Friday, October 15, 2010

Super Sentai Kid Masks (1991-2010)

UPDATED 8/18/11 3:45 PM EST
In the USA for Halloween, they make Power Ranger costumes, but mostly only of the male Rangers and 1 female. I have covered this before. Also with the toys, masks are made as well. In Japan, they make masks of every Ranger for play. Some costumes are made, but not specifically for Halloween.

Jetman
Yellow Owl, Black Condor, Blue Swallow, Red Hawk and White Swan.


Zyuranger
I could only find the masks of Dragon Ranger (green), Mammoth Ranger (Black), Triceratops Ranger (Blue), and Gouryuujin. I couldn't find pictures of the masks of Tyranno Ranger, Ptera Ranger and Tiger Ranger, I know there is pictures of the Red Ranger mask on ebay but it is cheap looking. Only the main five masks were produced for the Halloween costumes, except for Green.


Dairanger
I managed to find pics of all the masks. Ryuu Ranger (Red), Tenma Ranger (Blue), Kirin Ranger (Yellow), Shishi Ranger (Green), Houhou Ranger (Pink), Kiba Ranger (White), and Ryuseioh. Only the Kiba Ranger mask was produced as the White Ranger costume for 1994, 1995 and 2010.


Kakuranger
There is Ninja Blue, Ninja Yellow, Ninja White, Ninja Black, White Kark, Ninja Red, Yellow Kumard, Black Gammer. Interesting how blue is not light shade like it was in the show. The Aquitar Ranger masks were not produced at all in America.



Ohranger

I could only find Oh Red, Oh Yellow, OhBlue, Oh Pink, and Oh Green, and Kingranger. Ohranger Robo mask existed too.

Carranger
I could only find pics of Red, Blue, Yellow, Pink and Green; only Red, Blue, and Pink were made in America. In America, Phantom Ranger was made and sold for two years straight.


Megaranger
Mega Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Pink and Silver was made. In America, only Red and Pink costumes were made.

Gingaman
I couldn't find a pic of Green, but it was produced. Here we have Blue, Yellow, Red, Green and Pink. Green and Yellow were not made in America. Magna Defender (Bull Black) costume was produced in USA but not sure if the mask was made in Japan. I am not sure if the Bull Black mask was made in Japan.

GoGoV
Here we have Go Blue, Victory Robo, Red, Green, Pink, and Yellow. Blue, Yellow and Green were not produced in America. Only Red and Pink costumes was made in America. In America, Titanium Ranger costume was made and Titanium didn't exist in Japan.


Timeranger
Here are all of them: Time Pink, Blue, Fire, Red, Yellow and Green. Yellow and Green were not produced in America and Time Fire's mask was modified for Quantum Ranger in a darker shade and two lines instead of one.

Gaoranger
Could only find the Blue, Red, Black, White, Yellow and Silver masks. Only Red, White, Blue and Silver were made in America. Interesting how instead of indigo in Silver's mask, it has purple.



Hurricanger
Hurricane Blue, Red and Yellow, Kabutoraijer, and Shurikenger (both modes); the Yellow Ranger mask was not produced in this fashion for the costume in America. I could not find Kuwagata Raijer.


Abaranger
Did some digging and found Abare Red, Blue, Yellow, Black, Abare Killer, and Abare Max. In the USA, the White Ranger was not made and the Triassic Ranger was a darker shade.


Dekaranger
I dug through and did more google searches and found these masks. Deka Red Swat Mode, Deka Yellow, Pink, Break, Master, Green, Deka Blue and Deka Red. In the USA, Yellow Ranger costume was not made, all others pictured above were made, including Swat Blue and Swat Pink.




Magiranger
Here you can see masks of Magi Red, Wolzard, Magi Shine, Magi Pink Magi Blue, Magi Yellow, Magi Green, Legend Magi Red, Magi Phoenix and MagiKing. I am not sure if they made of White. Blue, Yellow and Wolzard (Koragg) costumes were not made in America, a special Blue one was made in Disney Store. The Magi Phoenix mask was sold in the US with a toy set.

