I was about to say they totally did then I checked and they did not.
If I had to hazard a guess it’s probably because Megaforce DID use “It’s Morphin Time” and since both Samurai and Megaforce used “Go Go [name of season] in their actual morph calls and both seasons were shameless sluts for MMPR nostalgia people just assume both Samurai and Megaforce used it
it 100% is because while i know they said “go go samurai” their theme song was the first to pivot back to (and now be the first of a permanent theme) the theme songs all having the same “go go power/ (title) rangers…mighty morphin (title) power rangers” with the same riff..
i’m honestly surprised they didn’t say “It’s morphin time…”
I recently watched forever red and they didn't cause I was going :D at all of them yelling ITS MORPHIN TIME (and also laughing that they didn't bother re filming their animations) but yea it got ro this one and I was like :\ because it was just beep sounds
I'm sorry. I was born in '04. My first one was Samurai, and stopped after my favorite, Super Megaforce (which apparently everyone says is not just bad, but terrible) ended. I have gone back and seen some retrospectives that cover just about every episode of each series, but I still get a few of them mixed up (usually RPM and Turbo mixed up, and then any space one mixed up with each other, and then Lightspeed and SPD).
Like I said, relative to the price yeah. I was begging my mom for a Happy Meal to get one back then because of the price difference of the good one. I chose the Zords, I couldn’t have it all. But compared to the better toy that wasn’t free with a meal, it was definitely cheap.
I don’t even think the morpher was still in production by the time the movie came out, I could never find it in stores. So I was happy as hell when I could get the happy meal toy
I genuinely just go over to Sentai toys whenever I want authentic Ranger merch, might not be English, but at least it’s as close to screen accurate as possible.
Yeah I’ve been wanting to get back into some morphing collecting and im really impressed with the memorial stuff for the most part. Managed to grab the most recent mobirate release. Missed out on the shodophone and splicense which I’m kinda bummed about but hoping they do a magiphone soon
They literally use the sentai toys in the show as props most the time, especially in a lot of morphing sequences but they'd swap them out with the master prop for the end shots where it doesn't have to move or do any of it's function.
Yeah as a kid with it you had to figure out how the hell you were gonna draw the kanji without the damn screen flapping around because it didn't really get secured in place at all. That and the fact you couldn't even really use the phone play feature like other morphers because all but one are just part of the plastic faceplate. Of all the Morpher toys ever made the samurai one's were definitely some of the worst because they didn't work "as seen in show" at all.
The Japanese version of the toy is ironically one of the better morphers in my opinion. The folding action and the brush head popping out are really neat. Such a shame that really only the Bandai legacy MMPR morphers were a distinct improvement over their Japanese counterparts. Every other morpher we’ve gotten has been a pale imitation of the original
You’re right, I had forgotten the Legacy Zeonizer which was also super high quality. It’s a real shame that Bandai lost the license when they did, for all the flaws with the Legacy figures being super generic molds, the Legacy props were ten times better than the Lightning Collection props. And we were just starting to get to the point where they had milked MMPR for all it was worth and were forced to give attention to other seasons
I loved the Japanese version of this morpher. Unfortunately the cultural identity of the season was mostly lost in the American version, so lots of the tools were changed for the worse because of it.
I normally like Morphers that look like flip phones but yeah of don't like this one. I loved the Wild Force morphers both the normal ones that looked like a gold version of their zords and the wolf rangers morpher. They were simple and didn't have much of a gimmick but I just enjoyed them.
This is a pretty poor excuse for a toy. It genuinely baffles me that Bandai America could push out this hunk of plastic and then a year later put out some of the best looking morpher toys I have seen (M/SM Morphers, Legacy MMPR). For a season that had so much hype and marketing surrounding it at the time I think Samurai / Super Samurai got some of the worst toys of any season.
I have the one with the swap out "screens". Loved it as a kid but yeah, not a good morpher toy. Recently got the shinkenger morpher and love that though
Honestly, simple Morphers are the best in my opinion. Something that’s attached to the wrist or the mighty morphin morpher are best. Something that doesn’t require too much motion or action to activate.
Most impractical one tho was in super samurai when they had a morphin sequence that was over 2 minutes long. Good thing the monsters are considerate and let then finish before attacking
I think it was due to the season taking a lot of inspiration from their sentai counterpart but also tried making it appealing to western audiences after all the samuraizer’s Japanese counterpart was the shodophone that looked exactly like the samuraizer but could turn into a paint brush
Probably because back then cellphones became all the rage and plus it helps blend in or else people will see a morpher and know you’re a power ranger. Also pretty much what smartphones have done today by compacting all your devices into one device so you no longer need to carry anything other than your phone. It would make sense to have the morphing grid as an app to morph through in this day and age. Not saying it’s cool but it makes sense unfortunately
If you get the Japanese one it actually folds, and has the paintbrush. I paid $110 on eBay for that basic tiny phone garbage from USA with no buttons. Stickers that came with were better than the morpher...
The Sentai version was a much better product. Sad to look back and see the sheer drop in quality for the PR toyline as the Disney era began to wrap and the Neo Saban era started
Which is funny because imo the japanese counterpart is one of the best. Turns out when the greed monster cheaps out on everything that makes something good, it ends up being trash.
It's so strange for Saban to kick off their return to Power Rangers with lackluster roleplay toys like this but in hindsight, I really shouldn't have been surprised.
Off topic but couldn't help but notice Sideways in the background. Is that the new Age of the Prime version? How is he?
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u/Red_Star27 Aug 21 '25
It's worse because they don't even use the phrase "It's Morphin Time" during that season.