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NEWS – Power Rangers X Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lightning Collection Morphed Raphael and Foot Soldier Tommy

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Power Month, originally announced during the July 2nd Fan First Friday, officially kicked off on August 2nd with the first of many product reveals. Coming straight from the pages of BOOM! Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover in 2019/2020, the third set includes Raphael morphing into the Red Ranger and Tommy Oliver as a Foot Soldier.

This is a Fan Channel product – meaning it can be found at GameStop, Entertainment Earth, Big Bad Toy Store and Hasbro Pulse. Below is the description and promo images for this set! Stay tuned because this won’t be the last crossover figure to be revealed!

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS X TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES LIGHTNING COLLECTION MORPHED RAPHAEL RED RANGER AND FOOT SOLDIER TOMMY Collab 2-Pack
(Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $52.99 /Available: Spring 2022)

COWABUNGA DUDES, DUDETTES, AND DUDERINOS… IT’S MORPHIN TIME! In the Boom! Comics crossover miniseries, Tommy infiltrates the Foot Clan and, when the teens from Angel Grove are cut off from their powers, Raphael uses Jason’s morpher to become a new Red Ranger. This MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS X TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES LIGHTNING COLLECTION MORPHED RAPHAEL RED RANGER AND FOOT SOLDIER TOMMY Collab 2-Pack features action figures with premium paint and decorative details inspired by the Boom! Comics crossover miniseries, with over 20 points of articulation in each figure for high poseability. Plus, swappable heads to display the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle with Ranger helmet or without (it’s turtle time!), and Tommy in full Foot Clan disguise or without the ninja hood. This bodacious 2-pack also includes multiple character-inspired weapon accessories, like Raph’s sai merged with the Red Ranger Power Sword, a katana, and blast effect pieces, and extra pairs of hands for more ways to play or display.

Includes: 2 figures, 8 accessories, extra heads, and extra hands.

Look for more collectible figures in the Lightning Collection. Each sold separately. Subject to availability.

NEWS – Power Rangers X Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lightning Collection Morphed April and Morphed Michelangelo

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Power Month, originally announced during the July 2nd Fan First Friday, officially kicked off on August 2nd with the first of many product reveals. Coming straight from the pages of BOOM! Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover in 2019/2020, the second set includes Michelangelo morphing into the Yellow Ranger and April O’Neil morphing into the Pink Ranger.

This is a Fan Channel product – meaning it can be found at GameStop, Entertainment Earth, Big Bad Toy Store and Hasbro Pulse. Below is the description and promo images for this set! Stay tuned because this won’t be the last crossover set to be revealed!

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS X TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES LIGHTNING COLLECTION MORPHED MICHELANGELO YELLOW RANGER AND APRIL O’NEIL PINK RANGER Collab 2-Pack
(Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $52.99 /Available: Spring 2022)

COWABUNGA DUDES, DUDETTES, AND DUDERINOS… In the Boom! Comics crossover miniseries, the teens from Angel Grove are cut off from their powers, and Michelangelo and April use the Rangers’ morphers to become the new Yellow and Pink Rangers. This MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS X TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES LIGHTNING COLLECTION MORPHED MICHELANGELO YELLOW RANGER AND APRIL O’NEIL PINK RANGER Collab 2-Pack features action figures with premium paint and decorative details inspired by the Boom! Comics crossover miniseries, with over 20 points of articulation in each figure for high poseability. Plus, swappable heads to display the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and April with Ranger helmet or without (it’s turtle time!). This bodacious 2-pack also includes multiple character-inspired collab accessories, like Mikey’s nunchuks merged with the Yellow Ranger Power Daggers, a Power Bow, camera, mic, and blast effect pieces, along with an extra pairs of hands for more ways to play or display.

Includes: 2 figures, 8 accessories, extra heads, and extra hands.

Look for more collectible figures in the Lightning Collection. Each sold separately. Subject to availability.

