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Published: 2017-10-14 22:01:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 5305; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 15
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Description So I was messing around on Shapeways again when I came across a person selling custom Legacy Power Coins. It let you upload an image and it would show you a preview. It's not perfect, I can't get the scaling tool to work and it only shows them in Sliver. So I took some images I found and used a bit of Gimp magic to spruce them up. Note: These are 3D previews and not real photos.

My idea for them is that they were ORIGINALLY for the Rangers of Eltar {Zordon's home planet}. In a final battle with Lord Zedd, the Eltar Rangers were killed and their Zords' destroyed, and Zedd gravely injured to the point were he was forced back into the darker reaches of space to recover. But Zordon was able to save the data and powers of those Zords to the Morphing Grid. They're also the Basis on which Tommy's white Ranger powers were created from. Zordon from the start of Season 2 always intended on gifting the Rangers these coins, but he needed to adjust them for Human use. However by the time he and Alpha were done, Lord Vile had come and the Ninjetti coins were destroyed. This would force him to abandon his plans in favor of the Zeo Crystals. They remained hidden in the depths of the Command Center's basement until the Legend War when the original 6 rangers, after restoring their old powers{In Tommy's case both his Green and White Ranger powers and purifying the Green Dragon coin of the evil taint that constantly drained his powers and their connection to the Morphing Grid, which is also why the top of his helmet is now silver} found them with help from Alpha 5. They would use these coins as an Upgrade taking on a hybrid appearance of the Zyuranger and Dairanger suits. Later they would recover the Ninjetti powers from Rita and Zedd's old palace on the moon, regaining the Metallic Armor form, which cold be used with or without the upgrade. Later on both Jason and Tommy would gain Battlizers and throughout the Super Megaforce season help other ranger teams either regain their powers or bring them to Earth to fight in the final battle. They would also have {in my universe} an 8 episode crossover with Super Megaforce.

The first one is where Super Megaforce are struggling with a general called "Sir Vile", a knight themed monster. At the end of the episode, the MMPR Rangers appear to help out.

Episode 2 shows the battle with the original rangers and Sir Vile, including the return of the Original Megazord, fully upgraded and ready to role along with Dragonzord. After they return to Gosei's command center where they give a Dino Thunderesk recap of every season from MMPRS1-Super Samurai's finale, and fill the kids more in about their and Gosei's mentor, Zordon.  Also they, reveal it was Tommy, Billy and Alpha who rebuilt Robo Knight after he was seemingly destroyed in the battle with Vrak in his final form. Each episode would be focused on one G1 Ranger and one Megaforce/Super Megaforce Ranger.

Episode 3 focuses on Orion, Robo Knight and Tommy giving a more in depth look at the history of the "Extra" Rangers throughout the years, also it has Dragonzord combine with the Legendary Zords and Falconzord for the big bad of the episode. In another Zord Battle the Thunderzords make their return.

Episode 4 involves Zack Mentoring Jake who wants to ask Gia to the dance but he's nervous and {much like me} has no dancing abilities. Also the monster is focused around dancing as well so Zack and Jake have to use the Hip Hop Kido and Capoeira fighting styles to defeat him, also showcases. The Ninjazords also get used in this episode.

Episode 5 involves Kim and Emma fighting a monster who steals the beauty and good looks of other beings to make herself stronger and more beautiful. Not just women, but men, children, babies even animals aren't safe from her beauty drain. Kim and Emma show that looks aren't everything and give this monster the boot she deserves. The Shogun Zords also are used in this episode.

Episode 6 centers around Noah and Billy when they end up having a science experiment go arry. Billy's mind reading machine is back, newer, shinier and STILL swapping people's brains. Now it's back to school for Billy while Noah tries to keep himself from being fired from Billy's job at a science lab. And of course the monster of the day/week steals the machine, further complicating things.

