Threadless Power Rangers T-Shirt Contest

Saban Brands have partnered with Threadless for a Legendary Power Rangers t-shirt design challenge. 

• Nov. 10 (TODAY!): T-shirt design submission period begins.
  • Visit www.threadless.com/powerrangers to submit your own design!
• Dec. 1: T-shirt design submission period ends.
  • Each t-shirt design receives a voting period of 10 days from submission date.
• The winner will receive $2,000 cash, a $500 Threadless gift card and the Limited Edition Power Rangers Legacy Collection (the 98-DVD set featuring all 767 episodes from the first 20 seasons).
• A select variety of other winning t-shirt designs will be produced by Threadless and available for purchase in early 2015.
• Designs must be your original artwork.
• You may use any characters from any of the Power Rangers series, but mashups, parodies, or references to any other characters are not allowed.
• No adult references (sex, drugs, alcohol, violence, profanity, gambling, etc.) allowed.
• You may not use any logos in your design.

https://www.threadless.com/powerrangers/

Poll Results: Least Favorite Theme Song/Favorite Go Go Version/Green Opaque Key

Least Favorite Theme Song?

Megaforce	44 (35%)
Samurai	48 (39%)
RPM	45 (36%)
Jungle Fury	21 (17%)
OO	60 (48%)
Mystic Force	31 (25%)
SPD	15 (12%)
Dino Thunder	21 (17%)
Ninja Storm	17 (13%)
Wild Force	20 (16%)
Time Force	20 (16%)
Lightspeed	18 (14%)
Lost Galaxy	16 (13%)
In Space	22 (17%)
Turbo	18 (14%)
Zeo	14 (11%)
MMPR	18 (14%)

Best version of Go Go Power Rangers Song?

MMPR v1	51 (43%)
MMPR v2	42 (35%)
MMPR: the movie	59 (50%)
Alien Rangers	19 (16%)
Samurai	13 (11%)
Megaforce	32 (27%)

Opaque Yellow Ranger Keys were given out at Nick Hotel, do you think there is green ones too?

Hell Yes	30 (40%)
Maybe	40 (53%)
Nope	18 (24%)
Maybe Later	16 (21%)

What Special Week would you want next for Henshin Grid?

Villains Week	43 (43%)
Cast Week	21 (21%)
Girl Power Week	35 (35%)

Villains Week: The different actresses who protrayed Rita Repulsa

 Machiko Soga

Machiko Soga played Bandora in Zyuranger and Rita Repulsa in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 and some footage in Season 2.  Machiko Soga was “discovered” after doing a play in Tokyo Center.  the evil sorceress Bandora in Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, better known to audiences in English speaking countries as Rita Repulsa in the American adaptation of Zyuranger, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. In an odd twist, she soon found herself re-dubbing her own lines as Rita when Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was broadcast in Japan after the show became a surprise hit in America.


Barbara Goodson
Barbara Goodson played  voice of Empress Rita Repulsa in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, and Power Rangers in Space. When she heard they would get an American suit actress for Rita, she tried on the costume but they decided not to go that way. She now looks fondly over that, that she didn't get to do it. She was already doing voice work for Saban and was asked to do a Wicked Witch voice or Witchie Poo.



 
Carla Perez
She put on the cotume but Barbara Goodson did the voice. Carla Perez played Rita for Season 2 and 3 of MMPR, Zeo, Turbo and In Space.

 Julia Cortez
She played Rita in the Movie, not much is known about her. Barbara Goodson played her voice like she did for Carla Perez in Power Rangers series.

Susan Brady
Susan Brady is a New Zealand actress who has made several appearances in different shows including Shortland Street, Marlin Bay, and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. She is also a voice actress, with one of her more notable voice roles being the voice of the Mystic Mother in the finale of Power Rangers: Mystic Force. Machiko Soga's final tokusatsu role was Magiel, Queen of the Sky Saints in Mahou Sentai Magiranger, which incidentally was one of her few non-villainous roles. In her memory, the producers of Power Rangers: Mystic Force used footage of Soga as Magiel to depict a reformed Rita Repulsa in the two-part final episode of Mystic Force, “Mystic Fate”.

