January 01.2024

Happy New Year Welcome to 2024! We hope everyone had a good and safe transition from 2023 into the new year! The new webserver appears to be running well. I was happy to confirm that the weekly\monthly\annual backups ran over the weekend and that they rsynced to remote storage. There's nothing like setting up a schedule and then waiting the week to see it play out, but doing this all at the end of the year paid off. Insert a happy Walter Hartford here.. This update took about two and half hours to prep and post and I hit a few rabbit holes, which is usually the case, along the way. Luckily I left myself some "to do" items after post in December, which helped get going. The next list is a little more involved as it includes remembering the approach to organization on everything (lists, categories, naming conventions, etc.) which may be a time sink to get back into. We'll see how it goes! 3D Ranger Interceptor Model Blu-Ray boxed set I picked up the LYPstudios printable Ranger Interceptor and it's a nicely done piece of artwork. I may post some pictures in an upcoming update for comparison of my version and LYP's. There are a couple of artistic choices, and ones that were done very well, that separate it from the source artwork however it is a nice model. I haven't used Blender in almost a year so it's been a bit of relearning the program interface while fiddling with the model. I'm hoping to get my 3D printer running again to print off a new model. Blu-Ray Release Back in September last year Maria, a friend of the site and a huge Galaxy Rangers fan posted that after she had been in contact with series artist Ken Landgraf over the summer, he let her know about an upcoming project out of Germany: a Blu-Ray release that included some new booklet material featuring his artwork, as well as the box cover art! This was very exciting news and you can see more on the box set here. Currently the average price appears to be around $70 USD. TV Stations We added some international stations to the Syndication Listings page (thanks to Maria for that information)!

Artwork AI Generated Items Shane, is that you? I can't remember where\why I found this, but here is an AI generated image of Niko (presumably a much younger Niko). That got me thinking about it and I started playing around with a prompt which led to the picture on the right, a Shane Gooseman-esque. It was interesting and I may dabble more in the future, but not now. Mike Collins Mike Collins, comic book artist who worked on the UK Galaxy Rangers comic book, posted an image for a Throwback Thursday post and it was of a panel for the comic which never made it to production. You can see that here. You can read a little more on Mike's back ground [here at the Comic Vine] website. Mastershizake Mastershizake posted a great picture featuring The Women of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers over on DeviantArt. After checking out some of the work by Mastershizake, I have a suspicion that Ken would enjoy the artwork as well. Additional perk of that image post was the information below it and a link that stood out amongst the rest of familiar links, which led to the realization that I don't have single pages for any of the Supertroopers (with the exception of Goose). After taking a look at the original site, I realized I had all of the Supertroopers on one page with the intention of splitting them out... and I never did (Brainchild, Jackhammer, etc.). It might be time for a re-watch of Galaxy Stranger and Supertroopers to fix that (and maybe do Episode Reviews as well). Videos If you don't know the back story on the Series 5 Implants, check out this YouTube post by Retro Toons Rewind Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy ContinueDismiss

Creator Updates John Van Tongeren Back in September, JVT surprised us with a redux version of the "No Guts, No Glory" theme song. The original (further down) was written and composed by Phil Galdston and John Van Tongeren, and performed by Van Tongeren under the stage name Johnny Vancouver Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy ContinueDismiss Redux Reading through the comments on a couple of the videos, we find out that that there is only one verse to the song: Since it was written expressly as a theme song, we only needed one verse. Unfortunately we never wrote more verse lyrics. Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy ContinueDismiss Original Chris Overland Chris Overland (photo uncredited) FM is responsible for one of my favorite Galaxy Rangers songs (one that as a guitar player myself, I have a tendency to play now and then), "Rangers are Forever". Chris Overland, who founded the British band FM with his brother Steve, passed away back in August 2023 on the 24th. Chris was the lead guitarist for the group and played with them up to 1990 before leaving the group. You can hear Chris, Steve and the rest of FM in this 1990 recording of them live at The Town and Country: Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy ContinueDismiss FM - Live at the Town and Country Club Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy ContinueDismiss FM - Rangers are Forever