Product Details

• Actors: Richard Steven Horvitz, Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, Paul Schrier
• Directors: Terence H. Winkless
• Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Shout! Factory
• DVD Release Date: August 21, 2012
• Run Time: 600 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0080730CK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,617 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Fox Kids' Saturday morning action-adventure series ranks among the more colorful shows of the 1990s. When evil intergalactic empress Rita Repulsa (Soga Machiko with voice by Barbara Goodson), who dresses like Flash Gordon's Ming the Merciless and cackles like H.R. Pufnstuf's Witchiepoo, escapes from her Space Dumpster and sets out to conquer the Earth, Zordon (David Fielding), a Wizard of Oz-like projection, drafts five plucky high school students, Jason (Austin St. John), Zack (Walter Jones), Billy (David Yost), Trini (Thuy Trang), and Kimberly (Felicity's Amy Jo Johnson), to keep her in check (a sixth will come later). First, Zordon zaps them to his mountaintop command center, where his automaton Alpha, who often exclaims "Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi," supplies the quintet with belt buckles that transform them into spandex-clad fighting machines with dinosaur Zords--tyrannosaur, mastodon, pterodactyl, triceratops, and saber-toothed tiger--which collectively form the Transformers-like Megazord, just as their weapons form the Megasword (yes, it's all as silly as it sounds). When they aren't fighting off Rita's putty patrol (babbling men in silver bodysuits), they hang out at the Angel Grove youth center practicing gymnastics and martial arts and trading insults with resident troublemakers Bulk and Skull (Paul Schrier and Jason Narvy). Just as Billy, the brain of the group, invents contraptions to help them fight off evildoers, like communications devices and Rad Bug, a turbo-charged Volkswagen, Rita's monster-maker, Finster, conjures up gnomes, toads, and other creatures to bedevil them. The dialogue is cheesy and the low-budget special effects recall the slapstick world of Sid and Marty Krofft. Despite complaints about the cartoon violence, this Japanese-American coproduction is mostly harmless fun, though the frequent food fights, squealing metal-guitar score, and repetitive storyline--rangers foil the aliens and put the bullies in their place--may drive some adults around the bend. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product Description

After 10,000 years of imprisonment, the evil sorceress Rita Repulsa and her loyal minions are freed when astronauts on a routine mission in space accidentally open her dumpster prison on the Moon. Filled with rage, Rita decides to conquer the nearest planet: Earth. But her archnemesis, the heroic sage Zordon, has been patiently waiting in preparation for this day. With the assistance of his wisecracking robotic sidekick Alpha 5, Zordon recruits a team of five teenagers with attitude (Jason, Zack, Kimberly, Billy and Trini) to receive superpowers beyond their wildest dreams so they can defend the Earth as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Aided by giant robotic vehicles modeled after dinosaurs called Zords, the Power Rangers fight back against the evil alien hordes of Rita Repulsa. The start of the Power Rangers phenomenon!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 51 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars At last! Thank you Shout Factory! May 14, 2012

By Bob02

Format:DVD

Ok, if you don't want to be bombarded with 90s nostalgia, skip this review right now. But if you care to take a trip down memory lane for a minute or two, then read on by all means. One more thing: this review is written from the perspective of a totally blind viewer. Thus, I won't be discussing picture quality or anything of that sort. Naturally, that type of stuff bores me to tears. Read about it in someone else's review if you dig it. Anyway, onward!

As a kid of the early to mid 90s, this show meant so much to me. I started watching it during the summer of 1994, a few months before Lord Zedd made his monsterous debut. So I guess I came into the series somewhat later than some of you guys. But as a bright eyed kid of 10, the show blew me away and I remember waking up every morning that summer around 7 a.m. just to watch megazord kick some monster butt. I was hooked.

My saint of a mom bought me all the zord systems up til Zeo when I stopped collecting. I taped as many episodes as I could via Fox Kids weekday afternoons because I loved collecting the show.

I suppose I was one of a small number of blind guys who watched the show, and have my little bro to thank for introducing me to the series as well as helping me get a feel for transforming and combining each zord system. Ah, the fun the two of us had each summer when I'd visit him in Memphis, playing with those freakin toys and watching the myriad of taped episodes. So it's about time Shout released this series. I gave all my PR toys away many years ago to the poor. But just having this series on DVD all the way up to Power Rangers in Space will be enough for me.

