Power Rangers did it First

Here are a couple things that Power Rangers did before Super Sentai. Super Sentai is usually the first in things because it is the source of Power Rangers. But some things the did on their own and later was done by Super Sentai.

1. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Masked Rider Teamup (1995)
And in the "A Friend in Need" 3-parter of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season Three, Masked Rider (the adaption of Kamen Rider Black RX) fought alongside with the Power Rangers (four Zyurangers and Kibaranger from Dairanger).

Kamen Rider Decade/Shinkenger Crossover (2009)
The first ever Kamen Rider crossover came with two episodes of Kamen Rider Decade and cameo tie-ins in two episodes of Shinkenger.


2. SPD A-Squad Red Ranger (SPD, 2005)
The first female Red Ranger ever, even before Super Sentai. Produced Bruce Kalish asked Disney if they could have a girl Red Ranger, they were weary about it but in the end, they did agree. The A-Squad had the helmets of the Megaranger/Power Rangers in Space with some modifications with motor-cross armor and SPD accents. The female SPD Rangers had no skirts. She had a whole black suit with red accents.

First Female Red Ranger (Shinkenger, 2009)
In Shinkenger (2009), Super Sentai got our first female Red Ranger.


3. Battlizer (1997)
The very first Battlizer was from Power Rangers in Space. Battlizers are most commonly a Power Rangers thing, until...

Battlizer (Power Rangers SPD/Dekaranger) - 2006
This is first Battlizer to ever appear in Super Sentai, as it didn't originate in Super Sentai, it first showed up in SPD. The Battlizer appeared in Magiranger vs. Dekaranger (2006), with its own transformation sequence and origin story.


4. Ninja Megazord (1995)
In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Movie is the first use of CGI. Yes, not the greatest use but Super Sentai was still using stop-motion animation at the time.

Timeranger (2000)
It was the first Super Sentai series to use CGI, it was used more extensively for Gaoranger, the zords and some of the animation of the Megazords.


5. 10 Red Rangers - Actors back too
There was "Forever Red," they had 9 of the original actors that played Red Rangers that came back. In Super Sentai World, Red Rangers came back and in Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai, about 24 Red Rangers came back, but just in suits, not actors, expect for Gao Red and Red Falcon (Liveman).


UPDATE 11/28/10
And correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't PR the first to have underwater Robo battle? Special footage episode "Oyster Stew"-last ep of Season 1. Ohranger had the Green Blocker under water (brief fight too) but the first real big battle of a Giant Robo was Shark GekiTohja in Gekiranger.

Movie Zords vs. Show Zords Comparison

Wolf, Crane, Bear, Ape, and Frog Ninja Zords
The Ape had a human face and gold thing on his head and red shoulders. Bear had a metal thin under its chin.

Movie Ninja Zords
Frog, Falcon, Crane, Bear, Ape, and Wolf.
The Falcon, Wolf, and Frog looked a lot like the show versions. The Bear didn't have the metal thing in its mouth like in the show. The movie bear had black around its eyes while the show version had black over its eyes. The Ape had a more ape face than in the show, which had a human face, and didn't have the headdress and had black shoulders. The Ape in the McDonalds toys looked more like the movie version but had gold shoulder and gold thing on head. The Crane was more elongated horizontally.

Like I mention before, the Ninja Zords had their own American cockpits, because the Kakuranger (Aquitar rangers) were the ones that piloted the mecha in the original footage. They looked like the Dinozords cockpits but they stood up in them.

The cockpits in the movie was more horizontal and had more button consoles in the left, right and in front. . The Rangers got to sit down in their individual ninjazord cockpits much like the Dinozords.

Ninja Megazord
It has animal heads for hands, the bear has a metal in its mouth, and the frog protrudes out.


Ninja Megazord cockpit had Red in front with the girls and White in back with the other two. With a yellow, orange, green color scheme.

Ninja Megazord Movie version
The Ninja Megazord in the movie had a more metallic appearance and a different transformation sequence than from Kakuranger. The Bear didn't have the metallic thing in its mouth, the Frog wasn't as protruded as before. The Frog feet were of darker colors and the face looked different. The Megazord had more hands than the show version had. It also wielded the Sword of the Shogun Zord. It also had four circles under the Bear that the show version did not have. Also, the cockpit had the Ninja animal symbol behind Pink, where she sat with Red and Blue in the front with Black and Yellow on top with White. The entire cockpit was grey, white and blue with a more futuristic look.

How they looked in Carranger and the Turbo TV Show:

Clock-wise: Mountain Blaster, Desert Thunder, Red Lightning, Wind Chaser, Dune Star.

How they looked like when big in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (they looked the same in regular car-size in the movie).

Clock-wise: Wind Chaser, Dune Star, Mountain Blaster, Red Lightning, Desert Thunder

The cockpit has a big Ranger-color circle with their number. It had a blue window on the side and you saw the outside of the car on the bottom. There was grey things on the sides. And it looked like they were in the Turbo Carts.

The cockpit in the movie had a small circle in the back with the number. It Ranger-colored windows on each side and more buttons and lights around the back. The interior was dark grey and black.

The ceiling of Turbo Megazord cockpit has two lights and two lights in the back with window-like panes on each side. The Carranger symbol in the back. Grey consoles for each Ranger and ranger-color belt straps.

The ceiling of the Turbo Megazord in the movie had 4 lights and 3 round lights. It had two sliding doors in the back. Only black chairs, no grey consoles and no ranger-color belt straps.

SPOILERS! Goseiger vs. Shinkenger Teamup Pictures

A new form of Gosei Great

The evil Shinken Red called Gedou Shinken Red; Gedou means a term for a state of existence outside the six realms of Buddhist cosmology but it is a term of Gedoushu.

A new Ayakashi Madokodama

Hikoma meets the Goseiger with Takeru

Agri and Mako

Genta, Chiaki and Eri

Two Buredoran fight Shinken Red and Gosei Red

Gedou Shinken Red and Gosei Pink


UPDATED 11/29/10 9pm EST









YES! Karou! Hopefully she'll transform.

News: Red Ranger Community Fund

Kind-hearted Daily Echo readers have rallied round to help the family of a five-year-old boy dying from a rare and inoperable brain tumour. [SIC] After hearing the devastating news, David’s parents gave up work to look after their son and set up the Red Ranger Community Fund, named after his beloved Power Rangers.

Article: Daily Echo

Armouron: Looks like Power Rangers

Armouron is a product in Europe (United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Spain) mainly. It is armor for children, it looks a lot like Power Rangers, except with more armor. Well, to get technically it looks a lot like Ryukendo or Gridman/Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad. No surprise! It is from Bandai.

Articles:
Telegraph
AJ-It

Video brought to my attention by Julian Lindo. AND if you see the video, you can clearly see the PIRNATHRONS from Power Rangers Turbo!