[TokuKnight89]

Always heard the "Saban finds Sentai while flipping channels in a Japanese Hotel Room" story, and how he wanted to port it over for years before he eventually succeeded in making a deal with Toei. Nothing new there.

What is shocking is how close he may have gotten back in the '80s or early '90s, cause there apparently is an all-but-lost "Bio-Man" Version! Many of the names are similar to the inevitable Mighty Morphin' characters, and there's also a mock-up of Peebo in new footage.

https://morphinlegacy.com/power-rang...rs-multiverse/

I already knew that the editors snuck in some Bioman footage on the Viewscreen in the original Pre-Thuy Trang Pilot, indicating that Bioman was probably the original intent and may very well have been what Saban originally saw.

https://sirstack.db-destiny.net/morphylogeny/100.htm

What I didn't realize is that original footage with hired actors got as far as it did (even if the theoretical pilot wasn't picked up).

Wouldn't mind learning a little more about the lost "Bio-Man".