From Cybertron to the Battle Grid: The Frankenstein Job That Was VR Troopers

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VR Troopers (Virtual Reality Troopers) is a syndicated live action superhero-adventure television series produced and distributed by Saban Entertainment from 1994 to 1996. The show tried to profit from the fascination with virtual reality in the mid-1990s as well as the success of Saban's other property, Power Rangers.
Much like with Power Rangers VR Troopers was stitched together with Japanese stock footage from 3 different Metal Hero Series: Superhuman Machine Metalder, Dimensional Warrior Spielban, Space Sheriff Shaider
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[@alexrodriguez9441]

I worked at an FX shop that fabricated the costumes for “Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog”. The same shop would occasionally have to repair the original costumes from the various Japanese shows on loan from Toei... those costumes always showed up battered beyond recognition, more duct tape and bondo than fiberglass and vinyl.

[@peterk7931]

“Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog”?!? I loved that show. Great armor!

[@combatking0]

Did your FX shop ever work on Lord Zedd's staff?

[@MsAhutch]

Mystic knights slapped

[@stewartfennell8926]

Apparently the yellow shield around the green ranger's shoulders was particularly filmsy

[@katenunyabizness9221]

Often the costumes end up in the vicinity of Brazil and used in "circus" shows until they fall fully apart. I loved Magi Ranger and am glad to hear that the Oz family costumes were taken care of.

[@MasterShake9000]

New headcanon: Toy Galaxy is really cobbled together from two Japanese KZbin channels - TilAllAreHasbro (toys) and Notice Me Optimus Senprime (cartoons), with Dan hired to localize the new show to a 30s-40s GenX market.

[@tawdryhepburn4686]

Superb.

[@DisgruntledDoomer]

I love it. Especially the part about 30-somethings being part of the GenX market. I hate being lumped up with millennials!

[@necrosim]

Mid 20's

[@Simon39759]

@@DisgruntledDoomer But 30-40 IS the millennials! The youngest of us just turned 40 last December!

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

Dan: "VR Troopers as a trademark is currently showing as abandoned" Also Dan, earlier: "It's the kind of thing we could produce _here,_ on *our* show, *_on our budget!"_* We can read between the lines. We can connect the dots. I think we all know where VR Troopers will make its inevitable comeback, Toy Galaxy ;)

[@JeffreyPiatt]

Hasbro will probably renew it.

[@NatetheNerdy]

That could actually be amazing though. I feel like they could make a show actually parodying this type of media, and just classic shows and toys in general.

[@shishoka]

A show where the main characters can become characters from toys they own but only if the franchise was abandoned.

[@greenkoopa]

Yes. I wanna be the villain in the first episode! Brave, and fearless. I'd be the cause of my own undoing 😬😬😬

[@TitularHeroine]

@@shishoka Nice.👍

[@BitsOfBen]

Funny to think that Brad Hawkins was lined up to be the White Ranger on MMPR whilst Jason David Frank was gonna do VR troopers but were both switched at the last minute.

[@mysteryperson1976]

He said that he was bummed to not get his own TV series, but in the long run, it turned out to be better for him. His show would have probably been forgotten while Power Rangers would have had a grand legacy... or... it was probably better on both ends. His return to Power Rangers probably had a lot to do with the continued success of Power Rangers.

[@johnnymason3265]

The problem was the show "Cybertron" would have had legal problems with Hasbro who will do anything to protect the Transformers franchise. They would have had to rename the show. I think Jason David Frank did the right thing and stayed with Power Rangers. R.I.P. Jason David Frank.

[@LUISPRIME]

I remember watching this show right after reruns of Power Rangers weekdays afternoon. Always wonder why they aired only two seasons. Found out years later they just ran out of Japanese footage.

[@ChrisEbz]

I heard the real story is they ran out of Corn.

[@Chef_Alpo]

@@ChrisEbz Cheese. They ran out of _Cheese_ .

[@ChrisEbz]

@@Chef_Alpo @DOGGY WOGGLES lol true story. You got me.. It was definitely the cheese.

[@aditbiju3717]

VR Troopers seems it has the potential of being almost successful as close to the next Power Rangers with the same team that made Power Rangers, but got canceled due to running out of the Metal Heroes footages, which is understandable that filming original footage is expensive depending on what they are trying to do. That is true, how long would Power Rangers would last and I like how Saban tested it out with VR Troopers by adapted like three Metal Heries series, which Power Rangers is the one that wins in the Bussiness aspect. I love both Power Rangers and VR Troopers because they are both enjoyable and they are similar to each other, but different.