NEWS – Power Rangers X Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lightning Collection Morphed Donatello and Morphed Leonardo

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Power Month, originally announced during the July 2nd Fan First Friday, officially kicked off on August 2nd with the first of many product reveals. Coming straight from the pages of BOOM! Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover in 2019/2020, the first set includes Leonardo morphing into the Blue Ranger and Donatello morphing into the Black Ranger.

This is a Fan Channel product – meaning it can be found at Gamestop, Entertainment Earth, Big Bad Toy Store and Hasbro Pulse (currently sold out there). Below is the description and promo images for this set! Stay tuned because this won’t be the last crossover set to be revealed!

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS X TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 6” LIGHTNING COLLECTION MORPHED DONATELLO BLACK RANGER AND LEONARDO BLUE RANGER Collab 2-Pack
(Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $52.99 /Available: Spring 2022)

COWABUNGA DUDES, DUDETTES, AND DUDERINOS… IT’S MORPHIN TIME! In the Boom! Comics crossover miniseries, the teens from Angel Grove are cut off from their powers, and Donatello and Leonardo use the Rangers’ morphers to become the new Black and Blue Rangers. This MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS X TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 6” LIGHTNING COLLECTION MORPHED DONATELLO BLACK RANGER AND LEONARDO BLUE RANGER Collab 2-Pack features action figures with premium paint and decorative details inspired by the Boom! Comics crossover miniseries, with over 20 points of articulation in each figure for high poseability. Plus, swappable heads to display the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Ranger helmet or without (it’s turtle time!). This bodacious 2-pack also includes multiple character-inspired collab accessories, like Donnie’s staff merged with the Black Ranger Power Axe, Leo’s katana merged with the Blue Ranger’s Power Lance, and blast effect pieces, along with an extra pairs of hands for more ways to play or display.

Includes: 2 figures, 5 accessories, extra heads, and extra hands.

Look for more collectible figures in the Lightning Collection. Each sold separately. Subject to availability.

Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 077

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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!

In our Extra Episode for July 2021, brought to you by our supporters on Patreon, Eric, Zach and guest co-host Mason (@Masonmerrell) discuss Power Rangers Dino Fury episodes 9-11. Nothing was Cut Off in this episode and we weren’t Phoning Home in any of the discussion. We won’t pass go or McScary Manor, but we’ll deliver a fresh episode of Ranger Command.

We discuss some news including exclusive figures, exclusive comics looks and solicitations. Finally, in our Ranger Nation Answers segment, our listeners discuss their thoughts on the new Netflix episodes of Power Rangers Dino Fury. We also hash out another listener’s comments about the overall tone of the franchise.

It’s great to be human!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 077 – Rangers Review Dino Fury Episodes 9-11

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Timestamps:

  • 0:00:00 – Intro and Guest Co-Host
  • 0:02:55 – News
  • 0:30:53 – Dino Fury Episode 9 “Cut Off” Review
  • 0:42:19 – Dino Fury Episode 10 “Phoning Home” Review
  • 0:58:50 – Dino Fury Episode 11 “McScary Manor” Review
  • 1:13:33 – Ranger Nation Answers

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NEWS – Exclusive First Look at Power Rangers #10

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Your First Look at POWER RANGERS #10 from BOOM! Studios
Discover Yale’s Dangerous Mission in the ERA OF UNLIMITED POWER in August 2021

LOS ANGELES, CA (July 26, 2021) – BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), revealed a first look at POWER RANGERS #10 from writers Ryan Parrott (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Rachel Wagner, artist Moisés Hidalgo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), colorist Raúl Angulo (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) with color assistance by Jose Enrique Fernández, and letterer Ed Dukeshire, in conjunction with the Mighty Morphin series. Two New Series. Two New Teams. The Era of UNLIMITED POWER continues HERE—and only Lord Drakkon, their greatest enemy, can save the Power Rangers in August 2021!

