Power Rangers RPM DVDs

[Me-Hostage]

Power Rangers RPM - Volume 1: Start Your Engines will be released in July!

http://www.amazon.com/Power-Rangers-Rpm-Start-Engines/dp/B00267QOEG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1239429648&sr=1-1

[overdrivepink20]

no kidding. for real? wait here in the US or UK? remember what happened with jungle fury. we only skimpped out on two volumes for that one.

[blackdinothunder]

So then we definately aren't getting the rest of Jungle Fury if they already have a release date for RPM. Why does Disney have to do that to the fans? They released the whole season of Operation Overdrive which wasn't even very good.

[Me-Hostage]

Prob. no more JF for US, however, it's not hard to import the UK DVDs if you want a full season. They will more than likely release a boxset like their DT-OO sets for about $20.

As for RPM, Disney has official confirmed the new release to TVShowsonDVD.com - http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Power-Rangers-RPM-Volume-1/11694

[Super Jeff]

I was actually considering of buying all 5 volumes of JF but now that they are not even going to release 3-5 I just don't see the point of buying vol 1 and 2.

[Mustang3173]

It is not that hard to make a DVD, Disney probably just wants to promote their new stuff and throw everything else in their stupid vault, never to see the light of day until memorial day 2013.

[Me-Hostage]

It is not that hard to make a DVD, Disney probably just wants to promote their new stuff and throw everything else in their stupid vault, never to see the light of day until memorial day 2013.

LOL.

I'm still waiting for Disney to release Susie Q. That movie has been stuck in their vault since the day it finished being filmed. Only made its way out of the vault for a few airings!

[Super Jeff]

LOL.

I'm still waiting for Disney to release Susie Q. That movie has been stuck in their vault since the day it finished being filmed. Only made its way out of the vault for a few airings!

From what I hear they don't even show it anymore because of it's dark nature. Which sucks because it was a good movie.

So how come the UK is getting all the good releases while we are stuck with the sucky ones.

[PowerOnyx]

So then we definately aren't getting the rest of Jungle Fury if they already have a release date for RPM. Why does Disney have to do that to the fans? They released the whole season of Operation Overdrive which wasn't even very good.

Because they are evil to the PR fans. Up to the point where they punish us with more of High School Musical and Aaron Stone. :mad:

[overdrivepink20]

why is it that they are releasing the first volume of this season so early in the year? i only have volumes one and two of jungle fury. i really want to get the one with the gold and silver rangers and the possible team up, if there is one. btw i really love the cover for the first volume. i'm so getting the first vol when it arrives.

[The_Green_Ranger]

We always get shafted in the US for dvds. Usually only volumes and even then they release half a season only. each volume is around 15 usd, but I can go on amazon uk and get an entire season for 20 usd. There may be shipping costs but even then its cheaper than 15 usd for 3 or 4 episodes per volume vs 20 usd on amazon uk for 32 episodes!

[overdrivepink20]

do you think that they'll do the rest of the volumes? they've shown all new episodes so far on abckids. at least where i live. they still need to show the silver and gold. i'm hoping to show jungle fury. if they do i'm so getting the dvd containing it.

[Me-Hostage]

do you think that they'll do the rest of the volumes? they've shown all new episodes so far on abckids. at least where i live. they still need to show the silver and gold. i'm hoping to show jungle fury. if they do i'm so getting the dvd containing it.

They've only aired 8 or so episodes of RPM so far. The day they air the episodes with Gold and Silver, it will be aired across the US on ABC Kids to those who's affiliates are airing Power Rangers.

As for Jungle Fury, I doubt they will re-air it on ABC Kids or finish the DVDs. You best bet would be to order them from Amazon UK - they are only like $10 new, compared to almost $20 here in the US. And you can always pick their cheaper shipping method, which is what I use and even then my DVDs arrive in 4 days after being shipped out.

[overdrivepink20]

when i mentioned jungle fury, what i meant to say was a team up of them with RPM. it could be possible since they showed JKP in 'ranger green'. if that did happen i'm so getting it. but i'm still getting vol 1. some of the episodes on there are hilarious.

