#Black omega ranger full#
Since there are specific straight coloured lines running down the body Omega’s design is one that results in “breaking” the flow of the suit when making full use of the articulation, but unfortunately there’s just no way around it on a suit like this. It can only do it at very specific angles when the arms are brought in toward the chest, but it’s more than enough to make the pose work as well as it should. As someone who’s been critical of Hasbro’s inaccuracies in the past and will continue to be I don’t want to excuse some of the mistakes made here, but the fact it’s still a really strong figure even with those in mind just goes to show how striking Omega Ranger/ design is.įirstly answering the most important question of all - yes the shoulders have enough range that you can bring the right arm around enough so that the hand can grip onto the Omega Morpher’s throttle. Finally there’s that moulded Omega Morpher, complete with a moving throttle and able to rotate on its connected cuff piece. The helmet details are crisp and colourful, but most importantly of all that pointed shape at the back has been recreated faithfully. It’s a shame Hasbro dropped the ball on the back of the figure so hard because there are some really commendable paint apps here, like how the gold and blue sections are able to extend out on the butterfly joint pieces. The blue paint used for the body is slightly metallic, giving it a great shimmer under proper light which goes well with all that gold paint. The sculpted SPD detailing in the belt buckle is a really nice touch, it’s just a shame that said detail is almost completely lost without a paint wash to bring it out in that unpainted gold plastic. If you can get over these inaccuracies though, it’s still a good looking figure that gets the job done. There’s a lot going on in this set which would have likely resulting in cuts being made, but your mileage may vary on whether properly painting the figure was really the best place for it. While Omega certainly has that in terms of proportions, with whole sections missing from the back whether it has it in terms of deco is debatable. One might argue that the back of the figure isn’t what’s going to be on show, but it’s still disappointing to see when the Lightning Collection was originally billed as “the most screen accurate figures ever”. But truthfully all of these are pretty minor complaints overall, especially compared to the biggest problem on this figure in terms of deco - the gold stripes on the back torso and leg have been completely omitted. There are also a few paint apps missing too, most notably on the wrist-mounted Omega Morpher. The thickness of the V also means the SPD badge on the breast has come out too small, sitting comfortably within the gold when in reality it should extend outside of it. The most obvious of these from the front is that the “VI” on the torso isn’t quite shaped correctly, with the V being too thick and resulting in the I sitting further across the body than it should. On first glance the Lightning Collection Omega Ranger looks like a great figure that’s incredibly faithful to the onscreen suit, but as is pretty typical with the line if you look at it more closely there are a fair few suit inaccuracies that’ll divide opinion. Open it up and the figure and vehicle are laid out neatly on a moulded plastic tray, with the figure itself laying horizontally (at least in relation to the orientation of the box anyway) in the tray rather than upright. Whalen’s artwork is reprinted on both sides of the box (one of which is also carrying the Power Rangers SPD logo), and the figure/bike render is printed in much larger size on the back. The artwork layout is roughly the same though, with the front of the box still featuring Tom Whalen’sfantastic character artwork, along with a render of the figure itself in the bottom corner so that you can at least see the Uniforce Cycle as well. Given that it’s housing a vehicle it’s also a lot taller and wider than your average Lightning Collection box.
There’s been a few windowless boxes before (notably the Putty Patroller 2-pack and Psycho Ranger 5-pack), but nothing this shape.
Omega Ranger’s packaging marks new territory for the Lightning Collection, coming in square windowless packaging that’s quite unlike anything we’ve seen previously.
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