Yale, the Omega Rangers’ alien companion, embarks on a solo mission to protect a group of kids from the terrors of Safehaven. Guided by the voice of the Blue Emissary, Yale will travel closer to his destiny… but what does this mean for the Omega Rangers?

POWER RANGERS #10 features main cover art by acclaimed illustrator Matteo Scalera with Moreno Dinisio (Batman: White Knight Presents Harley Quinn), and variant covers by Daniele Di Nicuolo (Seven Secrets), Goñi Montes (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), and illustrator Yejin Park.

Currently, Power Rangers is celebrating 28 continuous years on the air, making it one of the longest running kids’ live-action series in television history with nearly 900 episodes aired to date. Created by Haim Saban and launched in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the franchise celebrates its 28th season with, “Power Rangers Dino Fury” currently airing on Saturdays at 8 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon and now streaming on Netflix in the U.S.

POWER RANGERS is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo; Seven Secrets by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; Abbott by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä; Proctor Valley Road by Grant Morrison, Alex Child, and Naomi Franq; The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; and Eve by Victor LaValle and Jo Mi-Gyeong. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Atreides from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Dev Pramanik; and Magic from Jed McKay and Ig Guara.

Print copies of POWER RANGERS #10 will be available on August 18, 2021 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one), or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.

Softcover and hardcover collections of MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS and other Power Rangers releases from BOOM! Studios are available now, everywhere books are sold.

For continuing news on the POWER RANGERS series and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

For more on Power Rangers, please visit www.powerrangers.com and follow Power Rangers on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 185

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It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 as he talks all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

Eric welcomes back writer Ryan Parrott to the podcast for our most extensive interview with him to date to catch up on both series, Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers.

What was his reaction with what the writers did for the Power Rangers Unlimited comics? How does Banana Bread fit into Grace Sterling’s plan? What is the Star Trek connection with the Empyreals? All of these questions and more as we take a deep dive into issues 2-8 (and a little bit of this month’s Mighty Morphin Issue 9) for both series.

A huge thanks to Ryan for taking the time to speak with us!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 185 – “Ranger Command Interview – Catching up with Ryan Parrott“

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NEWS – Walmart Collector Con 2021 Exclusive – Power Rangers Mighty Morphin Retro-Morphin Ninjor Fliphead Action Figure

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Released today at Walmart Collector Con and with limited quantities available at Hasbro Pulse, Ninjor joins the Retro-Morphin Fliphead line!

POWER RANGERS MIGHTY MORPHIN RETRO-MORPHIN NINJOR FLIPHEAD Action Figure
(Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $13.99/Available: Fall 2021)

IT’S RETRO-MORPHIN TIME! Relive, revisit, or just appreciate the decade that brought you MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS. Inspired by the classic MIGHTY MORPHIN TV show from the nineties, the RETRO-MORPHIN figures bring back head-flipping, morphin action! Press the action figure’s back and the Ninjor head and shoulder pieces flip leg armor slides down, so kids can imagine him morphing him into battle mode. Ninjor’s ninja sword is included as an accessory to add to the morphinominal action. The POWER RANGERS legacy of fun action figures continues, with RETRO-MORPHIN figures for kids and new fans just discovering the awesome action of POWER RANGERS or collectors who want to build, rebuild, or fill out their collection. GO GO POWER RANGERS! Look for more POWER RANGERS figures and toys, including RETRO-MORPHIN figures, LIGHTNING COLLECTION figures and more. Each sold separately. The item is exclusive to Walmart with limited quantities available on HasbroPulse.com. Available now for pre-order on HasbroPulse.com and Walmart.com.

Visit the Walmart Collector Shop at: https://www.walmart.com/cp/collectibles/5967908

Share your favorite Walmart finds, using the hashtag #WalmartCollectorCon!

NEWS – Hasbro PulseCon 2021 Exclusive – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Pudgy Pig

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Originally revealed from io9 / Gizmodo, Hasbro has announced the Power Rangers exclusive for Hasbro PulseCon 2021 – Pudgy Pig.

