Anime Pink Power Ranger toy????

[Schrat]

oh man, Im about to cry, I need to see this ep! and that zordon clone thingy, that would be a great ep, but i highly doubt they could get everyone...

[Nerdsy]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Schratn9 [/i]
[B]oh man, Im about to cry, I need to see this ep! and that zordon clone thingy, that would be a great ep, but i highly doubt they could get everyone... [/B][/QUOTE]


[COLOR=deeppink]It will be on again next week on ABC Family, if you missed it the first time around. Set your alarm clock for early, though: It comes on at 8:30 7:30 Central.[/COLOR]

[Devidramon]

Here's what, were this a Digimon ep, I'd call the Annoyingly Long Ep Rant.

Theodore J. Jarvis Johnson. Hee hee hee. And get a load of Tommy's hair. It changed about five or six times during his days as a main Ranger, and now it looks really weird. And Jason's ribbing of Cole. "Hang back, rookie, and let me show you how it's done!" Cole (whose fanboyishness over Jason and Tommy was hilarious) even said "Morphinomenal," which was Zack's word and we haven't heard it since him. (Though Kimberly was the one who invented it waaay back in S1 Ep 2.) And Tommy got to say "Let's do it" once more. (And practically everybody went on to say it later. Geez, guys, get your own phrase!) I just wish Rocky had been there. Yeah, there's already a red Morphin ranger, but he could have just worn his Ninja Ranger costume. And maybe Psycho Red, too. Yeah, he's evil, but if the Machines take over the universe, he can't. Nobody hated the Machines like the most villianous villians, Rita and Zedd. (Well, they were the most villainous before Trakeena showed.)

Let's not even go into the continuity breaks. Primarily certain destroyed power sources working just fine, Bulk being back on Earth, and the way they suddenly remembered about the moon's lesser gravity about halfway through the big battle. I know they always break the rules for crossover eps, but you'd think they'd have made mention of Bulk's return. You know, poked at it kinda like Worf's appearance in Insurrection? Maybe Skull asks Bulk how he got back to Earth, and just as he's starting to explain, Stone and Phenomenus walk in front of the camera talking about a crater on the moon that Phenomenus had noticed that hadn't been there before. Stone would say something like "Yeah, right," and pretty much dismisses it. Speaking of powers, if all the powers are intact and all Rangers know each other this means that there are a heck of a lot of Rangers out there. Here's hoping that we see more of them. Not likely, but I can hope.

Seems that the world's gotten used to there being Rangers. They call each other's names without going through any secret identity stuff, keep tabs on each other ("Cole Evans, right? I'm Carter Grayson, Lightspeed Rescue, Red Ranger." Notice he didn't make sure that the four people in plain sight were the rest of Cole's team. And of course there's the way the Wild Force rangers wear jackets of their Ranger colors with their Ranger names on the back.)

Which reminds me, I loved the part at the end. "I changed [i]history,[/i] but [i]he[/i] gets a fan club, and I don't!" "Remember the time I got baked into that giant pizza?" "My Q-Rex would eat Dragon Zord for breakfast!" Also, they took credit for things that weren't really their doing. They didn't 'discover' the Lost Galaxy, Deviot sent them there. And the end of Mondo. The first time was mostly due to Mondo himself, the second was due to Rita and Zedd, the third was due to Andros breaking Zordon's energy tube. "Stretching the truth" during shameless bragging is always fun.

I wanna to know where they got another Alpha from. Does King Lexion sell them by the dozen? [Imagines Alphas Eight through Twenty running around the Animarium going [i]"Aye[/i]-yi-yi-yi-[i]yiii[/i]!"]

Even if he's got Shadowborg's face, I liked Venjix. He had his eyes on the prize, going for Serpentera instead of piddling around with the Rangers, and when Serpentera was blowing up, he said "Forgive me, Mondo. I have failed you and the Empire." It wasn't the usual "Ha, ha, the world is mine" stuff, he wanted to restore his empire, his people, to their former glory. He was a good character. Had I been the writer, though, I would have had Gasket and Archerina be the villains of the day.

I didn't mind the bad guys being from Beetleborgs. I was a big fan of it and it was great to see Shadowborg in action once again. And there's the silver guy whose name I forgot, who was using the Thunder Stinger against Carter and Andros. Would have been really ironic if it had been Shadowborg using the Thunder Stinger, as the Thunder Stinger was invented mostly to deal with him. (Of course, he was immune to it, though.)