Power Rangers Super Megaforce - "Emperor Mavro" - Episode Review

Episode Summary:

Levira asks Damaras if he has heard new orders, he says no. New ships come in and Emperor Mavro arrives. Levira and Damara bow to him. He sits in a throne and has two soldiers. They take Damaras in custody and they slash at him. Levira tries defending him but is knocked down. Damaras asked to be redeemed and is taken away. Mavro says the Rangers destroyed his sonS so he will destroy them. (I emphasize 'sons' because we just see a big poster of Vekar and not Vrak)

Where we left the Six Rangers, they're fighting X-Borgs. Jake is blasted at and dropped from a ladder and is stuck in a box, he says he is keeping things interesting. They de-morph and get mad at Jake. Jake says it is the end, that they have no more monsters. Troy is not sure about it.Gia says Jake has a point. Jake says it is good news. Troy doesn't think they are done. Emma wants a piggyback race, Gia jumps on top of Noah and Gia on top of Jake. Orion offers to Troy but he just laughs and tells him he has a better idea and they walk off.

Levira tries to convince Mavro for Damaras to redeem himself, he says it is on her head. Levira is taken to Damaras by one of Mavro's henchmen. Damaras breaks out of prison. Meanwhile, Orion and Troy are walking and Orion thinks they are waiting for new orders. Troy gets six tickets for a concert, asking Orion if he even seen a rock group. Orion talks about literal rocks. The boys finish their ride and lay down. Jake says Troy doesn't know how to have fun. Purple ships attack. Damaras teleports down and confronts the four Rangers and says vengeance is his. Noah asks if he is their new leader as they never met before. He destroys a building. Emma says it is not any monster. They are all thrown back. Damaras lands back, laughs and says he expected more. Troy and Orion blast at them.

Orion knows who Damaras is, says he is the 'most powerful in the universe.' Troy says they will continue to battle. Gia is mad and they go to Super Mega Mode and fight Damaras. Damaras does a powerful strike and they all fall down. Troy says to pull back. Damaras fights them more. They are knocked down to boxes and containers. Jake goes to help Troy and tackles Damaras. Troy gets hurt. The others run back but get slashed back. Jake tries protecting Troy but both get knocked down, badly hurt and de-morphed. Jake stands in front of unconscious Troy and fights Damaras.


Jake is knocked away. Damaras grabs Troy by the collar. Troy takes out his Legendary Morpher but it is knocked down and he is knocked as well. Damaras teleports away with Troy, Jake tries to stop it. Jake grabs Troy's key and Morpher. The others Rangers are 'asleep' and moaning. Jake takes Gia in his arms. Damaras has taken Troy hostage and blindfolded in the ship. Mavro wonders if the Earthlings will give up their planet for the Red Ranger. Troy says he won't give up, that it isn't over. The soldiers take Troy away. Jake tends to the Rangers wounds in the command center. Gosei is quiet.

Damaras has put Troy on display (in his Red Megaforce suit but blindfolded) and appears to the Earthlings in the sky and on screens. Jake says he will save Troy. Gosei says Tensou will help. Troy tells Damaras it isn't about him, that even if he is finished, that Earth will continue to fight. He is about to be 'finished' when Jake comes blasting in. Damaras says he should've crushed in. Jake fights the X-Borgs on his own. Jakes morphs to Black and fights the red soldiers and then goes Super Mega and fights X-Borgs.


He becomes Green Mystic Force and calls Damaras chicken. Jake is de-morphed and Tensou frees Troy. Troy jumps down in front of Jake and fights Damaras. Jake gives Troy back his key and Legendary Morpher. The X-Borgs are attacked by the other Rangers. They all line up. Damaras monologues. The six go Super mega Mode. They destroy the X-Borgs and fight Damaras. He does his Sonic Boom and blows away four Rangers, Jake and Troy double-team Damaras.


They double attack and blast back him. They call the Super Mega Cannon and destroy him. Levira makes him giant. The Megazords are formed and fight Damaras. Q-Rex is hit and falls. Damaras blasts the others back. Jake says they have a whole team against one guy. They combine the megazords to make Ultimate Legendary Megazord.

They weaken him with missiles. They call all the zords and do a blitz attack. Damaras monologues and dies. Back at the Command Center, Jake brings Tensou back in, he says it was nothing. Troy says all of them were great and he thanks them. Troy gives kudos to Jake. Troy presents them with rock concert tickets, which they can't believe but happy about it. Orion is confused. They go to the concert and it is recycled footage of Antonio and Mia spliced in.