[@thetrocch365]

Okay the Zach snyder dig made me spit out my drink to laugh

[@cheezeofages]

Man, despite being really basic, the theme for this show was a banger. Also had really 90s names.

[@Alex-o-tron]

The theme gets stuck in my head almost as much as Go Go Power Rangers

[@trence5]

Can't lie, I did watch this show, and enjoyed it.

[@EAprima]

"Trooper stream - GO! Virtual Reality!!" Oh man, I always had that song in my head.

[@babytoshiro7014]

@@trence5 Me too!

[@toomuch535]

@@trence5 same here.i actually like it more than power Rangers when i finally gave it a shot.back then i just looked at it as a another rip off of power Rangers.

[@rokrdude]

even as a 6 year old, I loved the more serious/dire tone and "more violent" action of VR troopers!

[@lostincyberspaceIII]

I have a homework assignment from kindergarten(maybe it was first grade) where I wrote about VR Troopers and it being my favorite TV show.

[@rell127]

VR Troopers was way darker than Power Rangers.

[@GothamKnight84661]

You obviously haven't seen Metalder. It's more darker and more violent making VR Troopers look like Sesame Street.

[@rell127]

@@GothamKnight84661 We aren't saying it's not but VR Troopers they killed humans. Not saying we didn't have that much on other shows but VR Troopers was the first time many of us seen this compared to Power Rangers .

[@rell127]

@Thurman Merman Word same here

[@welcomefrommindrin8766]

I love seeing fans of VR Troopers. I played Stunts for VR JB/Skug/VR Battle Grid JB/ Ultra Skug and Woodman the puppet for season 2. Super cool.

[@CountOrlok22]

This helps my childhood self understand why the film stock of the action in Saban shows looked so much grainier than the un-costumed teen comedy stuff.

[@autobotstarscream765]

And the grainy footage had a dreamlike cinematic look that made it look cooler than the teen comedy stuff. 😂

[@TheRealVolk]

Every time I listen to the show’s opening theme, I do a little 80’s robot dance. 🤖

[@Kamenriderneo]

I like to think that Big Bad Beetleborgs is the spiritual successor to VR Troopers since the footage comes from the same franchise but later seasons.

[@qmchale5130]

Metal Heroes?

[@Kamenriderneo]

@@qmchale5130 Yup. VR Troopers was made footage from Metalder, Spielban and Shaider. The 6th, 5th and 3rd Seasons of metal Heroes. Big bad Beetleborgs and Beetleborgs Metallic were made with Bfighters Kabuto and its sequel (who's name I have forgotten), the last and second to last season of metal Heroes

[@Dutchtica]

Who do I think it is

[@justinbest9954]

Fun fact: The 3D comics by Phoenix Press try to provide an "in universe" reason for the Battle Grid, and the suits. And that is because the Battle Grid is supposed to be the virtual entrance to the lab, and the reason they have different suits is because lighter less restrictive battle suits are better for combat in the part of virtual reality where the Battle Grid is.

[@RedhoodJT]

Brad Hawkens is the voice of both Goblin Slayer and Doom Slayer... He did good for himself lol.

[@spoonimefan]

You could say he "slayed" it?

[@elreyyakko]

He was also suppose to be the White Ranger,and then the Gold Ranger,but never came to frution.

[@brandonvortex995]

For real!?

[@elreyyakko]

@@brandonvortex995 yes,got no reason to lie, its on couple sites,rangerwiki as well. Brad did do voice of i believe gold ranger for bit,before the unmasking of trey. And the video touches on how this was originally a project for JDF,but saban ended up wanting him back for PR,since he was most popular as green.

[@KyosukeShigeru]

That's one hell of a change in roles.

[@adamholt5395]

The biggest disjoint for me was when the two "sidekicks" JB and Kaitlin entered into a tunnel where it was bright and sunny. They exited the other side and it was snowing. Either that's a long ass tunnel, or they pulled a Narnia.

[@jjjsalang]

LOL! You made me laugh 😀

[@princeofdarknessxyz1]

california weather

[@JomasterTheSecond]

VR Troopers had the best outtakes. Gotta love the smiley face mic landing on Brad Hawkins's shoulder, leaving us with the greatest line in all of tokusatsu: "The fuck is that?"

[@kareemowens5319]

LMAO I Remember dat

[@wannabkain4400]

I was obsessed with anything Saban in the 90’s :)

[@rubysuncle]

That old VR Troopers toy commercial is like a commercial that would have been be in The Simpsons, that would be making fun OF those kind of toy commercials.