Episode 7 has Gia and Trini teaming up to save both sets of rangers. Emperor Mavro resurrects and employs an old enemy whom survived and escaped Zordon's wave of Good Energy and is looking for revenge: SCORPINA! Using a duplicate of the Samurai Fan Man's jug, Scorpina captures all the rangers {as well as a number of X-Borgs they were fighting at the time} except for Gia and Trini and retreats to Rita's Dark Dimension. Trini and Gia need to go after her with help from Gosei, Alpha and Tensou to reach it. As a callback to the original episode "Calamity Kimberly", Kim comments that "It's just as bad as she remembers." They also get aid from a surprise Special Guest appearance by Ninjor.

In the 8th and final episode Troy ends up getting Noah injured badly during a battle and considers quitting the team because of it. Jason and Tommy try to rekindle his confidence, recalling their greatest failures as the leader of their teams. These include Jason's failure to retrieve the Green Candle, Tommy failing to save Jason from being sacrificed to a volcano demon, Jason's defeat and capture by Rhino Blaster{along with the other 4 core rangers} and Tommy being brain washed {again} by the Machine Empire into thinking he was King Mondo. {Jason Lampshades this with "Why is it almost always you that gets brainwashed?"} Some tips, training and encouragement by the 2 veterans helps Troy regain his confidence, and just in time: A large army of giant monsters has been sent down and it takes every Zord and Megazord in their combined arsenal to stop them. At the end the original 6 depart to continue gathering Rangers after exchanging farewells and thank yous from both sides  

As for other teams Tommy was on there were a few shifts in the line ups. Rocky Got promoted to Zeo Ranger 5, Justin Became Zeo Ranger 3 and the Robo Rangers took up the Turbo Ranger Mantle. David Trueheart, Tommy's brother was considered worthy by the Black Dino Gem and became Dino Thunder Black.

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Comments: 25

Guyverman [2022-07-03 08:09:57 +0000 UTC]

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Thunderstudent In reply to Guyverman [2022-07-04 12:19:27 +0000 UTC]

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Guyverman In reply to Thunderstudent [2022-07-05 03:30:53 +0000 UTC]

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FabledHeroes [2020-08-29 02:14:22 +0000 UTC]

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Thunderstudent In reply to FabledHeroes [2020-08-29 03:04:51 +0000 UTC]

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FabledHeroes In reply to Thunderstudent [2020-08-29 03:06:21 +0000 UTC]

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ninjakingofhearts [2017-10-26 05:04:32 +0000 UTC]

This is why I prefer Super Sentai.

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Thunderstudent In reply to ninjakingofhearts [2017-10-26 05:22:05 +0000 UTC]

Meh, that's your preference. I don't agree with your opinion, but I will die to protect your right to express it!

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ninjakingofhearts In reply to Thunderstudent [2017-10-26 05:25:41 +0000 UTC]

Well Saban screw things like the Mastodon zord is really a Mammoth here's the difference 1387466503-0.jpg (600×208)

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Thunderstudent In reply to ninjakingofhearts [2017-10-26 05:50:00 +0000 UTC]

I'll concede that point, but the Zord/Mech itself doesn't look like either. The ears are totally wrong, it looks more like a robot elephant.

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ninjakingofhearts In reply to Thunderstudent [2017-10-26 05:59:47 +0000 UTC]

With longer tusk like a Mammoth.

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Thunderstudent In reply to ninjakingofhearts [2017-10-26 07:38:14 +0000 UTC]

That just makes it an elephant with longer tusks

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ninjakingofhearts In reply to Thunderstudent [2017-10-26 12:46:58 +0000 UTC]

Numskull.

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Thunderstudent In reply to ninjakingofhearts [2017-10-26 17:31:55 +0000 UTC]

The ears are still WAY too big mate. Hey if you prefer Super Sentai over Power Rangers you're not wrong. We all have differences of opinions and preference which in the grand scheme of things is FANTASTIC . Because if everybody thought the same way and liked the same things then life would be boring.

