When the original trailer for Lionsgate’s Power Rangers debuted, I was all set to write up a TMB article for it but then it turned out to be nothing, really. Not spectacular but it had a bit of young adult adaptation about it (à la Hunger Games, Divergent, Chronicle, etc) and the following slew of toy reveals were not helping the image of the movie at all but as the release date creeped closer and no new trailer, expectant fans were growing even more concerned about the movie. Now, with just 9 weeks until theatrical release, a second trailer finally emerges so let’s see what we can expect…

Wow. Okay, that wasn’t terrible! I think everyone assumed that this was going to be a shit-show but that trailer was pretty cool! I don’t even mind the use of Kanye West’s Power, even if Saints Row did it first and better.

Five Teenagers With Attitude

The first trailer showed a lot more of the cast doing their thing in a desaturated Breakfast Club kind-of way but we got some revealing snippets of dialogue that give some insight to the personalities and I’m on board with a bunch of snarky gits taking the piss out of each other during training sessions.

Front and (Command) Center

Bryan Cranston was announced early doors as the Rangers’ blue-domed mentor and this is his first appearance. I like it! It’s different but it looks damn cool and Cranston (who is no stranger to the Power Rangers franchise) gives a powerful delivery to the lines we hear. Assisting Zordon, we have Bill Hader (of Saturday Night Live fame) as Alpha 5 and much like everything else in the trailer, looks better in motion than in concept art or toy form.

Back to Action!

The teaser trailer was light on suit action but we get plenty in this one as we see Jason assisting a helpless civilian from some rubble and Billy delivering some devastating kicks to a Putty monster. The suits look sooooo much better in motion than I’d expected.

Green with Evil

From her initial reveal to now, I’ve been in love with Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa. She exudes an aura of wickedness and power and we get to see plenty of that with this trailer. Speculation at this moment points toward her being the Green Ranger at some point and I would be totally down for that but given her more hands-on approach to world conquering and her line from the teaser “I’ve killed Rangers before“, she may not need the power boost.

We need Megazord power!

Oh boy, the Bandai toys did not do these mechs justice. They look great in motion for what is sure to be the climax of the film. Hell, even Goldar looks good in spite of his terrible toy design. We can only hope the filmmakers took a few cues from Pacific Rim when it came to the final kaiju fight.

My final thoughts on this trailer are really positive! I was going to give the movie the benefit of the doubt despite all of the associated media giving me cause for concern but I think, come March 24th, we’re going to see a truly morphenomenal movie!

The Super Review Wars DX has begun and CollectionDX shall rain death upon you! Or reviews. Or just this one.

So yeah, here we have S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Black RX! For those of you who are more familiar with Saban’s 1990’s offerings, this was the Masked RiDER, the heroic prince Dex from the planet Edenoi!

Praise Ferbus, this packaging is fantastic. I love all the nice details here.

Out of the package, you can see that there is a WHOLE lot of great detail here, from the paint to the sculpt. There are also some gorgeous compound eyes on the head.

I also love how the toy has details the suit did, like wrinkles and zippers. It just makes it feel way more intense.

Speaking of intense, check out the articulation on this little fella.

He has double ball-jointed everything forever. If it should be possible to put a human into a pose, then this figure can do it. It’s just spectacular.

The Masked Rider also comes with all the accessories he could ever need, including six pairs of hands! He has fists, holding-things hands, posing hands, utility hands, splayed hands, and KARATE CHOP hands. He also comes with 2 versions of his Revolcane (or Electro Sabre, praise Ferbus). One version is metal-colored and the other is an opaque blue. That way you can mix and match the hilt and blades to create every possible scenario for slicing fools.

He also comes with an extra belt that the blue hilt attaches to so you can replicate whipping it out in public.

Just look at this, man.

I love this figure. If you’re a huge Kamen Rider or Saban’s Masked Rider fan (praise Ferbus), then you owe it to yourself to pick one of these up!

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Until next time, mortals.

PRAISE FERBUS

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