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Originally Posted by Maligore
Saban was too cheap to do more original footage to make it work.
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while Saban is traditionally cheap they definitely weren't cheap back then. Seasons 2 and 3 had the most original footage of the whole Saban-era and perhaps even in all of the series as a whole. Zeo also had a lot of original footage.
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Originally Posted by Goldar's Revenge
They weren't going to be able to alter the footage like that. Might as well do All American action scenes. And that obviousky wasn't going to happen. Not even season 2 and 3 tottally got rid of Sentai. If Bilky was a Ranger he would have replaced one of the guys. But the decision was made to make him more of a supporting player for whatever reason. The limited suits effected that of course.
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exactly. With Season 2 we still had monsters in Dairanger footage, some White Ranger scenes were Dairanger scenes and of course Zedd's Growth Potion, the zords, the Tigerzord Cockpit and Saba. The Power Cannon came from Dairanger but it never had Dairanger footage.
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Originally Posted by Maligore
If Saban wanted to spend money he could. Especially back then coming out of MMPR.
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exactly it was a choice the production team made in order to work with the footage that Toei provided for them.
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Originally Posted by Goldar's Revenge
And how would they pull off spending that kind of money? The whole idea was to use the Sentai Footage to cheaply produce a show that could sell toys. MMPR ended up using a lot of originaL footage since the fad was huge. The fad was already dying down by Zeo. Zeo was meant to try to rekindle interest in the brand with a cheaper budget. If they spent the kind of money you are talking about then PR would have been doomed. Since Zeo was considered a failure commercially. As much of a fan favorite season it is.
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exactly Saban using Sentai to make Power Rangers was always a way to make a show on the cheap.