{"id":26625,"date":"2014-01-21T23:15:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T05:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=26625"},"modified":"2014-01-21T23:15:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T05:15:27","slug":"figuarts-mighty-morphin-power-rangers-white-ranger-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=26625","title":{"rendered":"Figuarts Mighty Morphin Power
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<\/a> Looking across my pending reviews from 2013, I\u2019ve got a handful of big ones that I really need to get to. Tonight, I\u2019m crossing one off the list: The White Ranger. The real sad part is that I try not to open figures that I haven\u2019t reviewed (I don\u2019t always succeed) and so my Figuarts White Ranger has been sitting in his box for about three months (oops!). Ashamedly, I did have a different review in mind for tonight, but I did not have the supplies I wanted for the review, so I looked around for a last minute alternative. It didn\u2019t take me too long to realize Tommy was staring right back at me. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure why I didn\u2019t go for the review right away. I did point out in my Red Ranger<\/a> review that he was a bit difficult to talk about because I was saying pretty much the exact same thing I had said in my Green Ranger<\/a> review, but truthfully, I\u2019m reviewing the same bucks over and over in most of my reviews anymore. I\u2019m not sure why it\u2019s so difficult when it comes to Figuarts, but it does seem to be. <\/p>\n

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While I\u2019m telling secrets, I also almost didn\u2019t buy the White Ranger. I have more fond memories of Tommy as the Green Ranger than the White. Even looking at him now, the figure is a little foreign to me, not evoking that same glee that the diamond-pattern Rangers do. But, I went on a little bit of a Figuarts Ranger binge. I snagged a cheap Red Ranger from Operation Overdrive (that I really didn\u2019t need), the Red & Black Rangers from Jetman (I love those, can\u2019t wait for the rest of team), and then I went down this odd path where I figured the Ryu Ranger looked cool enough to buy\u2026 and so he and the White Ranger became a package deal. <\/p>\n

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The Ryu Ranger, & Dairanger in general, sort of presents a funny story if you\u2019re not familiar with the show. Power Rangers, as most know, is an imported show with American actors cut & pasted into fight scenes from the Japanese Super Sentai series. It\u2019s fascinating to me how it comes about and how the Power Rangers side deals with the various changes on the Sentai side each season. When Power Rangers kicked off using footage from Zyuranger, everything went pretty smoothly, including the introduction of Tommy as the sixth, green, ranger. <\/p>\n

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The next year, when Super Sentai moved onto Dairanger, Power Rangers didn\u2019t. It probably wasn\u2019t that weird at the time; it\u2019s just odder in retrospect after twenty years of the show reinventing itself. But, Power Rangers did incorporate Dairanger\u2019s Kiba Ranger as the White Ranger. A new role for Jason David Frank\u2019s character, Tommy Oliver. I don\u2019t remember noticing the White Ranger never really appearing in the group shots (and it\u2019s likely he could\u2019ve in reshot scenes), but it\u2019s interesting that they were able to cut one character out of one show entirely and place him in another. I need to go back and watch just how \u201cseamless\u201d it might\u2019ve appeared. <\/p>\n

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Now, Tommy has gone on to be, like, a million other Rangers in the franchise since then \u2019ll always associate Tommy as the Green Ranger, I think his importance to the overall franchise parlays into his later color options (I don\u2019t need the Red Zeo Ranger, Black Dino Ranger, and so on to have a little Tommy army though. Nope!). Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Okay, so the figure is pretty much what we\u2019ve come to expect from Figuarts. You can check out my Green Ranger<\/a> review if you\u2019d like my fresh take (hope I said the same things!). The White Ranger uses a lot of the same parts, but gets some new boots and arms for costume details, though they could be reused, like the belt, from Figuarts I\u2019m not as familiar with. What\u2019s new to the White Ranger, though, is the head and armor. The armor isn\u2019t intended to be removable, but is a separate piece. The shoulder pads wisely (& thankfully) are articulated so they flip up to retain the arm movement. The visual isn\u2019t always pretty, but I\u2019ll gladly take it over the alternative. The helmet sculpt itself is solid. I don\u2019t like the Dairanger helmets as much as the classic Rangers, but it works! <\/p>\n

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Articulation is standard Figuarts, featuring ball-joints at both the top and bottom of the neck, wrists, and ankles, hinged toes, double-hinged knees & elbows, thigh swivels (similar to MOTU figures), two well-ranged torso joints at the mid-torso and waist, and then the shoulder & hips feature ball-joints that are on the end of a double hinged bar. He can get down if you need him to. <\/p>\n

The paint work was particularly solid on the White Ranger. The pearlescent paint job over the white plastic is gives the figure a nice sheen and helps him stand out from his fellow rangers. The gold paint and black is similarly crisp throughout \u2013 though I did have a tiny bit of slop here and there, well within what I\u2019d consider acceptable. <\/p>\n

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Accessory wise, the White Ranger is a little light, at least light by Figuarts standards. He includes two fists, a gripping hand, and an open hand instead of the usual \u201cway too many complement\u201d. The main accessory though, and all a White Ranger really needs, is Saba. An enchanted sword, Saba could talk and shoot blasts from his eyes (in addition to being the key to the Tigerzord). I always felt bad for Saba \u2013 he was like Tommy\u2019s buddy and then he just ends up in a display case while Tommy surfs the rainbow. Sad day, right? Saba includes two blades one, extended and one retracted. These attach at the hilt, which is also how you get the sword into the holster. That makes for a bit of comedy as you pull the sword free\u2026 and the blade falls off. <\/p>\n

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Overall, the White Ranger may not be as crucial a purchase for an MMPR fan. I\u2019m more anxious to get the upcoming Black & Blue Rangers (Pink is here waiting to be opened & reviewed, Yellow has yet to be scheduled) than I was to get Tommy in white, but I can\u2019t deny he\u2019s a cool figure. The original design and the pearlescent paint combine to really make the figure pop. I think he\u2019ll look great competing for a spot among the main five with his Green past-self or maybe even with the Dairangers should I really go forward and complete that particular subset (the jury is still out on that one). For now, he\u2019s just a cool get of a character I like: Saba. Kidding, Tommy too. <\/p>\n

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