Power Rangers General Discussion Thread
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So hey, I wrote a review for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind. And it's here, on the Allspark!
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Yeah, I know it's coming in late. I explain it at the top of the review.
Please give it a look. I know it's a lot, so if nothing else, you can just read the stupid captions I put to the screens and hopefully get some value out of that.
Video Games - GameSpark Reviews: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind
Note: The following review was written after a post-launch update. Therefore, some details and experiences by the reviewer may differ from other reviews published closer to the time of the game’s release. Note 2: This review would have been up earlier, but then Rita turned it into a monster and...
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Yeah, I know it's coming in late. I explain it at the top of the review.
Please give it a look. I know it's a lot, so if nothing else, you can just read the stupid captions I put to the screens and hopefully get some value out of that.
Deadline confirms that Toei, the production company behind Super Sentai, is not involved in the Power Ranger reboot:
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International Disruptors: Toei President & CEO Fumio Yoshimura Unpacks Japanese Studio’s $2BN Global Expansion Strategy
Japanese studio associated with the Kamen Rider, Super Sentai & Dragon Ball franchises has ambitious international expansion plans.
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Time really is a flat circle...
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Playmates has released images of their initial offerings for Power Rangers, due in retailers this summer
New Playmates Toys Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Re-Ignition Official Product Images
We first showed you these earlier this year during Toy Fair, and now Playmates Toys has released new official images for some of their upcoming Mighty Morphin
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Depends on the cost, may have to get the blade blaster.
Wow, figures with Blade Blasters in blade mode...
I think that's a first, outside of any collector's lines.
I think that's a first, outside of any collector's lines.
I've got a feeling someone at Hasbro read the pitch and was like "WTF is this?! Ewww... No no no! Cancel cancel cancel!"
Not anyone with any sort of decision-making power, I'm sure.
You say that.. yet there is no show now. And his excuse is a pretty bold face lie.
He was claiming it "fell through the cracks" with the IP changing hands and such. Problem is.. he was brought in after Hasbro bought the IP, and hasbro still owns the IP. There was no "changing hands and mergers and such."
Hasbro may not be the best company in the world, far from it.. but they don't exactly character hump like this guy was wanting to do.
As if he wasn't already?
MMPR Re-Ignition has premiered on Youtube and...aside from a new title card and the additional of the "Morphin Minute" (Which, at least in the first episode, seemed to be a lore thing. Kind of like the old File of Teletraan 2 from TF Season 3)...not much seems to have changed. As a remaster, I'm REALLY not sure it looks appreciably better than prior sources. It comes across as SUPREMELY low effort, for the amount of press Playmates and Hasbro have put out.
I'm not about to completely poo-poo the idea, given continued popularity for older cartoons and series in many other instances...but, yeah. We'll see.
On the toy front, images have popped up of the "classic rangers" 6 pack set. Probably an online retailer exclusive, this looks to just be the basic 5.25" Rangers in fancy packaging.
My suspicion is that the non-gimmick figures will be their own assortment with the Auto-Morphin' and Aliens in a separate assortment. Playmates does similar with TMNT, which has basic figures, Mix-N-Max, and Classics as their own bespoke assortments.
I'm not about to completely poo-poo the idea, given continued popularity for older cartoons and series in many other instances...but, yeah. We'll see.
On the toy front, images have popped up of the "classic rangers" 6 pack set. Probably an online retailer exclusive, this looks to just be the basic 5.25" Rangers in fancy packaging.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Re-Ignition Collectors Figure 6-Pack Official Images
Shown below are the official images for the upcoming Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Re-Ignition Collectors Figure 6-Pack from Playmates Toys. This set which is
toynewsi.com
My suspicion is that the non-gimmick figures will be their own assortment with the Auto-Morphin' and Aliens in a separate assortment. Playmates does similar with TMNT, which has basic figures, Mix-N-Max, and Classics as their own bespoke assortments.
Here is the thing...MMPR Re-Ignition has premiered on Youtube and...aside from a new title card and the additional of the "Morphin Minute" (Which, at least in the first episode, seemed to be a lore thing. Kind of like the old File of Teletraan 2 from TF Season 3)...not much seems to have changed. As a remaster, I'm REALLY not sure it looks appreciably better than prior sources. It comes across as SUPREMELY low effort, for the amount of press Playmates and Hasbro have put out.
I'm not about to completely poo-poo the idea, given continued popularity for older cartoons and series in many other instances...but, yeah. We'll see.
On the toy front, images have popped up of the "classic rangers" 6 pack set. Probably an online retailer exclusive, this looks to just be the basic 5.25" Rangers in fancy packaging.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Re-Ignition Collectors Figure 6-Pack Official Images
Shown below are the official images for the upcoming Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Re-Ignition Collectors Figure 6-Pack from Playmates Toys. This set which istoynewsi.com
My suspicion is that the non-gimmick figures will be their own assortment with the Auto-Morphin' and Aliens in a separate assortment. Playmates does similar with TMNT, which has basic figures, Mix-N-Max, and Classics as their own bespoke assortments.
There are no masters of the original MMPR. There is not much they can really do to upscale and not have it look horrendous. And the first episode MAY not have needed much. Be interesting of some of the later episodes with Grey Pink or Blue get fixed.
I'm not saying there aren't reasons that they wouldn't have made it, I just can't see an executive having that go across their desk and saying "Mixing the most popular Power Ranger of all time with the multiverse craze everyone is into and doing these days? No, thank you."
I'm sure there are any number of reasons they didn't go with it, but those don't seem like they'd be high on the list to me.
The newest issues of the Toybook features a two page spread detailing some of the work that went into designing the new line’s look and “visual language” from Design Force, Inc’s President, Ted Mininni:
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(Pages 58 and 59)
Truth be told, I actually wish some of this thought went into Hasbro’s mainstream product lines. Transformers packaging has gotten so generic, I wish some of the approaches detailed about Power Rangers would be applied to Transformers. Instead of another year of “white and red = kids” and “Black=Adult” that the brand’s retail visage has devolved into.
The Toy Book - May 2025
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Truth be told, I actually wish some of this thought went into Hasbro’s mainstream product lines. Transformers packaging has gotten so generic, I wish some of the approaches detailed about Power Rangers would be applied to Transformers. Instead of another year of “white and red = kids” and “Black=Adult” that the brand’s retail visage has devolved into.