Showing posts with label Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Show all posts

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Mighty Moprhin' Power Rangers: Alien Slotsky

Finally! We are to the last of my brother's Power Ranger figure reviews. Can we even call these reviews? This last guy has to be the goofiest of the four. If I got his name right it's Alien Slotsky. So let me get this straight. He's an evil walking slot machine that carries an axe with a big dollar sign?  Yup, that about sums it up.


This guy looks like the long lost red headed step child of the Wizard of Oz's Tinman. I think I remember seeing his guy in a bladder control medicine commercial on TV.

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Master Vile

This is the 3rd Power Rangers post of 4 that I have planned. Again this is one of my little brothers toys from his childhood. And again I know nothing of this character so I'll just be describing my thoughts on this figure.


This is Master Vile. What I want to know though is what is so vile about him? Is this even a "him"? And can you even classify this as an action figure? I mean, where are the arms and legs? This is a big chunk of hollow plastic. Like the other Power Ranger villains I've previously looked at, Master Vile features a little gimmick. See that gold ball on his chest? When you roll it like a track ball (remember Centipede?) the head spins around in circles. What the heck? I don't get it. Can someone please explain this goofy character to me? He also comes with a gold staff like weapon. I'm guessing he's some sort of wizard or magician. Don't know...don't really care. Man these Power Ranger characters are down right goofy. What on earth did my little bro see in these?! One more Power Rangers review and that's it...I promise!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Vampirus

Continuing my look at my little brothers Power Rangers toys we have the purple, vampire version of McDonald's Grimace character. Actually it's Vampirus. Again, I haven't done a Google search so I'm just going off what I have in my hands.


I get that a lot of these toys had action features built in, but I can't figure out what his is supposed to be or do. I know his little red bat wings move around in a circle - as does the tail - but is there supposed to be a trigger to activate this? And what purpose do these moving wings have? And what's with Vampirus squinting as such? He looks like he is either staring into the sun or just ate a piece of Xtreme Warheads sour candy. His included weapon is a silver staff of some sorts, but he can't even hold it very well. This character may have come across on the television show as a cool character, but once translated to plastic...well, it sucks.

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Rito Revolto

When I started this blog a few years ago never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine featuring a Power Rangers review. Sigh. My mom dropped off a big box of toys a few weeks ago full of my younger brother's toys. He was big into Power Rangers and the old Toy-Biz X-Men stuff...apparent by the contents of the box. Funny thing is I can remember a few Christmas' where he got a lot of the original Power Rangers toys.

My mom had asked me to sell these toys for my brother since she figured I would know the best way to promote them online. Now while I may have a good knowledge of toys from my childhood, I know little to nothing about Power Rangers outside of the horribly goofy television show. So after researching these toys I figured why not create a new tab and review a few of the figures for the blog. Most of my reviews are from a perspective of someone who knows the toy, franchise or brand...but not this time!


Rito Revolto. Wow, what a name. Without doing a specific Google search on this character I know nothing about him. When I pulled the figure out of the box it was missing the right arm and the backpack bazooka thing was in a separate zip lock bag. Thankfully that was easy to match up thanks to the camo, but it took awhile before I realized I had his rifle. Inside the box of toys were several zip lock bags full of nondescript action figure weapons and accessories.

Rito looks like a military skeleton, though why the half white and half camo is beyond me. The figure features articulation in the shoulders and hips, but that is about it. The arms and legs are molded in their half bent shape which limits how you can stand the figure. Lots of sculpting though exists in the figure...kind of surprising for a figure that hails from 1994. The interesting part of the figure is the bazooka thing. There are 3 peg holes on the back of the figure that match up with the pegs on the gray backpack. Attached to the backpack is a small clear tube that connects to what looked like an arm appendage. This appendage actually slides over the camo arm effectively arming him with a new weapon. On the back of the backpack is a small button that when pushed in pumps air through the tube and "shoots" the bazooka. When I say shoot I don't mean launch. The red piece is attached to the appendage piece so when the air is being pumped through the red piece just extends in and out.

Of all the Power Ranger villains I pulled out of the box this guy looks the best...but that might not be saying much!