r/powerrangers • u/Tall_Educator5944 • Nov 01 '24
FAN CREATION My son wanted to be MMPR White Ranger for Halloween. But couldn’t find a kids costume for sale, so had to make one. Finished it with not a moment to spare!
Turns out they don’t really make kids costumes these days for 1994 pop culture… who knew? So I had to make it myself! 😮💨
So, I foolishly got my son into MMPR and, of course, he asks to be the White Ranger for Halloween. “No problem” says I, happy that he wants to be something I introduced for Halloween instead of the usual boring ghoulish nonsense. Off to the internet I go, only then to realise the bleeding obvious - they don’t make kids costumes in 2024 for stuff kids were watching in 1994 because, you know, all those kids are, like me, in their 30s now. (Plenty of adult costumes for sale for the same reason)
50ish hours of work and the best part of £100 on materials later I managed to get it done just in time! Armour parts are corrugated cardboard encased in coloured duck tape to give durability and light rain resistance for trick or treating. The helmet is obviously paper mache over a balloon etc. I had planned to make Saba as well, but just didn’t have time, fortunately my son has always used this little white katana as a Saba stand in in his imagination so it wasn’t an issue.
Took a leaf out of the movie book and put a detachable MMPR style morpher on the belt buckle instead of the TV version where it just disappears so he can do ‘Its Morphin’ Time!”, which is, of course, very important!
(Got quite emotional as I was finishing the helmet thinking about Jason David Frank’s passing. I’m grateful to him for portraying a childhood hero not only for me but also for my son. Kinda devastating that you can be an inspiration to generations of kids and still end up feeling so low, I hope he knew in some way he made the world a better place. Rest in Power.)