Non-Super Sentai Power Ranger Exclusive Artwork In Action Card Game Cards

When the Power Rangers Action Card Game came out, we fans (or I, on my own) assumed that the artwork was only coming from Super Sentai Dice-O (2010-now). Some cards are mixed with photoshoots of Mighty Morphin, RPM, Samurai and Lost Galaxy. But recently it has been revealed they are also using artwork from Ranger Strike (2006-now). Funny enough, American Power Rangers fans saw Ranger Strike artwork with the Power Rangers Collector Card Game back in 2008 but there was only one series and was quickly cancelled. This week Bandai America's ACG Facebook page revealed cards for Gold Samurai Ranger (Mega Mode) and Red Dragon Fire Ranger.

Red Dragon Fire Ranger is from Mystic Force only and did not appear in Mahou Sentai Magiranger. So this is new artwork exclusively made for the American card game. Red Dragon Fire Ranger is a Battlizer, which were only in Power Rangers than Super Sentai. SPD Battlizer is the only one to appear in Sentai that AFTER it appeared in Power Rangers, having appeared in Magiranger vs. Dekaranger. The SPD Battlizer did get artwork for the Rangerstrike and Dice-O cards so fans suspect we would only get those. In fact, the SPD Battlizer appeared in the CCG (2008).

I am not surprised to see Mega Mode, I figured they would make artwork for them. But it has been pointed out that the same pose of Gold was used in a Super Samurai poster--meaning it is a photo just enhanced with photoshop. I am pleasantly surprised to see the Battlizer though. Other than SPD Battlizer, I hope we get the original In Space Battlizer, Lost Galaxy Battlizer, Ninja Storm Battlizer, and Shogun Mode. I doubt we will get Lightspeed Rescue Red's because it was more of a bike-related armor but we'll see.

Related: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2013/03/guardians-of-justice-power-rangers.html | http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2013/03/rangerstrike-card-art-used-for-action.html

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Bulges: Cups or Not to Cup #2

Two years ago I brought up the point that Dan Ewing (Dillon/RPM) brought up that Disney had the male cast members wear athletic cups. In the post, I hypothesized that Disney had athletic cups but Saban didn't have athletic cups. Now I have a new theory that in Samurai and Megaforce, they don't use athletic cups either, even for public appearances. So I decided to go more in depth into it. A fan who commented on the last post known as David brought up a good point, an athlete cup would make sense in the fictional world, they are fighting, they have the suits for 'protection' so they do need 'protection' there more than anywhere else.

Some people might find this inappropriate as I have close-ups so if you are interested, press 'read here' or if not, move on.


Let's start with Saban back in the day...

These are from episodes in the Saban Era and promotional images of the actual actors.
Top (Left to Right): Zhane, Carlos, Jason, Billy, Tommy
Bottom (Left to Right): Jason (again), Leo, Carter, Joel and Chad
The pictures aren't great but I think they did not use cups back in the day. You can see bulges and camel toe.  Well you can't see a bulge in the pic top right which is Tommy, I just wanted to show how it looked when there wasn't one.

 Disney Era Disney World
Top (L-R): Green Samurai Ranger (1), White Dino Ranger, Blue Jaguar Ranger
Bottom (L-R): Blue Jaguar Ranger, White Dino Ranger, Ranger Green
Okay these are the Public appearances done by Disney, mostly at Disney World, you can clearly see a cup, a round mound like a ken doll.

 Disney Era Show
Top (L-R): Flynn, Mac, Mac, and Chip
Bottom (L-R): Sky, Dillon, and Xander
Again you can see the athletic cup. I am not sure about the Chip or Xander pic. But the Dillon and Sky pic, clearly looks like a cup.

Saban Public Appearances

Left to Right: Megaforce Rangers, Gold Samurai Ranger and another Megaforce Ranger.

These are from the Comic Con of Megaforce Rangers as it is easier to see in white fabric. As for Gold Samurai Ranger, the pic is from Thanksgiving. It is hard to tell in pictures with the blank legged Samurai Rangers. 

