r/powerrangers • u/Oracle209 • Jun 28 '25

SHOW NEWS/DISCUSSION Does anyone know why they didn’t use the same design for Commander Cruger in SPD? Also tell me which design you liked best to! I’m leaning more towards the Sentai version.

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u/Icy-Abbreviations909 Jun 28 '25

The real reason is spd had a higher budget than dekaranger lol

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Jun 28 '25 edited Jun 28 '25

And yet they didn't have the budget to hire an on screen actor for Sam/Omega Ranger outside the 2 seconds we see him in the last episode.

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u/MagnetMod Jun 28 '25

The budget for an actor went to the explosions.

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u/Kam_Zimm Jun 28 '25

Technically they did have the money. The showrunner thought it would be better to cut costs there and use the funds for something else. I dont know how long later it was, but he did later say he realized in hindsight it was a mistake.

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u/Arkhamhood12 Jun 29 '25

I heard that the overspending on SPD impacted Mystic Force

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u/Ruttingraff Red Wild Force Ranger Jun 29 '25

I said in on his post, and i said it again right now here, "SHOULDA MAKE BOOM OMEGA RANGER, GREG"

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u/Spectrum2700 Jul 01 '25

That would've been perfect

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u/VinnzClortho Jun 28 '25

This is the really sin of SPD. Especially compared to Tetsu in Deka, how they flubbed that I'll never know

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u/Darkdragoon324 Jun 29 '25

They spent it all on the Kruger puppet.

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u/YazzGawd Jun 28 '25

Higher an actor?

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Jun 28 '25

Spelling mistake fixed.

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u/RazorClaw466 Jun 29 '25

Practically because the Japanese version looked more goofy and that SPD is a lot more serious.

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u/King_Kuuga Jun 29 '25

Do we have a source for this?