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RCPH Bolt Bites – Power Rangers Day 2024 Edition

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HAPPY POWER RANGERS DAY! 31 years ago today, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers premiered on August 28th, 1993. And surprisingly, we have some news!

OFFICIAL MERCH

  • On Hasbro Pulse, you can pre-order the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Deluxe Action Figures by Super7! Inspired by the vintage Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy line from the ‘90s, these figures are 7” scale with 19 points of articulation, and features intricate sculpt and premium metallic-and-gloss paint detailing. The packaging is reminiscent of the original triangle boxes and include the Red, Yellow, Blue, Pink, Black, Green, and White Rangers.
  • Super7 announced a new entry into their line of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ULTIMATES!, Lord Drakkon! The 7” scale, highly articulated Lord Drakkon Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ULTIMATES! figure is inspired by the BOOM! Studios comic books and depicts the arrogant ruler ready to conquer the Power Rangers wherever and whenever they’re hiding. Featuring intricate sculpt and premium paint detailing, this figure also comes with multiple interchangeable heads and hands, and an assortment of accessories including a damaged Red Ranger helmet, Dragon Dagger, Broken Saba, and more!

  • It’s time for a Sentai version of Zord-Builder?? From Bandai Japan comes the new DX ROBO UNIVERSE line, a new way for DX Zords from previous years to make a return and be compatible to swap parts for all new combinations! The first wave includes Engine-Oh from Engine Sentai Go-Onger, GokaiOh from Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger and ToQOh from Ressha Sentai ToQGer.

COMICS / BOOKS

  • OUT NOW: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Recharged Vol. 5 SC, which collects Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #115-118. Below is the full preview gallery (and essentially all of MMPR issue #115)
  • Humble Bundle has a new Power Rangers Mega Bundle that contain 30 volumes of the comics from the past 8 years of BOOM! Studios comics. Protip: You can customize your donation to give more to charity. There are three sliders for your donation, BOOM! Studios, Humble, and the Hasbro Children’s Hospital.

  • Amulet Books (known for their Avatar: The Last Airbender series of books) revealed a new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers novel, called “Force of Chaos”, coming in 2025. Written by Diana Ma, it’s focused on Trini and it’s made for a Young Adult audience. You can pre-order the book on Amazon (This affiliate link helps support RCPH).

GAMES

  • Digital Eclipse announced that the Green Ranger is an unlockable character in Rita’s Rewind. They state that Tommy’s origin story is part of the game’s narrative, and once you complete the campaign, you’ll be able to select the Green Ranger from the character selection screen. The game is also now available to wishlist on Playstation.

FAN PROJECTS

BEHIND THE SCENES

CON CRUD

  • If you were at the Power Morphicon convention this past weekend, you may wanted to get tested for COVID-19. Several attendees have reported positive results as they return home from the convention this week. COVID is still a serious concern, with cases rising this summer and more expected in the winter as new strains of the virus emerge.

Thanks to Angel Silvio for alerting us to some of the news items in this edition of Bolt Bites! Have something Ranger news related that you found? Are you an artist looking to promote your work? Do you make Power Rangers content on YouTube or Twitch? Drop us a line at rangercommandpowerhour@gmail.com or on our social media channels.

RCPH Bolt Bites – August 2024

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Welcome to Ranger Command Power Hour’s new BOLT BITES article series! BOLT BITES is a semi-monthly to monthly summary of all the news happening for Power Rangers merchandise, fan works, entertainment and other news. Depending on the news cycle for a given week or month, you may see this series grow to weekly.

Have something Ranger news related that you found? Are you an artist looking to promote your work? Do you make Power Rangers content on YouTube or Twitch? Drop us a line at rangercommandpowerhour@gmail.com or on our social media channels.

And now onto August 2024’s BOLT BITES.

OFFICIAL MERCH

  • Last month, Licensing International reported news from San Diego Comic Con that Playmates’ Power Rangers line will launch at retail in 2025 and “will be available in children’s and collector versions and feature ‘well-constructed figures at a better price than other collectible companies, including Hasbro,’ said Jeff Trojan, VP of Marketing at Playmates.” Read more.

  • Morph into action with the new REWIND RED RANGER (MMPR) from Funko! Part of Funko’s REWIND line, this new collectible comes in a VHS-inspired package with matching character card! There’s a 1 in 6 chance you may find the chase of the Red Ranger wearing his helmet.

