Super Sentai Showcase #3: Power Rangers Collection
Before I knew what Super Sentai was...there was Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!
This was a big part of my childhood, I remember seeing the pilot episode and for a bit having to rush home from school because Power Rangers aired at 2:30 pm (school finished at 2:30).
I have fond memories of the FOX Kids cartoon lineup from the 90's (X-Men, Batman The Animated Series, Bobby's World etc).
Since I was born in 1985, I was at the right age when Power Rangers aired on TV.
Of all the cartoons and toy lines from my childhood (besides wrestling) I have the most memories from MMPR.
I remember right before the movie came out in 1995, Jason David Frank & Johnny Yong Bosch made a public appearance/had a signing and went to "The Taste of Chicago" (annual summer event in Chicago).
I begged my parents to take me and I was legit the first person to get there and was even interviewed by the local FOX News affiliate (I taped it but all those old VHS tapes are no more & man I wish I could get my hands on it for memories sake).
JDF was super cool and I remember giving him a comic book to sign and my Saba White Tiger Zord (he grabbed it and even did a little sword play).
My favorite Power Ranger was the Red Ranger (Jason); that was my Dude!
Growing in the Southwest side of Chicago my family was low income but my Dad made it a point to surprise me on birthdays, Christmas etc
No way my parents could afford all that stuff but somehow they made it work.
My Father also had the foresight to buy the five Rangers from the start (knowing I would want them all) and spread them out throughout the year as gifts. He had no idea they would become a "hot item" and that they would be sold out or sold for as much as $100 a piece during the madness of MMPR!
I think the popularity of the show had to do with kids being able to identify with a character. Jason was not exactly Latino but thats who I identified with the most.
During my last trip to Asia I "gave in" and started collecting Super Sentai/Power Rangers but especially MMPR figures from my childhood.
I lost my entire collection once I moved out and went to college in 2003 (my attic flooded in my childhood apartment complex in Chicago).
So it has been fun getting some of those figures back from my childhood, pure sentimental feels!
This thread will be dedicated to the MMPR toy line and please feel free to share any stories or your collection!
Edited by kayfabe1985, 27 July 2018 - 07:11 AM.