Quick as lightning, strong as steel, watch out danger he’s for real, you know when lightning strikes it’s Gold Ranger!
I decided to finally crack open my personal collection of Gold Ranger figures to do a gallery and review for the 5″ Zeo Gold Ranger figure from the end of the Power Rangers Super Megaforce 5″ figure series. Short-packed (one per case) and part of the final wave, this figure wasn’t necessarily found by many people in many of the big stores (I personally found my figure in a Walgreens).
The figure is an excellent addition to any fan’s collection and especially for fans of the original Gold Ranger. The articulation is on par with Ranger figures from the 5″ line from Bandai America and probably due to my personal love for the character cause it to be even more so amazing to photograph. Check out 46 high definition images of the Power Rangers Zeo Gold Ranger 5″ figure by clicking here or by clicking the ”Discuss on TokuNation Forums” link at the end of the story.
Do you have this figure – if so, what do you think? Any other Gold Ranger fans out there? Give some love to this awesome Ranger in the gallery discussion!
His power has no fear, a golden force is here, you know when thunder roars it's Gold Ranger!
My personal all-time favorite Power Ranger requires a special gallery with an over-abundance of pictures in various poses ranging from his first appearance in Power Rangers Zeo to the team up with the Gold Ranger from Power Rangers Dino Charge. This gallery was a TON of fun to do and I found it hard to stop taking pictures - something that doesn't happen very often (as many photographers will know sometimes the frustration of not getting that perfect shot). It just seemed that every shot came out great. As a personal note, I truly believe this to be one of my best galleries since I started doing pictures a couple of years ago.
ANYWAYS.
The figure was part of the latter waves of the 5" figures offered in the Power Rangers Super Megaforce toyline. The line consisted exclusively of previous Red Rangers and Sixth Rangers, with the more-desired wave consisting of figures like the Titanium Ranger - click here to check out the gallery we did of the Titanium Ranger from this same line - and for awhile was fetching three times as much as normal retail on the secondary market.
Let's take a look at our usual aspects of the figure!
The Figure
It's beautiful. The helmet can suffer from sloppy paint applications as the lines for the visor are relatively small - a small blemish, especially when it's a bright color (like gold) on a dark color (black is pretty dark) leaves for a potential nightmare in quality assurance or when you FINALLY find the figure but NOPE ... smudge. Luckily the two figures I have are more or less okay in that regards - check the picture for accuracy.
The body features some nice detailed sculpting on the chest piece as well as the boots and cuffs. You don't realize how detailed it is until you stop and take a closer look at the figure. I haven't had a chance to compare it to the actual suit (and even then comparing which suit whether it's American or Japanese) but from memory it's pretty dang accurate.
The only downside, and it's not a big one, is the lack of paint applications to really make certain pieces stand out. The chest piece and the boots and cuffs would stand out if the sculpting was outlined in black in some way shape or form similar to the actual piece from the show. Looking at the figure I don't even know if it's big enough to be customized but I'm sure someone somewhere has the razor sharp tip with some black paint to do it.
Another downside, and it's the limitations of being a Bandai America figure with a budget in mind, is that the arm and leg guards are nothing more than a gold stripe painted on the figure. Luckily, the absence of these being molded plastic as opposed to being simple paint doesn't distract from the overall beauty that is this figure.
The articulation is pretty spot on - the head turns, the arms have full motion (except when the chest shield gets in the way), there's elbow joints, forearm turns, full motion legs, knee joints, and calves turn. This allows the figure to get in some pretty awesome poses and luckily since the shield was as cumbersome in the show as it is on the toy, you don't really run in to too many instances where you lack the ability to post the figure like the character in the show. For the most part, you can even get the "Summon Golden Power Staff" pose with some sneaky angling of your camera and the figure (see pictures).
The Accessories
The only accessory that the Gold Ranger comes with is the Golden Power Staff. The plastic is the accursed soft plastic, meaning that with temperature the plastic will begin to bend. You can usually bend it back in to shape for a few moments, but it loves to get back in to the "Bent Golden Power Staff" pose within a couple of minutes. It is cast in the same color that the gold on the Gold Ranger is, making it fit very nicely.
The sculpting on the Golden Power Staff is great - nearly all the details you'd expect are present. As always, some harder plastic and some paint applications would really make this thing stand out - luckily, because there's not too many nooks and crannies in it, you can customize it to your heart's content. In fact, if the paint is thick enough you might be able to even fix the plastic bend if you can somehow get it to remain in the "bend" that you want it too.
The only other accessory I can even think that this figure COULD have had come with is an Auric the Conqueror tiki. But even that would be a bit of a stretch (but hey, according to Megazord Madness it is one of the Gold Ranger's zords!).
The Good
The Bad
The Overall Conclusion
If you're a fan of the Zeo Gold Ranger or even just Sixth Rangers in general, you need to add this figure to your collection. It's a stand out piece for only being three colors (gold, black, white). Having collected a number of the figures in the Super Megaforce 5" toyline, this one is easily the tops of my list and not just because the Gold Ranger is the greatest Power Ranger now and forever, but because it's a solid figure that will allow you to drown in the joys of nostalgia. Go buy one today.
Even more pics!
Where is the unedited gallery with 15 shots of the helmet from different angles though?! And all the sexy poses?!
In all seriousness these shots are quite nice! Particularly the battle scenes.
In all seriousness these shots are quite nice! Particularly the battle scenes.
The battle scenes were fun. If I had some of the explosion effect parts I would have easily done some more (while shooting the orb blasts from the Golden Power Staff) but I didn't - on top of that it's tricky to get him to hold the staff in a way that makes sense for that attack - the lower part of the Golden Power Staff is not as thick as the top, meaning depending on the angle at which he is holding it will allow it to slide.
As I said in the review - easily the most fun I've had taking a gallery since I started doing galleries. Everything just flowed and made sense - I even tried to mimic various "first appearance" stances when he's atop the cliffside. I'll try to screen shot it and mirror the picture with it.
Kickback... did a Gold Ranger gallery? But I always thought his favorite Turbo Character was Dimitria..
I laughed a little to hard at the wrestling slam into Fury picture.
I laughed a little to hard at the wrestling slam into Fury picture.
Great gallery of a cool figure I'm dissapointed I never saw at stores. It's a damn shame Figuarts is done with sentai without ever getting to Zeo/Ohranger.
Kickback, I hate to burst your bubble, but the Super Legends figure is far more superior
I've always loved the Zeo Gold Ranger. Just everything about him was so cool.
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