NEWS – Power Rangers GameStop Lightning Collection Exclusives – Lord Drakkon Helmet and Color Swap 2-Pack

Today, Hasbro revealed a new set of Lightning Collection GameStop exclusives. The Mighty Morphin Yellow & Red Ranger “Swap” 2-pack and Mighty Morphin Lord Drakkon Helmet. Limited quantities were available at Hasbro Pulse, but at the time of this article posting the Swap 2-pack is sold out. See below for full details and high-res images.

Power Rangers Lightning Collection Mighty Morphin Lord Drakkon Helmet
(Ages 18 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $132.99)  – HASBRO PULSEGAMESTOP

Sinister and villainous, the alternate-reality Tommy Oliver rules over his dystopian Angel Grove with an iron fist. IT’S MORPHIN TIME! From Dino Fury back to the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the Power Rangers have brought teamwork, action, and adventure to generations of fans. The legacy continues with figures, vehicles, collectibles, and roleplay toys from Hasbro, celebrating ranger teams from Mighty Morphin to the Dino Fury. Imagine all the action of Power Rangers with toys from Hasbro! (Power Rangers products each sold separately. Subject to availability.) Includes: helmet and display stand.

  • INSPIRED BY MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: This premium Lightning Collection collectible is inspired by Tommy Oliver’s infamous Lord Drakkon Helmet from Boom! Studios’ Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comics!
  • PREMIUM DETAILING AND DECORATION: This full-scale helmet features a comics-inspired detailed design, paint, and finish for morphinominal display in a Power Rangers collection
  • POWER RANGERS LIGHTNING COLLECTION HELMET: This helmet features adjustable straps so it will fit most, making it great to wear for Power Rangers cosplay, role play, or costume
  • VILLAINOUS VOICE CHANGER: Use the Lord Drakkon Helmet’s voice changer feature to speak with the voice of the villain!
  • BE PART OF THE LEGEND: Bring part of the Power Rangers legacy home with Lightning Collection figures, collectibles, and roleplay items.

Power Rangers Lightning Collection Mighty Morphin Yellow & Red Ranger “Swap” 2-pack
(Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $47.99)  – HASBRO PULSEGAMESTOP

The Power Rangers have swapped! The team has to embrace their new powers with Trini wielding the Red Ranger’s Power Sword and Jason morphing into the Yellow Ranger equipped with twin Power Daggers. These 6 inch action figures are based on Boom! Studios’ Go Go Power Rangers comic. Includes: 2 figures, 2 alternate heads, 9 accessories, 3 blast effects, 2 sets of alternate hands.

  • 6-INCH SCALE COLLECTIBLE 2-PACK MIGHTY MORPHIN ACTION FIGURES: These Power Rangers Lightning Collection action figures have premium painted details and design inspired by the story arc from Boom Comics
  • INCLUDES CHARACTER-INSPIRED ACCESSORIES: This 2-Pack of action figures includes multiple character-inspired accessories, alternate heads of the Rangers without their helmets and extra pairs of hands for each
  • INSPIRED BY GO GO POWER RANGERS: Magically transported to an alien planet, Jason & Trini find that they have switched colors, weapons, powers… and are strangely connected to one another
  • PART OF THE POWER RANGERS LIGHTNING COLLECTION: Look for more collectible figures in the Lightning Collection. Each sold separately. Subject to availability.

NEWS – ALL NEW Power Rangers Lightning Collection Lord Drakkon Evo III Action Figure

POWER RANGERS LIGHTNING COLLECTION MIGHTY MORPHIN LORD DRAKKON EVO III Figure
(Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $49.99/Available: September 2020)

IT’S MORPHIN TIME! From the BEAST MORPHERS back to the original MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, the POWER RANGERS have brought teamwork, action, and adventure to fans. The legacy continues with figures, vehicles, collectibles, and roleplay toys from Hasbro. Imagine all the action of POWER RANGERS with toys from Hasbro!

This 6-inch LIGHTNING COLLECTION MIGHTY MORPHIN LORD DRAKKON EVO III Figure features premium paint and decorative details inspired by BOOM! Studios comics story line Shattered Grid, with over 20 points of articulation for high poseability, and comes with damaged Power Ranger helmets, multiple other character-inspired accessories, and blast effect piece for more ways to play or display. The evil Lord Drakkon keeps the helmets of defeated Power Rangers as his trophies, displaying them by his throne to strike fear into the hearts of those who would oppose him. The figure transforms from Evolution to Evolution as he gains more power, eventually becoming a Black Ranger, reflecting Tommy’s final Ranger form as Dino Thunder Black. GO GO POWER RANGERS! Look for more collectibles in the LIGHTNING COLLECTION. Each sold separately. Item will be available exclusively on Hasbro Pulse in the US & Canada in September of this year. Stay tuned for more details!

Additional out of package images can be found at IGN.

