Power Rangers Beast Morphers - Golden Opportunity - Episode Review

 Episode Summary:

Outside Riptide Gym, Nate and Zoe wait for his parents. It has been four months since they last saw each other. They arrive in a taxi. They hug and they introduce them to Zoe and Steel. Nate told them all about Steel. Steel wants a bedtime story and ice cream and Nate tells him to go so Zoey takes him away. Ben and Betty arrive, apparently, they know them from before. Nate leaves with his parents. Ben and Betty struggle to put the luggage on their cart and they drop one case. Nate wants them to move back home They explain they have to leave tomorrow, stay in one spot but not come home. The parents say what they do is important. They are moving to Costa Rica and want him to move with him. He wants to but says it's complicated. Ben and Betty keep dropping luggage throughout the city. They arrive at the hotel with no luggage. 

Nate explains the news to the Grid Battleforce. Steel says he can't pass up the chance Devon thinks they can deal without him. Shaw is for it as long as he can train the others. Zoey says Megan can take over the lab, Devon says he can take care of the weapons and Ravi says he can maintain the zords. Steel comforts Zoey. Later, Nate trains Steel to scan flower DNA and talks about missing him. Steel tells him that Zoey and her brother are still close even though he is in college. Roxy attacks them and Nate calls for help. The brothers morph and fight. Zoey and Devon arrive and do Beast X Mode. They do their attacks and Roxy avoids them. She takes the DNA Scanners and leaves. Ravi got stuck under the Zord engine and arrives late. Back at Grid Battleforce, Zoey wants Nate to check her work on a scanner. Nate is excited about their parents' work.

Zoey says she'll miss him and they can video chat. The others arrive and Nate is waiting for his luggage. The Beast Bots tell him they will miss him. Ben and Betty say Nate's parent's luggage were hard to find and invented a device to call their luggage. Nate's luggage explodes in front of them. The Rangers and parents help clean up the luggage. In Cyber Dimension, they make a beetle monster and plan to put flower DNA with Roxy. Roxy thinks it is scorpion. Blaze is jealous. When they find out it is flower DNA, Blaze makes fun of her. Evox says to save it for the Rangers. She teleports away with the beetle bot. Zoey and Steel struggle with the DNA scanner and the weapons short circuit. The Rangers meet the monster and Robo Roxy. They try morphing but fail. Meanwhile, Nate hears what is happening and tells his parents he needs to take care of something. He calls for Cruise. The Rangers are beaten up. 

Nate gets all the weapons in a bag at the base and runs with Cruise. Roxy and the monster are shot down. Nate arrives with the weapons. Nate gives the weapons to Cruise. The Rangers morph. Shaw tells them of a Gigadrone, Steel leaves. The Rangers continue the battle. Steel blasts the Gigadrone with his zord. Devon goes to Beast X Mode and does an attack on the monster with Nate, destroying it. Steel asks for help. Devon gets his word and rides the Beast-X King lion. Nate calls the runway and makes the jet crash into the monster. They destroy the monster. Robo Roxy fights Ravi and Zoey. The others arrive with the Ultra Cannon and blast her. Roxy crackles with energy and teleports away. Nate says they have the scanner. Steel and the Rangers tell Nate they don't know what to do and they don't want him to go. Nate's flight is about to leave and the Rangers drive him back. He tells his parents he can't. He explains that a lot of people are counting on him. They say they understand. He admits he thought they didn't love him and now understands what they do is like what they do. The parents say they will see him on Christmas, his mom hugs STeel and he tells them he loves them. The Rangers hug.

Episode Review:

Good ep. Sort of bland and repetitive but there you go.

Mighty Morphin Elements in different seasons and movie

 It is an understatement to say Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was a huge success. Every producer and writer in anniversary seasons or certain seasons have tried to imitate elements or capitalize on nostalgia, Here are the puzzle pieces.

