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Revision as of 03:04, 6 January 2020
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The Power Morphicon is a biennial Power Rangers and tokusatsu-themed convention, which takes place at various convention halls in the state of California.
The first Power Rangers convention, took place in Los Angeles, in 2007. It celebrated fifteen years of Power Rangers on the air at the time, from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) to Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (2007). A second convention took place from August 27–29, 2010 in Los Angeles, celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the release of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995). A third convention took place August 17-19, 2012 in Los Angeles, this time they celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the release of Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997).
A fourth convention took place August 22-24, 2014, it celebrating twenty-one years of the franchise being on the air, from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) to Power Rangers Super Megaforce (2014) . It also made it the first time at Power Morphicon that actors from the Super Sentai franchise also attended. A fifth convention took place on August 12-14, 2016 and was in Pasadena, California. A sixth convention took place on August 17-19, 2018, this time in Anahiem, California. It celebrated twenty-five years of the franchise being on the air, from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) to Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel (2018). A seventh convention will take place on September 4-6, 2020, this time returning to Pasadena, California.
List of Guests
† denotes final possible appearance before death.
Power Rangers
Super Sentai
Guest | Power Morphicon | Power Morphicon 2 | Power Morphicon 3 | Power Morphicon 4 | Power Morphicon 5 | Power Morphicon 6 | Power Morphicon 7 |
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Yūta Mochizuki | |||||||
Seiju Umon | |||||||
Takumi Hashimoto | |||||||
Reiko Chiba | |||||||
Keiichi Wada | |||||||
Hisashi Sakai | |||||||
Teruaki Ogawa | |||||||
Tsutomu Kitagawa | |||||||
Yasuhiro Takeuchi |
Metal Hero/Kamen Rider
Guest | Power Morphicon | Power Morphicon 2 | Power Morphicon 3 | Power Morphicon 4 | Power Morphicon 5 | Power Morphicon 6 | Power Morphicon 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brad Hawkins | |||||||
Michael Bacon | |||||||
Aaron Pruner | |||||||
David Carr | |||||||
Candace Kita | |||||||
Ashton McArn | |||||||
Rheannon J. Slover | |||||||
Libby Letlow | |||||||
Matthew Bates | |||||||
Ken Merckx | |||||||
Herbie Baez | |||||||
Joe Hackett | |||||||
Elisabeth Z. Lund | |||||||
Marshal Hilton | |||||||
Michi Yamato | |||||||
Mark Musashi | |||||||
Stephen Lunsford | |||||||
Matt Mullins | |||||||
Scott Bailey | |||||||
Tony Sano | |||||||
Aria Alistar | |||||||
Kathy Christopherson | |||||||
Jeff Davis |
Other
Guest | Power Morphicon | Power Morphicon 2 | Power Morphicon 3 | Power Morphicon 4 | Power Morphicon 5 | Power Morphicon 6 | Power Morphicon 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie Reyes, Jr | |||||||
Adi Shankar | |||||||
Tsuyoshi Nonaka | |||||||
Shinji Nishikawa | |||||||
Sunny Seki |
Exclusives
Power Morphicon has its share of exclsuive Power Rangers items.
2010 exclusives
- Mighty Morphin Red Ranger
2012 Exclusives
- Samurai Red Ranger gold coin
- Samurai Red Ranger silver coin
- Power Rangers Samurai Shark Mode Red Ranger vs Purple Mooger
2014 Exclusives
- Super Megaforce Red Ranger coin
- Super Megaforce Titanium Ranger and Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger Keys
- Henshin Vault platinum Power Rangers Zordon coin
- 1994-2014 Rangers print (limited to 350 copies)
2016 Exclusives
- Power Rangers Movie Red Ranger coin
- Dino Charge Red Ranger coin
- Bandai's Legacy Collection Black and Gold Megazord action figure
- Henshin Vault platinum Power Rangers Ivan Ooze coin
- Dragonzord vs Godzilla print
- Dino Charge pin set with Ninja Steel logo
2018 Exclusives
- Bandai's Legacy Collection Lord Drakkon action figure
- Lord Drakkon throne (Legacy Collection scale)
- Bandai's S.H.Figuarts Mighty Morphin Red Ranger and Green Ranger figures
- Bandai's Soul of Chogokin GX-72B Megazord (Black Version)
- Black and Gold Megazord Funko Pop
- “Go Go Power Rangers – Redux” DropMix Promo Card
- Lord Drakkon coin
- Convention Shirts and Hoodies
- Pins
2020 Exclusives
- to be announced
Power Morphicon Express
At the conclusion of Power Morphicon VI, Scott Zillner and Jason David Frank announced that there would be a "mobile version" of the convention that would tour across the USA at various cities and towns so fans could have the Morphicon experience in their own home states. The first of these touring conventions took place in Pasadena, Texas in 2019.[1]
List of Guests
Guest | Pasadena, Texas (2019)[2] |
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Jason David Frank
[3]|| | |
Erin Cahill | |
Yūta Mochizuki | |
Reiko Chiba | |
Paul Schrier | |
Kyle Higgins | |
Shinji Nishikawa[4] | |
Jason Faunt | |
Steve Cardenas | |
Brennan Mejia | |
Nakia Burrise | |
Catherine Sutherland | |
Blake Foster |
See Also
- Japan World Heroes - Another biennial convention for tokusatsu organized by Scott Zillner, the same man who organizes Power Morphicon.
External Links
References
- ↑ https://comicbook.com/powerrangers/2018/08/21/power-rangers-jason-david-frank-power-morphicon-express/
- ↑ https://powermorphiconexpress.com/guests/
- ↑ http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2018/11/yuta-mochizuka-and-reiko-chiba-confirmed-for-power-morphicon-express/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/japanworldheroes/photos/a.1072914322827227/1991451830973467/?type=3&theater
Footnotes