TRDQ: Power Rangers - Lightning Collection - Zord Ascension Project - Astro MegaZord Review

What a title, eh? A dark day for TRDQ as I get deep into this dreck.

[elizabethfranklin]

Absolutely respect the willingness to buy a figure based on it just hitting that “it’s cool” spot.

Even if it doesn’t get me into the shows, it still opens up a whole new fandom of toys that could speak to me, and that is never bad.

Great review as always….the child! Great seeing Repugnus get to be an evil little gremlin.

[TehBellcarl]

Small fun story time.

As a transformers loving kid I found the original astromegazord toy and just assumed it must be like some Japan based character like Star Saber.

Thus began the legend of Astro SpaceKnight. A Galaxy defending chad of space and time who fought brave battles on the kitchen counter and the evil frogs in the garden. My absolute favorite toy as a child.

This is absolutely a masterpiece Astro SpaceKnight back from my childhood to once again defend us from whatever evil dare step up.

[a_world_made_of_cardboard]

I had many of the original Megazords and I certainly enjoyed this one. I I remember correctly, the original could hide its hands with sliding feature. The figure could merge with the Delta Megazord to make even a bigger Megazord. A really nice toy. Still one of my favorites. I even enjoyed the Jumbo Astro Megazord. Yes it was a "disassemble and reassemble transformation, " but is was a great design.

[tomjames]

We need more PR reviews just to get the sweet little renditions of the title themes by Gavin.

[mattimusprimal]

"May the Power Protect You." -Zordon
(The OG Power Rangers mentor)

[evanlindsey]

The reason there's a big red 'M' on the chest, and another that looks like an envelope on the shield is that the orginal Japanese series (that the suit and robot footage was taken from) was called Denji Sentai Megaranger (Electronics Task Force Megaranger).

It was the second Super Sentai series to feature a core team that was all high school students. (The six ranger was a guy in his 20s who worked on the suits, used a prototype suit, and was awol from his job on the moon because he wanted to slack off and occasionally cook)

Their individual suits had motifs based on then high tech items, like wireless phones and the internet.

I think that the villains were digitised, and may have been like Lord Dread from Captain Power was trying to digitise the world.

Even if you"re not interested in watching any iteration of these series, it is entertaining to see the differences between the originals and the Power Rangers versions.

[gunnest]

Just a reminder to LISTEN TO THIS ROBOTS JAPANESE THEME. It is amazing and the instrumental version is god tier with that saxophone.

[b.l.]

That size comparison at the end blew my mind. What a massive lad

[Nexutrainer]

I adored in space and have been waiting with bated breath to find a good deal on the guy since i never got the original. This video just sealed it for me that this is needed on my already cramped shelves ♥

[TyphonMar]

That is indeed cool. Love it when you discover something neat through another collector

[talljoke]

I'm genuinely so jealous of this video. Finding this guy has been a struggle. At this stage, my best bet is to order one overseas and pay for postage that's higher than the price of the toy itself.

But watching this review is almost like owning the toy myself! Almost! ...not really, but still a good video!

[talljoke]

I'm rewatching this because I finally have this Rocket Man in my collection. I couldn't help but notice you call everyone at the beginning "Mega Dorks".

This could potentially be a reference to the original Japanese sentai series, "Megaranger", where Power Rangers in Space gets its footage. If this was intentional, it would help prove my theory that Gav is secretly a big Super Sentai fan.

In this essay, I will...

[WarehouseWilgus]

Very cool to see. That upgraded camera. Love it. Good pointers! Lots of fun as always

[solianara]

You could sneak this guy onto the Ultra Magnus shelf and nobody would even notice.

Well I mean, we would, because we're a bunch of hopeless turbo-dorks, but normal people wouldn't.

[fen]

That is exactly my stance on power rangers. A touch too old to watch it back then, but it didn't stop me. I'd eyeball the toys in the store but I told myself I value articulation too much to get into those bricks. Still love the look of them.

[theelk]

hell yeah finally covering the best franchise

[manjackson]

I had the original deluxe Astro Megazord as a kid, despite not being a PR fan at all. Beautiful thing. The accessories were short on detail, but it was a big blue robot with chromed bits all over and a space shuttle hat and buttons on its chest to make lights and sounds and when you connected the head it went

[mattimusprimal]

3:57 Those exposed fits in spaceship mode are actually screen-accurate to the In Space series!

[AlexReynard]

SWEET BATWINGED JESUS, PUTTING KNOBS ON BALL JOINTS TO INCREASE FRICTION IS THE BEST IDEA SINCE MOVABLE TYPE

[shashummga]

Will you ever do transforming mecha stuff like a figure of the Zeta Gundam or Xabungle?