CLOSED – Shattered Deluxe Giveaway

This contest is now CLOSED. Congrats to Twitter user and listener @MyNameIsShaunnn for winning!

To celebrate our listeners, we are having a Shattered Deluxe giveaway! This eight issue collection of Boom! Studios Power Rangers comics PLUS the Shattered Grid Deluxe Hardcover, includes:

  • Shattered Grid Deluxe Edition ($75 value)
  • MMPR / TMNT Issue 1 Preview – New York Slice Edition
  • Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Issue 40 – Beast Morphers Orange Make-A-Wish Variant
  • Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Issue 40 – Villains Variant
  • Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Issue 40 – Story Variant
  • Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Issues 43-44
  • Go Go Power Rangers Issues 23-24

Rules:

  • Fill out the form below (Name, email – not required, social media name – to contact if you win)
  • Sweepstakes open to listeners in the United States only.
  • Must be following one of our social media accounts
  • One entry per person, multiple entries will be disqualified.
  • Contest ends Saturday, December 14th at Noon CST.
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COMIC PREVIEW – MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: SHATTERED GRID DELUXE EDITION HC

This Wednesday, November 6th, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Shattered Grid Deluxe Edition HC (Hard Cover) will be released from Boom Studios. Below you will find preview pages of the collection as well as the main cover.

THE BIGGEST COMIC BOOK EVENT IN POWER RANGERS HISTORY COLLECTED IN ONE VOLUME!

Lord Drakkon – a twisted alternate-reality version of Tommy Oliver (AKA the Mighty Morphin Green Ranger)and his newly reformed army are crossing dimensions in order to execute an all-out attack that threatens the very existence of every Power Ranger ever!

For the first time in comic book history, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers will join forces with some of the most popular Power Rangers teams in the franchise from across time and space to face the ultimate threat…one that will mean the death of a Ranger!

Join New York Times best-selling writer Kyle Higgins (Winter Soldier) and Ryan Parrott (Star Trek) and artists Daniele Di Nicuolo (West Coast Avengers), Jonas Scharf (Bone Parish), and Diego Galindo (Red Sonja) for the Power Rangers epic that redefined the comic book series.

Collects Mighty Morphin Power Rangers issues #24-30, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Free Comic Book Day Special 2018, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2018 Annual #1, and Go Go Power Rangers #9-12, with an all new short story from writer Ryan Parrott and artist Huang Danlan.

For more of our thoughts on Shattered Grid, listen to our Ranger Merch Review of the event on Episodes 118 and 126, as well as our review of the Soft Cover collection.

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Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 143

Kyle Higgins

It’s time to Ranger Up with your hosts as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

On this episode we interview Kyle Higgins in conjunction with PWRRNGR.com.

Funny enough, at the time of recording, it was exactly one year to the day that we recorded our first interview with Kyle for Episode 122.

We reflect with Kyle on his work with Power Rangers as well as some of his newer projects. One of these is “Hadrian’s Wall”, a movie based on the comic book by Kyle, which he will adapt and direct.

Hear the origins of the Dafna Ranger, White Mystic Ranger impressions during recording for Battle for the Grid, infinite Tommy’s, the origins of Scorpina on Hyper Force, Kyle creates new Ranger Sentries and MORE!

Stay tuned to our social media and PWRRNGR.com to find out how you can win some autographed Power Rangers comics from Kyle!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 143 – “Ranger Nation Interview: Kyle Higgins… One Year Later.”

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COMIC PREVIEW – MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: SHATTERED GRID SC

Today, August 7th, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Shattered Grid SC (Softcover) will be released from Boom Studios. Below you will find preview pages of the collection as well as the main cover.

THE BIGGEST COMIC BOOK EVENT IN POWER RANGERS HISTORY COLLECTED IN ONE VOLUME!

Lord Drakkon—a twisted alternate-reality version of Tommy Oliver (AKA the Mighty Morphin Green Ranger)—and his newly reformed army are crossing dimensions in order to execute an all-out attack that threatens the very existence of every Power Ranger ever!

Collects Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #25-30, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Free Comic Book Day Special, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Shattered Grid #1.

Host Eric (@trekkieb47) had a chance to read the collection in advance and shares his review:

“What else can be said that hasn’t been already said about Shattered Grid?

For Power Rangers, it is the most ambitious story-line ever told for the franchise. The twist in Issue 25 alone was enough to drive a second printing for that issue and the next one. With cameos and team-ups spanning across the whole 25 years of Power Rangers, Shattered Grid truly felt like a celebration of the franchise.

The Soft Cover collection is nicely laid out, with a special two-page summary in the beginning. The first preview page takes art from Hendry Prasetya’s introduction of Lord Drakkon and the events of that lead to the world of the Coinless. The second preview drawn by Dan Mora, summarizes the events of Shattered Grid from Go Go Power Rangers with the Ranger Slayer.

