Following the excellent Power Rangers RPM and the completely forgettable remaster of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers season one, the future of Power Rangers seemed bleak. Disney had completely lost interest in the franchise, so it was as good a time as any for it to return home. Saban Brands bought back Power Rangers  and began work on Power Rangers Samurai , the 18th season and adapted from the Super Sentai series Samurai Sentai Shinkenger . What was different about Samurai to previous seasons is that it was split into two 20 episodes seasons (plus specials), with the second half/19th season taking the name Power Rangers Super Samurai . Centuries ago the Power Rangers Samurai protected the Earth from the evil Master Xandred and his army of Nighloks, who planned to flood the world with the waters of despair from the Sanzu river. Although they managed to seal away Xandred, the Nighloks return in present day to continue what they started. Jayden, descendant of the R...

  Rounding off wave 2 of the Super Samurai Mega Bloks blind bags are these three guys, two of which are common and the other the super secret rare "we don't even tell you what it is on the flyer" figure. First up we have the battle damaged Gold Ranger figure, which is essentially a scuffed up version of the first wave's Gold figure. The sash is messed up as well as the black marks all over the figure, and quality seems pretty good overall. He comes packaged with his barracuda blade once again. Secondly there's the Mega Mode Blue Ranger figure, who like his Mega Mode wave mates comes with a jointed Mega Blade weapon (Pink is feeling pretty left out right now). Its a reasonably good figure, but the weakest of the three types of blue rangers included in these bags thus far. Finally comes the "mystery figure", who is in fact a solid red version of the Super Mega Mode Red Ranger and not the standard Mega Mode like I'd said in...

Here are some pictures of the last two mini-figures I needed to complete wave one of the Mega Bloks Power Rangers Samurai blind packs. While boasting the figure as "metallic" might be pushing it a bit (the figure itself) isn't chromed or anything special like that, the Gold Ranger has quickly become one of my favourites of the wave, with a nice mix of gold and light blue colours and a chromed barracuda blade to boot. The Mooger is also a really good figure - the shoulder armour is rubbery but the weapon is simply a recoloured version of Deker's Uramasa. Now begins the wait for wave two !

We're back again for a look at another two figures from the Mega Bloks Power Rangers Samurai blind bag wave, and this time its the "rare" Mega Mode Pink Ranger and Deker in human form. Pink is my only disappointment with the line so far, as she comes with a standard spin sword rather than a more suitable mega blade. Still, the figure itself looks great (with quite a bit to it). Deker, while much more simplistic, comes with his trusted sword Uramasa.  Look out for gallery of the final two figures I need from the wave, the Gold Ranger and a Mooger, in the near future!

Again, nothing worthy of a full review but I just received another two blind-packed Power Rangers Samurai Mega Bloks figures as a present from my girlfriend. This time it was the Blue Ranger and training mode Red stashed away inside. Despite the check list not mentioning so, the Blue Ranger is in fact battle damaged (which is quite obvious from his paint apps) and comes included with a small-but-nicely-detailed Hydro Bow. Like training mode Green, Jayden also comes with a standard spin sword accessory.    

Nothing worth writing an extensive review over, but yesterday I picked up two blind bags from Mega Bloks Power Rangers Samurai line in London after scouring the UK for them over the past few weeks. Luck gave me the "ultra rare" translucent red ranger and the "common" training green ranger (which is wearing that hood/mask that you see for all of two seconds during the morphing sequence) and I have to say I'm quite impressed with these little guys. As well as the parts to make the figure, the packs also include a LEGO  Mega Bloks brick stand in their respective colours. The red ranger was an especially nice figure as the helmet is a separate piece to the actual head, meaning he can also be displayed helmetless (wearing that same hood/mask as Green). By the looks of it this will be a feature on all the rangers, as the Gold and Pink in the assortment are the same. The detail on the weapons is fantastic for figures of this size, it puts the Mega Mode Red fig...