[@davidmreyes77]

It’s the dog that does it for me. Haha

[@munyiotieno4111]

"TOHTALLY VIRTUEL!!!"

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

Well, there was a show called Yo Momma. Does that not sound like a fictional show from the movie Idiocracy? Reality is way past the stupidity that can be accepted in fiction.

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@davidmreyes77 "Hey kids, always recycle...TO THE EXTREME!"

[@kurowasanabe]

FORCES OF DARKNESS, EMPOWER ME TAKE ME BACK TO MY VIRTUAL REALITY

[@mraccountability6598]

Yeah dude was saying this in a dimly lit boardroom. Imagine the embarrassment on his part if investors walked in while he was doing that. They'd be sending memos throughout the company mocking this dude for being a "nerd" and being into frog's.

[@CrashFu]

I always like to quote that line when putting on my actual VR headset.

[@justinweber4977]

We are! Vee Arr!

[@scmco1scmco180]

Yoooooo!!! 😆 🤣 that was the shjt tho

[@pferreira1983]

@@mraccountability6598 He never wanted to be disturbed but there HAD to be a time when it failed. 🤣

[@rojui5912]

I would watch VR Troopers every afternoon after school. I remember seeing Sarah Brown on General Hospital. It's been rumored Brad Hawkins was originally cast as the new MMPR White Ranger before being switched with JDF.

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

Haha, I forgot that Sarah Brown was a soap actress. Then again, I forgot about VR Troopers too. Then again, I couldn’t get into it in the first place.

[@thebrownbaldy]

Sarah Brown would appear in Power Rangers Zeo as a love interest for Tommy after Kimberly wrote him that Dear John letter.

[@jordandupuis1249]

And was on cold case

[@seraphimprince]

JDF was going to play the lead in Cybertron and Brad Hawkins was going to play the White Ranger, but because of JDF's popularity Brad Hawkins was cast as Ryan Steel.

[@orinanime]

I loved VR Troopers. It combined my love for Power Rangers style shows with my fascination with "life inside the computer world" (TRON and ReBoot).

[@analogpark8059]

I had completely forgotten about ReBoot! Remember really enjoying that as a kid.

[@orinanime]

@@analogpark8059 one of my all-time favorite series

[@adrian_veidt]

I love it when Jon finally finds his lost dad in china town.

[@maris4137]

The moment they showed Shaider, which we grew up watching, we know that the show was a mishmash of properties. Same when Power Rangers and Masked Rider were advertised, we were already watching Super Sentai and Kamen Rider. But we still watched both versions, and loved both.

[@iwasanangryyoungman]

So you must be from the Philippines? To most of us Pinoys VR Troopers was Pulis Pangkalawakan Shaider and those two other guys

[@TheBronyBraeburn]

I loved VR Troopers as a kid. I was probably the only one in my friend group who did.

[@courtneymartin8507]

No one remembered this show and said it never existed. It was a favorite of mine; they had me almost believing that I imagined the show.

[@robertquant1122]

I have the dvds

[@zepmarq]

I just enrolled in Toy Galaxy Film Editing Class 101... Professor Dan breaking it down. 😎

[@mattimusprimal637]

Fun Fact: Hasbro didn’t only buy Power Rangers for $522 million, but the majority of Saban Brands too!! (including VR Troopers, Masked Rider, Big Bad Beetleborgs, and Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation, etc.)

[@RettMikhal]

I bet the Next Mutation rights cost them a pretty penny... like one... really pretty penny.

[@alfredgomez3128]

How do we know of the Masked Rider part? Toei packages the Metal Hero franchise with their Super Sentai license.

[@mattimusprimal637]

@@alfredgomez3128 Masked Rider is now co-owned by Hasbro and Toei. (like how Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation is co-owned by Hasbro and ViacomCBS)

[@alfredgomez3128]

@@mattimusprimal637 Do we have actual, connecting proof for Masked Rider? Metal Heroes' better assumed since they used Gavan for Beast Morphers, and Funimation was given dubbing rights for the new W anime....I want to see another Home media release of A Friend in Need or a new stateside media from them.

[@mattimusprimal637]

@@alfredgomez3128 Hasbro only owns Saban’s Masked Rider (1995), not the Kaman Rider franchise itself!!