Boukenger
Here you go Bouken Red, Black, Blue, Yellow, Pink and Silver. All the costumes were made except for Yellow in the USA.



Gekiranger
Above is Geki Red, Geki Blue, Geki Yellow, Geki Violet, Geki Chopper and Super Geki Red.I couldn't find Super Blue or Super Yellow but I know they made them. In the USA, they made all of them, well, Violet was made in the UK.


Go-Onger
Above is Blue, Green, Yellow and Red and then Silver, Black and Gold. Gold and Silver costumes were not produced in America. The Ranger Gold mask was indeed packaged with a toy set in America.

Shinkenger
Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Pink and Gold; let's see who will get a Halloween Costume next year. I bet you Yellow will be left out once again (Like with Ninja Storm, SPD, Mystic Force and Operation Overdrive).

Goseiger
Above we see all of them: Gosei Red, Black, Blue, Pink, Yellow and Gosei Knight.

With this Go-Onger monster, it had masks of Kegaleshia and Aka Red, I know I have seen them around somewhere else but I can't find a picture independent from this picture.

Gokaiger masks above Silver, Pink, Yellow, Green, Blue, Blue and Red. Update 8/18/11

New Poll: What color combo do you like for Goukaiger?

What color combo do you like for Goukaiger?
(M)=Male (F)=Female
R = Red Bu = Blue Bl = Black G = Green Y = Yellow P = Pink W = White V = Violet

R (M) - Bu (M) - Bl (M) - Y (F) - P (F)

R (M)- G (M)- Bl (M)- Y(F)- Bu (F)

R (M)- Bu (M)- Y (M)- P (F)- G (F)

R (M)- Bu (M)- Bl (M)- W (F)- V (F)

R (M)- Bu(M)- G (M)- Y (F)- W (F)

R (M)- Y (M)- Bl (M)- P (F)- Bu (F)

R (M)- Bu (M)- G (M)- W (F)- V (F)

R (M)- Bu (M)- G(M)- Y (F)- P (F)

R (M)- Bl (M)- Y (M)- G (F)- Bu (F)

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Power Rangers/Super Sentai combo in Korea

 UPDATED 6/9/13 2:30 PM EST
In Korea, they combine Power Rangers with Super Sentai. They released the two American Power Rangers movies under the name Power Rangers. But lately they have released the Super Sentai movies under the name Power Rangers. Super Sentai series is released in Korea under the name Power Rangers. The toyline by Bandai Korea is a combination of Power Rangers toys and Super Sentai toys. I am not sure but I believe the toylines and series are released two years after the Super Sentai series.

Mr. Yellow and James Spiring helped me out MMPR to Wild Force of Power Rangers were dubbed in Korean. Then around 2005 or so, Abaranger to Go-Onger were dubbed under the Power Rangers title. Hurricanger was skipped, according to Mr. Yellow, probably because it was deemed 'too Japanese' and Koreans have problems with Japanese so maybe Shinkenger will be skipped as well.

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie

Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue

They aired MMPR to Wild Force dubbed in Korean and then Abaranger to Go-Onger dubbed under the Power Ranger title, and now Gaoranger after Go-Onger.

Abaranger logo in Korea was a carbon-copy of the American Power Rangers Dino Thunder logo but the zords came in boxed like the Bandai Japan ones (like most of the Korea stuff).

For Dekaranger, they used the Power Rangers SPD logo, SPD stood for a combination of what it meant for Power Rangers and Dekaranger. Dekaranger was Special Police Dekaranger and SPD in Power Rangers was Space Patrol Delta, so in Korea it was Special Police Delta.
Magiranger called Power Rangers Magic Force and its logo looked more like the M insignia.

Boukenger was renamed Treasure Force in Korea.

In Korea, they had a Super Sentai-esque roadshow.

Gekiranger logo used and called called Wild Spirit. (I know, irony since Gaoranger was called Jungle Force instead of Gaoranger and Gekiranger was called Wild Spirit instead of Jungle Fury).


