History Toys / PowerRangers

** The early action figures, comics, and promo material showed the Rangers wearing costumes with their respective dinosaur emblems on their chests. This never happened at any point outside of ''[[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie]]''. Also, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbwhsKbl2HY early toy commercials]] show the Rangers (in toy form anyway) on a misty, rocky alien planet.

* CoolGuns:
** Virtually every season gives the Rangers a sidearm that becomes one of the main early roleplay toys.
** Most, but not all, Sixth Rangers from ''In Space'' onwards had one of these as their primary weapon.
** ''Mighty Morphin'''s Power Axe could transform into a gun mode, typically used when combining all the weapons to form the Power Blaster. Season 2 included the Power Cannon, a massive cannon (borrowed from ''Dairanger'') that shot balls colored like the Rangers.
** ''Zeo'' had the Zeo Cannon, which was modeled after the Red Battlezord and included five "Power Cells" modeled after the shapes on the Rangers' helmets.
** ''Dino Thunder'' Red Ranger's standalone Tyranno Staff had a toy-exclusive gun mode that could be made by folding up the staff.
** Being a season with a police theme, ''SPD'' featured many, many different kinds of roleplay gun toys, including a robot dog that could turn into a gun!
** ''Super Megaforce'' included not just the standard sidearm, but also the Super Mega Cannon. Much like the Zeo Cannon, this was modeled after a Zord (the Red Ranger's Skyship) and was powered by inserting trinkets modeled after the Rangers (this time Ranger Keys) on the top of the weapon.
** While some previous seasons gave the SixthRanger a gun that doubled as a morpher, ''Dino Charge'' took the concept up to eleven by having this as the default morpher for ''all'' the Rangers! As a result, the gun toy was one of the most popular toys of that line. There was also one during ''Super Charge'' made to go with the Red Ranger's SuperMode and a variant based on Xenowing's morpher.
** ''Beast Morphers'' included the US-exclusive Cheetah Beast Blaster, which the Red Ranger called upon in-show when it was time to finish off the giant monster.
** ''Dino Fury'' only had the Mosa Blaster, the Gold Ranger's sidearm/morpher, which was released near the tail end of the line.

** ''Beast Morphers'' included the Cheetah Blade and while it did appear in the show, it was only used in a couple episodes. The mask set also included two minature Cheetah Daggers.

** ''Ninja Steel'' had the [[JustForPun Stegosawrus]], Tigercannon, and Gorilla Blast Zords, though only the first two could attach to the Megazord, and none of them could transform.

** While all the other Rangers from that season had their toys released, the ''In Space'' Red Ranger's signature weapon, the Spiral Saber, was missing from the toyline. There was a listing solisited, but for whatever reason it was cancelled.

*** Female Rangers no longer have BoobsOfSteel.

* SensualSpandex: In addition to the HeroicBuild for the males and BoobsOfSteel for the females, the Bandai molds also have the costumes be impossibly form fitted, essentially painted on and showing off the characters' muscles or physiques. Once Hasbro got the license, the figures became far more realistic in that there were no longer visible six-packs on display.