[@IsiahTomas]

It's one of the greatest joys of my life to blurt out "We Are VR, VIRTUAL REALITY" to the one coworker who remembers this show every time someone even says anything related to VR Troopers or talking dogs. Edit: Also.... 90+ episodes?!?!?! Also, I know that isn't Sarah Chalke, but I question that fact every time I see this show.

[@archangel5627]

You’re not alone because I also enjoy blurting out “We Are VR, VIRTUAL REALITY!” 😎

[@thexdatabase]

yes 90+ episodes and NO ENDING!

[@IsiahTomas]

@@thexdatabase Really? That's even more hilarious now.

[@graymanmedia]

No that's is Sarah Joy Brown. She is a multi-Daytime Emmy Award-Winning Actress. Known for her time on General Hospital. She actually had a daughter with Shuki Levy.

[@archangel5627]

@@graymanmedia She had a daughter with Shuki Levy!? Really? Wow, I would’ve never guessed. I also didn’t know she was an accomplished award winning Soap Actress.

[@lenardregencia]

Imagine a VR Game based on VR Troopers. So we can finally say, We are VR Troopers!

[@YukonWilleh]

I want a vr trooper vinyl skin for muh quest

[@Etherian87]

I think you mean "we are, we are VR, virtual reality! Troopers! Yeah!"

[@darkecofreak23]

Just gotta convince Sony or whoever owns the other VR tech.

[@papaonta]

theres a sega genesis game of this

[@robertquant1122]

I was going to say that also There’s a be troopers video Game on sega genesis

[@AkutomiNamikaze]

The only reason I knew that this and Beetleborgs even existed was due to my local Hollywood Video’s (which had to have been open for maybe five years before video stores got axed) extensive 90’s preteen shows collection (it was the mid 00’s, so I imagine it was just excess from bargain bins). I definitely rented all of them, had no idea what was going on (mid season eps), then forgot about them until I saw ads for metal sheriff figuarts years later. What a weird collection of shows...

[@Knowledgegod759]

lol I SWEAR

[@MrFinalMax]

Fun trivia about the Metalder footage: if it looks familiar to anyone, there’s no surprise. The producer for it thought it would be a good homage to Shotaro Ichinomori’s Kikaider. As a result, the costume ended up with a similarly patterned design. Another fact about Metalder: it had 39 episodes due to being the darkest of the Metal Heroes series. This made it unappealing to younger audiences, and only made it to 39 episodes due to a production delay in its replacement. Today though, it is regarded highly as among the best of the Metal Heroes series. Fun what you find when you’re bored or want to research something further.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

And I'm sure that show was the reason VR Troopers had a talking dog, but the one from Metalder was actually cool.

[@Tgr2k1]

Remember V.R. Troopers? Their back...in POG form!

[@webdesigner18]

Trooper Transform! We Are VR! I loved this show as a kid. Wish it would be rebooted now since both it and Super Human Samurai Syber Squad would do well with the advancements technology has made.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I remember this awesome Power Rangers clone VR Troopers. I remember watching it on GMTV in the UK before moving to NZ.

[@cville991]

Maybe Boom Studios should acknowledge VR Troopers and Big Bad Beetleborgs, and have them as extra characters for the Power Rangers series.

[@TheDarkmaleX]

Saban and the producers screwed up during Season 2. They should have just wrapped up the story and had the VR Troopers discover that Carl Ziktor was Grimlord before the show ran out of Japanese footage. I'm still not over that, lol. Bad planning.

[@Captain_Chaz86]

They had plans to continue the series with a mix of new original japan footage and american footage. The problem was they blew the budget on the mmpr movie and ratings weren’t good enough to get funding from networks.

[@TheDarkmaleX]

@@Captain_Chaz86 Thanks for the info. Saban and company still should have planned it better in case the show failed. Always keep a plan, B, C, etc.

[@nine_tails137]

I 100% agree. I hated that we never got a final showdown between the VR Troopers and Grimlord.

[@bidenistechnicallyadictato738]

@@jessebaker2769 *You know all that about VR Troopers, but consider the Beetle Borgs to be an abomination?* *That’s like saying you’re a huge fan of Steven Seagal but you think Bruce Lee is trash.* *VR Troopers wasn’t even popular and wasn’t on anybody’s radar - none of the kids I knew even watched that show and no one bought the toys - it was a lame discount Power Ranger show.* *Beetle Borgs on the other hand was a GREAT show and actually relatable to young kids, with interesting characters and a good plot line - the show was massively popular with kids and sold toys pretty well - it’s easily equal to Power Rangers in quality - it just didn’t go on as long.* *VR Troopers by comparison is actual trash.*

[@CROSSTATT]

His name is "Karl", not "Carl".