UNOFFICIAL MERCH

  • Originally posted by Twitter user Whenaiyy, third party 1/6th figure manufacturer SooSooToys is releasing 5 more Red Warriors. Will this continue Forever? Check out Whenaiyy’s thread for more images of these gorgeous replicas. And someone tell SooSooToys to make a Shadow Ranger…

MUSIC

COMICS

  • NEXT WEEK: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Recharged Vol. 5 SC, which collects Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #115-118. Below is the full preview gallery (and essentially all of MMPR issue #115)
  • Upcoming: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1 second printing will release on September 4th.

GAMES

  • Power Rangers: Mighty Force is a new mobile game out NOW on iOS App Store and Google Play that released on August 7th. The original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are back and joined by Rangers from the future! From developers East Side Games, Mighty Kingdom and Hasbro. Download now.

  • During Gamescon 2024 (August 21-25), Digital Eclipse is promoting their new Power Rangers game, Rita’s Rewind, to press. They stressed in comments to their tweet that they are not working on a Power Rangers game collection and that Rita’s Rewind is a new game.

  • Renegade Game Studios recently released an expansion for Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid, Allies Pack #4 featuring Blue Senturion, Hunter and Blake Bradley, Levi Weston and Orion. Also available is the new It’s Morphin Time expansion for the Power Rangers Deck-Building Game which features Rocky, Adam, Aisha, Kat and introduces Matt Cook from the BOOM! Studios comics.

FAN PROJECTS

  • The Morphin Museum announced a Power Rangers Preservation Project challenge for Power Month. If their Morphin Museum Patreon hits 100 paid subscribers by the end of August, they will release the full pitch of DinoRangers, the original pitch for what would become MMPR. More details here.

BEHIND THE SCENES

  • Last month, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers VFX Artist Rick Shick launched a new behind the scenes video series on YouTube called “Behind the Power”. The series has examined morph effects, filming miniatures and interviews. View the full playlist here.

FANDOM WTF?

  • Who knew the term “Japanese Power Rangers” was so controversial? Twitter user @mask_bastard’s viral tweet depicting a clip from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (Power Rangers: Dino Charge), with the comment “Japanese power rangers goes so hard” created quite the discourse the week of August 12th.

Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 194

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Ranger Command 8th Anniversary

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47, @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

8 YEARS! We had a slightly drunk and very fun time celebrating with our listeners and friends for our 8th Anniversary YouTube live stream. (Watch the unedited livestream) This is the edited podcast version.

In the news, we discuss GLAAD announcing nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards which includes Power Ranger Dino Fury, Chris Cocks (stop it) is Hasbro’s new CEO, and new Power Rangers comics for the month of January and comic solicitations for April 2022.

Then, we experiment in creating characters for the new Power Rangers Roleplaying Game from Renegade Games. How complicated is this system? Zach leads the charge to guide Eric and A.P. on their roleplaying journey. We also answer Ranger Nation listener submitted questions, Eric has a big announcement and more!

Do the Ranger Command!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 194 – “Ranger Command Power Hour – 8th Anniversary Special”

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NEWS – New Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid Expansions Available for Pre-Order

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Today, Renegade Games just launched the newest expansion for Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid.

The new expansions include:

  • Legendary Rangers: Forever Rangers Pack – includes the Stone Canyon Trio and Kat, Alpha 5 and the cards for the Thunder Megazord and Thundeerzords!
  • Villain Pack #2: Legacy of Evil – Divatox, Thrax, King Sphinx, Terror Toad, Pirantishead and more!
  • Squatt & Baboo Character Pack
  • Painted Megazord Deluxe Figure

Preorder details can be found at the new Power Rangers Gaming site. This campaign will run during Morphin Meet (October 23rd-25th), and includes a pre-order incentive – the “Fan Appreciation Pack”. You can learn more on the campaign page!

Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 164

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It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

In this episode Eric and Zach break down all of the news the past few weeks with long time supporter of the podcast and first time guest co-host, Steve F. (@HitPeopleGuy)!

We break down all of the news from events, toys, games and comics including: Lightning Collection and main line toy leaks, special sales, BOOM! Studios “Power Rangers: The Future is Now” San Diego Comic Con at Home panel, Legacy Wars, Battle for the Grid, Heroes of the Grid and more! There’s also some speculation talk… is the new Green Ranger in the comics a woman? Is the Zeo Megazord figure the start of a new Megazord line?

We also read the responses to our Ranger Nation Answers question where we asked our listeners what they are looking forward to buying or have already bought from the Lightning Collection.

A Tommy for every season…

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 164 – “Rangers Recap News and SDCC 2020”

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Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 063

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Way of the Master

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

In our Extra Episode for May 2020, brought to you by our supporters on Patreon, Eric and Zach are joined by Kevin (@KyoryuZeo93) to watch an episode of Power Rangers Jungle Fury in honor of Bruce Allpress (Master Phant) who passed away last month. We remember the debut of the Spirit Rangers in an old Japanese magazine scan that the fandom went nuts over and have a good time watching “Way of the Master”.