Notice Serpentera's a lot smaller than it used to be? But it looks a lot better. More detail, and its movements are... snakier. And they actually used the phrase "Sea of Tranquility." Neat when they use the actual names of places like that. And whoever played Alpha sounded *exactly* like the original voice. I had to look at the credits to know it wasn't the same VA. The credits also revealed quite a few people we know playing various baddies. Venjix/Shadowborg was Kai, Ladyborg was Kat, and either Green Hunter or the reddish Astral Borg was Zack. Cool. Since Aurico didn't demorph, and in fact we never saw his face, I take it that's not the same actor as before.

I also loved The Soul Of Humanity (since shoes weren't involved, I'm going to assume "sole" was a mistake) and next week's ep looked good. I never imagined that I'd actually use the word "good" in the same sentence as "Wild Force," but the Animus arc, Forever Red, and now the character development they're doing with Toxica and Jindrax. Anybody else love Team Carnival? [Growls as self: "No, I will [i]not[/i] start shipping Toxica and Jindrax... I will [i]not[/i]... not..."]

[Nerdsy]

[COLOR=deeppink]The Lightspeed Rescue Rangers never kept their identity a secret. And Wild Force... I think they're supposed to keep it a secret that they're rangers, but they do a pretty poor job of it. Wild Force is so chock full of inconsistencies...


Was anybody else dissapointed with how they defeated Serpentera? I mean, the Thunderzords couldn't make a dent it that thing, and here Cole comes on his flying bicycle and flies into it's mouth, effectively destroying it. The laser Serpentera shot didn't even effect Cole. Not to mention he somehow survived the explosion. It made Serpentera look like not much of a threat.

I bet Zedd would have a fit if he knew his own personal Zord was destroyed so easily.[/COLOR]

[Devidramon]

Yeah, that was [i]definitely[/i] not the superweapon that wiped out a planet. I figure, though, that they used Serpentera's weapon on low power so as not to run down its all-too-limited power supply. Though you'd think Venjix could have just closed Serpentera's mouth.

Also, as my screenname suggests, I'm a Digimon fan, and that's pretty much [i]exactly[/i] how they took down MetalSeadramon, a robotic serpent much like Serpentera. His body was made of impenetrable armor and nothing could scratch it. He fires a powerful energy beam from the lens that's where the top half of his head should be. WarGreymon did some spinning drill move through the energy beam, through the lens, through his body, and out the other end. Shouldn't have worked on him [i]or[/i] Serpentera, but having seen something before makes it seem just a little more plausible.

Also, the final blow against the main villains has been anticlimactic in every single crossover ep. (Well, except for Aquitian/Zeo.) Psycho Rangers? One "Power-Up Mode." Vypra and the superdemon? One blast from the Red Rangers. I didn't go in expecting much from the final battle. It's really more the trip than the destination with those. The best parts were the various rangers coming together, and Bulk and Skull, and the bantering afterward. "Hey, I discovered a new galaxy!" (No, you didn't. Deviot sent you there.) "Hey, I did all the work while he was busy kissing Kimberly!" (Uh, didn't he always have to come in and bail you out?) I was laughing pretty much the whole time with those things. And Alpha Seven, whose voice was exactly like Alpha Five. And Andros' appaearance at the beginning, almost [i]exactly[/i] the way we first met him.

And the continued existence of the Machine Empire. Zordon's wave was supposed to wipe them all out, but if five machine generals are still alive, then there's hope for some of those bad guys, like Finster, or Scorpina.

[Omar Harris]

On the Ninja Storm site,it mentions that Zordon's wave not only wiped out all evil, but opened a gateway to Hell (obviously going to be censored to something else in America) and released the Demons who will fight the Rangers in that show. Looks like we haven't seen the last of its effects just yet.

[Devidramon]

I don't think Zordon's Wave happened at all in the Japanese version. I forgot what I read about the Japanese PRiS ending, but I know it didn't involve the past five or six seasons' villains and the death of a mentor wiping them out. So we're dealing with US events. Maybe they'll say Shadow World like in Lightspeed Rescue. It [i]is[/i] a past monster hell, and we did see one Zordon's Wave monster there. (Eye Guy. He was in the Shadow World in the finale, along with Oysterizer, and the last time we'd seen him before was with Rita and Zedd in Countdown to Destruction.) And Lightspeed Rescue involved demons too. So maybe it's the same place.

