This little diddy is a meme I picked off Second Batgirl through Leaping Samurai.  Besides, I need something to do as I finish this long overdue Power Rangers Samurai post.

1. How did you get into PR? The first episode I saw was Food Fight.  I was eight at the time, surfing channels with my brother and mother in then-buffet-like offerings of broadcast Saturday Morning.   So turning to Power Rangers was a pleasant surprise.  The three of us watched the Rangers take on and beat the Pudgy Pig with PR’s signature mix of fun and violence and enjoyed the show.  However, I didn’t really keep an appointment with MMPR until when part 5 of Green With Evil aired.  Suddenly, here was the evil Green Ranger kicking the crap of other five and for a guy who had only had watched Thundercats, Bobby’s World, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, seeing a evil version of the heroes with his Dragonzord running roughshod over the city blew my mind.  After that I was hooked and began watching every Saturday Morning.

My friend and neighbor hooked me up with a copy of Day of the Dumpster.  I later got the High Five VHS and Power Morpher/Blade Blaster set for my ninth birthday.  That very day, MMPR was running on weekdays now and from there, I saw every episode in its correct order and from there, my Power Rangers fandom began.

I always I had a tendency to catch shows in the middle of their runs and PR was no different.  However, the show showcased enough to get me into the swing of things.  And by the time that “The Mutiny” aired tailed the Simpsons on Thursday night prime time, I knew everything.

Next time: Favorite Season

Hello everyone. I hope everybody who is at Power Morphicon is having a good time. Obviously, I’m among the fans that couldn’t go. However, when there is a third PMC held in in California, I WILL be there. And also, the convention is not the only thing that falls on the weekend.

In fact, this is a very special day. A special day that would that probably would have been more tragic if not for the Saban purchase earlier this year. Of all the days that the Reversioned Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, with all its superfluous bell whistles and incorrect captions, chose to come to an end, it chose August 28th, 2010.

Seventeen years to the day (and for some lucky ABC affiliates, the time) that “Day of the Dumpster” aired on Fox Kids.

If it wasn’t for the sale, this day would have been the bookend for the Power Rangers.  It would have been our childhood’s end, the last vestiges of both Fox Kids and the pre-E/I Saturday morning lineup gone.  There would be no question that the celebration going down in Pasadena would be muted.  It would have been a wake for the 90′s icon, a funeral for franchise that was once the best-selling toy brand in North America.  The Power would be gone.

Instead, we celebrate only the end of a era and turn the page to a new chapter in Power Rangers history.  The Disney Era of Power Rangers for all it hits and four-letter word-inciting misses is now over.  In a little under a month, the classic episodes we love and cherish, along which Disney’s contributions will air in October in Nicktoons.  The cast for the 18th season are now in New Zealand, training for their addition which will air on Nickelodeon in February.

Instead of mourning the end, we look to a new beginning.  And with that, I say Happy Birthday, you (Mighty Morphin) Power Rangers.

Cue the Zeo ending guitar riff.

Bandai has posted a short blog post answering some questions about the current Mighty Morphin Reversioned toyline as well as when the theme and name of the new toyline will be revealed.  The fall line of the MMPR 2010 toys have been released to Walmart, Meijer and Toys ‘R’ Us locations across the US.  The post also goes into detail describing how the toyline gets planned, designed and produced.

The “bonus” question about the theme of the new season and toyline gives the date as “late 2010″ with the toys on shelves in conjunction with the new season’s premiere on Nickelodeon in 2011.

And now, the waiting game begins.  Bandai also announced itself as the main sponsor for Power Morphicon next weekend in Pasadena, CA.  Possible reveal on August 27?  August is a late 2010.

Another recent bit of production news involves where in Auckland will season 18 be filmed.  Correspondence from Rangerboard member RangerWisdom has revealed that this season will be filmed at Studio West, twenty minutes from downtown Auckland.  The studio was also the previous home for Disney-owned Ranger Productions from Power Rangers Ninja Storm until Operation Overdrive.

Even with no sign of name for this season, a lot has happened in the past few weeks and I’m sorry I haven’t been around for it all.  Now that the Comic-con over with, we now know a lot more information of what go down with PR on Nick.  First, after coming to the Comic-con with suit actors posing as the classic Mighty Morphin team, Nickelodeon passed out DVDs with Day of the Dumpster, non-reversioned, revealing it will be October that the classic episodes will arrive on Nicktoons. (more…)