We also discuss the latest news, including a Rise of the Psycho Rangers update and the BOOM! Studios comics schedule for July. Hey, not all weeks can be as news heavy as last episode!

This episode is brought to you by Renegade Games – Power Rangers Heroes of the Grid: Rise of the Psycho Rangers. The newest expansion is funding now on Kickstarter until Tuesday, May 26th. Our link to the campaign is an affiliate link in partnership with Renegade Game Studios. Purchasing the expansion with this link also helps Ranger Command. We thank Renegade for sponsoring this month of the podcast!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 063 – “Rangers Commentary –  Way of the Master”

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NEWS – Rise of the Psycho Rangers Press Images

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Rise of the Psycho Rangers

With only a few days until the Heroes of the Grid – Rise of the Psycho Rangers campaign ends (Tuesday, May 26th), Renegade Games has released new images of the character cards for all of the Space Rangers. Click the images below for the full resolution images. Which Space Ranger will you be playing as?

New to Heroes of the Grid and haven’t pick up the other games in the series? Here’s a quick FAQ to get you up to speed:

Rise of the Psycho Rangers FAQ

 

Click the game piece models for animated turnarounds!

This month’s RCPH episodes are brought to you by Renegade Games – Power Rangers Heroes of the Grid: Rise of the Psycho Rangers. The newest expansion is funding now on Kickstarter until Tuesday, May 26th. Our link to the campaign is an affiliate link in partnership with Renegade Game Studios. Purchasing the expansion with this link also helps Ranger Command. We thank Renegade for sponsoring this month of the podcast!

Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 160

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Episode 160

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

For the first time since February, Eric, A.P. and Zach are back together to record the most up to date episode of RCPH ever. We’re glad we recorded over two days to talk about all the Power Rangers news. New details for Rise of the Psycho Rangers, Shout! Factory Sentai DVD update, Drakkon New Dawn announcement, Power Rangers Dino Fury and all of the Hasbro Fan First Friday Lightning Collection reveals!

We also answer listener questions to catch up on what’s going on with all of us. How have we been keeping busy? What has Zach been up to this whole time? What are our thoughts on Sentai’s hiatus? All of the and more on this episode!

This episode is brought to you by Renegade Games – Power Rangers Heroes of the Grid: Rise of the Psycho Rangers. The newest expansion is funding now on Kickstarter until Tuesday, May 26th. Our link to the campaign is an affiliate link in partnership with Renegade Game Studios. Purchasing the expansion with this link also helps Ranger Command. We thank Renegade for sponsoring this month of the podcast!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 160 – “Rangers Quarantine Catching Up”

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Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 159

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Rise of the Psycho Rangers

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 as he talks all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

Today we are interviewing Jonathan Ying, best known in Ranger Nation as the Game Designer for Renegade Games’ Heroes of the Grid. Some of the other games he has designed include: Star Wars: Imperial Assault, Bargain Quest, DOOM: The Board Game, Sonic the Hedgehog: Dice Rush, and more.

The newest Kickstarter campaign for the Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid expansion, Rise of the Psycho Rangers, launches on Tuesday, May 12th. We delve into the details of the expansion, including some new information on game modes, pack-ins, artists for the campaign and more.

Jonathan also goes into some of the thought processes behind the scenes to bring this expansion, and others, to life.

This episode is also brought to you by Renegade Games – Power Rangers Heroes of the Grid: Rise of the Psycho Rangers. The newest expansion is funding now on Kickstarter until Tuesday, May 26th. Our link to the campaign is an affiliate link in partnership with Renegade Game Studios. Purchasing the expansion with this link also helps Ranger Command. We thank Renegade for sponsoring this month of the podcast!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 159 – “Ranger Command Interview – Renegade Games – Rise of the Psycho Rangers”

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Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 062

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It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

In our Extra Episode for April 2020, brought to you by our supporters on Patreon, Eric and A.P. take a trip into the Lost Galaxy with Derek (@DerekBGayle) for Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, “Loyax’ Last Battle”!

How impressed were we with the tight character arc and pacing for this episode? Did you know Lost Galaxy Walkie Talkies were a thing?

We also discuss the latest news, including Power Rangers Beast Morphers season 2 episode updates, Rise of the Psycho Rangers update, the BOOM! Studios deal with Netflix and what it DOESN’T mean for Power Rangers.

A cake monster would be pretty tasty…

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 062 – “Rangers Commentary –  Loyax’ Last Battle”

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