Remember Power Rangers?

[Lint]

I just realised how wrong it looks when dragon megazord is 'mounting' titanus :P

[roller]

i remember gettting the Dragon megazord

and my sister asking if Zord was even a word

[GoktimusPrime]

From the April Acquisitions thread:

...together they look like Autobot Power Rangers. Ironic considering that Takara's original name for Transformers in Japan was 「変身戦隊トランスフォーマー」(Henshin Sentai Transformers - "Transforming Battle Squad Transformers"*). For those who don't know, all the Tokusatsu Sentai TV shows in Japan (the kinds of shows which are later culled to make Power Rangers) typically have the word "Sentai" (Battle Squad) in their titles, e.g.: (discussion continued in Power Rangers thread

「恐竜戦隊ジュウレンジャー」(Kyouryuu Sentai (Dinosaur Battle Squad) Zyuranger)
「五星戦隊ダイレンジャー」 (Gosei Sentai (5 star Battle Squad) Dairanger)
「高速戦隊ターボレンジャー」(Kousoku Sentai (High Speed Battle Squad) Turboranger)
「電磁戦隊メガレンジャー」(Denji Sentai (Digital Battle Squad) Megaranger)
「特捜戦隊デカレンジャー」(Tokusou Sentai (Special Police Battle Squad) Dekaranger)
etc. You get the picture.

roller and Lord_Zed (and Geminii too?) know that I love singing these songs at Karaoke.


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*As most of you know, this name was abandoned in favour of 「戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー」(Tatakae! Chou Robotto Seimeitai Toransufoomaa - "Fight! Super Robot Life Transformers")

[loophole]

Power Rangers bah!!! it was crap and just a crappy version of Voltron IMO!!!

[GoktimusPrime]

Well, Lion Force Voltron (aka Hundred Beast King Go-Lion) was basically the same thing - just animated instead of live action. Ditto Gatchaman (aka Battle of the Planets, G-Force, Eagle Riders) - only their vehicles didn't transform into robots or merge into a big robot (although they did transform from regular vehicles into super vehicles and could all dock with the God Phoenix).

I much preferred Vehicle Force Voltron (aka Armoured Fleet XV Dairugger) - 15 military vehicles capable of interstellar flight > 5 cats.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I preffered Vehicle force Voltron too, but I notice that not many people seem to remember that one.

As for Power rangers, never liked the toys, but the show was cheezy good fun! I found it being shown on Channel 7 at 1 am in the morning a while ago! Good stuff!

The bad guys would be winning and then they would grow and the PR would get their Zords and win the day. Why the bad guys didnt just stay small I could never understand...

[Vector Sigma 13]

Power Rangers are cheezy but cool! My kids are into them a bit. Eldest has been watching SPD religiously of late. I do admit i am fond of the original MMPR.