History of the Solar Morphers | One of the Strangest Design Choices in Power Rangers

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The Solar Morphers were some of the most unique creations in the Power Rangers franchise, giving much identity to Jungle Fury. Let's talk about how they came to be, and the possible reasons the were changed from their Japanese counterpart. Put on your sunglasses!
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CHAPTERS
00:00-00:46 Intro
00:47-02:08 The Struggle BANDAI Faced
02:09-03:52 Why Power Rangers Changed the Morpher
03:53-05:02 The Solar Morpher’s Initial Toy Design
05:03-05:44 Further Prototype Designs before the Final Product
05:45-06:51 The Impact of the Morpher’s Change
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@philswift8793 Ай бұрын

We really need a video on Jungle Master Mode. No other enhancement mode elevated the quality of the fights quite like the firing jets, they were the coolest shit.

@dominusmilans5478 Ай бұрын

Fiery jets, not firing jets

@khalidahmed8402 Ай бұрын

@@dominusmilans5478 The best part about them is that because they were introduced early we got to see more of than I also love how the Jungle Master Mode enhancement became their go to. By the end of the show they spent most of the show in Jungle Master Mode more than their standard suits

@doomedbringer Ай бұрын

@@khalidahmed8402well they had to get RJ into the big fights somehow. Using the jungle master megazord let’s RJ in

@PlanOrdo Ай бұрын

I dig the sunglasses. They stand out so much in a good way.

@tamrinto Ай бұрын

Jungle fury had the best theme song in the entire disney era.

@katherinelynch4193 Ай бұрын

SPD would like a word

@tamrinto Ай бұрын

@@katherinelynch4193 that theme is great too.

@rileyholden-zc9ip Ай бұрын

@@katherinelynch4193mystic Force too

@minicle426 Ай бұрын

Well, it's better than RPM's.

@rileyholden-zc9ip Ай бұрын

@@minicle426 Rpm had a lit guitar riff tho

@DotDotDott Ай бұрын

I'm happy to finally hear a real reason for the glasses morphers other than "they didn't want weapon morphers" which can be disproven in this season with the White Rangers Morpher

@nyhtfall1969 Ай бұрын

The solar morphers were a really interesting and unique style of morpher that also helped in playing into the back to basics vibe Jungle fury is going for before this season you'd generally see some form of commicator, wrist strap or cell phone morpher. I'm honestly glad they went with their own thing instead of just using the gekichangers while they were nice and all. I always appreciate when power rangers add their own spin and come up with creative stuff of their own.

@monkeyranger2568 13 күн бұрын

as someone that wears glasses i loved these as a kid. I didnt have to use sunglasses i just used mine as the "morpher" and it was great to imagine my glasses as something as cool as a power ranger morpher back then

@Ra3_ar1adnE Ай бұрын

Tbh with you I'd say this is honestly much cooler than the sentai changers and this is coming from a sentai fan. Hell, I'd love to own a pair of those prop glasses they had in the show.

@yumin_pluto558 Ай бұрын

On my end I liked the fist devices much better since I never liked the sunglasses even before I knew about sentai, I felt it was easier to mimic the transformation pose and now that I’m older and more learned I can appreciate the fact that the transformation pose is basically them asking for a match in the traditional Chinese martial arts way since this is a series based on that.

@trezvg1601 Ай бұрын

i actually found sunglasses that looked extremely close to the solar morphers although i wasn't able to buy them, I was bummed on my way home lmaoooo

@maxiemooo7984 Ай бұрын

raise your hand if you used to do this with regular sunglasses

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

🙌 loll

@nicolasribeirodossantos6082 Ай бұрын

@@HedgeOnStage where's the next Barney videos? are you tired of it?

@KudaGeatsune3821 Ай бұрын

✋️my glasses even have a part of the arm that looks like the button on the morpher

@rayhayes7701 Ай бұрын

Yeah I admit I did. Even when I rewatched Jungle Fury

@shachintheartist Ай бұрын

👋

@theshadowemperor2346 Ай бұрын

I grew up on the samurai rangers so I never really knew about this, I remember having a CD of one of the classic power ranger shows can't remember the name but it was at least pre-2000s

@racheljackson4428 Ай бұрын

hot take: I love the Sunglasses Morphers. Unique.

@BlamedAxis Ай бұрын

Jungle Fury came out in the time of my life where I was falling off of Power Rangers, but still aware of the new seasons, if that makes sense. So I knew Jungle Fury had come out, but never watched it. That being said, despite never watching, the suit designs for this season are some of my favorites. Probably Top 3. They looks so sick

@blueb6815 Ай бұрын

Solar morphers are cool as hell

@zenzybar Ай бұрын

The fact you're coming out with this kind of content is amazing. These are the types of deep dives I wish I could see more often.

@Strike-hopper Ай бұрын

They were really creative

@RadRedStudios Ай бұрын

I adored these morphers, they were stylish, and rad as heck. Great video.

