Showing posts with label PRS. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Power Rangers Samurai - Broken Dreams - Review

"Broken Dreams"
Dayu defies Xandred and he burns up her shamisen Harmonium. Jayden is still caught up on what Deker said about him being dark too. Dayu comes to the surface world and attacks a musician, to repair her instrument when Mia spots her and transforms. Rhinosnorus is sent to make Dayu sleep but makes the musician sleep. The Rangers arrive and Antonio is put to sleep. Dayu and Mia are also put to sleep after they fight in the Forrest. In the dream world, Mia is setting up a fancy table for a meal she cooked and she steps into a dakr cloud where Deker is carrying Dayu in a wedding dress and he is wearing a tuxedo. Jayden uses his symbol power and creates a portal and they jump in through Antonio. 

Mike and Kevin find themselves in a world with old English people with umbrellas. Antonio holds up a Biggest Fish of the year trophy. Bulk comes in a white horse as a Samurai but he stills falls unto Spike. The monster attacks and Blue and Green transform, with the same cartoonish physics of the original Shinkenger episode. Mia sees Dayu's past, as a human she gave him a sword Uramasa and he gave her her guitar. One night their home was on fire and he was dying, a Nighlok came and made a dirty deal with her, making them both into Nighloks--giving up their humanity, but he would forget who he is and who she is. She would live a punsihed life. Nice effects on Deker's transformation by the way and good acting from Lilia . Those that know Shinkenger, they know they changed her backstory extensively. Blue and Green and the monster come to the real world and his victims awaken as they destroy his mist blower.

He escapes. Antonio wakens for his trophy. Jayden is out of energy and Antonio takes him crippled. Big monsters come out and Jayden and Antonio transform and call their Lion and Clawzord. Mia feels for Dayu and wants to help her. She says she doesn't want it and Emily saves Mia. Dayu escapes. Jayden and Antonio walk around like they are drunk and encounter Deker.

Friday, September 30, 2011

Power Rangers Samurai October 2011 Episode Descriptions

 
 Bender/Helper Impact
 Press:
Every Saturday in October the “Power Rangers Samurai” will betaking over Nickelodeon and airing a special episode. The takeover willkick-off with a two-part season finale and the last two Saturday’s in Octoberwill show viewers the history of the “Power Rangers Samurai” during two Originsspecials. Below, please find episode descriptions and airdates for each newepisode of the “Power Rangers Samurai:”



Saturday,October 1 at 12 p.m./11 Central - Power Rangers Samurai Finale Part I: “BrokenDreams”

EpisodeDescription: When the Gold and Pink Ranger fall under the spell of adream-inducing Nighlok, the other Rangers must enter the Dream World to savethem.



Saturday,October 8 at 12 p.m./11 Central - Power Rangers Samurai Finale Part II: “TheUltimate Duel”

EpisodeDescription: The Rangers try to finish off the dream monster Rhinosnorus whileJayden and Deker finally face off in their ultimate duel.



Saturday,October 15 at 12 p.m./11 Central - Power Rangers Origins Special Part I

EpisodeDescription: As invasions  from  the  Netherworld increase,  the  Red  Ranger  unites  a  new team  of   Samurai  Rangers  to  meet the  rising  threat.



Saturday,October 22 at 12 p.m./11 Central- Power Rangers Origins Special Part II

EpisodeDescription: As  the  teens  continue  their transition  into  their  new  secret  lives as  Samurai  Rangers,   Yellow Samurai Ranger Emily reveals  a  surprising  truth  about  herself. Meanwhile, after  a  Nighlok attacks,  the  Rangers combine  their   Zords to  create  the powerful Samurai  Megazord to  protect the planet from the monster.



Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Go Go Halloween!


Gold Ranger Costume like I thought, but sorry no Green.

