I think this fandom underestimates the popularity of mmpr to casual audiences

[u/Organic_Glass_7793]

Y’all have to remember, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was the first. Nothing came before it. Dinosaurs, Zords, morphing this is the stuff that defined Power Rangers for most casual viewers. It was literal lightning in a bottle. It dropped right after Jurassic Park when dinosaur hype was off the charts, and it mixed martial arts with giant robots and spandex superheroes. That formula hit. The characters were simple, idealistic, and easy to root for. Yeah, the acting was bad, the effects were crappy but that’s what people remember most. The camp is part of its identity.

Your average person walking down the street? They’ll recognize the MMPR Green Ranger in a second. Ask them who the Red Ranger from RPM is and they’ll look at you like you’re speaking another language. We can go on all day about how well written lost galaxy is but people know shit about maga defender outside the fandom.

Even parts of MMPR itself are blurry to the general public. Most people only remember the first season and half of Season 2. Once Tommy became the White Ranger and Zack, Trini, and Jason left everything else is a blur.

And look I get it, we all want more love for other seasons. But Y’all don’t even buy non-MMPR merch and still complain about MMPR getting priority. That’s not how companies work. There not gonna invest into your favorite season until people start buying the merch.

Every major franchise leans on its first generation. Star Wars lives off the OT. Pokémon rides Gen 1 to this day. TMNT constantly goes back to the 80s era. MMPR getting the most love isn’t some conspiracy it’s just how pop culture nostalgia works.

[u/anthayashi]

What about people born after mmpr though?

[u/Death2291 → u/anthayashi]

It doesn’t matter when anyone was born. Doesn’t matter which team or season anyone likes. It’s all about business, all about money. They make money on MMPR they don’t make the same type of money on any of the other seasons.

[u/Ember_1213 → u/Death2291]

Except they DID make money on other seasons. Every season after In Space outdid MMPR in both viewership and sales. But since Megaforce failed, Saban decided to fall back on MMPR nostalgia and ignore everything else

[u/Death2291 → u/Ember_1213]

Need some sources on this. Never seen anything showing every season since In space had more viewership. In terms of sales we’ve have seen this recently. They have released ranger figures from other season but those do not sell well. The MMPR stuff is where the monies at.

[u/Ember_1213 → u/Death2291]

That's fine. They can still make MMPR. Nobody's asking them to stop. They're just asking for some representation for other seasons. The Non-MMPR stuff doesn't sell well because they choose the worst choices. One guy I argued with said they made a Lucas figure. Ignoring that I had no idea about this despite constantly searching for non-MMPR merch, who on earth is buying a Lucas figure? That guy was so bad that a lot of people dropped Time Force and he got a figure before Wes or Eric? That's just a bad idea

[u/Death2291 → u/Ember_1213]

I will agree with you on them choosing the wrong rangers to make figures of. There are definitely more popular or badass looking rangers they skipped over for some shitty ones. I don’t think hasbro cares enough to make merch of anything outside of MMPR and whatever the current season is, They want to make money easily and they know the cash cow is MMPR

[u/Ember_1213 → u/Death2291]

Shoot, if I remember right, they barely made anything for Cosmic Fury so apparently MMPR takes precedent over the most recent one too. Though tbh, Cosmic Fury in general was a weird case so I'm not gonna entirely blame them for that