[@jenniferlemke7884]

Dan will always be my favorite budget He-Man.

[@nikkitan9001]

That was a good laugh! 😂 😂 😂

[@TheDarkmaleX]

People overuse the word 'dark' these days, but VR Troopers definitely was a darker kids show. One of the best episodes was "Nightmares". In one of Kaitlin's nightmares, she was too scared to save Ryan. RYAN: Kaitlin help me!! (More skugs surround Ryan) RYAN: Kaitlin!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Skugs bumbush Ryan. Kaitlin wakes up) I'll never forget that. Intense.

[@aditbiju3717]

VR Troopers feels like an interesting series, similar to Power Rangers, but different. With the only difference it was syndicated.

[@LongShen1883]

Strangely I was just thinking about this show just yesterday, I remembered the talking dog, that only the VR Troopers could hear talk, sounded a little like Rude Dog but with a somewhat southern accent.

[@jclandry6933]

I remember Disney Adventures magazine interviewed the cast individually and it was interesting to know the person who played JB was also in one of Toni Braxton’s music video.

[@jonathantillian6528]

"What if Frankenstein, the monster not the doctor, was actually a success?" Isn't that the plot of _Weird Science?_

[@elloowu6293]

That's if Frankenstein's monster was sexy

[@Wolfie1262]

Not really. They didn’t create the lady from corpse bits

[@changsiah2]

@@elloowu6293 this also applies to fate

[@adamluther5836]

@@elloowu6293 To be fair, Frankenstein's monster as originally conceived, was considered quite striking and handsome, as well as very intelligent for his time. It was mostly through Hollywood cinema that the idea of him being slow, dumb, and grotesque came about.

[@elloowu6293]

@@adamluther5836 he was a pile of dead bodies stitched together and zapped by lighting, how handsome and smart could he have been? I can buy his reanimation from a powerful form of electricity, but not the end form being this sexy, sauve, cadaver, strutting around speaking the kings.

[@demons27]

I remember what happened after this show. Catlin Star, after the show, got a huge acting gig as Carly from "General Hospital" for years. Then she left the show and was replaced by Laura Wright. Recycling suits is a common thing in Kamen Rider & Super Sentai to save money. So it's not a surprise that VR Troopers did the same thing.

[@JPHarringtonJr]

just gave away about 20 gundam model kits, leaving me with just my early 2000s 144 Tallgeese, my RG Talgeese, and my RG MKII. Every time I watch this channel and see that RX78-2 in the background it temps me so bad to order more kits......must resist.

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

Akira kushida theme for space sheriff gavan absolutly ROCKS!!!

[@IffyJottere]

As a fun addendum to this talk of Metal Heroes, Not only were several Metal Heroes series repurposed for US comsumption (the first three for VR Troopers, and a few more for Big Bad Beetleborgs and Beetleborgs Metallix), a Metal Heroes video game was, as well! Based on 1991's Metal Heroes series, Tokyuu Shirei Solbrain (Special Rescue Command Solbrain), this game was reskinned and rebranded from Japan's Famicom to US and Europe's NES, as Shatterhand! The character of Solbrain was replaced by Steve Hermann, NYPD, whose arms were ruined standing up to cyborg terrorists. The Army stepped in and replaced his ruined arms with cyborg arms that can shatter steel with a punch.

[@Maioly]

18:43 we here in brazil take it personally too... cuz we HAD tokusatsu shows airing over here before power rangers was a thing sentai, metal heroes, kamen rider... then Saban came... and that stopped being a thing... in fact, the final episode of Kamen Rider Black (the series that was addapted into masked rider) never aired BECAUSE of saban getting the license. To add insult to injury a team of brazilian devs tried to make an indie game love letter to sentai and toku, quite clearly inspired by the stuff that used to air here... and Saban SUED them over it, forced them to put a "Inspired by saban's power rangers" subtitle on it. ... Brazilian toku fans HATE Saban, many of the older ones I've known also despise power rangers and any of saban's other butchery works but younger ones (such as me) are willing to forgive the series itself... still hate saban tho.

[@AusSP]

"forced them to put a "Inspired by saban's power rangers" subtitle on it." Oh, wow. That... that's painful. Not even "Masked Rider"? Or "Saban's Masked Rider"? That's horrid.

