A Power Rangers edition of Monopoly was recently released to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the series. The game has a retail price of $39.99 and at the moment seems only to be available through Amazon and some specialty toy retailers. Hit the break to see more pictures and the full review.
The front of the box has all the red rangers from the 20 year history of Power Rangers, including both Samurai red rangers, while the back has a picture of the board and some of the special game pieces included in this set.
The first thing you see after opening the box is a really neat Power Rangers timeline showing each season by year up to Megaforce.
There are also special Power Rangers monopoly money, cards and tokens.
Instead of Chance and Community Chest, there are Allies and Villains cards, which function the same way.
The money has the Power Rangers lightning bolt on it, and the properties and title deed cards all feature Power Rangers locations from throughout the franchise history.
The board is gorgeous, featuring a selection of Power Rangers along with some Super Sentai in the far background as well. Each of the locations on the board has a name, picture and price, as is standard for Monopoly. Special vehicle cards (Phantom Ranger Airship, Battlefleet, Rail Rescues & Strata Cycle) replace the standard railroads from the classic edition.
Gosei’s Command Center and Zordon’s Command Center replace Park Place and Boardwalk as the most expensive locations on the board, while Astronema’s Dark Fortress is the cheapest on the board.
There are a few errors in this release as noted previously — for example, the Mariner Bay Aquabase and the Strata Cycle have the wrong photos, and Emperor Gruuum’s name is misspelled on his card. It’s disappointing that Hasbro wasn’t able to correct these issues before release.
The tokens are one of the highlights of this game. There are six metal tokens, a lightning bolt, Alpha 5, the original MMPR megazord, Goldar, a power morpher and a white ranger helmet. Goldar and the megazord are the most impressive of the set, and they show a surprising amount of detail. Many of those details were unfortunately lost on the power morpher, but it’s still recognizable. My megazord unfortunately won’t stand up, but the other tokens have decent weight and have no problem staying upright.
Last and definitely least are the “zords” and “megazords”, the official terms in this edition for houses and hotels.
Unfortunately they are just standard Monopoly houses and hotels — understandable due to cost limitations, but Power Rangers specific pieces (maybe youth centers and command centers?) would have been nice.
Final word: If you like board games and you like Power Rangers, you’ll enjoy this game. In addition, because the rules are essentially the same as classic Monopoly, you can easily play with non-Power Rangers fans (unlike Power Rangers Trivial Pursuit). The artwork is great and the flaws are relatively minor. I highly recommend this edition and personally can’t wait to play it.