Here's hoping that means Ecliptor might return. He was my all-time favorite character, and he doesn't deserve to wander the Shadow World forever as a mindless zombie. Maybe something will happen in Ninja Storm that allows for him to have escaped. (Even if we don't see it. All we need is [i]one[/i] baddie we've seen before to get out of the Shadow World. That'll mean it's the same place, and that escape is possible. Yes, I sit around thinking about this sort of thing with every show I watch. Yes, it's sad.)

[Nerdsy]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Devidramon [/i]
[B]
Here's hoping that means Ecliptor might return. He was my all-time favorite character, and he doesn't deserve to wander the Shadow World forever as a mindless zombie. Maybe something will happen in Ninja Storm that allows for him to have escaped. (Even if we don't see it. All we need is [i]one[/i] baddie we've seen before to get out of the Shadow World. That'll mean it's the same place, and that escape is possible. Yes, I sit around thinking about this sort of thing with every show I watch. Yes, it's sad.) [/B][/QUOTE]


[COLOR=deeppink]Ecliptor is great, but I think his return would only be good if they brought back Darkonda, so they can have their little backstage power struggle like they used to.


But really, I think that's a little much to ask for. This is Power Rangers we're talking about. If they have any previous monsters appearing, they'll probably either be some sort of Org or just the costume with a different name. But I wouldn't be upset if they did bring him back, though. [/COLOR]

[Devidramon]

Or a cameo. You know how past monsters sometimes show up in places like the Shadow World, Prince Gasket's arena, the Onyx Tavern, or whenever some bad guy's using a lot of monsters at once. (Except for Dischordia, I don't think there was anyone we [i]didn't[/i] know at Master Vile's End of the World Party.) I know that Power Rangers in Space is over. All I ask is two seconds in the background to prove that he still exists. And if Oysterizer can appear in the Lightspeed finale, there's always a chance.

[Devidramon]

Some things I noticed watching Forever Red again:

Shadowborg/Venjix's gauntlet would glow with a circuit pattern as he shot Darkseid-esque zigzag blasts. Later, he'd fire energy blasts from the grappling claw-thing. Shadowborg always used the claw as, well, a claw, and had a gun called the Shadow Laser for energy-blast purposes.

Also, we didn't see what happened to Lady Borg or the Astral Borg that was using the Thunder Stinger. (You know, the one that went off the cliff.) Lady Borg took two direct hits, and the one in silver and blue with the Thunder Stinger took two direct, sustained hits after which he went off of a cliff, and, though you wouldn't expect they'd be able to survive that, they didn't go kaboom. So, there's a sizable Machine Base with a good amount of Cogs and two Machine Generals at the Sea of Tranquility right now.

You know, not only was it great to see some old favorites again, plus all the banter, but it was great to be back in the Power Rangers universe, back when it was a universe instead of a zillion here-today-gone-tomorrow microcosms. Once more there's a planet called Aquitar, a substance called Neo Plutonium, such people as Rita, Zedd, the Machine Empire, an organization called NASADA (wish I remembered what that stood for) and the moon is much, much more than something pretty to look at in the sky. One more time, we're back in the universe that I've been obsessed with since I was nine years old. That was wonderful.

[Omar Harris]

If only every series would go back to that original formula. The old series was: Power Rangers hang out, do ordinary things that ordinary people do, (insert villain) uses their activities to make a new gimmick and a monster to carry it out, rangers fight monster for half an episode (unless it is a two parter or longer), rangers beat monster, monster grows, (insert Megazord) destroys the monster after taking a beating, ranger laugh and have fun again.

Now its: Rangers do training, (insert villain) sends a new monster, rangers fight monster almost all episode and win. Which do you prefer? I can't wait to see the return of Master Org, and see more background on Mandilok, if there is any.