Italics indicate that no one from Henshin Grid wrote it:
The cast of the hit Nickelodeon series Power Rangers Samurai star in the Halloween safety video on the site’s homepage. This fun video, that teaches kids tips on how to stay safe this Halloween, will be airing in movie theaters nationwide as well as online. Plus the site has easy-to-download safety tips, coloring sheets, pumpkin stencils, new Samurai Power Rangers costumes and much more.
Official Press:
POWER RANGERS PROMOTE
HALLOWEEN SAFETY TO
MILLIONS OF KIDS AND PARENTS
In Addition To Halloween Safety, Power Rangers emPOWER To Also Implement New Initiatives And Partnerships For Health And Fitness This Fall
LOS ANGELES (September 28, 2011) – Saban Brands announced today a forthcoming multi-platform national Halloween safety campaign featuring the Samurai Power Rangers, along with additional activities for their Power Rangers emPOWER initiative for fall 2011. Beginning next month, Saban Brands will launch a multi-platform campaign focused on Halloween safety featuring the Power Rangers, designed to reach parents and children at schools, in theaters, online, and at home.
Videos about Halloween safety featuring the cast of the #1 kids action series Power Rangers Samurai will air in movie theaters nationwide before PG and G-rated films. Some of the many important tips that the Power Rangers will share include:
· Do not eat unwrapped candy.
· When trick-or-treating, make sure to also take a glow stick or flashlight, or add reflective tape to your costume so that cars may more easily see you.
· Never go trick-or-treating alone. Use teamwork and stay in groups or with a parent.
Special bulletin board posters reinforcing safe trick-or-treating guidelines will be distributed to 5,000+ elementary schools across the country. Also, online, kids can visit powerrangers.com/Halloween for more Halloween Halloween safety tips, videos, activities, games and resources throughout the month of October. The Power Rangers will also be reaching parents and kids through some of the most popular parenting blogs, entertainment websites, and gaming portals.
“Saban Brands is committed to sharing the message of Halloween safety with young Power Rangers fans and parents worldwide,” said Saban Brands president Elie Dekel. “In addition, we’re also continuing to encourage families to live a more active and healthier lifestyle with the Power Rangers emPOWER program.”
As part of Saban Brands and Power Rangers’ commitment to promote the health and well being of millions of young Power Rangers fans nationwide, additional initiatives tied to the Power Rangers emPOWER program are also scheduled for this fall, including Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play, a partnership with Every Body Walk!, where the Rangers will participate in Walk To School Day, and the newest cycle of the Power Rangers emPOWER Sweepstakes.
Power Rangers emPOWER was developed in conjunction with the hit television series Power Rangers Samurai to inspire kids and families to put the Power Rangers values of teamwork, confidence, health and physical activity into action. The initiative shows kids and parents how to make healthy choices through programs at schools, online, and at live events in local communities.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Christmas, Halloween and RPM Teamup announced!

Marvista Entertainment and Saban Brands will debut three new Power Rangers Samurai TV specials (2x30, 1x60), based on the new TV series of the same name. Featuring the Samurai Rangers, the new specials include:

Christmas Together, Friends Forever - the Rangers reflect on their first year together as a team and learn about the spirit of the season.

Party Monsters - a scare-fest when the creepiest monsters from beyond get together for party and trade stories about their battles with the Rangers.

The Clash of the Red Rangers - a crossover special where the Samurai Rangers team with the mysterious RPM Rangers Red fend off the dual threat from Master Xandred's Mooger army and robotic super-villain from the RPM Ranger's dimension. When something goes awry, the two Red Rangers turn on one another and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

“The new Power Rangers Samurai specials are a perfect fit for the international markets ongoing demand for event-driven programming which offers broadcasters additional opportunities to cross promote,” said Fernando Szew, the CEO of MarVista Entertainment. “The new season of Power Rangers continues to generate stellar ratings as it launches around the world, and we are pleased to be in a position to continue to build upon the brand by offering dynamic and fresh new content to our partners.”

The date to air these are not announced yet, most likely we will be seeing these Halloween and Christmas specials this year. It is great news that the RPM Rangers are from another dimension, explaining the whole post-apocalyptic thing. So this explains suspensions that they were filming a RPM teamup, and why Mike's actor Hector was communicating via Twitter to the actress who played Tenaya.

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Power Rangers Samurai Second Season statement making more sense

 
There was 16 episodes that aired from Feb 7 to June 4th, 'Boxed in' being the last. Nickelodeon now announced 5 weeks of new episodes, which includes 'Broken Dreams' and 'The Ultimate Deal' and probably 'Origins' (two parter). The fifth one we don't know the title. Oct 29th the fifth episode will most likely air. I am not using RPM as an example as the last episodes aired in December but Jungle Fury's last episodes aired November 3rd and Lightspeed to Operation final episodes aired in November, meaning that these five episodes will probably be the last new episodes we will see this year. They might sneak one episode in November but most likely that will complete 21 (or 22) episodes for this year or 'season.'

