I pre-ordered wave two of the Lightning collection from Hasbro Pulse on the strength of the wave one figures and most of them came in a couple weeks back. Except the one I really was curious about, the Pink Ranger. She finally arrived last Friday, so let’s take a look at the Pink Ranger!
The Pink Ranger comes in the now familiar Lightning collection window box and I’m still really enjoying the overall presentation, especially the minimalist character art on the front and sides.
Kimberly comes with the standard MMPR Blade Blaster, the Power Bow with one regular arrow and one energized arrow, two alternate hands, and an unmasked head.
The blade blaster is in gun mode and does not transform. So it fits in the holster, but looks a little off in there, since I’m used to seeing the daggers in the holsters.
An additional dagger mode would have been a good inclusion here. The weapon is sharply detailed and has some paint, but is missing quite a few detail points as seems to be the standard with this line.
The power bow is cast in white plastic and is also missing some details around the grip. In general, the mostly unpainted weapons does lend a bit of an unfinished feel to the figures. The bow is cast in a thin silver plastic that’s not terribly convincing as metal.
The energized arrow is kind of neat. I think it’s meant to look like the energized arrow is in mid-flight from the bow. Both arrows are a little fiddly to get posed with the figure, even though it has hands designed specifically for wielding a bow.
The extra hands include a right fist and a left chopping hand. Both swap out with a bit of effort and have very long pegs. I think they add a lot of fun to the posing of this figure for sure.
The alternate head looks like a decent likeness of the actress to my eyes, but admittedly I haven’t studied her all that closely. The face printing is it’s usual effectiveness here, so you see a little pixelation if you get too close with the lens, but it looks nice to the naked eye.
The sculpting on this figure is nice and they did a good job capturing the fit, but not ridiculously jacked physique of the actors and stunt performers who portray the character. I think she could stand to be a little more substantially built overall, but it’s pretty good.
That said, the arms are a little over-thin for my taste. I also had a hard time telling which way the forearm was supposed to bend since it looked similar both ways. I would have liked that elbow joint to have a smoother transition as it looks a little awkward.
The mask sculpt looks good but I have some paint smoosh on the mouth area on mine that mars the finish a bit, which is a shame. That’s one paint spot on these figures you want to be especially perfect.
The articulation is very good with:
- Swivel/hinge neck, shoulders, elbows, hips, wrists, and ankles
- Ball and socket head and upper torso
- Single hinged lower torso
- Double hinged knees
- Swivel thighs and boots
- Butterfly hinge pecs
I found the movement to be good and not hindered at all by they soft plastic skirt. The right weapon holding hand has an up/down hinge which I like for gun holding poses. The pec hinges help get some cool cross-body moves too.
The elbow does get more than a 90 degree bend, so that in conjunction with wrist articulation makes for some decent bow holding poses.
The paint is the weak spot on this figure for me. Besides the aforementioned helmet smush, in some light you can really see a few different pink colors on the body that don’t match. Also the white of the belt doesn’t completely cover the pink of the skirt piece it’s attached to.
Despite my issues with the pink colors matching and the fiddly nature of the bow and arrow posing, I still enjoyed this figure quite a bit. The nice sculpting and articulation saved the figure for me.