[Cyrax9]

... and I seriously cannot wait for this disc to come out. The run time is 113 minutes which is roughly five episodes, including opening and ending credits, so if ABC Kids' credits bother you, this should take care of that.
ABC Kids made the decision to run them "over" the show rather than at the end of it.

no kidding. for real? wait here in the US or UK? remember what happened with jungle fury. we only skimpped out on two volumes for that one.
So then we definately aren't getting the rest of Jungle Fury if they already have a release date for RPM. Why does Disney have to do that to the fans? They released the whole season of Operation Overdrive which wasn't even very good.The reason PRJF wasn't finished was because the DVDs didn't sell. (http://www.rangerboard.com/showpost.php?p=3102936&postcount=17)Basically, Disney had planned to release Vol. 3-5 of PRJF in the USA just as they're releasing it in the UK, but there was supposedly a significant drop in sales between PROO Vol. 5 and PRJF Vol. 1 & 2, so Disney just decided not to finish the show here. If you want all of RPM on DVD, pre-order the discs now. As long as sales are high enough, Disney will likely release the entire series here as they had planned to do with PRJF.

What went wrong with the PRJF DVD Releases: As odd as it may sound, PROO sold better than PRJF on DVD for several reasons. The fact that we were getting a full season made people who normally didn't buy the volumes pick them up, the fact that they were heavily promoted by Disney and DVD websites also helped sales, and the fact that Disney seemed to release one disc and announce another also kept sales high. Even though PROO wasn't well received overall, the fact that fans in the US could own a full season was a major selling point for the DVDs.

When PROO was released, the first two discs came out in September, and the last two discs came out in February. When PRJF was released though, the first two discs were released in December at the height of the recession and when DVD sales were lowest; this was just bad timing combined with an overall slump in DVD sales. Unlike PROO which could easily be found in most video stores and Best Buys nation-wide, PRJF wasn't easy to find unless you know where to look for it online. Many fans, myself included, adopted the attitude that "Disney's just going to release the entire series, so I'll wait and buy Vol. 1 & 2 when Vol. 3 comes out, and if Disney doesn't release the entire show, I won't have wasted my money," which also contributed to a decline in sales. Ironically, the previously mentioned consumer mentality is what killed PRJF's DVD releases. Fans thought Disney was just going to release the series and they could buy the whole thing at once, and if Disney decided not to release the entire series, they wouldn't waste their money, and the lack of sales for Vol. 1 & 2 of PRJF are what caused the demise of Vol. 3-5 in the USA. Throw in a lack of promotion by Disney, the fact that the discs were hard to find, and the fact that many people expected Disney to release a box set after the volumes the way they had begun to do in the UK, and you have the reason why PRJF Vol. 3-5 haven't been released here. There's still a very small chance Disney may change their mind about Vol. 3-5; if enough people buy Vol. 1 & 2 and Disney sees that it'd be cost-effective to release Vol. 3-5, they'd likely do it, but Disney needs to see in truth, this is all about supply and demand. Knowing what we know now, it's important to get as many people as possible to purchase the RPM DVDs to ensure a complete season.

Prob. no more JF for US, however, it's not hard to import the UK DVDs if you want a full season. They will more than likely release a boxset like their DT-OO sets for about $20. See above statement regarding PRJF DVDs in the USA King Goldar; the chances for Vol. 3-5 are slim, but not totally out of the question. Some really high sales figures could convince Disney to release Vol. 3-5, a box set (presumably alongside the UK box whenever it's due out,) or a box of just Vol. 3-5. Buying Vol. 1 & 2 and writing to Disney wouldn't hurt either, but if I had to pick my battles, I'd focus on ensuring that RPM is completed rather than trying to get Disney to finish PRJF right now--my guess is that next year they might want to start releasing DVDs if they have no new episodes on TV.

As far as the UK sets go, there are a couple of things to be aware of:
1. The discs are REGION-2 and PAL. Even if you have a Region-free/Code-free DVD player, you may not be able to play PAL DVDs. PAL the TV standard used in most of the world, while NTSC is the TV standard used in the USA, Canada, Japan, and "parts of Latin America."

