Action Figure #583: Power Rangers Lightning Collection Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger(Color Swap)

 Does this count as a Drag Ranger?

 And now comes Jason as the Yellow Ranger. I honestly thought that this two pack was just too good to pass up, plus, since it's a male Yellow Ranger... you can make the Sentai version of the show!

 Well, it's a very basic design because, well, the original design was very basic, but I do like it, and considering how many Yellow Rangers were turned into women in the show... it's nice to get a male Yellow Ranger! He comes with two alternate fists, two daggers, and the gun-and-dagger in all three states, as well as two purple sparks, for the daggers and... a Jason headsculpt that looks NOTHING like he does in the show, but it does resemble his comic book counterpart.

 Same fantastic articulation as the other figures in this line but with drop down hips. He is a tiny bit shorter than the Bucky Cap mold.

 I really dig this guy, and I really loved this two-pack. Both figures are fantastic, although I like this one just a tiny bit more.

8.5

Action Figure #582: Power Rangers Lightning Collection Mighty Morphin Red Ranger(Color Swap)

 Well, at least the Asian person isn't the Yellow Ranger anymore...

 Well, the Boom comics have this weird mini saga in which every Mighty Morphin Ranger gets their color swapped, and Trini gets to be the Red Ranger!

 Well, this is the Red Ranger but in female form. Frankly, there are not enough Red Sentai or Rangers, so I'll take it! I feel like the head is a bit too large for her body, but considering it's a helmet... it ain't half bad. I adore the unhelmetted head sculpt, as she looks exactly like Trini does in the comic book. She also includes a sword, a fantastic blue spark effect, and an alternate fist and an alternate open palm hand, not to mention the gun-dagger in all three possible states.

 Articulation is exactly the same as her male counterparts in the line, and she also gets drop down hips. She is quite shorter than Bucky Cap.

 Articulation is top-notch, the alternate head is perfect and the rest of the figure looks pretty nice. She is a keeper!

8.0

Action Figure #581: Power Rangers Lightning Collection Zeo Gold Ranger

 6th Rangers are at their coolest with armor.

 I don't remember much about the Power Rangers Zeo, but I do remember the Zeo Gold Ranger being the coolest thing ever, which is why we are here today.

 And, well, he is cool as hell. The black and gold is a winning color combination, and I love his shield armor. The lips on the helmet does look a bit silly, but that's how the character has always looked. He comes with his key/club weapon, an alternate set of fists, a really cool yellow sparks effect and Trey's head.

 Same articulation as the other Lightning Collection Rangers. He is almost as tall as Bucky Cap.

 Well, they knocked it out of the park with the Zeo Gold Ranger He is a highly articulated badass!

9.0

Action Figure #580: Power Rangers Lightning Collection Mighty Morphin Tyrannosaurus Sentry

 Mass produced Red Ranger.

 I'm midway through the Drakkon/Shattered Grid event in the comics, so I don't know too much about how these Tyrannosaurus Sentry guys are produced, but I did think it was a cool design, so here we are.

 So, at first glance, this is a pretty cool looking take on the Red Ranger. He has all these armor pieces on his waist and legs, a badass cape with an armored pauldron and a double ended lance to complete the guardian look. If you ask me, they nailed the look. He comes with his lance, an alternate pair of fists and a single spark effect for his lance.

 Technically, he has the same articulation as any other Lightning Collection figure. Sadly, the solid plastic absolutely kills the articulation on his arms. A soft goods cape, with the golden pauldron and the neck piece glued to it would've been perfect, but as it stands... either he stands very badass in a neutral pose with the cape... or you take off the cape and neuter the design.

 His butterfly joints are very weird, instead of being white.... they are half white and half red. It looks really bad. Also, while the black lines on his torso do extend to his back... the white rhombuses do not. Lame!! He is a bit shorter than Bucky Cap.

 Sadly, the Tyrannosaurus Sentry is kinda bland. The cape just kills all the playability, and limits the cool poses he could stand in. At least he does look cool in the few poses his cape allows.

5.0

Action Figure #579: Power Rangers Lightning Collection Crimson Hawk Ryu

 Enter the Street Ranger.

 Among unlikely crossovers, I never would've guessed that Street Fighter and Power Rangers would've ever crossed over. Here, Ryu gets the Crimson Hawk Ranger form, and he is an incredible design... and toy.

