VR Troopers

VR Troopers stood for Virtual Reality Troopers. It was another live-action super hero television series. This was ANOTHER Saban created tv series. It was similar to the Beetleborgs because this one too had 3 super-heros that would be transformed or as the term is something used; 'morphed' into fighting suits with super powers.

What I liked about this one over the Beetleborgs was that they had a dog; Jeb. The show had a similar concept to Power Rangers in that it was older super-heroes. I didn't like the Beetleborgs only because they were kids.

Unfortunately, Beetleborgs was chosen over VR Troopers due to ratings and the fact that there was more violence on the show. And because frankly, Saban was re-using the footage over and over again for many of their shows. The show only lasted two seasons before it was chosen over Beetleborgs. It did have high ratings, but as stated it used up pretty much all of the fight footage.

Basically if you didn't know this about ANY  of the three shows; Power Rangers, Beetleborgs and VR Troopers, the show used Japanese footage from a show they had over there, and was spliced with American footage.



Looking back at this show...I realize why parents had a hard time with this. Mostly it's about Karate, and kids can be quite violent when you get introduced to karate. When you don't know what you're doing with it. Karate is not about fighting and hurting others. Also looking back, these guys did NOT look like teenagers....Power Rangers HAD the martial arts in the show, but it wasn't as prominent as VR Troopers.