2. Because the discs are flagged as PAL rather than NTSC, the audio and video are sped-up on them, (this can be really annoying at times,) and they may not play on a standard US TV.

3. The UK DVD releases have been confirmed to have episodes on them edited--some people will say this is nothing major, but they're noticeable edits, and some people really are aggravated by them while others aren't. This is ironically enough, why many UK viewers would import the US DVDs back when they were identical to the UK releases sans editing. (It's also easier to find Region-free and NTSC/PAL Multisystem TVs in the UK than it is in the USA.)

Right now our best bet for a complete season of PRJF is to try and convince Disney to release a US Box set of the series, although this may or may not happen.

why is it that they are releasing the first volume of this season so early in the year? i only have volumes one and two of jungle fury. i really want to get the one with the gold and silver rangers and the possible team up, if there is one. btw i really love the cover for the first volume. i'm so getting the first vol when it arrives.There will be no team-up this year overdrivepink20; Eddie initially stated that RPM was supposed to be set in its own continuity, whether or not Judd Lynn has changed this is still unknown, but as of now, all signs point to no team-up this year.

As for why the first Volume is being released when it is, this isn't "early" at all; here's a list of release dates for the first volume from PRNS-PRJF in the USA:
PRNS: 06/03/03
PRDT: 06/01/04
PRMF: 06/06/06
PRSPD: 06/07/05
PROO: 09/18/07
PRJF: 12/16/08

If anything, it would be more accurate to say that PROO and PRJF were released "late" and that PRRPM's 07/07/09 release is "on time" since the show started a month later than usual. Also, PROO's "late" release makes sense because Vol. 1 and 2 were released together, and Disney wanted to pump out the Volumes relatively quickly.

when i mentioned jungle fury, what i meant to say was a team up of them with RPM. it could be possible since they showed JKP in 'ranger green'. if that did happen i'm so getting it. but i'm still getting vol 1. some of the episodes on there are hilarious.
JKP was just a nod to a previous show, nothing more, nothing less. There will not be a team-up this year. However, I still encourage you to purchase all volumes of RPM because the reason PRJF isn't being finished in the USA is that not enough people purchased it on DVD.

Will RPM see a full season release? I'm going to say that it's most likely so long as everyone buys the DVDs this time around. Vol. 1 is only five episodes long, but that's to avoid cutting into the "Ranger color" story arc. Here's what I'm thinking we'll see for the RPM DVD release:

Vol. 1: Start Your Engines; Episodes 1-5 (Confirmed; run time is 113 minutes, or five episodes.)

Vol. 2: Title Here; Episodes 6-11 (This covers "Ranger Green" through "Doctor K," and the entire flashback arc.)

Vol. 3: Title Here; Episodes 12-18 (This would start with "Blitz," and if "Brother's Keeper" is about Gold/Silver, than this seven-episode arc would likely be about the introduction of Gold/Silver. Furthermore, it'd cover all of Eddie's work on the show.)

Vol. 4: Title Here; Episodes 19-25 (Another seven-episode disc.)

Vol. 5: Title Here; Episodes 26-32 (Final DVD containing seven episodes, the season/series finale/700th and final episode, and the last of Judd Lynn's work.)

Simple math dictates that this is the most logical method for releasing PRRPM on DVD. 5+6+7+7+7=32 episodes, PROO used a 6+6+7+6+7=32 episode breakdown, and PRJF used a 6+6+7+7+6 episode breakdown.

If I had to take a guess at release dates, 07/07/09 is a Tuesday, so I'd say that Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 could be released on Wednesday 09/09/09, and Vol. 4 and Vol. 5 could be released on 11/11/09, which would also be a Wednesday. The other method Disney could use would be to release discs once a month, in other words Vol. 1 would be released on 07/07/09, Vol. 2 on 08/04/09 or 08/11/08, Vol. 3 on 09/09/09, Vol. 4 on 10/07/09, and Vol. 5 on 11/11/09 which would allow Disney to release the entire series before Black Friday. Regardless, I think we'll see the whole series on DVD, I just think that it's a matter of when, and whether or not people actually buy the discs this time around. Given the number of people placing pre-orders though, I think we're already better off than we were with PRJF.