TVshowsondvd.com states that we'll be getting the first 30 episodes on 3 disks in vol 1 comprising the first half of season 1. They are as follows.

1. Day of The Dumpster
2. High Five
3. Teamwork
4. A Pressing Engagement
5. Different Drum
6. Food Fight
7. Big Sisters
8. Switching Places
9. I, Eye Guy(Jeez his action figure was ugly!)
10. Foul Play in the Sky
11. For Whom The Bell Trolls
12. Happy Birthday, Zack(Always wanted a Nasty Knight fig but never found him!)
13. No Clowning Around
14. Power Ranger Punks (First saw this one during Pink Ranger week in 95. Anyone remember Fox doing this?)
15. Peace, Love and Woe
16. Dark Warrior
17. Green With evil part I: Out of Control
18. Green with Evil Part II: Jason's Battle
19. Green With Evil part III: The Rescue
20. Green With Evil Part IV: Eclipsing Megazord
21. Green With Evil Part V: Breaking The Spell (in my opinion, best 5 episodes from season 1)
22. The Trouble With Shellshock
23. Itsy Bitsy Spider
24. The Spit Flower (the one where Kim's float for the parade got trashed! Made my little sister cry too.)

25. Life's a Masquerade
26. Gung Ho! (Titanus is introduced, and by Zordon's giant floating head, it took me forever to find that toy! I keep seeing my poor mom braving the crowds on Black Friday in 94, haha! But us kids just have to have the ultrazord, didn't we?)
27. Wheel of Misfortune
28. Island of Illusion part I
29. Island of Illusion part II
30. The Rockstar

This DVD release certainly is a sight for sore eyes. So to all those who still hold this gem of a series close to your hearts, may the power protect you. Can't wait for season 2 and beyond.

Update as of June 27th, 2012...

I'm sure most readers of this review have already heard the news from Timelife, but for those who have been crazy busy over the past month, timelife is offering seasons 1-7 in a boxset for $219. I've already preordered mine as of a month ago. It's a pretty sweet deal, ladies and gents. Mighty Morphin through Lost Galaxy. So if you have the cash, go for it. I'm sure Shout! Factory will release these sets one right after the other so if you're a bit strapped for cash, these 3 to 4 dvdhalf season sets might be the way to go. It's completely up to you. And if you're going to Comic Con this year, they're also offering a 19 dvd set of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Seasons 1-3. And I'm sure that includes the Alien Rangers Miniseries. So if you're heading there, nab one and support Shout! Factory. Maybe I'll get to go one of these years.

Update as of 8-13-12 Got my seasons 1-7 boxset in the mail from Timelife today! The quality is terrific, and the bonus features are great as expected from Shout! Factory. My only problem with this set is that no Today on Power Rangers segments were included with Mighty Morphin season 1 part 1, etc. No big deal, I suppose, but I'm a completest. All the recaps and next time ons were included for Turbo, Space, and Lost Galaxy though. Not sure why this bugs me a bit. Shout! is known for giving viewers the option of watching episodes with or without recaps on their Transformers G1 and G.I. Joe DVDs, and I'm thinking the MMPR today on segments still exist, so why no love for the opening teasers of the earlier seasons? All in all, a great series and it's a thrill to own every episode.

22 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!!! Yes!!! May 5, 2012

By Rave Mystery

Format:DVD

I loved the first season of power rangers more than any other season or series that came after it to me mighty morphin will always be the bestest and true power rangers. I can't wait to get this and I hope to add it to my dvd collection along with my other favorite seasons.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars ODER FROM TIME LIFE BEFORE FATHER'S DAY SAVE 10% PLUS FREE SHIPPING June 7, 2012

By Welbey Mullen Jr

Format:DVD

This was my favorite show growing up. Time life has teamed up with shout factory and are releasing the 1st 7 seasons mighty moprhin through lost galaxy. It is going for $219 or so free shipping which breaks down to about $32 a season . If you order with in the next few days you will get 10% off for fathers daay use code daddydouble and it is also free shipping I saved $22 so my total was under $200 like 198 free shipping and you can pay in installments. So that breaks it down to about $28 a season. Update 8-15-12 this is split into 2 sets. The first set is Mighty Morhin Power Rangers the complete series. The other set is seasons 4-7 zeo thru lost galaxy. There is also 3 bonus discs only avaiable from these sets. The sets are nice there is a booklet in each one about the show cast and episodes. The picture is pretty good the disc menu is easy. Not at all to bad.