First seen in the classic Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 episode “Food Fight”, Pudgy Pig is the fourth monster in the Monsters line of Lightning Collection figures. Below is the official description and high resolution press images.

Hasbro PulseCon’s date has not been announced at this time, but we will let you know when it is!

Update: The press release originally said $45, unfortunately this was a misprint. Hasbro Pulse currently lists the figure at $57.99.

POWER RANGERS LIGHTNING COLLECTION 6” MIGHTY MORPHIN PUDGY PIG Figure PulseCon 2021 Exclusive
(Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $57.99/Available: Fall 2021)

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 fans. The legacy continues with figures, vehicles, collectibles, and roleplay toys from Hasbro. Imagine all the action of POWER RANGERS with toys from Hasbro!

GO GO BACK TO ERNIE’S JUICE BAR with the POWER RANGERS LIGHTNING COLLECTION 6” MIGHTY MORPHIN PUDGY PIG Figure. Who can forget the iconic first appearance of Pudgy Pig? When the Youth Center hosts a Cultural Food Festival, Rita sends Pudgy Pig to ruin the festivities. The PUDGY PIG Figure features premium paint and decorative details inspired by the show, over 20 points of articulation for high poseability, food fight accessories, oversized fork and knife weapon accessories and blast effect piece for more ways to play or display. To add onto the fun, the figure comes in premium, 90s-inspired lunchbox packaging to take you back to the days at the lunch table with that classic lunchbox inspo in mind. WARNING: the PUDGY PIG Figure does not include real food, but it does include fake food accessories inspired by the potbellied porcine’s appearance in the season 1 episode, “Food Fight.” GO GO POWER RANGERS! Look for more collectibles in the LIGHTNING COLLECTION. Each sold separately. Available exclusively on Hasbro Pulse in the US, Canada & UK in Fall 2021.

COMIC REVIEW – Power Rangers Issue 9

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On Wednesday, July 21st, Power Rangers Issue 9 will be released from Boom Studios. A first look of this issue was shown a couple weeks ago.

POWER RANGERS #9 – The Omega Rangers return to a Safehaven, but all is not well with the new arrivals. After a confrontation in the streets, can Zack help bring peace… or will a friend’s need for revenge against the Hartunians be too much for one Ranger?

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

“After a narrow escape from one of the Empyreals’ attack on Hartunia last issue the Omega Rangers return to Safe Haven, but how safe is it really? 

I really enjoyed reading this issue. After months of galactic searching, the answers are starting to hit closer to the Omega Ranger’s home. It really feels like all of the pieces are falling into place. When dealing with a grand mythology of the Morphin Masters and Empyreals, Ryan Parrott does an incredible job balancing the side stories for all of the Rangers in this issue.

I think the standout is Zack’s story. Zack is put into a very tense situation that forces him to confront his decision from the previous issue head on. Zack’s continuous growth in this series is great to see, coming a long way from self describing himself as the jokester in Necessary Evil. That’s not to say the other Ranger’s don’t get a strong focus, because they do in spades. Jason is left with a decision he will need to address soon and Trini fully taps into her powerful potential.

Aside from artist Francesco Mortarino’s usual stunning art mixing action and character emotion, Moisés Hidalgo from the end run of the MMPR comic returns for a few guest pages. As seen in the preview below, this is a mini side story that sets up the focus for upcoming Issue 10’s Yale focused issue. I have always loved Hidalgo’s storybook look and this is no different. The end of the issue is particularly haunting and drawn beautifully with no dialogue needed. 

This issue is highly recommended.”

POWER RANGERS #9
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Writer: Ryan Parrott
Artist: Francesco Mortarino and Moisés Hidalgo (pages 6-7, 20-22)
Colorist: Raúl Angulo with color assistance by Jose Enrique Fernández
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Cover Artists:
Main Cover: Matteo Scalera
Legacy Cover: Daniele Di Nicuolo
Morphing Variant: Goñi Montes
Price: $3.99

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