The Origins Of A Cardboard Addict: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Part 4

It was time for the Fox Kids TV block and that meant only one thing for me in the 90's, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!

They had recently introduced a new character in Tommy Oliver. He was an immediate intriguing character who not only became friends with Jason (Red Ranger) but also catches the lovely Kimberly's eye. She was my lady Tommy! Back off! Just because you are fit and built and I was a stick figure in my youth doesn't mean I couldn't take you down. Well, it actually does but that's besides the point.

Tommy not only had Kimberly's attention, but he also had Rita Repulsa eye who had a plan with Tommy to turn him evil.

So Rita corners Tommy and enchants him to her dark side, giving him the dragon coin which turns him into the Green Ranger. The Green Ranger had Dragon Zord powers and was armed with the Dragon Dagger and the Sword Of Darkness! The powers Tommy possessed made him more powerful than any of the Rangers which led to some devastation on earth and for the Rangers.

Within just a few short battles under Rita's spell, Zordon was taken down along with the Rangers and their Zords, and it appeared Rita would soon take over earth unopposed. However, it all came down to an epic battle between Jason and Tommy that decided the fate of the world. The one on one battle was fierce, but Jason was able to break the evil spell and free Tommy from Rita's evil by destroying the sword of darkness. Long story even shorter, Tommy meets Zordon who invites Tommy to be apart of the team to make up for his mistakes. Tommy agrees and becomes the sixth Mighty Morphin Power Ranger!

There were many story lines involving Tommy thereafter.  There was a multi-part episode in which Rita seeked her revenge on Tommy by using the Green Candle to drain him of his Green Rangers powers, which she succeeds with. In order for Tommy to continue on as the green ranger, he had to use Zordon to recharge his powers.

It was all of the intrigue built around him that put Tommy easily as my favorite Power Ranger. He not only had the coolest outfit, but he also had the best zord in Dragon Zord and weapon in the Dragon Dagger that he used to summon the Dragon Zord. Well, let's not forget he had Kimberly in love with him.

So for Christmas that year, the one and only thing I wanted was the Tommy flip head figure to play with. To my surprise on Christmas day, well, not really a surprise as my sister and I the night before  snuck under the tree and "re-wrapped" our present. I knew Tommy would be mine the next morning. It was my only toy gift that Christmas, but it meant the world to me and I was happy with it.

With a toy I remember owning, it having some meaning to me along with nostalgia involved, I needed a copy to own again. Do what makes you happy! As I have stated many times with these toy posts, my parents sold off my stuff in my youth so I no longer owned this piece. Well, that was up until this year.

Once again my great trading buddy @Jake1725 snagged this Tommy for me. Some marks and no weapon, but it still rocks.

Morphin Time!!! Dragonzord!

I played with that Tommy for many years before his character moved onto something even cooler. That my friends is a post for another day and you will be pretty stunned by a piece I have to go with it. However, the next time I talk about Power Rangers, we will find out what changed the Power Ranger layout especially with Tommy and what also caught my interest and dragged me deeper into the show.

In the mean time, going to find some shelf space for Tommy. Just hope he doesn't try to steal my woman again.

Toys Are For Grownups Too

Well, I pulled off another monstrosity of a trade this time with my buddy @Jake1725.

However, the main contents may not be what you expect.

Today, you will be shown the main contents of my medium flat rate box, then five to six other parts with the cards really broken down with some great ones to view.

This part though, is all about toys.

A couple of weeks ago, @Jake1725 had posted some TMNT figures he had and something in me wanted to pry them away. Alright, it was the kid in my I admit it. Anyways, we got to talking and what went from a simple trade for toys escalated to cards and more.

But, it was the toys that was the main focus here.

The turtles range from a variety of years and forms. Some are space, some are regular.

Landed three different ones of my favorite, Leonardo.

Shredder is looking more mean than he did in the 90's.

The foot actually looks more aggressive, I wouldn't want to mess with them.

Even got a couple of Star Wars toys in the mix. Love the Darth Maul!

And here are the Turtles I really wanted the most. Why is that? These are from the originals of the early 90's. The ones on my want list that can bring me back some to my childhood. Who doesn't want to do that?

Raphael is looking pretty mean here.

While Mikey is looking goofy as always. This one is a 1991 Headdropoppin Mike

 

All of the newer turtles came with all of their weapons while the older ones did not. It's probably not easy to keep track of those after 20+ years.

Finally in the bottom of the box under the turtles, guess I lied about no cards in this post, there were these uncut sheets of cards.

 

These are my first uncut sheets. Pretty cool especially the 1995 Skybox Premium football which was already awesome uncut. These make great additions to my 90's PC.

This is just the kick off of this trade, plenty more to come down the road.

So for today, who is your favorite TMNT character?