In 2021, Dino Fury was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids and Family Programming.
I watched Power Rangers: Zeo delightedly - the individual episodes of the Rangers having to locate their individual Zeo Crystals remain some of my favorites - and I tuned into Power Rangers: Turbo as well, though it always irked me that that little boy Blue Ranger could morph into an adult body. This also makes Dino Fury the fourth entry in the American series to utilize the motif of dinosaurs (having been preceded by season one of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Dino Thunder, and Power Rangers Dino Charge). (I kept following Amy Jo Johnson’s career as a kid, though, and it led to me watching some way too dramatic movies like Sweetwater and Perfect Body as a youngster.) When the franchise began to morph more rapidly, changing its premise every season, my interest waned, but I still stuck around for a while. I remained dedicated to Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers through the show’s three-year lifespan, even during that awful moment when Kat replaced Kimberly as the Pink Ranger. Each new season would bring a new theme to the table, and across the franchise’s history, we’ve seen the Power Rangers become Ninjas, Pirates, Time Travelers, Deep-Space Explorers, amongst many others. Present-wise, I got every action figure any little boy could want - Goldar, the Dinozords (which could be assembled to form the the Megazord), Putties, all the Rangers, electronic Power Morphers, Blade Blasters, and, best of all, my very own musical Dragon Dagger. Track Mighty Morphin Power Rangers season 1 episodes.
Even better, my teenage neighbor, who was a black belt in karate, came over and taught my friends and me some “real” Power Ranger techniques. Season 1 guide for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series - see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. (That’s me in my finished green getup.) We all played games like “Pin the Morpher on the Power Ranger” (seriously) and “Kick the Putty,” in which the kids would hang on a glider that extended from one tree to another and kick a cut-out putty that was nailed to the ending trunk. When someone arrived at the party, my mom finished off his costume by applying a set of white contact paper diamonds to his torso. Every guest that came to my backyard celebration was required to wear a solid-colored sweatsuit - that was the price of admission. And it all came to life during my fifth birthday party, which was a Power Rangers-themed extravaganza.