 
So like we feared, each season will be less than 40, we once thought it was 20 and 20 but it seems it will be 21. And the rest in 2012, the 'second season' of Power Rangers, which would be a rather short season. And we heard from the stunt group that they stopped shooting for Samurai, probably meaning they shot the two seasons already (On Twitter, Hector David and the others are back in New Zealand as of Sep 18 filming). Hector David and the cast said it wasn't the end, probably meaning we wouldn't see the rest of the series until the end of 2012. This 'two season' thing is probably being done in order to establish the foreign markets and Power Rangers merchandise (which we still haven't seen in abundance here in the United States). When 2 seasons and 40 episodes was announced, I figured it would be this way, noting how Nickelodeon handle "iCarly" and their other shows and 'seasons.' But the confusion was over the cast saying 'second season' and that most seasons last one year and the casting is occurring now for new Rangers.

Most likely they will cast the new cast by the end of this year and start shooting in 2012 and probably air the new team season in 2013 using Goseiger and hopefully not be 20 episodes per year. 2013 is the 20th anniversary and we are hoping Gokaiger get adapted but if it would get adapted, most likely it would be in 2014 and not 2013. The 'two seasons' of Samurai and a new team in 2013, would lead fans to believe that Gokaiger will be skipped and the 2012 Sentai (yet to announced) being used for 2014. Now these are just speculations and not anything officially. I find this confusing because how can you have two seasons of 21 or 20 episodes and then in 2013 have a season of 40 episodes? Or will it be just be done like this every two year? I understand the need to establish something and get people used to it but this is ridiculous.  And they are taking forever with the merchandise, Disney didn't take this long with Ninja Storm. I guess the 2010 year off really screwed up negotiations because Mega Bloks and all those other products and the live tour is set to come out in 2012. And the Samurai toys---most PR toys came out in November and the Samurai toys snuck in a new or two before Christmas, not enough time for kids to put it on their lists. As for the Samurai cast, if they did indeed stop shooting, I am sure they will be plenty of public appearances, promos for Nick and maybe a movie this year.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Power Rangers Samurai in Terebikun Magazine

For those who don't know, most Power Rangers (once a year only) get one page or two in Terebikun and with spoilers---this is how we found out about Thrax in Once A Ranger, the Spirit Rangers in Jungle Fury, the Mystic Force Battlizer and much more. Anyway, here there is no spoilers (much like RPM), just the mega modes and the morphers.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Power Rangers Samurai McDonalds Toy Commercial


McDonalds commercial aired on Nick today, saying this Friday PRS was coming. It had the Rangers (three male Rangers in the cockpit of Battlewing) inside the Samurai Megazord and saying they were hungry. The blue dragon foot lands next to a speaker and the lady asks how they can help them, 15 sec commercial. The real actors' voices were not used.

Official Press Release:
POWER RANGERS MARK A COLLABORATIONWITH McDONALD’S® THAT SPANS NEARLY TWO DECADES
LOS ANGELES(September 20, 2011) – Saban Brands announced today that the #1 kids actionseries Power Rangers Samurai is teaming up with McDonald’s to offer PowerRangers toys in Happy Meals at participating McDonald’s restaurants throughoutNorth America. The relationship between these two iconic brands began in 1994with a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Happy Meal. Over fifteen yearslater, today’s collaboration focuses on positive lifestyle choices, includingfun fitness and balanced eating for America’s youth, and coincides with theroll-out of McDonald’s new Happy Meal, that now includes apple slices in everyHappy Meal purchased.

“We are soproud of the long relationship between the Power Rangers and McDonald’s,” saidSaban Brands president Elie Dekel. “It is a testament to the legacy of thePower Rangers that McDonald’s and this iconic franchise have sustained theircollaboration long enough to introduce a new Power Rangers Happy Meal to asecond generation.”

PowerRangers fans visiting participating North American McDonald’s restaurants betweenFriday, September 16 and Thursday, October 13 will receive one of eight limitededition toys inspired by the hit series Power Rangers Samurai, nowairing on Nickelodeon, with the purchase of a Happy Meal or Mighty Kids Meal. This new promotion brings a mix of action figures and role-play items where kids can recreate high-action moves in thepalms of their hands and inspire fun, active play.