[Devidramon]

Yeah, the Wild Force formula's not as good. With the original formula, you got to know the Rangers better because they did, well, more normal things that people do. It's a lot harder to care about the Wild Force rangers than it is to care about the others. Also, the bad guys had actual plans. Toxica and Jindrax pretty much point the new Org in the direction of the Rangers and stand back. But, it's gotten much better lately. Unfinished Business, Team Carnival, and The Soul Of Humanity were awesome. Once again I find myself looking forward to the next episode. Something that had never happened during Wild Force. Still can't touch Morphin S3 or Lost Galaxy, though.

Say, anybody else think Goldar and Scorpina were a bit cozier than most of the villains? They didn't call each other 'my dear' constantly like Rita and Zedd, Mondo and Machina, Gasket and Archerina, but still, Scorpina often had a hand on Goldar's shoulder, and when she was fighting the Rangers for the first time, he was saying "Although she is a brave warrior, she is greatly outnumbered. She must be brought back before it's too late." Complimenting [i]and[/i] showing concern, neither of which are Goldar known for. Then there's the way that Scorpina tossed the Mirror of Destruction aside when she saw Goldar was going to look at it, despite the way they'd usually stab anyone in the back if it was between them and winning. (Stupid Goldar. They'd have won if he'd been more careful. [Thwacks Goldar with Rita's wand])

Speaking of original PR bad guys, did we see Baboo, Squatt, and Finster in the movie? I think I remember seeing Finster with Rita and Zedd at the beginning. Argh, I've got to watch that again.

[Omar Harris]

My friends used to tell me that Goldar and Scorpina were siblings (this was before I finally saw all of "Green with Evil") but it does look like they are a bit cozy.

[Hyper]

I just noticed something about Wild Force, Time Force, and LSR,
They all were the same outfit. You have WF wearing those vests that look kinda ugly, Time Force sometimes ahd those white jumpsuits and LSR had those jackets.
Why couldnt they do what they did MMPR? Where they all wore different things in every eppisode. Its an odd complaint, but I'm sick of seeing the same thing over and over again.Lol

[Devidramon]

Well, Lightspeed and Time Force were more official, so they wore uniforms when they weren't being Rangers. Kinda like the Space gang. I don't think Ninja Storm will have anything like that.

[Nerdsy]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Devidramon [/i]
[B]Speaking of original PR bad guys, did we see Baboo, Squatt, and Finster in the movie? I think I remember seeing Finster with Rita and Zedd at the beginning. Argh, I've got to watch that again. [/B][/QUOTE]


[COLOR=deeppink]Nope, they were replaced by a completely new monster called Mordant. I like the character, but I wish they didn't just put him in out of nowhere.



But then again, the movies didn't tie in with the show very well. The Turbo movie was supposed to, but Elgar was destroyed in the movie, yet somehow appeared in the show fit as a fiddle. And that guy in the white suit that made all the monsters; he wasn't in the movie either.[/COLOR]

[Omar Harris]

Actually, when Divatox was gathering her army in the first scene of PRT episode 1, Elgar was still smoking from the pit incident and mentions having been thrown in. It never mentioned he died, or how he survived but hey, it's Power Rangers.

I was just looking at Ranger Central and realized how long its been since I last saw the 1st four shows. I forgot the original rescue zords could transform into robots. Its been a while. And going over the zords, I've figured out who still out there.
Dragonzord
Tor
Titanus
The Shogun zords
The Ninja Zords (I think they're all with Ninjor. It said the zords were "gone" after Ninjor left.)
Zeo Zords
SuperZeoZords
Pyramidas
The Warrior Wheel
Auric and Ninjor
The Red Battle Zords
Artilletran (the Phantom ranger's zord)
The Astro Megazord
The Galaxy Megazord.
The Quantasaurus Rex
Are the Time Flyers and Time Shadow still alive?

[MarkM]

I love the power ranger toys...i have all the orignal ones and there little space ships in a bag in my addic....lol those things are da bomb!

[Devidramon]

You'd think a [i]sacrifice[/i] to bring Maligore out would mean that Elgar was 100% dead. I wish he'd stayed dead, too, I hated him. But no, not only do they bring him back, but they put him on Astronema's ship, too. Rygog was better, though that costume's too bulky to do much fighting in.

Without a shuttle to combine with, I don't think the new Megaship can form an Astro Megazord.