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ninjakingofhearts In reply to Thunderstudent [2017-10-26 21:18:09 +0000 UTC]

And the idea of turning dinozords into thunderzords is stupid cause they were a lot better as dinozords.

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Thunderstudent In reply to ninjakingofhearts [2017-10-26 22:50:42 +0000 UTC]

If you say so. I disagree but hey.

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ninjakingofhearts In reply to Thunderstudent [2017-10-26 23:17:20 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah? well here's something power rangers doesn't have Megazords Legendary War - YouTube

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Thunderstudent In reply to ninjakingofhearts [2017-10-27 00:17:34 +0000 UTC]

I know, which is unfortunate. Look I'm not saying one is better than the other. All I'm saying is respect others opinions and tastes if they aren't hurting anyone. Can't we at least both agree the 2017 MMPR Reboot sucked?

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supaman2525 [2017-10-23 12:40:23 +0000 UTC]

wow this is one of the best works i ever seen base from my artwork,thank you for sharing ur work its an honor to see this

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Thunderstudent In reply to supaman2525 [2017-10-24 06:48:48 +0000 UTC]

Not a problem man, both sets were awesome. Thanks for commenting!

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Zoe-the-Pink-Ranger [2017-10-15 15:31:53 +0000 UTC]

Oh very cool. I like the story ideas too, thunder-chan

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Thunderstudent In reply to Zoe-the-Pink-Ranger [2017-10-15 17:45:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Zoe-chan I've had this rolling about in my head for awhile, and I always imagined the Dairangers in power ranger continuity to be the rangers of Eltar. While I soon to be in the minority of people who liked Megaforce and Super Megaforce, I will admit it had a lot of problems. And Saban should have tried harder to get an MMPR reunion special for Super Megaforce.

My idea was for the first episode at the very end the original rangers come in and save the {at that point} new team after shooting Sir Vile and his baddies from a cliff side, which after they jump down in front of the newbies and do their roll call, complete with the original theme. Then in the next they replay the roll call and have the battle.

Most of the ranger specific episodes I've had planned except Gia and Trini, whom I had no idea what to do with. Then I thought "You know what? We haven't seen Scorpina or Ninjor for awhile, and Rita's dark dimension is just sort of floating around. Why not?" The reason for Scorpina's survival is that she's been dormant since before "Countdown to Destruction" and shielded from Zordon's energy wave. Emperor Mavro resurrects her and she gladly accepts, knowing just how to hit the rangers. Ninjor's arrival coincides with the release of the Ninjetti powers which he sensed in his cave and needed to investigate. He then agrees to help hearing the rangers are in danger.

As for the original rangers solo series I have a working title of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Legend War" in my head where after Emperor Mavro attacks, Tommy gets the season 1 team back together where they get Billy's, Kim's and his White Tiger coin repaired, and Tommy, after they find the Thunder Coins pays a visit to Mystic Mother Rita finds out how to purify his original power coin. For the Zords being rebuilt we have Andros and Lightspeed Rescue to thank. Using Zordon's original designs, Lightspeed Rescue's funding and building yards the latest technology from around the galaxy to upgrade their Zords with, they get the Dino Zords and Thunder Zords separated and rebuilt. Dragonzord, Titanus and Tor the Shuttle Zord all get upgrades too. Of course Tommy and Kim have unresolved romantic issues they need to sort out to add to the drama. I also just HAD to bring Alpha 5 back, poor little guy's been all alone since Zordon died.

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HotDanimus [2017-10-15 00:03:26 +0000 UTC]

WE NEED THUNDERZORD POWER NOW!

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Thunderstudent In reply to HotDanimus [2017-10-15 02:28:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I love how they look! What do you think of the story behind them?

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HotDanimus In reply to Thunderstudent [2017-10-15 12:28:30 +0000 UTC]

Morphenomenal

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