Yeah, I just had to move my whole account over to Imgr. Photobucket wanted $400 a year for 3rd party hosting now. I almost had a stroke! I've always had an account with them, so this was completely out of left field. I fixed it. It's all good.

Reply to post #76 (show post):
Glad I said something. He's adorable. I sent you a DM, too.

Sent my box this morning.

My box arrived today from Capri! There were 2. I opened one while my husband opened the other. I got a box full of yummy snack food which, I'm going to admit, confused me. Lol. Then I looked over at my husband, who was just staring down into the one he opened. And he laughed and pushed it over to me. "You're gonna love this..."

So without further ado...







Man, am I over the moon. The Power Ranger trading cards alone made me squeal! I actually have a huge, 3 inch binder full of the PR action card game, so these will fit right in. I used to collect these trading cards when I was younger. These brought back such amazing memories! I even got holographics! And Power Coin pogs! What a blast from the past! Capri, you were right! I definitely appreciate them!

Power Ranger stickers! I almost bought some of these on eBay not long ago when I started bullet journaling. So this was amazing! And the PR Valentine's. So vintage I have no words. Yes, I am going to wear those party hat's. You can count on that.

The snack food. Wow. I have to up my game. Hahaha. I love that she wanted to share her home town with me. And it got here just in time. We're having friends over tomorrow night. Lol. I have a terrible sweet tooth. Before I got the Lap Band and lost so much weight, I was pre-diabetic. Sugar is my kryptonite. I swear. This stuff may be the death of me. But I will die happy. Bahahaha.

The books will be enjoyed by not only me but my husband. He enjoys Stephen King type books, so he's already eyeing the Saul books. And I love a good zombie novel. This box was amazing! Amaze-balls.

Aaaaand....as I wrote this, Bryan hands me this....





I have work to do putting all the new cards away!

P.S. And I got Goku too! I love him so much! You knocked this out of the park, Book Blerb!!!

Reply to post #80 (show post):
This is so good to hear. And that box is amazing. I was hoping you'd get a great box since yours to me was so amazing. (You make me feel like I need to up /my/ game, Mallory!)

I was also hoping you'd get some good Power Rangers stuff since I am just adoring those comics - so much so that I ended up watching the show. (I... like the comics better. They tend to be more serious, less cheesy, and Rita's laughing makes me want to punch a wall. But I appreciate so much about this: yes, there was fighting, but overall, this is a pretty good show for children. They try to be inclusive, which was rarer back when this was first being put out, like when they sign, and a lot of this is about working together and being a good friend. I wasn't aware of all the positive messages this had, so I've decided to keep watching it. As a side note: it hits the right balance for me to work to - like read and write papers. Cheesy enough that I don't fully pay attention, but I need the distraction to slow my brain down a bit. Basically I have a lot of feels, some of them are conflicted, but overall I can see why this was so popular and continues to be: positive and robots? I'm all over that part. I also can't stop seeing Power Rangers merchandise and I notice it because you introduced me, first via talking about them and now via the actual comics and graphic novels.)

So, now that I wrote that brick of text that wasn't about this box - or these boxes - wow! All that food, all those books, all those games. So much fun. And I know you kinda needed the pick me up, so I'm glad you got this amazing box.

The show was a huge milestone for kids television back in the day. Saban was the first to do a hero show that was so inclusive. Girls, POC. It's why it took off so well. But yeah, it's super cheesy. It's something I enjoy watching for nostalgic value. The comics, however, are marketed directly at us kids that grew up on Mighty Morphin and still love it today. The stories are much more fleshed out and the characters are deeper. It's what Mighty Morphin could have been if it had been a bigger budget show.

I wish the crew had been nicer to David Host, but the cast loved him. So that's all that matters to me. With the exception of Austin St. John and Jason Frank not getting along, the whole cast was great friends. Tui Tran died in 2001, which is sad. But the others still run around cons together. I stalk them all.

Ah! Tastycakes! Those things are so dang good. That box is freaking awesome all around!

Reply to post #82 (show post):
What really amazes me is that it's not just the main cast: minor characters who are deaf, etc. And I agree completely about the comics, but you look at Beast Machines - a TV show aimed at adults - or the Transformers comics, and Transformers did the same thing: catered to the kids who had nostalgia. Did more adult, more complex things that went deeper, character wise and plot wise.

