Tag: Power Rangers

Once and Always

What am I talking about, you ask? Hang in there.

I’m referring to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (“MMPR”) of course.

This may look familiar to some:

The OG (“original”) logo from 1993

My goodness. Look at each of these anniversaries*!

10th anniversary logo
20th anniversary logo
30th anniversary logo

*I skipped including the 15th and 25th anniversaries.

Man, oh man. It’ll be 30 years this August! I…Feel…Old.

While I’m grown (I think) now and have priorities, responsibilities, and such, not much can fill my nostalgia cup like Power Rangers can. This is because it will forever be near-and-dear to me since [the USA variant] came out when I was growing up as a child. I grew with it and loved it.

Sure, I lost touch as I got older with life’s happenings and duties as time went along, but every 5 or 10 years I’d be giddy a little bit and be glad it lives on for new generations to enjoy (even if my biased opinion tells me that the original MMPR, Zeo, Turbo, Space, and Lost Galaxy were the best ones and newer one’s have gotten more campy/watered down.)

So, of course, when I caught wind that there would be some official Power Rangers content coming during the 30th anniversary year, I was pleased to hear that but I was super giddy to learn it was harkening back to the MMPR era! I watched this afternoon after work “Once & Always” on Netflix and it was a fantastic trip down memory lane whilst adding some new into the mix. “Once & Always” is a short for “Once a Ranger, always a Ranger”.

The Once & Always subtitle for the Netflix original released today, 4/19/2023

And I definitely cannot forget “Legend of the White Dragon” coming this fall. Rest in Peace Jason David Frank.

LotWD

So much Power Ranger stuff this year!

I was so giddy I found my old morpher from when I was a kid and played around with it for a few minutes (yeah yeah whatever!!!) before putting it on my bookshelf with other knickknacks. I hope to share this show and (some of 😁) the toys with my son when he is a little older and can experience the series, too, in his own way.

Until next time Once & Always,

Andrew

Old Memories … Sold!

You might look at the title and think “What!? That doesn’t make any sense.” Let me fill you in. The neighborhood Danielle and I live in did a once-a-year (I think) community yard sale this past weekend. I don’t remember them ever doing once since we’ve lived here 3 years now, but maybe the luck of the draw we were not here or didn’t hear about it. Either way, we had a crap-ton of stuff to sell — things like toys, games, books, arts and crafts, and some electronics.

Well, part of that process was first deciding if I wanted to part with most of my old toys — Power Rangers, G.I. Joes, wrestlers, Hot Wheels, Batmans, and other misc toys. I decided yes because I do not have the same sentimental relationship I had with them when I was much younger, plus we’re moving later this year and that’d be unnecessary extra baggage to tag along for no reason.

Friday I was not here (working) but Danielle sold reasonable lot of them. Some whole sets of things went completely. Saturday, in between being on-call at work, I was able to negotiate selling the rest of the lot of Power Rangers to an enthusiast/collector guy … after letting a couple kids pick a few they were super excited to get. So, all in all, I got my enjoyment out of the toys long ago, and the memories that are in my mind are hopefully there forever.

I’ll rest easier now knowing that all of these various toys can make a new master happy and have a purpose again of getting played with or outwardly displayed in some way.