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Offering Power Rangers, Super Sentai and general tokusatsu news and opinions since 2005.

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April 30, 2024

It's Hasbro-ver: Hasbro Licenses Power Rangers Toy Rights To Playmates

Hasbro, ostensibly a toy company, has licensed global Power Rangers toy rights to Playmates, with CEO Chris Cocks telling investors the brand just wasn't profitable enough to keep making in-house. With the sale of Entertainm…
April 29, 2024

Solar Rangers face tough choices in MMPR #120

BOOM! Studios on Monday offered a first look at Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #120, as the comic series nears its conclusion. Writer Melissa Flores returns for this next chapter, joined by artist Valeria Favoccia, colorist V…
April 23, 2024

BOOM! Studios: Current Power Rangers comic run to end

After eight years, BOOM! Studios' current Power Rangers comic saga is coming to an end. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1, written by Melissa Flores with art by Simona Di Gianfelice with colorist Raúl Ang…
April 22, 2024

Playmates secures exclusive rights to produce Power Rangers toys

Hasbro on Monday announced a global licensing agreement with Playmates Toys to produce and distribute Power Rangers toys. Under the deal, Playmates will release a kid-targeted Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy line in 2025. …
April 3, 2024

Austin St. John walks back plans to release shirts with Hitler quotes

Austin St. John, best known as Jason in the Power Rangers franchise, has walked back controversial plans to include quotes from Adolf Hitler and other totalitarian leaders in a line of T-shirts. "For those of you who are co…
March 13, 2024

Austin St. John's Ill-Advised Clothing Line

Austin St. John is back in the headlines and again it's for all the wrong reasons. In a February podcast interview with Jim Cummings, he said he planned a clothing line featuring quotes from leaders both famous and infamous,…

Recent Blog Posts

Solar Rangers face tough choices in MMPR #120

BOOM! Studios on Monday offered a first look at Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #120, as the comic series nears its conclusion. Writer Melissa Flores returns for this next chapter, joined by artist Valeria Favoccia, colorist Valentina Pinto and letter…

BOOM! Studios: Current Power Rangers comic run to end

After eight years, BOOM! Studios' current Power Rangers comic saga is coming to an end. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1, written by Melissa Flores with art by Simona Di Gianfelice with colorist Raúl Angulo, brings to an end the…

Playmates secures exclusive rights to produce Power Rangers toys

Hasbro on Monday announced a global licensing agreement with Playmates Toys to produce and distribute Power Rangers toys. Under the deal, Playmates will release a kid-targeted Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy line in 2025. Going forward, Playmates …

About the Hosts

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Lamar

Co-host

Lamar Richardson (he/him) rediscovered his love for Power Rangers in his twenties and jumped fully into the franchise with the release of Hasbro’s series and the Lightning Collection. You can also hear him as the voice of Alex Drake on Power Rangers: The Audio Drama. He is active on Reddit as u/RRR-LL.

Tori

Co-Host

Tori (she/they) is a lifelong Ranger fan and the host of the Giant Sized Violence podcast, where they discuss James Harren's toku comic masterpiece, UltraMega, and other mature toku content. They also play the Green Dragonfly Ranger on the Game Knight Heroes tabletop podcast, and they're working on their own toku-inspired graphic novel, aiming for a 2023 release.

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Tyler

Host and Producer

Tyler (he/him) started Rangercast as a high school senior in 2005, assembling a crew of longtime fans from across the country, interviewing cast and crew from the show and covering conventions. Tyler went on to go into journalism professionally. His work has appeared on Patch.com and in The Baltimore Sun. He now works in media relations for a large Maryland hospital system. He is best known in the fandom as RitoRevolto and moderates r/PowerRangers under the username u/aresef.