Review: Power Rangers Dino Charge - Hasbro Lightning Collection Dino Charge Red Ranger

I had to watch Power Rangers Dino Charge in order to watch this review because I didn't really watch it. I'm so far behind in seasons that it's hard to catch up. I did watch all of Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger before, I loved that season! Most of the recent seasons of Power Rangers are a little hard to watch, this one however wasn't bad. I enjoyed some parts of it, especially when he tried to take out a weapon from his bag but besides that I thought the acting was eh. I was slightly surprised by the fact that they decided to skip a Sentai season to adapt into Power Rangers. I thought Go-Busters was great, and especially since the morphing sequence included "it's morphin' time!" I thought it would be a great season to bring here but also the merchandise wasn't that much, a couple zords and a few rangers with very few modes. Kyoryuger on the other hand had 10 Rangers, 10+ Zords, a bunch of batteries which was the gimmick of the show while Go-Busters didn't have much of a gimmick. Still, I saw the Dino Charge toys in stores and I actually got a fair amount of them, I didn't get all of them unfortunately but I did get a couple. And S.H. Figuarts also had their core team completed plus the Armored Might Rangers were pretty cool. We didn't get any more recent teams with the Legacy Collection which was okay, but it would have been nice to see the Ninja Steel Rangers or even the Super Megaforce Rangers in that form but it was cancelled after Hasbro bought Power Rangers. To my surprise they put the Dino Charge Red Ranger in the first wave which wouldn't be my first pick but honestly, who cares? Let's take a closer look!

Review: Avengers: Endgame (2019) - ZD Toys/Ami Toys Hulk (Purple Jumpsuit)

There was a Chinese company that made Endgame toys called ZD Toys or Ami Toys and they're okay. They look like bootlegs especially because of the paint applications but they're third party I suppose. They released a Thanos that seems to have a stolen S.H. Figuarts sculpt, it does come with a movie accurate sword and removable helmet. Most of the other figures aren't much to write home about, they seem to have a Marvel Legends like base, however they did come out with this Hulk with his purple jumpsuit. While the BAF Hulk we got was neat, he wasn't in the clothes everyone wanted, either the purple jumpsuit or the team suit. We do have a couple great figures coming out for the Endgame Hulk in his purple jumpsuit from Tamashii in October and Diamond Select in January of next year. I couldn't wait that long and I saw that someone put the BAF Hulk head on this and it looked great so I decided to get one, and it's not so bad but it does have a couple issues, which is expected.

Review: Power Rangers S.P.D. - Hasbro Lightning Collection S.P.D. Shadow Ranger

Power Rangers S.P.D. was one of the few seasons I remember watching from beginning to end. I loved the theme songs and the designs of the helmets and suits. It used footage from the Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, the 28th season of Super Sentai. I also thought that Anubis "Doggie" Cruger had a pretty cool design, and he actually had a much better design over his Sentai counterpart, Doggie Kruger, whose design I'm getting more and more used to. It was also the first season I actively tried to complete a team... and that never happened. I did get the S.W.A.T. mode of the Shadow Ranger and I still have him somewhere over there. Seeing that he was going to be a part of the  Lightning Collection I was excited especially after all of the Dekarangers were released as Figuarts and the S.W.A.T modes were revealed but never released which was very sad. This was one of the two figures I was able to find in stores along with the White Ranger. While Shadow Ranger is a pretty cool name I think Dekamaster is much cooler.

Review: Power Rangers Dino Thunder - Bandai of America Legacy Collection Build-a-Megazord Thundersaurus Megazord // Red, Blue, Yellow, Black, White Dino Rangers

 Once I moved to the states I started watching Power Rangers Dino Thunder and I was excited, another Dinosaur team which I thought had better and more streamlined designs for their suits. It was based of Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger which was the 27th season for the Super Sentai Series. They kept the diamond motif, they kept the main three dinosaurs that they had in Zyuranger and two kept the same color. I really liked the white outline for the visor and the more stylized "jaws" that the visor shape kept. The lack of silver lip piece is much appreciated. I did find it interesting that they decided to reuse the white diamond pattern that Zyuranger had. I thought the dino footprint design on the chest was pretty cool and back then I did think that this was the superior dinosaur design but now it's pretty hard to choose. I'm not sure which one I like more, both are so similar yet so different. Initially, the Red, Blue, and Black Dino Rangers were released before Hasbro acquired the rights to Power Rangers. They weren't hard to find, I found them easily along with all of the male Zeo Rangers. White and Yellow... didn't have the same luck. The female Zeo Rangers shipped in August of last year and there was almost no trace of the Yellow or White Dino Rangers. At one point the White Dino Ranger did show up at Walgreens so Yellow was left... that was until the Legacy Collection had a very sudden re-release of all of the previous, current, and remaining waves so I nabbed it!