[overdrivepink20]

^-Cyrax9-nice explanation. so there isn't a team up? darn i was so hoping. oh well i guess i can just watch go-onger vs gekiranger on youtube or something. i heard that they might be remaking shinkenger for 2010. at least that's what i saw from a website that covers RPM. i'll just get voulme one and the dvd containing silver and gold.

[Cyrax9]

Thank you overdrivepink; I'm glad that my previous post was helpful. :) There's no team-up this year, at least from what I read in the transcripts from interviews with Eddie Guzelian. As far as Judd Lynn goes, well he came in at episode #19 and has been credited since episode #7. This either means that A) Disney came up with some sort of co-crediting for work that Judd/Chip Lynn never did, or B) production of RPM was so backed up that they were filming episode #19 while episode #7 was still in post-production. If I had to take a guess, I'd say option "B" above is the more likely scenario as production and post-production usually overlap and RPM was supposedly running a bit behind schedule, which may explain the March premiere date. Don't forget, Disney's official position last year was that "Jungle Fury is the last season," and the only reason that they did RPM was because of overseas contracts and the fact that Bandai had already begun producing the toy line. In other words, it was "too expensive" for them to cancel the show prior to RPM.

As much as I'd like to see a Shinkenger adaptation, (Bandai was the source of the whole "season 18 is go" press release,) I wouldn't get my hopes up. Disney has been fairly stubborn when it comes to listening to fan protests (NBC and CBS have historically been more flexible,) to save a particular show, and Disney really didn't want to do RPM to begin with. In fact, if you look over at LinearRanger's site, Disney didn't want to be involved with PR at all; the Wild Force season finale, The End of the Power Rangers was really supposed to be The End of the Power Rangers, and the show had been considered canceled once that episode was finished. Basically Doug Sloan and Ann Austen (A.K.A. Ann Knapp) were already working at Disney, and when they heard that one of their first shows was being canceled, they offered to take over production until a new staff could be found, and to commit to drastic budget reductions. For all of the criticism they take, Doug and Ann really did "save" Power Rangers.

Finally, the introduction of Gold and Silver in RPM may not happen until late in the series. Eddie said that nothing with Gold and Silver was done on his watch, which pretty much goes up to Episode #18. However, if Eddie was referring to completed episodes, then Gold and Silver could be introduced in three weeks if Brother's Keeper is an accurate title, and if my above theory about Judd coming in while episode #19 was being filmed and #7 was in post-production is accurate. From the way things look, we will get a full season of RPM though as long as all of the discs sell, Vol. 1 is five episodes, Vol. 2 will likely be six episodes, and Vol. 3-5 will likely be seven episodes each. I'm really hoping Vol. 2 is announced soon; I had some Satellite problems for a few weeks, so my homemade recordings aren't as good as they usually are, and I like to buy the official DVDs when they come out because I don't like "dancing logos" on my screen. Granted, the logos for ABC Kids are far less obnoxious than the ones for Jetix. ;)

[overdrivepink20]

^-again very resourceful Cyrax9 and you are quite welcome. would you know by any chance what the episodes 'embodied' and 'ghosts' is all about? most people are thinking that it might have something to do with past rangers. I'm surpised that disney didn't want to do power rangers. i mean it's now a huge hit with the older audience. I am most definetly getting vol 1 and quite possibly the one with gold and silver.

[Super Jeff]

Cool info, I really do hope that if it the last season then it ends with a bang. I am hoping for a complete release for RPM, becuase I was planning on buying Jungle Fury when all 5 volumes came out, but I guess that is never going to happen, man Germany and the UK are lucky.

[overdrivepink20]

yeah they are lucky. and do hope that rpm ends with a bang as well.

[Me-Hostage]

Volume 2: Race for Corinth - Set for release on September 8th!

[overdrivepink20]

Wow. It's nice to see that they didn't waste little time on getting volume two up. I'm guessing that volume three would be next year.