The Weird Distribution of The Power Rangers Lightning Collection

Let's talk about the Power Rangers Lightning Collection's weird distribution.

POWER RANGERS LIGHTNING COLLECTION’S INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLES

While it was discussed how certain Power Rangers Lightning Collection figures just appear in international countries that doesn’t mean everyone is so lucky. A lot of countries are basically ignored in terms of getting figures.

Some only receive the mainline Waves and a couple of exclusives but that’s it. Hasbro has been trying to fix this a little bit by offering Hasbro Pulse in the UK earlier this year, now giving those fans access to most of the recent exclusives, however, they did not offer stock of the 2020 Pulse Exclusives meaning fans were still left out.

It’s been claimed Pulse might continue to expand to other regions as well but for most international fans the vast majority of the Power Rangers Lightning Collection is US exclusive, leading to their only option being importing the figures for extremely high costs.

IN SPACE SILVER SITUATIONS

This brings us to the main problem with having the distribution of the line all over the place. 2021 makes this hard to judge as shipping anything to anywhere is a nightmare right now, but when things occur like with In Space Silver, it paints a questionable picture of the organization of the whole process.

With In Space Silver he was a figure that was first leaked from a retailer in Singapore back in July, which happens often and Hasbro never comments on leaks, however at the start of October the figure started to be released in China and Canada with numerous fans getting their hands on it, video reviews and pictures being posted, and it already selling for crazy prices online.

At this point, many thought Hasbro would announce the figure at their Hasbro Pulse Con 2021 event, but he was nowhere to be seen. Even weirder was when this past week the figure went up on Hasbro Pulse with limited quantities, as he is a Walgreens Exclusive primarily, with no heads up at all. Due to this fans who were not thinking of checking the site missed out on him as he was only up for about 45 minutes.

Situations like this sort of have every point mentioned before rolled into one, he had appeared in international countries beforehand, if you were not a Pulse Premium member he was gone before you got the chance on Pulse, and many countries have no idea when or if they will get this figure.

These all speak to the craziness of tracking down the Power Rangers Lightning Collection and while most current issues can be blamed on the pandemic, one has to wonder why figures such as In Space Silver were not announced at the numerous different events and chances Hasbro had to do so.

Even if they didn’t know when he would be coming out that hasn’t stopped them before, earlier this year Andros was shown during a Power Rangers Fan First Friday event in May and was not released until October, with the team specifically mentioning they were revealing the figure early. With them not doing that this time it now leads to fans angry with Hasbro over the situation.

To stay up to date with all the news for the Power Rangers Lightning Collection fans can check out The Illuminerdi’s Josh Perry on his weekly Lightning Storm YouTube series every Saturday at 9:00 am Pacific or on Twitter at @LightningFigPR. What figures have been the hardest for you to get? Leave your thoughts in the comments below or on our social media.