	"Day of the Dumpster" The episode itself with various plot points and quotes used in later episodes or the 2017 movie.	Megaforce, 2017 Movie
	Bulk and Skull The comedic duo had been imitated.	Dino Thunder: Cassidy & Devin, Samurai: Bulk & Spike, Ninja Steel: Vic & Monty, Beast Morphers: Ben & Betty
	The episodic nature of everyday teenage moments.	Dino Thunder, Megaforce, Ninja Steel
	High school elements and teachers.	Dino Thunder, Megaforce, Ninja Steel, 2017 Movie
	Juice Bar and Youth Center	Dino Thunder: Hayley's Cafe; Megaforce: Ernie's; Beast Morphers: Riptide Gym
	Zordon and Alpha, many mentors have parts of this but I mean specifically a robot and a mentor.	Turbo: Dimitria & Alpha 6; Megaforce: Gosei & Tensou; 2017 Movie; Mick & Redbot (somewhat)
	Male Ranger in Super Sentai becomes female ranger in Power Rangers	Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, Time Force, Wild Force, Dino Fury

Dino Thunder

Teenagers in High School, teachers, juice bar hang out, and comedic duo in Cassidy and Devin.

Elements: 4

Fan Response: Mostly good reviews

Megaforce

Teenagers in High School, teachers, yogurt hangout, Zordon & Alpha, and "Day of Dumpster" lines.

Elements: 5

Fan Response: Mixed to poor

Ninja Steel

Teenagers in High School, teachers, Zordon & Alpha (somewhat) in Mick & Redbot, and comedic duo in Vic and Monty.

Elements: 4

Fan Response: Mixed to poor

2017 Movie

Teenagers in High School, teachers, Zordon and Alpha, and "Day of the Dumpster" plot.

Elements: 4

Fan Response: Mostly positive 

Fan First Friday: Green and Black Ranger Reveal and more toys

 Today was Hasbro's Fan First Friday. They revealed that Tesso Rao as Izzy Garcia, the Green Ranger (replacing Alexandra Nunez who was reported earlier by Illuminerdi), and Chance Perez as Javier Garcia the Black Ranger. So I am happy it is confirmed that there will be a female Green Ranger. It was speculated it would be the case when Illumenerdi said Alexandra would be in the cast. People doubted it. For those who do not know, Ryusoul Green in Ryusoulger is male, so having the gender swap is reminiscent of the original yellow ranger having a switch in Mighty Morphin. 

Promotional images of the packaging for Pumpkin Rapper and King Sphinx.

Promotional images for Andros vs Astronema.

Set for Sky Blue SPD Ranger vs A-Squad Blue Ranger

Dino Fury figures

Dino Fury Zords

Henshin Grid: Lightning Collection #4: Comics and Sets

Here is a survey for what remaining Rangers from the Boom comics, sets, and playsets you would like in the Lightning Collection. You do not have to join Google or log in. There are rumored figures coming soon like Syd (SPD) and Ethan (Dino Thunder), they are included as options as they have not been officially announced with a picture or whatnot. The last survey got 20 votes. 

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Power Rangers Beast Morphers - Grid Connection - Episode Review

 Episode Summary: 

Kepper arrives at Grid Battleforce and warns Devon he had a vision from the Morphin Grid that he would be hit by a meteor. He doubts it and leaves for a video game competition. He leaves on Cruise and indeed gets hit by a meteor. The Grid Battleforce receives a message from Tyler from the Dino Charge dimension that they are being attacked. The BM Rangers morph and enter the portal. They find Goldar Maximus, Snide, Triptoids, Putties, and Tronics fighting the DC Rangers. Tyler is unmorphed but the other Rangers are morphed. The villains demorph Chase and take his black Energem. Goldar fights Koda and takes his blue energem. The BM Rangers fight but are quickly unmorph. Ravi calls for help. 

Devon arrives at Grid Battleforce and his com was busted. Shaw updates him on the situation. Keeper comes in and Devon says he should have listened to him. Shaw tells Devon he needs help. Devon says all the Rangers are connected to the Grid and wants to know if he can call for help. Keeper says his staff is gone and can't connect. Cruise shows the meteor disrupts energy, he brings it in a lead case. Devon thinks of using the meteor to shield him from the overflow in the tower to connect to the Morphin Grid. Keeper tells him to trust it. Devon enters and see the pure green Morphin Grid stream and puts the meteor in. The meteor lets him in. He asks for help. The meteor becomes the Red Power Coin and an energy wave goes throughout Earth and into space. A portal opens and Jason comes out. Jason asks why he called for help. Devon explains. 