* OffModel:
** As has been stated multiple times on this page, the male Rangers tended to have large, muscular chests even when the Ranger in question had a lean and athletic build.
** Many Rangers have had misshapen helmets. Some would have the visor too squished, others would lack outlines, while others would be missing details. This has even happened in the higher-priced lines.
** The vast majority of the figures, including the ''Legacy'' and ''Lightning Collection'' lines, lack the black lining around the soles of the Rangers' feet. Oddly enough, many of the Basic Figures from Hasbro ''do'' include the detail.
** In regards to the original ''Mighty Morphin'' lines:
*** All of them in the first few years had a ChestInsignia of their Power Coin symbol, which wasn't the case in the show. The White Ranger toys also sometimes gave him gold diamonds underneath his armor to make him look more like the ''Zyuranger'' suits.
*** Aside from the really high-end figures/statues, like the ones by Threezero, none of the figures include the black piping on the belts.
*** In the show, the Black Ranger's Power Ax has a black circle with a gold Mastadon emblem inside. Virtually every figure that includes a painted version of the weapon either has the emblem fully gold or fully silver, but never actually how it looks on the show.
*** The original Blade Blaster toy repainted all the white parts black and added "Power Rangers" to the side in place of "Zyurangers."
*** Bandai released a playset known as the "Power Dome," which was ostensibly based on the Command Center in Seasons 1-3. However, aside from having a circular control console, the Viewing Globe, and Zordon's tube, the rest of the set looked absolutely nothing like the Command Center.
*** All of the remade combiner versions of the original Megazord have pegs on the Tyrannosaurus' knees to connect to the legs, which means that when the Megazord is formed, the knees are shown on the legs, rather than inside the Saber-Toothed Tiger and Triceratops toys.
*** The Ranger toys for the first movie included toys of the Power Coins for use in the regular Power Morpher, but they were colored in each Ranger's respective color rather than the gold they were in the movie/show.
*** The UsefulNotes/McDonalds Happy Meal toys of the Movie Rangers emulated the armored look of the movie Rangers, but were painted similarly to the show Rangers. They lacked the stripe on their boots, still had the side diamonds on their chest (the Movie versions only had the center diamond) and despite coming with the Ninja Zords, all of the emblems were of their original Season 1-2 emblems. The Black Ranger also had a silver visor, for some reason, while the Pink Ranger has her entire helmet filled in (instead of being mostly white with the pink Pterodactyl surrounding the visor).
** The ''Mighty Morphin'' through ''Turbo'' toylines used the same mold for the female Rangers as they did the male Rangers.
** The initial wave of ''Lost Galaxy'' figures reused voice samples from the ''In Space'' figures, including the soundbite "Let's Rocket!," which was the morphing call for the Space Rangers.
** ''Mystic Force'' Mystic Sound Blue Ranger's toy had the same butterfly symbol on her chest armor as Pink does, rather than the dolphin fin her visor has.
** The 2010 ''Mighty Morphin'' line had the Rangers in more stylized proportions, with large hands and small heads.
** The Samurai Megazord toy could not fold up into their respective origami modes, which caused this when forming the Samurai Gigazord.
** The Bike Figures from ''Megaforce'' until ''Ninja Steel'' included less and less paint as the line went on. ''Dino Charge'' and ''Ninja Steel'' infamously refused to paint anything on the actual Ranger toy except for the visor.
** ''Ninja Steel'' had the Ninja Blaster, which was much sharper than the in-show version. The auxiliary Zords were also packaged with repaints of the other Ninja Steel Zords, which not only never appeared in the show itself, but were also missing pieces from their individual modes (most notably the Dragon's wings and tail).
** The original ''Legacy'' releases of the five ''Mighty Morphin'' Rangers gave four of the five (only Red was spared) silver belts instead of white. This was fixed in the Metallic Armor variants.
** Zeo Gold Ranger's ''Legacy'' figure was infamous for his armor not actually being painted gold.
** The Power Stars in the ''Ninja Steel'' line did not resemble the show versions in the slightest, being thin plastic with cheap foam for the blades and could not be used as helmets for the Megazord.
** Hasbro's ''Lightning Collection'':
*** In general, there has been a consistent problem where the shade of paint used for a Ranger's body is different than the shade used for their arms and legs. This tends to happen most often with various Red Rangers. The ''Dino Charge'' Rangers are a partial exception, as their arms canonically have a darker shade than the body of the suit.
*** The original release for ''Mighty Morphin'' Red featured a significant number of missing paint applications and had a very small visor. Every time an ''MMPR'' Red Ranger toy would be released afterward, the first thing people would ask is if they can take the helmet off and put on their ''Lightning Collection'' figure. Much like the ''Legacy'' line, the Metallic Armor version mostly fixed the visor.
*** The first release of ''Dino Thunder'' White lacked any black paint or the red eyes on the helmet as well as having a very small visor, angering a lot of people. Hasbro eventually released a replacement helmet which reworked the proportions and included missing paint.
*** All of the Zeo Rangers include the extended baton sword weapon, but not the closed version. Therefore, a holstered baton would have this effect.
*** Time Force Red's arrow chest emblem is much thinner than the actual suit.
*** A-Squad Pink's figure used the Red ''In Space'' Ranger's helmet as a base instead of the Pink Ranger's. Similarly, Blue has a white outline on his visor (like the Space Rangers the suit was based on) instead of silver (which they had in ''SPD'').
*** Speaking of which, the SPD Rangers themselves have been very inconsistent regarding the outlines of their visors. Blue's is correct, but Pink only has a partial outline while Red doesn't have one at all. Their morphers have also been inconsistent. Of the six main SPD Rangers, only two of them have accurate morphers.
*** Dino Charge Gold has a gold neck rather than a white one.
*** Weapons/accessories in general can be hit or miss from figure to figure. Time Force Red's swords did not have painted hilts, while the Dino Charge Rangers only had black paint on one side of their morphers. Both the Dino Charge and Mighty Morphin Rangers also have inconsistent belt buckles, either with inverted colors in some figures for the former and what words are in the red circle for the latter.
** Both ''Dino Fury'' Blue and Gold's Basic Figures have paint mistakes during their first run. Blue has missing blue paint from the top of his helemt, while Gold has a gold outline on his chest zigzag design rather than silver. Gold also has a standard morpher on his left wrist, due to re-using the mold of the other male Rangers, when the version in the show uses his main weapon as his Morpher.