[@Maioly]

@@AusSP Think they were also forced to pay royalties and give part of the profits, but of this I am not sure it was also PAINFULLY clear the game was a love leter to sentai specifically, down to its trailer being entirelly in japanese, and even its theme song being in the style of sentai openings (and also having japanese lyrics) Edit: the game also has Kamen Rider and Metal Heroes expies appear for short crossover stages :P

[@cuoyotoconti]

Verdade.

[@RyukinJakka]

I'm a guy who about 4 years ago just decided to watch the Sentai shows and since I've done that I hate every season of Power Rangers accept the first. I make my friends laugh because I call Power Rangers a gentrified Super Sentai lol

[@agustinberthet3073]

hey im argentinian, and i remember that. we got a couple Brazilian channels on TV in the 90s and i watched kamen rider black and black RX in portuguese.

[@teddykgb9971]

I watched this for Sarah Brown and Sarah Brown only.

[@CJR-wv8kc]

I don't remember much about the show other than I fancied the hell out of her.

[@jayncoke]

I need a huge crossover of Power Rangers + VR Troopers + Big Bad Beetle Borgs + Masked Rider aaaand Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation now.

[@NerdX151]

Well, we DO have the "Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z" movie (yes, that is the full title lol)

[@jayncoke]

@@NerdX151 WAT ok i need to look this up and watch this now!

[@autobotstarscream765]

Yes, yes, yes, and NO. Now that they're Hasbro properties and TMNT is a Nickelodeon property, Hasbro is gonna mix them with Hasbro properties, and tbh, the Turtles already _squashed_ the Power Rangers in the Lost Galaxy/Next Mutation crossover. 😂

[@sk-sg1dd]

So I wasn't just a dumb kid when I thought "wtf is going on", it was actually part of the plot design.

As a Brazilian born in the 80s, I had the opportunity to watch both Metalder and Spielban (marketed here as Juspion 2) before VR Troopers ever came to be (and, honestly, I was already a bit older than the target audience when it came to be), so it was always funny to see repurposed characters and scenes and to know exactly why they couldn't be together in battle. Still, I enjoyed the show for what it was. Funny as it seems, I never actually watched any episode from VR Troopers with the Shaider parts. But, again, Shaider itself, I had watched a few episodes when younger.

[@andrewfanelli666]

The toy Battle Grid suits look better than the TV show suits. The toys have texture and I think even some very slight variation in the helmets.

[@deveraalmestica5838]

I use to watch the show VR troopers . Ch 11 New York use gave the show Back in the late 90s .

[@darkpandatv]

You managed to put together a 21+ min. retrospective on VR Troopers. I've never been more impressed with this channel! P.S.: I need some more "In the Kitchen with Dan".

[@SecretGalaxyTV]

Coming soon!

[@Renkencen]

You gotta covered "Tattoo Alien Fighter Beverly Hills" at some point in the near future!!

[@HeadCannonPrime]

I approve of the female lead's early adoption of yoga shorts.

[@JohnKelly2]

They were called "bike shorts" back then.

[@petewashington32]

☠️☠️☠️

[@evilskwerl]

YES.. everybody, this man is correct

[@keenenbenton9843]

Sarah brown so hot! I remember her in general hospital too and yes I watched that cause my grandma liked it lol

[@theobscuratoyfiles1142]

Dude I watched VR Troopers mostly for her. I also liked the show a bit more then Power Rangers but she was so hot that definitely made me more biased about it lol. The Kenner toys were cool too so that also helped.

[@danielwhite4052]

This was my favourite. But even as a kid I could see the issues with it. Glad I watched it on Netflix. Thanks for the flash back. Good fast talking as usual.

[@Mospen]

Toy Galaxy, you have really outdone yourselves on this one! Amazing observation and dissection of VR Troopers! I had no idea when watching as a kid it was several different shows cut and pasted into one. I'm so glad I discovered this channel! Bravo crew!! You've made this pandemic less of a burden with your quality entertainment!

[@vaiyt]

I actually watched Spielvan as a kid. This must have contributed to me being utterly baffled by VR Troopers. The series felt like some kind of fever dream gibberish.

[@ciscodeer9094]

Forces of darkness empower me, take me back to me virtual reality, Plus Isn't it odd that Grimlord's henchwomen dressed like the girls from a "certain" Robert Palmer music video/song heh heh

[@renatonigro]

I was a big fan of Spielvan as a kid, and it aired on a network that was famous for tokusatsu series. When VR Troopers aired in a competitor network many years later, I saw Spielvan and said "Heeeey!"