@izzymiler6974 21 күн бұрын

0:40 that is extremely hilarious

@abbc2105 Ай бұрын

That morpher is legitimately so cool!

@Scalesthelizardwizard3399 Ай бұрын

Personally I like the Solar Morphers

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

they’re great!

@animusmon Ай бұрын

Funny fact: Jungle Fury is one of the only season without a battlizer (lost the chance for two more toys: the morpher and the figure).

@donting24 Ай бұрын

These are my favourite Morphers. Mighty Morphin had belt buckles don’t forget

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

I’ll never count Mighty Morphin as it did nothing with it, and they weren’t worn as buckles outside the pilot. Just awkwardly behind them where they couldn’t be seen

@khalidahmed8402 Ай бұрын

Jungle Fury theme song is 🔥

@Elijahtube Ай бұрын

I’m still hoping one days we get accurate solar morphers one day

@dikamenrider6030 Ай бұрын

is pretty unique morpher fashionable too ... loved that when ranger used original idea to make the toy like titanium morpher/ranger, i wish adult can wear this glasses tho

@Matthew-bm7xh Ай бұрын

I loved these things, maybe if Hasbro where competent and realised that the people who grew up on disney era are adults now, they'd make accurate replicas of them

@minicle426 Ай бұрын

I always thought the Solar Morphers were loosely inspired by Ultraseven's Ultra Eye? 🤔

@nothing-pr8ln 27 күн бұрын

Reminds me of the ultra eye from ultraseven, where he transfroms by wearing it

@ricardobrando8929 Ай бұрын

Jungle fury was favorite because we had a flipping purple ranger (yes I love purple lmao )

@strikermi9 Ай бұрын

I had the glasses toys and figurens(i think)when I was younger❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥

@jahhhhh14 Ай бұрын

i really like these videos wish there were longer tho like a whole video or essay based on one season analyzing fun facts and stuff

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

Once Month of Jungle Fury is complete there will be a compilation with everything involved as one big piece

@jahhhhh14 Ай бұрын

@@HedgeOnStage awesome :)

@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb Ай бұрын

I love these sunglasses morphers

@thewebbedmenace8307 Ай бұрын

Bro the editing in this made me laugh so hard. You my good sir have earned yourself a new subscriber!

@kabweee7288 Ай бұрын

i have been watching your power rangers content non stop for 2 days now. great stuff dude 🗣️🙏🙌

@indrainspace2601 Ай бұрын

Were they a weird choice? Yes. But did they look cool? Absolutely.

@Jiterdomer Ай бұрын

You think kids would crack knuckles like Kenshiro? Disney was too scared to do that, so instead they morph using sunglasses at night.

@tyfighter2252 Ай бұрын

Hey dude I’m pretty new to your channel and I gotta say I’m lovin the power rangers content bringing back a lot of memories and I love how you tie your own experiences into the series you cover keep it up 💯

@robertjones9595 14 күн бұрын

In the super Sensei version they didn't have morphers they transform with their gloves

@amitabhmallick1661 Ай бұрын

I like the sunglasses but I like wolf morpher and rhino morpher more. Would have loved to see a tiger morpher like rj's

@epitaph4606 Ай бұрын

I love Sal clip at the beginning

@user-lt3pj7bc8f Ай бұрын

I loved them dude

@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849 11 күн бұрын

I like them.

@thegamingrook Ай бұрын

i think that the theory for not wanting the morpher to be also a weapon could be held true it's just that jungle fury and dino charge were just made by different production companies with different opinions at those times

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

That doesn’t make sense. BANDAI America had the master toy license for Jungle Fury and Dino Charge and is the decider of what toys are made and why. Until Hasbro bought it, it’s always been the same company.

@radamap7455 Ай бұрын

Still better change than Ninja steel morpher

@haydenreviewscustomcombos Ай бұрын

Maybe after the jungle fury month on this channel, I should probably give this series another chance.

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

go for it!

@bigsmile5687 Ай бұрын

@HedgeOnStage do you have a link to where that Jackie Marchand quotes comes from? Thanks!

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

It was a DM

@wutzit 17 сағат бұрын

That close-up shot during the blue ranger's morph sequence at 4:51... that's another person right?

@HedgeOnStage 8 сағат бұрын

it’s a stunt actor yeah haha

@wutzit 5 сағат бұрын

@@HedgeOnStage ah gotcha haha

@toughbreaker3378 Ай бұрын

I wish they could adapt King-Ohger and called Power Ranger Royal Guardians

@LindsayTVFilm Ай бұрын

I don't know if its just what little Sentai footage was used in Ninja Steel or if it was actually seldom used in Ninninger might have also led into the decision in Ninja Steel's case. Aoninnger's actor is left handed, which brings up the thought of how many rangers are actually left-handed and if having fewer weapon-based morphers would be better as since technically someone else does step in for 95% of all suited fights (or reuse footage in the case of Power Rangers) that the grid could partially be in control, so this can be largely ignored

@arkanamaster4961 Ай бұрын

They main reason why they changed the morpher in ninja steel from the sword to the the star weapon was mainly cause the Star weapon didn’t sell well in Japan as basically was only sold cause it came with Kininger’s star, but later on in the toyline,,they sold the star on its own so it basically meant you didn’t have to buy the star weapon anymore. But then switching made it so PR fans now would want to get both.

