Toybox REVIEW: Power Rangers Lightning Collection Mighty Morphin Ninja Pink Ranger (Kimberly Hart)

Release Date: January 2022

RRP: $26.99/£32.99

While Hasbro have for the most part made a point of stretching out completing teams in the Lightning Collection for as long as possible to ensure its longevity, sometimes they do throw Power Rangers fans a bone and finish them up in one fell swoop. One such example are the Ninja (or for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie fans, Ninjetti) Rangers of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers season three, who all came as single pack releases within a few months of each other. In fact, Hasbro were so keen that they even released two versions of the Lightning Collection Mighty Morphin Ninja Pink Ranger! While this review looks at the initial Kimberly Hart variant, a second based on second Pink Ranger Katherine Hillard was released shortly afterward on Hasbro Pulse.

A retail release despite not conforming to any established "wave" as such, the Mighty Morphin Ninja Pink Ranger comes in the standard white box adorned with StrongStuffTom's superb artwork. Going forwards the Lightning Collection packaging will not be using any of this artwork which is a huge shame, but it was definitely good while it lasted. On the back of the box you'll find the usual CGI render of the figure showing it off in an action pose (complete with included effect part), and then inside the figure (along with its numerous extra parts) is neatly stored on a moulded plastic tray.

An all-new pinless sculpt representing the rangers' new pre-morph form, Kimberly is the first of the female characters to be released in this form and rather impressively the mould doesn't appear to be all that different from its male counterpart. Sure it's a little shorter, but there isn't such a huge difference when it comes to mass or articulation (more on that further down) thanks to the baggy ninja uniform. The shade of pink is really vibrant and immediately makes the figure stand out, with the white belt and jewels offering a good contrast. There really is some excellent sculpting on this figure - while a lot of it may just seem like clothing folds and such elements like the moulded straps on the gloves and boots haven't gone unnoticed. As tends to be the case with the Lightning Collection though there's a few QC gripes, and given that many people received Ninja Rangers with missing parts I'm getting off lightly. With my copy it's simply a case of presentation, with a lot of the joints looking pretty rough with specks of mould flash covering them. Not all of the pink plastic matches up perfectly either, with the butt plate particularly standing out as a darker shade. It doesn't show up on a camera as well as it does in person, and while it doesn't spoil the figure it does feel like something that could have been avoided given the figure is only dealing with a handful of colours.

The Ninja Rangers are particularly special in that they all include two additional head sculpts, giving each figure a total of three display options. In addition to the fully masked head (which is how the Ninja Rangers appeared in the show) there is also a partially masked/hooded head and the usual fully uncovered civilian one (with the addition of a coloured headband). A larger, alternate neck covering h

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