[@driley4381]

I watched anything with that big gold Saban logo on it in the 90s. They coulda slapped that thing on a jar of mayonnaise and I would've stared at it for 30 minute intervals and been happy about it.

[@MarcusH.Valentine]

You have no idea how hard nostalgia and surprise hit me as soon as i realized that you used the italian commercials footage!!! Those channel logos and later the words!! The video as always was amazing, but that moment made my day!!

[@alessandrobaggi6129]

Italia1 and Canale5 ftw 😁😉

[@Animedad]

I’m a sucker for Frankenstein analogies lol!

[@tawdryhepburn4686]

Frankenstein is to the Lakeside Poets as _____ is to the Bayformers Writer’s Room.

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

Frankenstein = Power Rangers + Super Sentai?

[@tawdryhepburn4686]

Bumblebee. The answer is Bumblebee.

[@RedWolf777SG]

This sorta like the same situation with Robotech. A show created from combining three separate anime shows. this was only done to make it suitable for syndication.

[@blerdrotic]

Sarah Brown will always be the real Carly to me. She was da bomb on General Hospital.

[@marcjohnson4677]

Never got into Power Rangers but I did always enjoy VR Troopers. I have no idea why either

[@thescarletandgrey2505]

Wow I was wondering whatever happened to VRT.... thanks for the excellent research and presentation!

[@MrBoyYankee]

Fun Fact: Catlin (Sarah Joy Brown) went to General Hospital, Then she was bold and beautiful living out the days of her lives.

[@seraphimprince]

I think Shuki Levy got her that job, though. He did knock her up.

[@chefexcellence322]

The return of He-Dan, the most powerful pop culture historian on KZbin.

[@tonydiazist]

I love how they use assets from different shows to make new shows. JBs suit Will always be "A squad team red leader "

[@popculturegreece]

I do not remember the exact year it was broadcast in Greece, but it was on weekends, just prior to Power Rangers. I think I liked it better, for its more "militaristic" villains, its vehicles and its themes. And, at the time I watched Return of the Jedi for the first time and I was absolutely thrilled, so the resemblance of Grimlord to Emperor Palpatine was noticeable for me. If you think about it (SPOILER ALERT if you need one!), the top general of Grimlord being Ryan's father who had "turned" and his old friend trying to empower his son to "absolve" him, is more than thematically relevant to RotJ. Oh, and 12-year old me had a crush on Kaitlin!

[@mrmacguff1n]

My childhood keeps looking more and more like a Fever Dream It doesn't help I spent 3 years in Okinawa as a kid lol

[@michaelleary9233]

Oh man, that's like my nephew, he had a kid in his 3rd grade class in 1995 from Japan, he brought a tape of Kakuranger to school and blew everyone's mind.

[@Harbingeruprisingofficial]

Really appreciate the edits in this, by Toy Galaxy. Seriously worth all the effort!

[@HashMagician]

Thanks for the high quality videos, we out here lovin it

[@Buff88]

We are VR! lol 92 episodes over 2 seasons is alot.😯

[@Clay3613]

They basically showed a new episode every weekday.

[@Wolfie1262]

Not for a kids show. I think Transformers had 65 episodes in season 2 alone

[@mattb6369]

The era of syndicated television most definitely pumped out far higher counts of episodes. Hell the first season of Power Rangers had 60!

[@Sukh.Sanghera]

Ah man, now you're taking me back

[@brandonandcharlene9527]

Although as an adult I wasn't a fan of Saban's methods, for some reason I tolerated VR troopers more than any of the other shows. Possibly because it aired right after SSSS M-F and it was a nice escape prior to heading off to college or work depending on the day

[@KiyokaMakibi]

Man, what a nostalgia trip! Loved the series when I was little. Like many, I didn't know it used tons of footage from elsewhere, but even knowing this now it doesn't spoil the memories. Thanks for covering this :)

[@wesleymcneese8554]

The "helluva thing" comment got me lol!

[@MrGeekFreek]

Can you do one for Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog? Think of it like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers mixed with Game of Thrones but on Fox Kids.

[@aethericAnuran]

Good luck getting any usable footage for that. It's never been released digitally, which an utter shame.

[@JimiLaPointe]

I haven’t thought of that show since then until just now

[@PunkRJH90]

That's a show I haven't heard about in a long time. I still have one of the figures based on the show somewhere.

[@freddyvidz]

I liked that show

[@KyosukeShigeru]

This needs coverage, I think everyone needs to know of this interesting and unusual show. It had a great concept that was sadly left to waste away.

