Action Figure #688: Power Rangers Lightning Collection Mighty Morphin Alien Blue Ranger

 And now begins the four part Alien copy pasta.

 Well, next up is the Mighty Morphin Alien Blue Ranger. Why the blue guy? Roll o' the dice! These next four figures are pretty much identical, so I'll be doing a lot of copy pasting.

 While at first glance these four sculpts look identical, each figure has their own helmet, because the symbol on the head band is different, their own belt, because the symbol is different, as well as their own sword hilt, because, once again, the symbol is different. Unlike the Alien White Ranger, these guys use the older body buck, the one with pins. While I think the figures look good, I think the helmets are a smidge too large. But that's as far as the differences go. This figure comes with two trigger finger hands, two semi-open hands, a blaster, a dagger, a scabbard that slots into his back and a sword. While the belts should hold the dagger, I feel that they hang very loose, and they hold the blaster much more firmly. Every figure can use any effect, but according to the back of the box, the pink blaster effect belongs to him. As far as the Blue Ranger goes... well, for starters, I couldn't equip his blaster effect on any gun, it seems like the hole is too small. Also... they botched the color. In both Sentai and Ranger forms, the blue ranger was dressed in a very light cyan tone, but for the figure they went for a very deep blue. The figure looks good, I'd dare say this tone of blue looks much better, but... it's not quite faithful to the source material.

 Articulation for these guys is as follows: Swivels on the boots, ankles and biceps, a hinged waist, a ball jointed ab-crunch, butterfly joints and double jointed elbows and knees. That said, Blue in particular has very tight shoulder joints, but the shoulder pegs look to be made out of very solid plastic because I haven't noticed the pegs getting any stressed when moving his arms to the sides. His big helmet makes him a touch taller than Bucky Cap.

 I think this is a good figure, but the helmet is a bit too large, and while I like the deep blue color... it's not faithful to the show at all. I also dislike how tight his shoulders are, because Red and Black don't have that issue.

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