McDonald’s new Happy Meal, which will begin to rollout in select McDonald’s locations across the U.S. this month, will include asmaller, 1.1-ounce portion of fries along with produce (apple slices, a quartercup or half serving) with the choice of a hamburger, cheeseburger or ChickenMcNuggets, and choice of beverage, including new fat-free chocolate milk and 1%low fat white milk.

In addition, this promotion coincides with the newestcycle of Power Rangers emPOWER, an initiative that inspires kids and familiesto put the Power Rangers values of teamwork, confidence, health andphysical activity into action through programs at schools, online and atevents in local communities. Another way is to encourage exercise and activeplay in and after school by using The Power Rangers emPOWER Activities. The emPOWERActivity Kit Sweepstakes is offering schools and youth organizations the chanceto win a $10,000 donation and a visit from the Power Rangers and is availablethrough November 11, 2011 on PowerRangers.com.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Age Differences between Casts

Requested by fan Frederick, in this post I will note the age differences between the Power Rangers in each cast. Most actors are between the ages of 18 and 28, some have been in their thirties. And the original cast are entering their forties.

When MMPR was shot in 1993, Amy Jo Johnson (Kim) was 22; Austin St. John (Jason) was 17; Thuy Trang (Trini) was 19; Walter Jones (Zack) was 22; and David Yost (Billy) was the eldest at 24. When Jason David Frank (Tommy) joined the cast, he was 20. David Yost had a 7 year difference from Austin St. John, the youngest. Paul Schrier was 23, he is a year younger than David. Jason Narvy was 19, 2 years older than Austin.

In season 2 when Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam) joined the cast, he was 18; Steve Cardenas (Rocky) was 20; and Karan Ashley (Aisha) was 19. David (25) and Johnny had a six year age difference. Amy Jo was 24; David was 25 and Jason was 21. By Season 3, Jason was 22; David was 26; Steve was 21; Johnny was 19 and Karan was 20 and Catherine Sutherland (Kat) was 21 when she joined the cast. Steve is 5 months older than Catherine.

Aquitar (Alien) Rangers: Karim Prince (Cestro) was born in 1974 and was 21 in 1995. Alan Palmer (Corcus) looks to be in his 40's now, so I suppose he was in his late 20's during this time. Same goes for David Bacon (Aurico). I am not sure about Rajia Baroudi (Delphine) or Tideus' actor Jim Gray.

By Zeo, Jason was 22, David was 27, Steve was 22, Johnny was 20, Catherine was 21 and Nakia Burrise (Tanya) was 21. David Yost has a six year difference with Nakia. When Austin St. John (Jason) was added, he was 21. Catherine is 11 months older than Austin. I don't know how old the triplets that played Trey are.

 Blake Foster (Justin) was 11, he was born in 1985 and he is now 26. Jason was 22 and later 23, Jason is about 12 years older than Blake. Johnny is 9 years older and Catherine and Nakia are about 11 years older. Hilary Shepard Turner (Divatox) was born in 1961, at the time she was 35, she was 12 years older than Jason David Frank and 24 years older than Blake. Carol Hoyt (Dimitria/Divatox) was 34 at the time. As for the new cast, Patricia Ja Lee (Cassie) was 22; Selwyn Ward (TJ) was 20; Roger Velasco (Carlos) was 20; and Tracy Lynn Cruz (Ashley) was 21. The eldest was Patricia and she is around 10 years older than Blake.

For Space, Christopher Lee (Andros) was 20, Patricia was 23, Selwyn was 21, Roger was 21 and Tracy was 22, Justin Nimmo (Justin) was 24 and Melody Perkins (Astronema) was 24. Justin Nimmo is 4 years older than Christopher. Melody is 8 months older than Justin Nimmo. Jason David Frank is 5 years older than Christopher Lee. Selwyn was a year older than Christopher. Paul Schrier was 28 and Jason Narvy was 24, 2 months younger than Melody.

 
In Lost Galaxy, Archie Kao (Kai) was 29, he is 10 months younger than David Yost. Reggie Rolle (Damon) was 23; Danny Salvin was 26; Cerina Vincent (Maya) was 20; Russell Lawrence (Mike) was 21; Varlie Vernon (Kendrix) was 23; Melody Perkins (Karone) was 25. Archie was the oldest and Cerine was the youngest. Danny is 6 years older Christopher Lee. Amy Miller (Trakeena), who married Reggie Rolle and I can't find her age.