Here are some of the pics in full size:

Related: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2010/08/bulges-cup-or-not-to-cup.html

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Colors chosen for Power Rangers Merchandise

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UPDATED 7/11/12

I thought I'd take stock of who is included in merchandise. Updated with a chart counting the toys, dolls, plushes and Mega Bloks figures of individual Rangers.

 The most obvious choice is the Red Ranger, he is included in everything through every season and sometimes by himself. The main three colors that get most in merchandise is Red, Blue and Pink. If there is no Pink, it's Yellow. Yellow is barely in merchandise, because most of time Yellow is female even though in Power Rangers, Red, Blue and Yellow are the most common colors. When it comes to T-Shirts, Halloween Costumes and Birthday stuff, it is more common to see Red and Blue together. In rare case where Blue is female, male Yellow takes his place like in Ninja Storm or Green in Mystic Force. Most of the time in clothing or any other promo, the third boy color gets shafted. For example, for Samurai there is more Red and Blue merch than Green. Green Samurai was absent in McDonald toys, Birthday products, early Mega Masks (he is getting one soon) and Halloween of 2011. And the Sixth Ranger, coming in late, is rarely in merchandise. Rare cases include the original White Ranger, Silver Ranger, Magna Defender, Quantum Ranger and Omega Ranger. Most of the time they are in time for the Halloween costume but not for anything like clothing or birthday stuff. As for the toys, I have mentioned before that the boys get more cyles and battlizers and different toys. But for some reason, Red and Blue get more than Green or Black.

PRESS 'READ MORE' for Charts and more stuff!

Related: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2008/08/power-rangers-boys-club.html |  http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2008/09/power-rangers-halloween-cotumes.html | http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2009/08/can-you-hear-me-power-ranger-walkie.html

Walkie Talkies

The charts are screwed up that you can't see the last part. I can't change it.

	Red	Blue	Pink	Green	Black	Yellow	Silver/Gold
MMPR	1		1		1	1
Zeo
Turbo
In Space	1				1
LG	1	1			1		1
LR	1
Time F	2	1		1
Wild F	1				1
Ninja S	2	1				1
Dino T	1	1
SPD	1	1
Mystic F	1			1
OO	1	1			1
Jungle F	1	1
RPM	1	1
Samurai	1	1

 http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2008/09/power-rangers-halloween-cotumes.html

Halloween costumes: 

The numbers means how many costume versions of the individual ranger there are.

	Red	Blue	Pink	Green	Black	Yell.	White	S/G	Other
MMPR 1	1	1	1	0	0	0	---	---	---
MMPR 2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	---	---
MMPR 3	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	---	---
Zeo	1	1	1	1	---	0	---	---	---
Turbo	1	1	1	0	----	0	---	---	---
In Space	1	0	1	---	0	0	---	0	---
LG	1	1	1	0	1	0	---	---	---
LR	1	0	1	0	---	0	---	1	---
Time F	1	1	1	0	---	0	---	---	1
Wild F	2	2	---	---	0	0	2	2	---
Ninja S	2	2	---	1	---	1	----	---	2 and 2
Dino T	3	3	---	---	2	2	0	---	3
SPD	3	3	2	1	---	0	2	---	1
Mystic F	2	1	2	2	---	0	0	1	---
OO	2	2	2	---	1	0	---	2	---
Jungle F	2	2	---	---	---	2	1	---	1
RPM	2	2	---	2	2	2	---	0	---
MMPR	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	---	---
Samurai	2	2	2	0	---	0	----	---	---
Super S	2	2	2					1	---

