Powerful PR Market Impact

Last week we celebrated the official Television premiere of Power Rangers. What started as one small TV show with an opening season of Sixty episodes exploded into a franchise. Today I'm going to talk about power-rangers Products. I Myself have been collecting Power Rangers stuff since I was very young. To this day I still have my very first Red Ranger Action Figure. It's a Mighty Morphin Movie model. He lost an arm some time ago, and his paint has slightly worn over the years but he's special just because I've had him for so long. I continue to collect PR figures to this day. Villains don't get as many figures, something really should be done about that. Lord Zedd, Psycho Red, Rito Revolto, Goldar, Rygog, Ivan Ooze, and Madame Odious (Ninja Steel), are all part of my collection. When Turbo was out there was a Divatox figure, but yeah many of the coolest villains had never had figures. No side character figures! Seriously why not? I guess cause the company Bandai only wants to copy what Japan does. I tell you though, I would buy figures of Bulk and Skull, I seriously would! I substitute other characters when I need them for a story. Hasbro's Lighting line sounds interesting but I'm still waiting on many characters I've only seen on TV. I'm really glad they released both Magna Defender and SPD Shadow Ranger. I don't own any yet though, just seen them in stores.

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Of course that's just one part of the pie really. I work at a local Thrift store. One day while sorting out a box of donations, I found a Mighty Morphin power-rangers Shaving kit. We had to throw it out, cause the store doesn't accept liquid products like shaving cream. Still the fact that it exists still amazes me to this day. Anyways in my big collection I also have DVDs, videotapes, Comic Books, Art Books, a coloring book, a Music cd, My jumbo sized Navy Ranger Ninja doll, a Red Ranger Jigsaw puzzle, and An original Rangers Lunchbox. When Mighty Morphin season 2 was on, they had a promotional commercial for PR food Products; including Granola bars, Mac and cheese, and Spaghetti Rings. Sadly though all that really separated them from other brands was a picture of the main Five Rangers on the box. Pretty sad! I have a special set of Power Ranger Napkins. I am saving those for a really special day. I have a Red Ranger party stand. I've seen PR masks for Halloween. Full body costumes too. I've seen books in stores. The best ones came out back in the day, they don't seem to have a ton of imagination in the story book department. There are three Feature Length films. JDF and Amy Johnson appear in all three films. The 2017 movie just features a cameo of them. Rocky and Adam both were in the first two. The first movie is still the best in my opinion. I have event tapes. The White Ranger Kata with Karate lessons from JDF, and The PR Stage Show Tour. Both Tommy and Kimberly have their own spinoff comics. Andros and Karone are scheduled to appear in one next year. I also have many Zord figures. I've got ones from Wild force, Zeo, Turbo, Space, Lightspeed Rescue, RPM, and I have the Battlefleet megazord from Operation Overdrive among others. I got the Falcon Zord for Christmas last year. I also have a small but still growing T-shirt collection and a PR bathrobe. I have a first team Martyoshka dolls set too. Anyways Hasbro still owns the rights in the modern age. What's next is a hard question to answer. I personally commend original ideas like doing the Andros and Karone story but I'd also like to see real new territories explored. What about a PR backed dating service or a cookbook or something else adults might enjoy. Of course god forbid they abandon their first audience, I hope there will be products kids can enjoy for a longtime to come. I've heard mixed reactions to "Battle for the Grid" the online game. However the intital premise sounds cool, so maybe I'll try it someday. If you haven't started a collection yet, you really should it's a whole new adventure just waiting for you!