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

we just makin stuff up now

@ultravioletentertainment7332 Ай бұрын

Where can you watch the original Japanese version of jungle fury. Ive never seen it and i kinda want to

@rayhayes7701 Ай бұрын

Internet Archive should have it

@VoidOfNemo Ай бұрын

Love the edits 😆😆😆 very fun

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

I appreciate ya!

@razormatrix8904 Ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@roypalmer69 Ай бұрын

Technically Dino charge does not prove anything when it comes to jungle fury there are 2 different companies that run that Jungle Fury is a Disney season dynadie no chart is a niccolonium

@arkanamaster4961 Ай бұрын

Well sort of? Bandai still made the toys for both seasons so they probably had a play in both decisions

@roypalmer69 Ай бұрын

@@arkanamaster4961 lol they also sold the jungle fury staff.

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

BANDAI is the decider of what toys are made before the show is in production. Whether it’s Disney or Saban holding the franchise doesn’t matter. A lot of people don’t understand that so I’d understand if you didn’t, but BANDAI had always been the main say, as is the case for Super Sentai in Japan.

@CuppaLLX Ай бұрын

To be fair ultraman did sunglass changers first

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

We’re not talking about Ultraman.

@HenshinFanatic Ай бұрын

The Ultra Eye and Ultra Zero Eye are superior to these anyway.

@BGuhChannel27 Ай бұрын

Do you think this is strange? Watch ultraseven

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

I’m an Ultraman fan, I know about Ultraseven lol, this is solely in relation to Power Rangers

@user-ej5oz2mn6x Ай бұрын

Even his son Zero has thr Ultra Eye. Runs in the family.

@Grog91 Ай бұрын

They did it again in Beast morphers but, it's wasn't as good.

@arkanamaster4961 Ай бұрын

It wasn’t the exact same concept, but it was similar. They still used the Morphin Brace, they just made a gimmick item to go along with it to make it so fans would want to buy the figures to collect them. It definitely work cause I bought nearly all the figures from BM 😂

@joshuakendygomes296 Ай бұрын

i prefer super sentai gekiranger over power ranger jungle fury or japanese original over english bad translation

@nightmayor6114 Ай бұрын

You need to be mystically stupid to think that sunglasses are ever strange....sunglasses are cool but sunglasses with superpower are uber cool.

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

posting a comment like this means you either didn’t watch the video at all, or you watched it on mute lmao

@nightmayor6114 Ай бұрын

@@HedgeOnStage I did , BTW nice video and Jungle fury is my fav season so I was not able to stop myself from commenting at first sight of someone calling them strange considering the things I've seen as morphers

@Mr.Awesome Ай бұрын

I still say the Jungle Fury sunglasses Morpher are still one of my favorite

@sebastianaltamirano4991 Ай бұрын

jungle fury did what ninja steel did poorly, making the morpher cool (i hate ninja steel morpher)

@Gallahan3 7 күн бұрын

I loved ninja steel, but I agree, the morphers were pretty goofy

@rayhayes7701 Ай бұрын

See this is another reason why I am more of a power ranger fan because I am a firm believer of you don't have to copy the sentai note for note all the time. I really don't like when Sentai Purists say it ruined this or that when it doesn't. All you are doing is just saying you don't like change. And if I may, why are you guys following the school of Johnathan Tzacher?

@arkanamaster4961 Ай бұрын

I don’t think the issue is that they didn’t used the geki changers but rather how the sunglasses don’t really fit with jungle fury leaning way into the kung fu setting more. Ironically the sunglasses work in Gekiranger since they have their gear made from a sports company but Jungle fury scratched the sports company element so the sunglasses just feel out of place imo

@rayhayes7701 Ай бұрын

@@arkanamaster4961 Well they should have been the changers in Sentai then

@bbsdollsandtvarchive Ай бұрын

This was one my least favorite Morphers. I’m sorry.

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

all opinions welcome!

@samuelsun3560 Ай бұрын

i like the original better than this bogus

@zymarionjohnson-fk7hw Ай бұрын

Super sentai will always be better than

@user-ej5oz2mn6x Ай бұрын

Than what? Spider-Man?

@HedgeOnStage Ай бұрын

must not be that much better to them, they can’t state what it’s better than

@SrWboi Ай бұрын

I'm sorry, I hate these Morphers with a burning passion. They weren't cool, they weren't hip, they served zero purpose in combat, and it's reflective once again of these companies thinking they know what kids like. The gauntlets were much better as a representation of what the season was about.

@toughbreaker3378 Ай бұрын

Beast On!