I wonder what happened to Elgar's tanks. Did any of them survive?There's also the Aquitians' Battle Borgs, and I don't think anything happened to the Blue Centurion's Robo Racer. And the Terror Zord's out there somewhere in the form of a camel thanks to the Rangers' use of Mr. Gooriffic's goo. Pretty sure it's not a threat anymore... but transforming things is what PR villains do best. There's quite a few baddies still out there who, if they knew what it was, could bring it back.

And we're sure General Havoc's Metallosaurus is gone for good, right?

Most villain tech is still out there. We know the Machine Empire's stuff is still around. Skull Cavern's probably still up in the sky somewhere. Havoc and his Space Base and Astronema's ship are still around. I didn't see the Time Force finale. Was Ransik's base destroyed?

[Omar Harris]

No, Ransik's base is still intact. I think the Rangers took it and all the prisoners it had left aboard back to the future. I love the weapon that the first of the X-Vault mutants used. It was like a sword and rifle in one. I love those weapons.

Hot Head: The Power Ranger toys are awesome. I want to find those old Megazord toys and collect all of them. I'd also want to find the old Magna Defender's sword.

[Nerdsy]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by shadowdramon [/i]
[B]
Dragonzord
Tor
Titanus
The Shogun zords
The Ninja Zords (I think they're all with Ninjor. It said the zords were "gone" after Ninjor left.)
Zeo Zords
SuperZeoZords
Pyramidas
The Warrior Wheel
Auric and Ninjor
The Red Battle Zords
Artilletran (the Phantom ranger's zord)
The Astro Megazord
The Galaxy Megazord.
The Quantasaurus Rex
Are the Time Flyers and Time Shadow still alive? [/B][/QUOTE]


[color=deeppink]According the the episode summeries, they were never destroyed.

And just think, if the Rangers used all those Zords instead of going hand to hand with those Cogs, they could have even defeated Serpentera with them.



Ninjor wasn't really a Zord. Neither was Auric, even though he was referred to as the "Conquerer Zord".[/color]

[Devidramon]

Ninjor was funny, with his voice. Remember when they first found him, action-figure sized in that jar-thing?

Was the Zeo/Alien crossover the last we saw of Auric?

Imagine if all those zords had come in swinging. I just wonder how many they could have brought. Most zords aren't spaceworthy. The Ninjazords went into orbit in the movie, and most zord capabilities were kept intact for the show. We saw the red Super Zeo Zord go into orbit to take on Silo, so the rest of them probably could as well. No Astro Megazord unless they found another shuttle, but I'm sure NASADA would have given them one. We know NASADA still works with the Rangers. Pyramidas could have been there, but how good are its weapons? Those Varox were tearing it apart in Revelations of Gold. Is Artilletron spaceworthy? Did it get to Earth under its own power?

Say, what happened to the Zenith Carrier Zord? I know Stratoforce and Centaurus were blown up by the suicide bomber Sting Wingers, but I don't recall seeing Zenith there. Unless something happened to him in an earlier ep?

[Nerdsy]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Devidramon [/i]
Ninjor was funny, with his voice. Remember when they first found him, action-figure sized in that jar-thing?[/qoute]

[COLOR=deeppink]Yeah. Ninjor is one of my favortie characters.

By the way, was it [i]actually[/i] an action figure, like what they did sometimes with Rita?[/COLOR]



[quote]Was the Zeo/Alien crossover the last we saw of Auric?[/qoute]


[color=deeppink]I'd say. It happened pretty late in the season.I'm not one hundred percent, and I can't find a detailed episode guide at Ranger Central.[/color]





[quote]Say, what happened to the Zenith Carrier Zord? I know Stratoforce and Centaurus were blown up by the suicide bomber Sting Wingers, but I don't recall seeing Zenith there. Unless something happened to him in an earlier ep? [/QUOTE]


[COLOR=deeppink]It's never revealed what happened to the Zenith. It might have been destroyed when Terra Venture crashed, but it wasn't shown to be destroyed.




[/COLOR]

[Schrat]

oh my god! I just saw the encore presentation of forever red and it was great!

-some thing that pondered me was when general vernax or whatever was running to serpetera, I saw some old power weapons scattered on the floor!-

~and what show were the battleborgs bad? I remember the show with the three kids and the haunted house and the comic book shop, the green was was in forever red, what happened to the other two?~

[Devidramon]

I'm not sure what you mean.