red.
This was a figure I'd originally written off as unnecessary, largely due to the Kyoryu Red S.H. Figuart I had. My thinking on the matter has really swung around the other way since however. While LC figures will never replicate the same quality and engineering of SHF's, it's just so clear that they have such great play value for their price. I've been slowly selling off my Sentai SHF's and being pretty happy with the LC's I've replaced them with. Once I finally gave
Dino Charge Red
a chance, I was not disappointed.
As the last figure from Wave 1 that I've reviewed, in fact having reviewed all of Wave 1 2 and half of 3 by now, I didn't expect the Red Ranger to blow me away. I'm happy to report that this is a very solid figure though, and I think people have really been sleeping on the quality of this mold. Though the recently released Dino Charge Gold Ranger has been divisive, people have been mostly quiet about Red. Like most figures in the line this is a well engineered and quite enjoyable figure. Standard articulation cuts in this line make most any figure feel good in hand and DC Red is no different. The standard rocker ratchet ankles work well as always, though on my copy the ankle ratchets are extremely tight making it very difficult to move them forward. I felt like I might snap the peg off but so far nothing like that has happened.
DC Red still has the boot cuff style swivel below the knee though it's much less obvious because of the largely uniform red suit. The knees are the same typical double bend and although I know some collectors aren't fond of the sort of square shaped knee pad that's left from bending the leg, it's really the most sensible design for functionality. The standard hinged hips are present as well and they strike a nice balance of firm & flexible and are helped along in posing by the thigh swivel. Around his waste, Tyler has the signature Dino Charge
Dino Com
buckle. While it isn't fully painted, the details are sculpted and painted well enough to communicate what it is. The belt sits up just a bit high, in front of the ab crunch, but can be slid down a bit back out of the way.
As with most any Lightning figure, DC Red's ab crunch is the best part of the upper body, really giving him some dynamic range. The floating ball jointed upper body is of course quite nice as well. The difference here is that unlike many rangers in the line who have either so far had a lot of chest armor over this section, or a less intricate design on the chest, Dino Charge Red has that elaborate sash design. And not only is it painted but also sculpted into the torso coming down from the upper body and back across the lower torso as well. Undoubtedly much of the cost for sculpting and paint apps went into this area of the figure, perhaps explaining some of the other missing details on it. I particularly appreciate how well the "Rexy" logo on Tyler's chest is painted given it's small scale. The upper body really is pretty great despite some minor discrepancies.
The arms are based around the standard butterfly shoulder joint, though the chunks of torso used for it on this figure seem larger to me. Each arm gets some pretty great detailing in the form of sculpted in dino scales coming down from the shoulder peg and onto the forearms. We still get the bicep swivel we love, the double jointed elbow we need, and the wrists that get that the job done. Finally that brings us to the Red Ranger's helmet. Honestly this one of the more spot on sculpts in the line. The teeth accenting the visor are slightly off, but overall I find this to be a really well done figure in the line. Since DC Red has a pretty standard upper body and neck there's no danger of losing an articulation for the head so it really works like the best of the line.
The gallery beloow features a few cameos I hope you'll enjoy. The
S.H. Figuarts Kyoryugers
join LC Red for some group shots, and we've got some good comparisons of this figure to
Kyoryu Red
specifically. Further below we also feature the Kyoryuger
Deinochaser
toy, which had quite a bit more functionality than Bandai's Dino Cycles released for Dino Charge.
Accessories
Like a lot of this line, the Dino Charge Red Ranger comes with a smattering of great accessories:
1 - Dino Charge Morpher.
This yellow/black blaster is the US equivalent of the Gaburevolver from Kyoryuger. While I know the comparison isn't entirely fair I did include a comparison of the two just for some contrast. While neither of them can function or accept Dino Chargers/Zyudenchi and the Dino Charge Morpher is missing a number of paint apps, I do feel it gets the job done quite well. At the $20 price point, and given how many paint apps the figure got, it makes sense to me that the blaster is a little sparse.
1 - Dino Saber.
Another pretty fair representation, the saber looks really great with the figure. A bit longer and more proportional than the SHF's weapon, it is again a bit sparsely detailed but looks great in the Red Ranger's hands.
2 - alternate hands.
One close fist and one karate chop. The standard attached hands are the weapon holding ones so these extra don't provide a ton of variety, but it's something.
1 - Tyler Navarro civilian head.
Once again, I really love that these figures keep coming with these heads, even if I don't typically display them using them. The likeness to actor
Brennan Mejia
really is quite good even if I'm not a huge fan of the facial expression they went with on this one. I find the expressions chosen for most of the heads to be a bit odd, but this head looks the right size on the Red Ranger's body and gives you a good neutral display option as well.
1 - Saber effect part.
Effect parts are the best thing about the line and I really like the one that DC Red comes with. A pretty specific part, this blue lightning is soft and flexible enough to let you run the Dino Saber through it and make it look likes it's charged for a big attack. This same part is seeing another outing in yellow with the wave 3 Dino Charge Gold Ranger as well.
Given how much this figure comes with, I can't say I should really complain about anything being missing. It would have been nice to get the combined Dino Blade Blaster or for the already included weapons to be capable of transforming into it. It would have been really great to get the T-Rex Smasher and accompanying Dino Steel Armor as well. But again, this figure is packed with two weapons, two hands, another head, and an effect part already so I can hardly complain.
Final Thoughts
It's taken me the better part of 2019 to finally get back around to this review. Wave 1 of Lightning Collection was quickly followed by Wave 2, then an SDCC 2-pack, then some retails 2-packs, then Wave 3 hit so much earlier than expected and the
Dino Charge Red Ranger
just kept falling to the bottom of my review backlog. Finally having had the time to crack him open and really get deep into the review, I really like this mold.
Lightning Collection
has been one of my favorite domestic toylines in a while. I've collected Hasbro's 2 other big collector lines, Marvel Legends & Black Series for some time as well and it's just so nice to have a solid third line like this that really aligns with my interests. Now that I've finally knocked out all of Wave 1 I'm going to refocus on Wave 3 and my long overdue review of the LG Red/Psycho Red 2-pack.
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