 
In Lightspeed Rescue, Sean Cw Johnson (Carter) was 22; Michael Chaturantabut was 25; Alison Macinnis (Dana) was 20; Keith Robinson (Joel) was 24; Sasha Craig (Kelsey) was 18, Monica Louwerens (Angela) was 26; Ron Rogge (Captain Mitchell)  was 32--a year older than David Yost. Ron was only 12 years older than Dana and Rhett. Rhett Fisher (Ryan) was 20, 2 months younger than Alison.

Jason Faunt (Wes) was 27--five years older than Sean Johnson; Michael Copon (Lucas) was 19; Erin Cahill (Jen) was 21; Deborah Phillips (Katie) was 23; Kevin Kleinberg (Trip) was 18; Dan Southworth (Eric) was 27; Dan is 2 months older than Jason. Edward Albert played Mr. Collins and was 50 at the time, making him 23 years older than Jason Faunt. He passed away in 2006 at the age of 55 due to Lung Cancer. Vernon Wells (Ransik) was around 55 and I don't know how old Kate Sheldon (Nadira) is. So, Kevin was the youngest of the Rangers and Dan was the eldest, with a 9 year difference, more than David Yost and Austin St. John's age differences.

 
Wild Force: Ricardo Medina (Cole) was 25; Alyson Sulivan (Taylor) was 25--4 months older than Ricardo; Phillip Jeanmarie (Max) was 24; Jessica Ray (Alyssa) was 20; Jack Guzman (Danny) was 24; Philip Andrew (Merrick) was 24. Jessica Ray was the youngest and has a 5 year difference from Ricardo and Alyson. Ilia Volok (Master Org) was 37 and I don't know how old Ann Marie Crouch (Shayla) is.

 
Ninja Storm: Pua Magasiva (Shane) was 23; Sally Martin (Tori) was 18; Glenn McMillan (Dustin) was 19; Jason Chan (Cam) was 32---a year younger than Amy Jo Johnson; Jorgito Vargas Jr. (Blake) was 26 and Adam Tuominen (Hunter) was 23; Katrina Devine (Marah) was 23 and Katrina Browne (Kapri) was 28.

 Dino Thunder: Emma Lahana (Kira) was 20; James Napier (Connor) was 22; Kevin Duhany (Ethan) was 20;  Jeffrey Parazzo  (Trent)was 26; Jason David Frank was 31--a year younger than Cam. Jason, being the oldest, is 11 years older than Kevin and Emma, the youngest.

SPD: Brandon Jay McLaren (Jack) was 24; Chris Violette (Sky) was 24; Matt Austin (Bridge) was 27; Monica May (Z) was 21; Alycia P. (Syd) was 22; Michelle Langstone (Kat) was 26--a year younger than Matt Austin. Matt Austin has a six year difference--oldest and youngest.

Mystic Force: Firass Dirani (Nick) was 22; Angie Diaz (Vida) was 18; Richard Brancatisano (Xander) was 23; Melanie Vallejo (Madison) was 27; Nic Sampson (Chip) was 20; Antonia Prebble (Clare) was 22; Geoff Dolan (Leanbow) was 42. Of the main five, Angie was the youngest, having a 9 year difference with Melanie, who played her sister. Peta Rutter (Udonna) was 47, making her 25 years older than Firass and Geoff was 20 years older than Firass. Peta died in 2010 at age 51.

 
PROO: James Maclurcan (Mac) was 22; Caitlin Murphy (Ronnie) was 21; Samuell Benta (Will) was 21; Rhoda Montemayor (Rose) was 28; Gareth Yuen (Dax) was 29; Dwayne Cameron was 26 (Tyzonn) and Ria Vandervis (Miratrix) was 23. Rod Lousich (Andrew) was 40--18 years older than James.

Jason Smith (Casey) was 24; Anna Hutchison (Lilly) was 22; Aljin Abella (Theo) was 23; David de Lautour (Robert James) was 26; Bede Skinner (Jarrod) was 32;  Holly Shanahan (Camile) was 27; Nikolai Nikolaeff  (Dom)was 27---a month younger than Holly. Bede was the eldest, 6 years older than David. Anna being the youngest, was 4 years younger than David and 10 years younger than Bede. Jungle Fury.