 So, this guy looks fantastic. The Ryu Ranger design has a creamy white color on his torso and legs, with white arms and boots, simulating a Karate Gi, a badass golden shield armor and a red and gold helmet that is just perfect, it even has headband tails at the back! He has very thick hands, like he does in Street Fighter, and his arms are more muscular than any other figure in the line, so he does stand out from the other rangers. He comes with two alternate Hadoken fists, a really cool flame effect that can be used on his arms or legs, as well as a stand for two different projectile accessories.

 Articulation is the same as with other Lightning Collection Ranger, but with drop down hips... and the headband tails can be rotated at the back! He is a tiny bit shorter than Bucky Cap.

 I'm gonna come out and say it: This is my favorite Lightning Collection figure by far. The design is just peak, the articulation is phenomenal and the accessories are really cool.

10

Action Figure #578: Power Rangers Lightning Collection Mighty Morphin Lord Drakkon

 He got greener with envy.

 If you grew up in the 90's and you didn't think that either the Green or the White Ranger were the coolest, well, then you are lying. Mighty Morphin Lord Drakkon is a version of Tommy, from the comics, that never turned good and then fused the Green Ranger and the White Ranger powers together!

 Lord Drakkon came out looking fantastic. I love his helmet and his armor, the color scheme is pretty appealing too. He comes with an alternate unhelmeted head that bears a really good resemblance to Jason David Frank, an alternate set of fists, his Dragon Dagger and an effect piece. I found that the spark effect doesn't fit the dagger very well. Funnily enough, I lost the dagger after the first photo, and only just found it under the fridge the next day! But I took the next two photos before I found it!  

 Lord Drakkon follows suit with the other Lightning Collection figs: double jointed elbows and knees, reverse hinge on his waist and a ball joint on his ab crunch. He has swivels on his biceps, thighs and boots, as well as butterfly joints. Everything has a lot of range, making him a blast to play with. His shoulder joints were very stiff on mine, I had to use both boiling water and oil to make the right one usable, and even now remains very tight. He is a touch shorter than Bucky Cap.

 Lord Drakkon is fantastic, he looks badass and is so much fun to pose around! I wish his shoulders weren't so tight, however.

8.0

Action Figure #577: Marvel Legends Nemesis(Nemesis Wave)

  Nemesis, Holocaust, who cares, he is the guy with the gun-arm.

 I've always loved Nemesis, or Holocaust depending on who you are asking, because I had an action figure of him when I was younger, and it was one of my favorite villains to use thanks to the translucent yellow and orange plastic, and because he was Nathan Grey's main enemy. I know that ToyBiz released a BAF of that version years ago, but he is really expensive, so I've been hoping that he'd get a modern figure... and voila! He is here.

 I prefer his classic look a whole lot more, however, just LOOK at this guy. He looks straight out of Doom. People have been speculating that Hasbro wants to move away from BAFs, and if this is the last BAF they release... man, what a way to go out! I don't own many BAFs, but I've seen them all, and this one is easily the most epic BAF Hasbro has ever released. He also feels very solid and nice to the touch, unlike the gummy figures they have been releasing lately, this guy feels like pure quality.

 He has a ball jointed ab-crunch, double jointed elbows and knees as well as swivels on his biceps and legs, basically, everything you need. The one nitpick, is that if you want to move his skull, which has an articulated jaw, you have to remove his helmet. Another small issue is that the orange cable that connects to his gun-arm tends to disconnect easily, so I might just glue it on sometime. He is quite a bit taller than Bucky Cap.

 Now this? This is a thing of beauty. I don't regret getting so many figures I didn't care about if it meant I got to build him!

10

Action Figure #576: Marvel Legends Cyclops(Nemesis Wave)

 'nother year, 'nother Cyclops. I can never get enough Cyclops.

 Well, I've been wanting the yellow version of Cyclops' X-Factor costume for a while now, but I'm a bit more partial to the unmasked looked over this one... I think I might try to see if I can slot my Warlock Wave Cyclops head on this one...

 This is honestly a very simple Cyclops design, but I do like the navy blue and vibrant yellow they went with. He comes with an alternate head and two alternate hands, but the really interesting bit about this Cyclops... is that the alternate head goes with an EPIC new blaster effect that ends on a blast. It looks incredible and elevates this figure beyond it's design.

