This goes way back to the day when Voltron was still the shiznittityshit, and Nickelodeon ran movies on the weekends.
There was a live action movie about a group of young Japanese adults who, with the help of their Digital Watches, would gain super powers to fight off evil alien hoards. And when that became too difficult, would jump into their three big machines that would combine to form one giant robot to combat evil.
Aside from the digital watches being the source of their power, the only other thing I really remember is that the Evil Prince had something like nine tails, and everytime he got into a fight with the Red hero, he would get one cut off, then scream “You cut off my (second/third) favorite tail!”
Anyone able to help me out here? OR direct me towards other like shows…it was long before the Power Rangers came out.
Quck response, but alas, this is not it. Again, it was a team of five (four guys, one girl) who wear the traditional rainbow assortment of colors to fight evil, then form a rather colorful Voltron looking robot to kill giant aliens.
Plus, it was a two hour movie, but I don’t know if it was ever an full on series.
I think USA’s Night Flight took chunks of this and overdubbed it a la What’s Up Tiger Lily? (if it wasn’t this series then it was one just like it). Confused the hell out of me when Power Rangers debuted a decade or so later. I didn’t realize the extent to which the rainbow warrior outfits were used, re-used, modified and recycled.