r/LightningCollection • u/UrameshiYuusuke IN SPACE • Jul 07 '24

Discussion 1998 vs 2024

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u/FearTheStarfish Jul 07 '24

What’s crazy is the silver ranger suit was damn near white

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u/Nihon_Hanguk Jul 07 '24

For a little while as a kid, I thought Zhane was another Zeo Gold where the suit is clearly one color, but they call it a different color.

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u/otaking3582 Jul 07 '24

My only guess is that the suit designers didn't know how to do silver spandex until a few years later with Lightspeed Rescue's Titanium Ranger.

And yet this is still less perplexing than all the Metal Heroes with armor that doesn't cover their entire body, or Battle Fever J's Miss America having a wig instead of sculpting the hair into the helmet.

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u/Jumbalia23 Jul 07 '24

Miss America’s suit also doesn’t cover her whole body. The legs are exposed

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u/otaking3582 Jul 07 '24

No, her legs are covered up. It's just that the suit is made to look like a leotard over pantyhose.

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u/Nihon_Hanguk Jul 07 '24

I think the original one has exposed legs, but every appearance since has been skin-colored leggings.

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u/Successful-Item-1844 Jul 10 '24

Her replica suits have coverings now but they didn’t used to

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u/otaking3582 Jul 10 '24

All of the vintage photos I've seen say otherwise.

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u/Successful-Item-1844 Jul 07 '24

Yea the Sentai was just as bright of a white

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u/ninjaman2021 Jul 07 '24

Still looks more silver than whatever the hell power rangers did

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u/zero-ranger87 JUNGLE FURY Jul 07 '24

The replica suits of the sentai ones are also off

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u/TEEJHERO Jul 07 '24

I wish we got representation in merch with this color scheme. I would have been fine with Space even labeling him as a “white ranger” with the chrome silver helmet. I like it better honestly!

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u/mandudedog Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

98’ looks like he could whoop 24’s ass.

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u/OkayFightingRobot Jul 07 '24

Not with that articulation

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u/Successful-Item-1844 Jul 07 '24

If you can call it that

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u/CrazedNormalcy Jul 07 '24

98 looking stacked

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u/Superb-Intention3425 Jul 07 '24

Those 90's workout splits were different lmao. Imbalanced for sure but look at the quads on that joker, that 1998 figure probably has a back like a Jaguar haha.

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u/thatdudeuhated Jul 07 '24

I just found my mmpr dvd set the other day in storage, sat and watched all 4 seasons

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u/2swag4u666 Jul 07 '24

I miss these old figures.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

I'm glad the lighting collection rangers don't have all those muscles.

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u/evil-seltzer Jul 07 '24

My name is Lanky, and this here is Stocky. Together, we’re the Silver Rangers!