Go-Onger was released as Power Rangers Engine Force with the Go-Onger logo.


Just like in Japan, the Go-Onger vs. Gekiranger movie was released but as Power Rangers.

Power Rangers Jungle Force---which is Gaoranger dubbed in Korean.  On the official website from Bandai Korea of Power Rangers features Jungle Force (Gaoranger).

Okay, here is the main focal point of this post. Here we got Power Rangers Wild Force, renamed Jungle Force. But the toyline is a combination of the Bandai America Power Rangers toyline and the Bandai Japan Super Sentai toyline. Bandai Korea used a different background than Bandai America did, the logo is reminiscent of the Wild Force logo but with the Lion zord more prominent. Notice how the Yellow Ranger above is male because they are showing Gaoranger and in Gaoranger, the yellow ranger is male.


The Jungle Force (Wild Force) Pictures comes from this site.

  Power Rangers Miracle Force (2011)
 Goseiger (2010) was not skip and became Miracle Force, embracing the Angel-motif unlike Power Rangers Megaforce.

Power Rangers Captain Force (2012)
 For some odd reason, Gokaiger was called 'Captain Force' instead of Pirates. Maybe because they think the idea of Pirates is too barbaric for children.One thing is the name and the other is the visual. Shinkenger was shown in the series but given another name, Power Rangers Blade Force.

VR Troopers Preview in Power Rangers Fan Club


In the 1994 Power Rangers Fan Club video, there was a preview for VR Troopers and it was at the end of the inital video. You can find it online, I just don't want to embed it because it might disappear. Anyhoo, this is the first thing I saw myself of VR Troopers as I got the video. With the fanclub stuff, came a mini poster of VR Troopers (Pictured below). But I think my parents threw it away. In this video, we have the majority of what ended up on the show except for the logo above. I am glad they changed the logo, the one above looks a bit unreadable.


Professor Hart was a white man that looked like Einstein and looked Computer Generated but he was not. it was a live actor that was treated to look computerized. I was surprised when the show premiered to see Professor Hart changed to a black man. I think they did it for diversity. It was pretty good I think they changed it, because kids can't always think scientists are old white men like Einstein. In the preview, the red heading edges used when Alpha 5 looked at people in PR was used when the three heroes put on virtual visors. This was changed in the final first episode.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Poll Results: What your family and friends think about your love of PR/20th anniversary/female red ranger ethncitity/sentai watched before pr

What year do you consider as the Power Ranger 20th Anniversary?
103 of 195 - 2013
80 - 2012
12 - 2014
Omg, I put 50th! Let me tell you, it has been a long long week. I've worked all week, babysit the baby and other stuff, so some things might go on the wayside.

How much Super Sentai do you watch before the PR season airs? (Inspired by Rangerboard poll)
Watch the whole year - 96 of 171
Informed but I do not watch it - 32
Watch for new suits, weapons, zords - 19
Don't watch Sentai at all - 19
I only watch Sentai - 5

Those of you wanted an Asian Red Ranger, would you be happy if the Female Samurai Ranger be Asian?
Yes - 133 of 185
Don't Mind - 45
No - 7

Your significant other thinks about Power Rangers...
They are a fan too - 72 votes
Support you - 68
Don't care for it - 48
They don't know - 40
Feel sorry for you - 26

Your family members or friends think about your love for Power Rangers...
Understand it - 78
Don't Understand it - 65
Make Fun of you - 67
Like it too or don't know about it - 42
Pity you - 34
Don't know you like it - 32
Typo! I meant to put 'your love' not 'my love.' Can't change it once someone voted!

Your Family members or friends think Super Sentai is...
Japanese Power Rangers - 101
Don't get it - 74
Is just like PR - 70
Surprised it is more serious - 40

Your family members or friends about Kamen Rider...
Don't know it exists - 93
Is Power Rangers - 54
Is a Power Rangers rip-off - 38
Like it too - 33
Respect or like it more than Power Rangers - 28