Bandai America Incorporated Rolls Out the Red Carpet and Announces Winners in “The Power Rangers Power Up Video Challenge”

After receiving numerous Morph-tastic entries from around the country, Bandai America announces Jason from Covina, California and Jacob from Hamilton, Indiana are the winners of “The Power Rangers Power Up Video Challenge” mini-movie and storyboard contest. Collectively, the first place winners will receive $11,000 in cash prizes with $10,000 being awarded to Jason for his winning mini-movie entry titled “The Power Rangers Redemption” and $1,000 being awarded to Jacob for his winning storyboard entry. The runners-up for each category listed below are recipients of a generous Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy prize pack.

Mini-movie Winners:

1^st place: Jason from Covina, California for Video 4 – “The Power Rangers Redemption”

Runners-up: Drake from Vestal, New York for Video 2 – “Calling All Rangers”

Matthew from Sherman Oaks, California for Video 5 – “Power Rangers Victory”

Storyboard Winners:

1^st place: Jacob from Hamilton, Indiana for Storyboard 2

Runner-up: Alex from Holland, Michigan for Storyboard 1

To celebrate the refreshed Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy line, aligned with the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series that premiered January 2, 2010 on ABC Kids, Bandai America sponsored “The Power Rangers Power Up Video Challenge.” Between October 1 and December 15, 2009, contestants were encouraged to view a Power Rangers cliffhanger video online or at one of more than 2,000 movie theatres in the United States and then submit their own unique ending in a mini-movie or storyboard to http://www.bandai.com/powerrangers/videochallenge.

The Morphin-good finalists were narrowed down by an elite panel of expert judges with a breadth of experience in the toy and entertainment industries including:

• Sean Phillips, Executive Producer of Yahoo! Movies
• Mike Crawford, Toy Collector and Owner of MWC Toys
• John Andrews, Executive Producer and Creative Director at ka-chew!
• Paulie Schrier, former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers actor and director

The judges chose their top five entries in each of the mini-movie and storyboard categories. Those top five choices were then voted on by the public to select the winners.

Please visit “The Power Rangers Power Up Video Challenge” website to view all the winning entries and see if you agree with the judges’ picks and comments! Congratulations to all of our winners!