Original comic post date: September 7, 2014

Another Big Shot comic because I only learned of this myself recently. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was the first of the U.S. 'tokusatsu' shows Saban made using Japanese footage with American in the 90s, but V.R. Troopers was the second.

However, whereas Mighty Morphin Power Rangers generally borrowed primarily from one show each season (Zyuranger, Dairanger, Kakuranger), V.R. Troopers borrowed from two at the same time in both of its seasons.

Choujinki Metalder, Jikuu Senshi Spielban, and in season two, Space Sheriff Shaider were the shows used from. It made the show a bit of a mess to follow with all the stock footage and how they kept coming up with ways to keep the three characters from working together a lot of the times in big fights.
The show ended in fact due to Saban running out of footage to use from those Japanese shows, hence never giving the series an ending.
The same thing happened to Big, Bad Beetleborgs/Beetleborgs Metallix.

So anyway, Happy 20th, V.R. Troopers. You may not be as well remembered as Power Rangers, but you were there in the 90s during the whole 'using Japanese action shows with reshot American footage' era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5wvWuGBLMA