And that is my only problem with the Softcover collection. The Go Go Power Rangers portion of Shattered Grid is not included, neither is the Shattered Grid Annual. Those will be reserved for the much larger Hardcover collection coming out in November. While I understand the logistics those additional issues would be in terms of size for a softcover, it feels like new fans will miss out on the greater context of the event.

Despite that, this collection is very nice if you want to get into the heart of the story. There’s also a 40 page cover gallery with gorgeous artwork for those that missed out on collecting those.

No matter how you read it or collect it, Shattered Grid is a must read for fans of Power Rangers both new and old.”

For more of our thoughts on Shattered Grid, listen to our Ranger Merch Review of the event on Episode 118 and Episode 126.

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CLOSED – Shattered Beyond Giveaway!

This contest is now CLOSED. Congrats to our winner Steven (@StevenTheMan13) on Twitter!

To celebrate the upcoming FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, we are having a Shattered Beyond giveaway! A fourteen issue collection of Boom! Studios Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers series including:

  • Soul of the Dragon Graphic Novel – Autographed by series writer Kyle Higgins
  • Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Shattered Grid – Issues 26-27
  • Free Comic Book Day Shattered Grid Special
  • 2018 Shattered Grid Annual
  • Shattered Grid Issue 1
  • Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Beyond the Grid – Issues 31-38
  • MMPR Issue 35 Mercado Dark Ranger variant

Shattered Beyond

Rules:

  • Fill out the form below (Name, email – not required, social media name – to contact if you win)
  • Sweepstakes open to listeners in the United States only.
  • Must be following one of our social media accounts
  • One entry per person, multiple entries will be disqualified.
  • Contest ends Saturday, May 4th (Free Comic Book Day!) at Noon CST.
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Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 127

Erin Cahill

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

On this episode we are interviewing Erin Cahill, best known in Ranger Nation as Time Force Pink Ranger, Jen Scotts. She has starred in numerous television shows such as How I Met Your Mother as Ted Mosby’s sister, Heather; in Saving Grace as Kendra Burke; and many more. She is also noted to play the first lead female character for the Call of Duty franchise, as Chloe ‘Karma’ Lynch in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Erin talks about her time on Power Rangers and how playing Jen made her grow as a person, inspiring women around the world, advice to all artists and more! We also discuss the resurgence of the character of Jen during the 25th Anniversary through the Boom! Studios Shattered Grid event, HyperRPG’s HyperForce and nWay’s inclusion of Jen in Legacy Wars.

Finally, Erin discusses her favorite roles after Power Rangers Time Force throughout her career, favorite fan encounters and her charitable work.

A special thanks to Karen Shih for helping in organizing this interview as well as Dana Patrick for the photography.

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 127 – “Ranger Nation Interview – Erin Cahill”

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Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 126

It’s time to Ranger Up with your hosts as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

In this episode we continue our Boom Studios Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers comics review with guest co-hosts Jeremy (@DaizyujinRanger), Chris (@clong83) and Derek (@DerekBGayle).

It’s our longest episode this year and we review the final arc for the Shattered Grid event: Go Go Power Rangers issues 11-12, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers issues 28-30 and the Shattered Grid Finale special! This episode is packed with our thoughts, theories, criticisms and praise.

We also discuss the latest news including Beast Morphers set filming pictures and the Super Sentai Season 43 trademark!

Finally, in our Power Rangers: Legacy Wars segment, “The Making of HyperForce Yellow”, we talk with Jesse Cherry, Senior Product Manager for nWay. Learn all about the newest character to join the game, Jack D. Thomas!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 126 – “Ranger Merch Review: Boom Studios Power Rangers Comics Part 5: Shattered Grid Finale + nWay: ‘The Making of Hyper Force Yellow Ranger'”

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Timestamps:

  • News – Beast Morphers filming – 0:04:00
  • News – Super Sentai Season 43 trademark – 0:12:00
  • MMPR 28 – 0:22:00
  • GGPR 11 – 0:38:20
  • MMPR 29 – 1:05:40
  • GGPR 12 – 1:26:15
  • MMPR 30 – 1:46:00
  • Shattered Grid Finale – 2:12:15
  • Final thoughts – 2:32:33
  • nWay Segment – “The Making of HyperForce Yellow” – 2:56:02

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Shattered Grid Finale

Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 122

Kyle Higgins

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

On this episode we are interviewing Kyle Higgins, best known in Ranger Nation as the writer for Boom Studios’ Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers comic series. His other comic works include C.O.W.L., The Dead Hand, Nightwing, and Batman Eternal to name a few. He is also a Director who worked on The League, The Shadow Hours and the live action Shattered Grid trailer.

Kyle talks about how he became a Power Rangers fan, his time writing the Power Rangers series, Shattered Grid, future plans, his upcoming Power Morphicon appearance and more!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 122 – “Ranger Nation Interview – Kyle Higgins”

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