{"id":42913,"date":"2024-10-09T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T04:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=42913"},"modified":"2024-09-14T13:35:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T17:35:04","slug":"the-bones-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/10\/the-bones-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The bones of history"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Power Rangers X Cobra Kai<\/i> Skeleputty<\/a> may not have had any specific story connected with him, but that's not to say he doesn't have any history.<\/p>\n

In the second episode of the series, the Rangers fought a monster named Bones (or \"Dora Skelton\" in Japanese). Rather than the usual Putty Patrollers, he had his own unique minions. They were called Skeleton Warriors in Zyuranger<\/i>, and basically dressed like the bullies in Karate Kid<\/i>: skintight black suits with white bones on them. They had skull masks, rather than normal Putty faces like this one, but it's definitely a similar look.<\/p>\n

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A more direct parallel can be found in Season 2's \"Zedd's Monster Mash.\" Per Henshin Grid<\/a>, that episode featured the White Ranger<\/a> being forced to re-fight some of the fiercest monsters by himself in monster hell. In addition to resurrected threats like Pumpkin Rapper<\/a>, a deleted scene would also have seen Tommy being menaced by a very familiar looking group of cannon-fodder:<\/p>\n

\"Z-Putties<\/p>\n

These Putties wore black jumpsuits with white bones, but also had the standard Putty faces. They're not identical to the Skeleputty toy, because (being created by Lord Zedd<\/a>) they also had the Z vests and kneepads.<\/p>\n

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Still, that means the figure in today's review is almost<\/b> a real thing from the show, and thus has more value than simply being an interesting toy design.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>