White Tiger Thunderzord [Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Re-Ignition]

@robfromzonebase White Tigerzors [Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Re-Ignition] #zonebase #mightymorphinpowerrangers #powerrangers #zords #megazord ♬ Running like a Tiger - Damian Hamada's Creatures

It's fall, and that means it's time for Playmates Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Re-Ignition Season 2 to start!

As many of you know, I was really fond of the Season 1 Zords, and I'm looking forward to completing that set once the Dragonzord ships next year. Fortunately, there's no weird stipulation with Season 2, and the entire set of Zords is available at standard retail.

The Thunder Megazord was always my preferred Megazord, and it's nice to see him getting the Re-Ignition treatment. I know some folks vastly prefer the nicer, higher-end options, but I really like these because they're just fun, big-ass robot toys that are not only easily available... but also fairly cheap.

At $20 each from my local Walmart, they're not a bad way to build a big-ass Megazord. Not to mention, it's fun to acquire them week by week and slowly assemble the team.

These figures are developed by Playmates themselves by their Hong Kong team—the group that made their Voltron sets that I was a big fan of—and they're heavily based on the original Zords. As a result, they have a nice, satisfying old-school Bandai feel to them.

Not to mention, they're nice and large. Like a Jumbo Shogun Warrior.

I'm starting my look at Season 2 with what has to be my all-time favorite Zord, the White Tiger Thunderzord.

Super Sentai fans know him as Mythical Qi Beast Won Tiger from Gosei Sentai Dairanger, though I mainly associate him with MMPR since I haven't watched nearly as much Dairanger as I have Zyuranger.

When I was younger, I had assumed he was meant to resemble a sphinx, but instead he's based on the Byakko from Chinese mythology. That's something I was fairly ignorant of as a kid, despite being surrounded by its imagery quite often thanks to my hometown having a largely mixed population.

When the tiger transforms into Warrior Mode, it's intended to resemble ancient warrior statues, something I've always thought looked cool. Another thing I like is the white base color with the black, red, and gold accent colors. It just looks so sharp, and with that classic Bandai design, it looks awesome.

In Warrior Mode, the tiger's head becomes his chest, which is a design style many transforming robots have used, but once again, that classic Bandai look gives it a charm all its own.

Like the other Re-Ignition toys, it feels like a giant Gobot... which, if history had gone another way, the originals might have ended up as.

This is a really satisfying toy thanks to its larger size and chonky design. Being intended to homage the original, it's fairly simple... and that's not a bad thing.

Transformation... whoops, I meant morphing from tiger to warrior... isn't complex at all. The tail is his scimitar, and the whole package just comes together nicely.

Of course, you can attach the other Thunderzords and form the White Tiger Thunder Megazord, which we'll get to once all the members are acquired.

For now, however, let me just bask in a new toy of one of my favorite designs.

You might just have an alcoholic in your house

To be honest, the rules regarding Gremlins are pretty... crap.

Don't feed them after midnight. What time zone? How do they know? Do they update with daylight saving time?

Don't get them wet... how wet? There's moisture in the air. Does condensation count? Isn't hydration technically...?

Sunlight and bright lights? Okay, I get that one. I mean, that's workable... except when they're surrounded by lights in various scenes, but a random desk lamp is an issue.

Now... we've got to worry about them drinking and driving. Which is a pretty big rule for everyone, not just Gremlins. Like, seriously, don't do it. That's one of the most irresponsible things you can do, and you have to be a pretty big piece of shit to do it intentionally.

The Gremlins, though... they're already destroying everything, and then you let them behind the wheel of your Mom's '89 Ford Taurus, drunker than a sailor on payday?

While we're here, can we point out how many jump scares this PSA has?

Good thing Gizmo's adorable.

Weekly Update 9/21/26 — Still Got the Touch

It's Monday yet again Zone Base readers, thank you all for joining me again for another week of robots, monsters, and misadventure!

Like many of you, this weekend I went to see the 40th Anniversary showing of Transformers: The Movie at my local theater. It was nice to see it on the big screen again and celebrate the occasion. Of course, I'm writing this in advance, and below is the weekend update written on my phone Monday morning, hence the grammatical shift.

Because apparently this is what happens when I try to write a blog post before I've fully become a functioning human being for the day.

Despite Zone Base getting thousands of views a day, it's always been something of a ghost town on social media. I mean, I am there, and I even made a Facebook page just to share the site in groups. However, it's just never been a big social media destination.

While I'm definitely not trying to be an influencer, I'm trying to get Zone Base more established on TikTok and Instagram and use those resources as part of the site. My videos have been getting increasingly more views on TikTok, which is awesome, and I'd like to keep growing those accounts. There's a lot of stuff I post there that doesn't necessarily get covered here, so I think of them as another part of Zone Base rather than completely separate things.

If you could, please like and follow me on TikTok and Instagram for more site content that doesn't get posted here. I'd really appreciate it!

Thank you all for supporting Zone Base. Please share it with your friends, and as always, be excellent to each other.

Now, let's get to the weekend!

The Weekend (via poorly written cell phone entry)

My viewing of TFTM was a really good time. I'd been seeing where Shaw Theaters in partnership with Yolopark had been turning their showings into little events and honestly I'm jealous! My theaters didn't even have posters for their showings, talk about slack ass! Regardless, the movie was excellent as always and it was great seeing it on the big screen again. The tribute to Peter Cullen at the beginning was a nice touch and the additional short Transformers: Awakenings was fun to watch even if the plot/message felt a bit... bad fan fic? I dunno, guess I expected more than I should have on that one. Still, like the 40th Anniversary theatrical event in 2024, I really enjoyed myself. This is tge type of thing I'd love to happen more often. It's nice to have local things for fans to enjoy without having to go out of their way at great expense like conventions in more recent years. Man, if only Yolopark had set up in my theater. 

The rest of the weekend was spent helping my mom move. I swear/hope the word move leaves my vocabulary soon and I can find leasure time again. I did manage to watch the newest episodes of Ultraman Teo and Kamen Rider My-Th and get in a little more time in the game of Gargoyle's Quest I've been enjoying for the Halloween season. I'm hoping to get more time soon to organize my toy space as I've got plans for it that I'm really excited about! Didn't really get any toys this weekend. Well, the Mrs surprised me with the last 2 Godzilla x Hello Kitty toys I'd needed that she got from trading groups. The Dragonzord Kickstarter finished up, so I can look forward to that in May. My Big Figs Optimus Prime came in and I love it! Look forward to a post on that in the future. Next weekend I'll be hosting a Transformers panel at Joelanta and am really excited about it. I haven't been since Toylanta was split from Joelanta and it'll be nice to go again. Well, next weeks report will be full of talk about that. Until then, it's time to get this week started!

Bored in the Castle

Holy crap, Ghost Castle looks amazing. Why isn't this a household staple? WHY?

To be honest, a lot of board games are boring. It's in the name, but Ghost Castle looks so cool! You've got skulls falling through things, and is that treasure?

I mean, if Monopoly happened in a haunted castle, it'd be so much more fun.

I really like the ghost puppets in this commercial, too. Though I'm pretty amazed these kids gathered in a spooky mansion to play a board game together and not in the family room where Mom could make them pizza rolls.