RPM: Eka Darville (Scott) was 20; Ari Boyland (Flynn) was 22; Rose McIver (Summer) was 22; Dan Ewing (Dillon) was 24; Olivia Tennet (Dr. K) was 18; Adelaide Kane (Tenaya) was 19; Milo Cawthorne (Ziggy) was 20 and I don't know old the others were. Dan was the eldest and Olivia was the youngest, 6 year difference.

Samurai: Alex Heartman (Jayden) is 21; Erika Fong (Mia) is around 24 years of age; Hector David Jr. (Mike) is 22; Najee De-Tiege (Kevin) will be 26 in October; Brittany Anne Pirtle (Emily) will be 22 in December. Ricardo Medina (Deker) being born in 1977, he is now 34. Paul Schrier, born in 1970 is 41. Felix Ryan (Spike) is 21. I don't know how old Steven Skylar (Antonio) is but most likely he is between 21 and 26. The youngest is Felix and Paul is 20 years older. Ricardo is 13 years older than Alex. OMG, Paul could be Alex and Felix's dad! Not Najee's dad, because that would be 15 year difference, well, who knows. Alex was born in February of 1990 and Felix in July, making Felix 5 months younger.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Power Rangers Samurai coming Mcdonalds Happy Meal

In a few weeks in September Power Rangers Samurai is finally coming to McDonalds. I expected this to happen. There is eight toys: Samurai Megazord, Gold Ranger, Red Ranger, Blue Ranger, Spin Disc, Fire Smasher Cannon Blast mode, Hydro Bow and a spinner thing. I have covered what toys there has been before in McDonalds (it sure has been a lot) and what I liked and didn't. The girl toy is iCarly. My niece and nephew (Jaiden) frequent McDonalds a lot. I even had a poll about it. STARTS SEPTEMBER 16, 2011


http://henshinhead.wordpress.com/
http://www.happymeal.com/en_US/

 UPDATED 9/19/11
 I recently checked it out, and the Happy Meal box only has Red, Gold and Blue and has their names but lacks Mike (:(), who seems to be the fan favorite (with kids too). I got the Red Ranger spinner toy and it is quite detailed even though it lacks paint.

The following is my own creation:
Instead of iCarly, they should had made a girl version for PR. I would had the spinner be Yellow's weapon and have a cheaper version of the toy. And I couldn't think of a replacement for the Megazord. For the turtle on the spin disc sword, I use the turtle they have in the actual background of the picture. I also used the girl weapons from the Bandai America Mega Mode toys. The photoshop is badly done on purpose, for people not to think its real.

Official Press Release:
POWER RANGERS MARK A COLLABORATIONWITH McDONALD’S® THAT SPANS NEARLY TWO DECADES
LOS ANGELES(September 20, 2011) – Saban Brands announced today that the #1 kids actionseries Power Rangers Samurai is teaming up with McDonald’s to offer PowerRangers toys in Happy Meals at participating McDonald’s restaurants throughoutNorth America. The relationship between these two iconic brands began in 1994with a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Happy Meal. Over fifteen yearslater, today’s collaboration focuses on positive lifestyle choices, includingfun fitness and balanced eating for America’s youth, and coincides with theroll-out of McDonald’s new Happy Meal, that now includes apple slices in everyHappy Meal purchased.

“We are soproud of the long relationship between the Power Rangers and McDonald’s,” saidSaban Brands president Elie Dekel. “It is a testament to the legacy of thePower Rangers that McDonald’s and this iconic franchise have sustained theircollaboration long enough to introduce a new Power Rangers Happy Meal to asecond generation.”

PowerRangers fans visiting participating North American McDonald’s restaurants betweenFriday, September 16 and Thursday, October 13 will receive one of eight limitededition toys inspired by the hit series Power Rangers Samurai, nowairing on Nickelodeon, with the purchase of a Happy Meal or Mighty Kids Meal. This new promotion brings a mix of action figures and role-play items where kidscan recreate high-action moves in thepalms of their hands and inspire fun, active play.

