[806mtson]

I don't feel the need to quote all of the previous comments on this, but I would classify Power Rangers as it's own series. I don't even LIKE it, but the logic of saying that Power Rangers is "just a 'best of Super Sentai' with dubs" would make Anime Dubs not real series because they are just a best of that Anime, just dubbed over. It's totally just the argument between those who watch Dubbed Anime vs Anime with Subtitles. Sometimes, people who prefer to watch Anime with Subtitles will get on their high horses saying that "I am a purist. I watch Anime with the Subtitles".

Heavy Super Sentai Purists who think that only Super Sentai is valid and that Power Rangers isn't as good are pretty much like those who so proudly assert their dominance, saying that "I only watch Subs of Anime". Subs or Dubs. Super Sentai or Power Rangers.

Asserting that one is objectively better and that one is objectively worse is a problematic view-point at best considering that, especially when manipulated to include more cultural contextual things like Power Ranger does to adapt Super Sentai is probably the way that many people get into Super Sentai.

Even though I may prefer watching Super Sentai, I still think that the opinions of those who prefer Power Rangers are still valid. I mean, some people who tend to prefer Super Sentai still prefer Power Rangers RPM vs its original source material Engine Sentai Go-Onger. Power Rangers is an adaptation. "Big Bad Beetleborgs" was an adaptation of the Metal Hero series. Adapting foreign source material into a new form more culturally relevant for people in the country for which the adaptation is being made for has happened all the time.

"West Side Story" was basically an adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet". "The Lion King" was heavily inspired by both African myths AND by "Hamlet".

I prefer Super Sentai, but if someone else like Power Rangers, I don't care. It's just our opinions. The only time when I would say that Super Sentai is superior to Power Rangers is in the Modern Toys. Forcing in the whole "Zord Builder" functionality really was to the detriment of making good figures and felt too forced.