Review: Power Rangers Ninja Storm - Bandai of America Legacy Collection Build-a-Megazord Storm Megazord // Red, Yellow, Blue Wind Rangers

Power Rangers Ninja Storm was the last season I saw before I moved to the United States and every other season I watched was in English. It was right after Wild Force had come out and I loved that season, especially since Lions and Red were two of my favorite things so you know it is. I did think that the theme song was a little strange and different from what came before. It was also an interesting season in which the wirework and CG was funky but I didn't care, I was 7. I did have a couple toys that my dad had sent from the U.S. but no transforming mecha, I had a big zord where you could put a Red Ranger that came with it and I loved it! Unfortunately, earlier this year Pua Magasiva passed away. This was also the first full team to be released by Bandai in the Lightning Collection line and the only set of three rangers to build a Megazord. Although Dino Thunder was a team of three they used all five of the rangers to build that Megazord. Power Rangers Ninja Storm was based off of Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger from the Super Sentai Series in Japan.

Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) - Hasbro Target Exclusive Marvel Legends Spider-Man (School Jacket) // Marvel's MJ 2-Pack

More Spider-Man stuff, seriously, I love me some Spider-Man and especially if they use the classic design or just keep the overall look. Spider-Man: Homecoming made me love the webhead all over again. When this two pack was announced I didn't pre-order it because I've been spending too much and I figured I'd find this eventually so I'd buy it then. Once he was released I didn't see any trace of him. I did find him once about a month or two later but didn't buy it because I didn't have the funds and didn't want to use my credit card. Then I didn't find at all for months even though I kept looking everywhere. I went to Washington D.C. in mid-July and thought I'd find the set there and didn't but I did get a discounted Kraven and Spider-Man 80th anniversary 2-pack. Once I came back I used some unorthodox ways to find this set in store and found one! Although there was a smudge on MJ, but it was the only one and I did find the Iron Man and Iron Spider 2-pack so I got that as well. Thinking that I was wasn't gonna find one anywhere ever again probably I settled for it and figured I'd try to fix it. So I went to another Target closer to my house and I found a bunch of them and got it replaced. The lady at customer service looked at me funny and asked me what was the problem with the one I had so I told her and got it exchanged. Now I didn't care much for another Spider-Man that had a yellow jacket or an MJ and that was another reason why I didn't pre-order it, once I watched Spider-Man: Far From Home I really really wanted an MJ to go with my black and red suit Spider-Man.

Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home - Marvel Legends Mysterio // Spider-Man (Red and Black Suit) Molten Man Build-a-Figure Wave)

Mysterio was such an interesting character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, especially considering the history of the character in the comics. Spider-Man also sports a brand new suit in the movie which is okay, not a super fan of it but it's not a drastic change unlike the suit from The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) with Andrew Garfield... seriously, I hated that suit. Considering it's almost halfway through August and this movie has been out for over a month there's going to be a lot of things spoiled so be warned. Let's get to it!

Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) - Hasbro Marvel Legends Stealth Suit Spider-Man aka Night Monkey // Build-a-Figure Molten Man

So, Spider-Man Far From Home is supposed to end Phase 3 and the Infinity War Saga, and I think it was a great addition and a great way to end 20+ movies. I went to watch it when it came out, unfortunately I had to run before I saw the mid & end credits. I did watch them online but I didn't miss as much as I thought although there were plenty of questions that were left unanswered. Today we look at the Spider-Man Stealth suit and Molten Man. We'll get to that in a little bit, I was a big fan of the "Noir" styled suit, I didn't expect to see that in the MCU any time soon. Initially I wasn't too impressed by Molten Man and he could have definitely been a whole lot bigger but I do like it.