McDonald’s new Happy Meal, which will begin to rollout in select McDonald’s locations across the U.S. this month, will include asmaller, 1.1-ounce portion of fries along with produce (apple slices, a quartercup or half serving) with the choice of a hamburger, cheeseburger or ChickenMcNuggets, and choice of beverage, including new fat-free chocolate milk and 1%low fat white milk.

In addition, this promotion coincides with the newestcycle of Power Rangers emPOWER, an initiative that inspires kids and familiesto put the Power Rangers values of teamwork, confidence, health andphysical activity into action through programs at schools, online and atevents in local communities. Another way is to encourage exercise and activeplay in and after school by using The Power Rangers emPOWER Activities. The emPOWERActivity Kit Sweepstakes is offering schools and youth organizations the chanceto win a $10,000 donation and a visit from the Power Rangers and is availablethrough November 11, 2011 on PowerRangers.com.

Related: McDonalds Toys and Stuff | http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2010/12/poll-results-power-rangers-in-mcdonalds.html

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Fourze Leaked Trailer+Toku in Israel+Predictions for Fourze

Hey guys, henshin0 here saying "ORE SANJOU!!!". Anyways, I'm sure I shouldn't talk about my personal life on this blog, but Israel was fantastic, especially when I tell you a few toku-lated things I found about it. Power Rangers Samurai is pretty popular there....really popular. One day, I was channel surfing in a hotel in Jeruselem, and find PRS dubbed and subbed in Hebrew. When you spend a year hanging out with Paul Shrier, watching his band perform, listening to his anecdotes about riding a motorcycle with Narvy, and other real-life crazy adventures of Paul and Jason, it is kinda surprising to see your friend lecturing Felix Ryan the ways of the samurai in Hebrew. I'd prove it with a photo or video, but my phone was dead (sorry guys). But what really interested me is Power Rangers and (wait for it) Kamen Rider are both popular there, but ironically, no one has ever heard of Super Sentai. The Israeli soldiers I hung out with were all fans of Blade, Kabuto, OOO, and Den-O, and much like me, hated the the first five minutes of 2010 Movie War.

That isn't the only thing that caught my toku-related attention. In addition to finding venders with bootleg copies of 7-Fighting Demons dubbed in Hebrew, but I constantly find the below poster all over Tela Aviv. Note, it is just a flyer for a sticker promo, but what an interesting cross-over it would make:

POWER RANGERS SAMURAI vs ANGRY BIRDS

Being back, I just had to check out jetfusion to catch up on gokai-ooo, where I stumbled upon a video leaked from a press conference. The video includes a press-battle between Fourze and the red-monster-guy, followed by a video of the extended trailer of the show. The trailer shows Fourze holding and using four switches in human and rider forms respectively, the cliques, and some other stuff. Anyways, I'm sure you're bored now with my anecdote, and want to get on to the trailer, so here it is:


What else I found on JF is confirmation of 4's (my abridged name for fourze) to cameo in the OOO movie, and for there to be a 2012 cross-film. So here is my prediction of what's to come based on patterns from the last two years (take with a grain of salt):

>Before fighting the main villain in OOO movie, OOO will face a lesser movie villain, but will be interrupted by a brief arrival of 4's, who will also defeat that lesser villain.

>Given the previous titles given to year-end team ups (war and core), the movie will likely be called 2012 Soar (because it rhymes with the above and it's appropriate for 4's motif.

>The OOO side will feature a new combo and/or new form for birth and/or new rider (most likely options 1 and 3)

>The 4's side will feature a mid form (like fang-joker and tajadol)

>Either during the 4's side or in the Soar-cross, the second rider will be revealed (like accel and birth)

>Next spring, there might be another den-o film that may include 4's (and if it does, it might take place in space)

---Again, these are just predictions based on patterns from the last two years, so don't take them seriously, regardless of how ironic it would be if I was completely correct with them. But seriously, the chances are astronomical, so don't.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Power Rangers Samurai (In Costume) Invade San Diego Comic-Con International 2011!

UPDATED 7/22/11 5:24 PM EST
The Power Rangers invaded this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International bringing smiles and ninja moves to everyone on the show floor.

Bringing the power to the Nickelodeon booth, Saban's Samurai Power Rangers greet fans at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International

Saban's Samurai Power Rangers At The 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International - Day 1


Eh, the actual actors in the suits???!!!

Today during 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International, the Power Rangers got the chance to meet and spend some time with professional skateboarder, Rob Dyrdek.