Saturday, May 23, 2009

The Long Life of the Golem Hei

They are the first Super Sentai grunts to have such a long life. I decided to write about their reincarnations.

The Golem Hei premiered in Zyuranger (1992) as the clay footsoldiers of Bandora. Then they were adapted for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) as the Putty Patrolers a.k.a. the Putties. Haim Saban ordered more footage that was not part of the original series and these Putties wore different costumes for the monster...

With Dora Skeleton in Zyuranger and Bones in the second episode of the first season, he had Skeleton warriors.

With Pineoctupus, they wore clown frills around their necks (this was in American footage and not part of what fans call Zyu 2)...

others had pumpkins on their heads with Pumpkinrapper....

some wore football uniforms with Rhinoblaster...

...some were Ranger copies (except for Red) with Commander Crayfish.

For Season 2, they became a new form for Lord Zedd known to fans as Z-Putties. They were later seen again at the end of Power Rangers in Space.

Golem Hei had new life in Japan in Pretty Gaurdian Sailor Moon (2003-2004) as unnamed cloaked foot soldiers.

~Lavender Ranger

Related Topic: American Footsoldiers

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