Jason says he will bring legendary Dino power. Meanwhile, Scrozzle gets geodes. He is following Keeper's mind control advice. He has 6 Dino DNA, Geodes, and Energems to make a new zord. Goldar splits open a geode. Evox arrives. Tyler and Chase are spying on them, they report to the other Rangers. Shelby mentions the zord she created. Riley and Shelby are the only ones morphed. Jason and Devon pop out of a portal. Devon and Jason give them morphers and Dino Chargers charged with Morph X. The Dino Charge Rangers go with Jason while the BM Rangers go elsewhere. The Dino Charge Rangers and Jason are met by Goldar Maximus and footsoilders.

More footsoliders arrive and Goldar calls it an army. Jason flips his power coin and portals open revealing Dino Thunder and Mighty Morphin Rangers/ They form a line. Jaosn calls it an army. He morphs and the other Dino Charge Rangers morph. The Rangers fight the Triptoids, Viviks, Tronics and Putties. The Pterdactyl Rangers fly. The other Rangers fight. Ivan fights Roxy. Koda and MM Black do a smash attack. The Dino Thunder Rangers form the T-Rex Blaster and defeat Snide. Robo Blaze goes to warn Evox. Evox wants to call the zord Chimera Zord. The BM Rangers arrive and are blasted down by Evox. Blaze comes to warn Evox. Evox creates the Chimera Zord. Blaze is destroyed by Devon's bow. The Dino Rangers line up again, all the blasters are formed into the Dino Power Ultras Blasyer amd destroy Goldar. Evox arrives.

The Chimera Zord is formed and Evox enters it. Evox pilots the Chimera Zord. Jason compares it to Serpentera. It blasts at the Dino Rangers. Devon tells the BM Rangers they are in no shape to fight. He calls Shaw. The Dino Rangers call the Dino Charge Megazord, Dino Megazord, and Thundersaurus Megazord. They pilot their zords and fight the Chimera Zord. Thundersaurus goes down. Dino Charge Megazord goes down by the Pterazord makes it fly. Devon calls the Best-X King Zord. Tyler says to join forces. Dino Charge Megazord Beast-X King Formation is formed. All the Megazords destroy the Chimera Zord. Devon thanks Jason. Tyler reveals he has his Energems back and Keeper has his staff. Jason says Rangers Forever and the others say Defenders Together. The Dino Thunder Rangers and MM Rangers go through one portal. Jason foes a little speech and leaves. Devon thanks Keeper and hugs him. The BM Rangers leave the DC Rangers through a portal. Devon says it was better than any video game. Keeper says so long friends.  

Episode Review:

Most adult fans already saw this from the international airings. It was good but some fans wish it was a little longer or two parts. Fans did complain about Dino Thunder Ranger actors no being present. Most understand why the Mighty Morphin Rangers were not present. Walter Jones and David Yost have said they would not return unless the script was solid, included them significantly and the pay was worth going to New Zealand. It is unknown about Amy Jo, but I feel it probably has to do with scheduling, travel, and pay. Thuy Trang passed away but it is still debated if Trini is still alive. The Episode leaves it open if they are Aisha and Adam. This episode mostly only focuses on Jason. Hasbro probably only had enough money for Jason and four Dino Charge Rangers. Brennan Tyler says Shelby and Riley's actor did provide voices but were unable to travel to New Zealand. 

I don't think it deters too much from the episode since their presence is quick. Ideally yes I would like them back but I know the reality. Would you fly to New Zealand only for one line and not enough compensation? Sure, if they paid probably and Hasbro had enough budget, they would probably have more lines and more scenes. But that is ideally. It is what is. What concerns me is the Morphin Grid. The Morphin Grid never displayed visions (unless you count Troy), meteor deploying capabilities or being able to call Rangers. It does display a magical element that was present in Mighty Morphin. Zordon often used advanced technology that was like magic. It was an interesting episode nonetheless and shoutouts to Dino Charge and Dino Thunder. Now, would I put it up there with Dimensions in Danger? Yes, I would. But where I put it with classic teamups like Forever Red and Once a Ranger? What do you think? Comment below. 

Henshin Grid Lightning Collection Survey #3: Rangers/Allies

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