[@antoner09]

😳WOW THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD I can’t believe you made an episode of 1 of my favs. As a kid, show. 🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@joshuamstark]

Guys, never been one for sentai-greater-than-power-rangers discussions, but I totally forgot about this one. Also the cut-together was absolutely hilarious. Also, you uttered “Kamen Rider”. Time for a Kuuga *cough* Dragon Knight episode.

[@davistalhone9482]

Well Dan - that you did so thorough a job on this one (after the equally impressive Superhuman Samurai Cybersquad coverage) and last year's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers vid, looks like you leave the masses no choice but to request that you continue on with Saban's many attempts at American tokusatu - Masked Rider, Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, and Big Bad BeetleBorgs if you'd be so kind good sir.

[@archangel5627]

I’m not going to lie, I actually enjoyed watching VR Troopers even though it was Just another Power Rangers grab by our favorite children television show producer Haim Saban! I wouldn’t call VR Troopers the poor-man’s Power Rangers, that title firmly goes to Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills. At the time I was a sucker for these Americanized Super Sentai style shows. I also liked Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad. I think it’s great that Toy Galaxy has gotten around to doing an episode on VR Troopers.

[@maxordman4100]

Vr Troopers is amazing! I’m so happy I have the DVDs. Side note to all the other JDF fans out there, that yes it would have been super awesome for him to get his own show, but it would’ve been a real bummer if he never became the White Ranger! We miss you man! RIP! Terrific video, Dan!

[@jamesmitchell5060]

I'm new to your channel, but I feel like I've been waiting for this for the longest time. The early localization of foreign properties in the West is endlessly entertaining to me, and VR Troopers is such a weird chimaera, it's just mind-boggling. Your videos are awesome, keep doing what you're doing :)

[@singaporesammy]

I feel like it's more noteworthy when there _weren't_ Pogs and Tiger LCD games.

[@Gojitron1]

Thank goodness the 90's had stuff like Batman TAS, Gargoyles and Beast Wars otherwise it would have been an endless sea of Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles and Pokemon clones.

[@alexricky87]

I don't think that would be a bad thing but I see where you're coming from.

[@bruceleeds7988]

You forget Nickelodeon

[@nigralurker]

Pokemon and its "clones" didn't come to the US until the tailend of the decade in late 1998. Digimon in particular came out in 1999 in the US. Meanwhile, TAS debuted from 92-95.

[@Swedgin23]

Thanks for the heads up on the blooper/dub video. That made my day!

[@RyukinJakka]

Shaider, Spielban and Metalder are fantastic shows

[@emmanuelmontperous3537]

You guys should totally make you're own suits and show....Prerelease I'll choreograph the fights 🙏🏽🙌🏽 I always said they looked like power rangers suits lol finally vindicated 🤣

[@Cassette_Bat]

"that is exactly who you think it is" I don't know who it is..

[@SonOfTheWolfKing]

same

[@danjonmills]

Jamie Kennedy from Scream

[@kazuhirala]

Had a VR Trooper toy since I was a kid and remembers forgetting what show it was from as the years went on. Thanks to this, now I know

[@Samantha_was_here_first]

The moment I saw the title, I remembered the theme song. over twenty years later. I do recall liking VR troopers more than PR, but have no memory of the story. Need to rewatch it.

[@SolarDNA]

I watched VRT almost as religiously as Power Rangers when I was a kid and I always wondered why Ryan NEVER appeared in the same battle scenes with the other two, at least when they were in their armor suits. Never thought about it again all these years but now I know why. lol

[@lastxflfan420]

One of those unsolved mysteries as a child is finally answered. Also, how did the character end up at a giant rock quarry out of nowhere?

[@tawdryhepburn4686]

This is an INSANE story.

[@JohnWilliams-cr2sz]

I had the VR Troopers broad game! My friends and I would play that at every sleepover. Ahh, good times.

[@XeroCool420]

I remember this show being on when I was a kid at 7am before I went to school. God that was 30 yrs ago now, damn time flies

[@gmayo114]

That Jason David Frank show had potential. Could've been a great spin off

[@burritoboy2751]

What weird timing. My Season 1 Volume 2 DVDs of VR Troopers are supposed to arrive today.

[@MegamanEXEv2]

I named my first cat "Percy" after one of the characters in the show. That, the theme song, and the McDonalds toys are about all I remember about it.

[@cellgames808]

This one really brings it back for me. Thanks for bringing us this banger.