* MixAndMatch:
** Once the franchise started embracing fleets of auxiliary Zords, any Zord from that season could be interchanged with another equivalent one of that season.
** From the 2010 ''Mighty Morphin'' line until ''Ninja Steel'', all of the Deluxe Zords incorporated the Zord Builder port system, allowing one to attach any Zord from one line to another counterpart Zord from a different season.[[note]]For example, you could have the ''Samurai'' Lion Zord with arms from ''Dino Charge'' and ''Super Megaforce'' and legs from ''Ninja Steel'' and ''Mighty Morphin''[[/note]]
** The 2010 ''Mighty Morphin'' line had a Mix-and-Morph line which allowed one to disassemble the head, arms, and legs from any miniature Ranger or Megazord and combine them with each other. The line (which was based on the similar "Alien Creation" line from the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' toyline) included Rangers and Megazords from ''Mighty Morphin'', ''Mystic Force'', ''Operation Overdrive'', ''Jungle Fury'', and ''RPM''.
** ''Dino Charge'' included a line called "Mixx-N-Morph," which allowed you to completely disassemble the figures and combine them in whatever way one desired. These not only included the Rangers for that season, but also the Dino Charge Megazord and several past Rangers and Zords from ''Mighty Morphin''[[note]]Both the show and the first movie[[/note]], ''Samurai'', and ''Super Megaforce''.
** ''Dino Charge'' also included the ability to split apart the bike toys and mix them with each other.
** For ''Dino Fury'', the entire combination system for the Deluxe Zords allows you to disassemble the non-Red Zords and attach them to the T-Rex Champion Zord in any way one wishes.

*** There was one based on ''Series/CobraKai'', featuring Daniel, Samantha, and a Skeleputty. The former two reused the molds from the Ninjetti Ranger line.

** While Zoey and Avatar!Roxy from ''Beast Morphers'' received Basic Figures, they are the only ones from that season not to have ''Lightning Collection'' counterparts. Roxy's Season 2 form (called "Cybervillain Robo Roxy") also never received even a Basic Figure.

** The Lion Thunderzord from the Season 2 line was originally belonged to the Green Ranger in ''Dairanger''. When moved to the American toyline, the green parts (except the center dome) were painted black and the silver stickers were turned gold instead. Similarly, the Phoenix Thunderzord's stickers had its pink stripes changed to red. Bandai's ''Legacy'' and Hasbro's Retro VHS Package releases revert the changes.

** Most of the ''Mighty Morphin'' Zords had all the Sentai-specific stickers removed and replaced with the lightning bolt from the show's logo. The Thunder Megazord also painted the Lion Thunderzord's green parts black and silver parts gold.

** In one of the earliest ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' toy commercials, Zordon called for the Rangers to morph by saying, "It's Transforming Time!"

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Once Saban regained control of the franchise, Bandai started to emphasize this with their special Comic-Con exclusive figures and repaints. The ''Legacy'' line positively adored this trope, as various exclusives would include special accessories,[[note]]Such as Drakkon's throne or the combined Power Blaster[[/note]] special paint jobs,[[note]]Usually either translucent plastic or black & gold color schemes[[/note]] or collect multiple connected figures together.[[note]]Such as a set of ''Legacy'' Silver-striped ''Mighty Morphin'' Green, ''Mighty Morphin'' White, and ''Zeo'' Red based on the ''Dino Thunder'' episode ''Fighting Spirit''[[/note]] Some items, such as Psycho Green & Silver and the Gold Ranger's Zeonizer, were never sold in regular shops. Hasbro would continue the tradition with their themed ''Lightning Collection'' sets (the first being both ''Mighty Morphin'' Red and ''Zeo'' Gold with two different Jason heads), but those figures would eventually be made available in general stores afterwards.