 Bedding

	Red	Blue	Pink	Green	Black	Yell.	White	S/G	Other
MMPR	✓	✓	✓	No	✓	✓
MMPR 3	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Zeo
Turbo
In Space
LG
LR
Time F	✓	✓	No	✓		No			✓
Wild F	✓	✓			✓	No	No	No
Ninja S	✓	✓		No		✓
Dino T	✓	✓			✓	✓	No
SPD	✓	✓	✓	✓		No	✓		No
Mystic F	✓	No	No	✓		✓		No
OO	✓	✓	No		✓	No		No
Jungle F	✓	✓		No	✓	No	No		No
RPM	✓	✓		No	✓	No		No
Samurai
Super S

Party Suppiles

	Red	Blue	Pink	Green	Black	Yell.	White	S/G	Other
MMPR	✓	✓	✓	No	✓	✓	✓
Zeo
Turbo	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
In Space	✓	✓	No		✓	No		No
LG	✓
LR	✓	✓	No	✓		No		No
Time F	✓	✓	No	✓		No			No
Wild F	✓
Ninja S	✓	✓		No		✓			No
Dino T	✓	✓			✓	No	No
SPD	✓	✓	No	✓		No	No		No
Mystic F	✓	No	No	✓		✓		No
OO	✓	✓	No		✓	No		No
Jungle F	✓	✓		No	✓	No	No		No
RPM	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓		No
Samurai	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓

Clothing

	Red	Blue	Pink	Green	Black	Yellow	White	S/G	Other
MMPR	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Zeo
Turbo
In Space	✓	✓	No		✓	No		✓
LG	✓	✓		✓	✓
LR	✓	✓	No	✓		No		No
Time F	✓	✓	No	✓		No			No
Wild F
Ninja S	✓	✓		No		✓			No
Dino T	✓	✓			✓	No	No
SPD	✓	✓	No	✓		No	No		No
Mystic F	✓	No	No	✓		✓		No
OO	✓	✓	No		✓	No		No
Jungle F	✓	✓		No	✓	No	No		No
RPM	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓		No
Samurai	✓	✓	No	✓		No

I counted not only Bandai toys but also dolls, plush figures, Mega Bloks (NS, DT, SPD, PRS), Micro Machines (MMPR) and Squinkies (Samurai). I might left one or two out that I was not aware of. But the majority are there. I am only counted figures or playsets with their helmets and masks. I am not counting zords and arsenal as many share the same. I also count figures if repackaged as a set or packaged with something else or a new gimmick (metallic).

Toys:

	Red	Blue	Pink	Green	Black	Yell.	White	S/G	Other
MMPR 1	4	4	4	3	4	3	---	---	---
MMPR 2	10	7	8	4	7	7	5	---	---
MMPR 3	8	7	8	0	8	9	8	---	---
Aquitar	1	1	---	---	1	1	1	---	---
Zeo	5	5	4	5	---	4	---	---	3
Turbo	6	6	5	5	---	5	---	---	3
In Space	12	11	7	---	11	7	---	8	---
LG	13	10	4	10	12	4	---	---	---
LR	12	11	5	11	---	5	---	6	---
Time F	10	9	3	9	---	3	---	---	9
Wild F	15	10	---	---	10	5	4	11	---
Ninja S	25	7	---	17	17	15	----	---	16
Dino T	21	14	---	---	14	5	13	---	12
SPD	27	19	4	14	---	5	11	---	14
Mystic F	42	7	5	28	---	13	0	13	4
OO	37	15	3	---	21	3	---	5	---
Jungle F	28	18	---	10	12	7	7	---	8 7
RPM	18	12	---	7	16	2	---	7 2	4 3 2
MMPR	17	12	5	12	10	5	3	---	---
Samurai	22	18	6	13	---	5	----	8	---
Super S	18	16	6	13	---	7		8	---

Other than the usual colors, counted as well are Phantom Ranger (under Other), Koragg (under Other), Crimson Ranger (under Black), Navy Ranger (under Other), Triassic Ranger (under Other),  Omega (under White), Shadow (under Other), Solaris Knight (under Silver/Gold), Elephant (under Green), Shark (under Black), Violet and Shark (under Other), and T-Rex, Triceratops, and Mammoth Rangers (under Other).

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