 This Cyclops is built on the very articulated Vulcan sculpt, so you know what to expect. He is definitely fun to play with, and he is a bit taller than Bucky Cap. 

 Really, if this was just the Cyclops figure, he'd be great, because as simple as this design is, I quite like it, even if it's not my favorite blue and yellow X-Factor costume. However, the new optic blast effect makes him pose as the most badass Cyclops yet!

8.5

Action Figure #575: Marvel Legends Fabian Cortez

 Close, but he is no Fabio.

 All my knowledge about Fabian Cortez comes from X-Men TAS,and I remember that he was a major prick! He wasn't a character that would anywhere high on my priority list to get... but he did come with a delicious BAF piece...

 Well, he looks exactly as I remembered him. He is a very simple, very 90's design. His face sculpt is decent, but... it seems like they gave him some blush on his cheeks? Why? It makes him look a bit meek. The chest armor is, sadly, floating on his torso, and his cape is a separate piece that slots on his back, which is not the best. I think I might glue both pieces together sometime... That aside, he comes with two alternate hands and two fire effect pieces, that don't really fit him, but they are better than anything.

 He seems to be cast on a retooling of the Grim Reaper buck, because he is beefier than Bucky Cap BUT he has butterfly joints. Elbows and knees are double jointed, ab crunch is hinged, and he has swivels on his waist, legs and biceps, but not on his boots. Good enough for Fabian.

 The armor piece WILL limit some of his arm articulation, sadly. He is a bit taller than Bucky Cap.

 He is alright, they probably did the best they could with the design, but his face could've been made to look meaner... without the blush.

7.0

Action Figure #574: Marvel Legends Nightcrawler(X-Force)

 Finally! His sword!

 Another character I didn't need or want whatsoever, Nightcrawler. I mean, I like Nighty, but I don't need his X-Factor recolor, y'know?

 So, yeah, it's basically the previous Nightcrawler figure, but with different heads... and, this time, he also gets a saber! Other than that, the sculpt is pretty nice, the color scheme is alright, but his classic red and black is much better, I think. He includes an alternate head and three alternate hands.

 As far as the articulation goes... yeah, same as with his previous release.

 He's a good figure, much like before, and he does come with more accessories, in particular, his saber, which ends up making up for the less interesting color scheme.

7.5

Action Figure #573: Marvel Legends Marrow

 I guess I should avoid the very obvious, not PG bone joke...

 If it ain't my girl Marrow. But the one from Marvel VS Capcom 2, because her crossovers with Spider-Man didn't paint her in a very good light! 

 She looks exactly like she did in MvC 2, which is how she looked in the Spider-Man crossovers, so I'm more than happy with the sculpt. She is basically a Shriek Buck but with added boney pieces, which definitely makes her stand out. She comes with two alternate hands as well as two bone daggers. The grip on them could be better, but they do decently enough.

 Articulation is... well, the Shriek buck, much like Husk, which is pretty good although not as good as the new Warbird mold.

 All her bones have a pretty neat brown wash to them.... but only on one side. Like the daggers, it's only on one side.... as well as the bones on her back, that have the wash when looked at from the front...

 ... but not from the back! She is almost as tall as Bucky Cap.

 Marrow is almost perfect, but only having the wash on one side of her bones cheapens the figure, as t would've been better not to have it at all. But that's her only shortcoming, as everything else is spot-on.

8.5 

Action Figure #572: Marvel Legends Husk

 A husk of what Marvel Legends' plastic used to be.

 I think I've never read a comic book with Husk, so I won't pretend to know what her deal is. She came with a BAF piece that I needed(Spoilers!) and that's all I cared about.

 Well, I love how her gold and red costume looks. I particularly like the gold armored gauntlets and boots, they look so good! Her basic headsculpt is really good too. She comes with an alternate screaming head, that is shedding her skin, two alternate hands and a piece of skin, made out of plastic of course. Honestly, I really like her.

 She is on the Shriek body, which was the most articulation you'd get on a female character before the new Black Widow buck. It means double jointed elbows and knees, a ball jointed ab crunch and bicep and leg swivels. It's good. She is just a bit shorter than Bucky Cap.

 I know nothing about her, but she looks so cool that I like her a lot.

8.0