I'm not ready to talk anyone, even online, but I don't usually do that for my fandoms. I'm one of those who want to read the material, read analysis of it, and then be left alone: I don't really care about the actors, to be honest. I care about the thing. The thing and what it represents and means. I'm not the majority of fandom in that way, but, y'know...

And I'm enjoying the show for what it is. I still want to punch something when Rita laughs, and Alpha's Ay-yi-yis make me want to punch him* but overall, I like how positive this show is. I think if you take apart anything you can find flaws/ways they misrepresent, but this show at least seems to be focusing on people as people rather than color/race/sex, and I like /that./

Also, the bullies are white. Especially for a show that's progressive, in this time, that's important to me. If you look at Buffy's 'black dudes are bad' or Firefly's erasure of the Asian population, even so-called progressive shows nowadays can have really bad track records and relocate PoC as the bullies. Both here appear to be white, and it's a small thing that adds into the way they treat, well, everyone in this show.

Yeah, Power Rangers. I though it was just mindless, and probably not the best thing to show your kids. But really it's not as bad as I'd thought and probably a really great thing to show your kids. Positive messages, representation... and robots, of course. And I like that it's not all robots punching each other. II mean, sure, I'd watch it for an hour - or two or three, as Michael Bay proved to me - but I like when there's more to it - and the focus is equally on the personal issues, the Power Rangers helping normal kids with normal problems, as on the robots punching each other. (Sometimes it's more on those normal problems than the punching, and I think veers that way, in fact.)

So, I'm gonna bitch a little about the cheesiness. Not that I look down on people who like it. (Because some people do, and that's completely fine.) But I honestly have always leaned towards the less cheesy, deeper characterizations, etc. Not all the time, but usually. So the only real reason for me not loving this show is just personality conflict. (And if I'd seen the show as a kid, I'd probably love the hell out of it. I only didn't because I'm guessing my parents assumed it was too boyish for me, and even if they hadn't, there'd be too much violence for them to want me to watch it. They were really careful about that, especially when I was a kid.)

But, yeah, Power Rangers. I'd have never thought I'd be into Power Rangers and I am totally into the comics.

*You've failed if you've made me want to punch a robot. Do you know how super annoying they have to be to make me want to do that?

Jessica, yes, this box is awesome!!!

Grim, I agree. I have fandoms I don't venture outside the concept itself. Like a lot of comics. I don't really learn too much about the artists or the authors. Some shows I don't learn about the actors. But then I have my obsessions, and this series is one of them. But generally, only when Saban has owned it. When Disney owned it for a while, it wasn't all that great.

Reply to post #85 (show post):
See, I'm like the for almost nothing. Which is bizarre in that most people want background. I do like some books - art of mostly - and behind the scenes 'this is how we made things,' but not much. Gag reels and deleted scenes, though? Yes, please.

Oh, by the way, I know you liked the new movie, but would you suggest it? I'm thinking of tracking it down since it's not on Netflix, but I'm wondering if any of the original things that annoy me so much - y'know, the two things I keep mentioning - are in the new movie.

Reply to post #80 (show post):
I'm so happy you liked it! I was freaking out over what to put in it, and once I chose, I was worried that I should have picked better stuff. It's so easy to freak yourself out over these things. The Tasty Kakes and Herr's have always been a Philly thing and you could find them in parts of New Jersey and Delaware, but that was it. In the last year or two I've noticed they're starting to branch out to other states like Virginia and Maryland. I think it might have something to do with Wawa trying to take over the world, lol. Anyway, I enjoy sharing bits of my hometown with others--I try to encompass the "Brotherly Love" motto of my city. What better way to show love than with snack foods?! Anyway, I'm really glad you liked have fun with your cards and stickers, and I can't wait to hear how you and hubby like the books.

Reply to post #81 (show post):
The cheese is one of my favorite things about the show, lol! The comics look great though; I've added them to my wishlist.

Reply to post #88 (show post):
I had a 'cheese' phase and now not so much. Then again, ask me how many times I've watched the terribad Robots in Disguise show.

*silence. crickets chirping.*

Reply to post #87 (show post):
I still feel that, but everyone here has loved all their boxes, so I just trusted you because, well, everyone else has done great. The first time is the most nerve-wracking in my opinion.

That was above and beyond: a fantastic box. And there's really no wrong answer: we all appreciate the time and effort we spend on these boxes.

I'm so glad you joined us. You really did put together something amazing!