Episode Review:

2 more episodes to go. Troy is cute so it's great seeing him tied up and rough housed. Yes, I have problems, we all do. Get over it. Believe it or not, there is a whole sub-section of fans that like the Rangers tied up in Sentai, majority are Japanese and majority like the girls to be in such a position. I did like the irony that Jake thinks Troy doesn't know how to have fun and he has just bought tickets to a rock show. I am not even going to comment on recycling footage of Antonio and Mia singing, they are probably not being paid for that. It's sad. I do have to admit that this episode had some great Civilian battles. And kudos to the production team to recreating the Armada ship interior with Mavro and Troy in it. I wish we cold have seen more of that. And why didn't Troy tell them about Mavro?

3 New Ranger Key Packs have been spotted

UPDATED 11/7/14

DaHoneyBooBoo has spotted the Super Megaforce Pack C, Mighty Morphin Pack C and D in Los Angeles K-Mart. So these packs will be available at K-Mart and Toys R Us and hopefully shall also be at Target and Wal-Mart as they are under the old item number. I am not happy with the arrangement but what else are we to expect from Bandai? We could had have instead of Packs B, C, and D just have B with Green, Pink and Armored Red and C with White, Yellow and Armored Black. But oh well.

Pictures thanks to Cegaranger of Instagram

 38310 - Mighty Morphin Pack C

Real pack is Pink, Translucent Green and Translucent Blue

38311 - Mighty Morphin Pack D

The real pack is Translucent White, Yellow and Translucent Red 

38312 - Super Megaforce Pack C

(Silver, Blue and Pink Translucent)

Related: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2014/10/15-new-fall-ranger-key-packs.html

Ranger Key Props in Power Rangers

As  I have said before, there was two different sets of Ranger Keys. They created doubles of 8 teams that are large props (for TV purposes) they used for the first season--Megaforce. They are still seen from far away in Season two. In Season two, close ups were smaller Ranger Keys--which were the same as Gokaiger Ranger Key props.  So because they used only 8 teams twice, one on one side of Gosei's Command Center and then on the other, that is why they are out of order. Like I mentioned before, all the teams are based R-B-Y-G-P replacing Green with Black.

Ranger Key Props in Megaforce (First Season)

Zeo and Mighty Morphin Keys with Jason David Frank

Mystic Force (with incorrect shade of blue) and Lightspeed Keys taken from My Morphin Life show

 Mighty Morphin Keys 

 

Operation Overdrive and Time Force

 

Time Force

Left: Time Force Prop in First Season; Center: Time Yellow (Timeranger) Ranger Key Prop from Gokaiger, and Right: Yellow Time Force Ranger Prop in First Season; The first season props had colored necks and black belts and not the thing with the nails or springs. All Yellow Props from Megaforce command center had skirts.

 

For more, check here: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2013/02/ranger-keys-in-power-rangers-megaforce.html

Ranger Keys close ups in Super Megaforce

 

Mystic Force (with correct shade of blue and yellow has no skirt)

Blue keys: Samurai, Mystic Force, Ninja Storm, Megaforce and Lost Galaxy

 

Mighty Morphin

 

Dino Thunder

 

Time Force

 

 RPM

 

 

George Hansen (@Siriulianranger) says that the 'stone keys' are actually wet paper towels and resin, commonly used in film.Here you can see the colored feet under it, the left one being green and the right being red.

 But here it is blue Jungle Fury and RPM Red, which is a strange place to put the Robo Knight key. Robo Knight would be next to the Megaforce keys from "Blue Saber Saga" or between Megaforce and Samurai.

Ranger Key Props in Hands in New Zealand

Noah with Blue Mystic Force Ranger Key

 

 Silver Super Megaforce Ranger with Wolf Warrior Key (you can tell it is New Zealand because his collar is silver when it is suppose to be gold).

Now, here are Ranger Keys of Super Sentai used in footage that we did not see the Rangers become:

Midoranger key spotted in "Grass is Always Greener or Bluer." Denji Red key has also been spotted in "The Wrath" in the Megazord.

Related: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2013/02/ranger-keys-in-power-rangers-megaforce.html