Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987-1988) - Intro
Why Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange recommends it
Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange answerers link it when identifying half-remembered 1980s-90s shows about humans in power armor fighting machines.
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What it is
A 1 minute 32 second clip of the opening title sequence from the 1987-1988 live-action sci-fi TV series Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, uploaded by the Media Graveyard channel. It shows the show's armored heroes, robot enemies and early CGI effects.
What people said
Cites MGOwen · 2011-05 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “1990s sci-fi series where humans in armed suits fight robots”
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future [LINK] (You should have mentioned seizure-inducing special effects, I could have guessed it sooner) Intro Video:
Cites skyjack · 2022-07 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “80s/90s live-action TV show with flying suits”
You provide very little detail so it's hard to be certain but what you describe could feasibly be Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future [LINK] . It was live action featured suits in line with what you describe and yes, there was a tie-in line of toys. Also your timeframe is a good match.
Cites Baronet_Canid · 2023-01 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Live-action '80s-'90s movie involving two factions of people who fought one another in mech-type suits”
That could be Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future [LINK] . It was a live action tv series where the heroes had exo squad style power armor they used to fight machines bent on "digitizing" (some kind of painful upload process) all humans. It was post apocalyptic in that the machines had won the "metal wars", and captain power and his squad were insurgents fighting on a ruined earth. The enemy faction consisted of a winged robot with a beak, a tank-like robot, infinite robot grunts, and a human who betrayed earth for a leadership position in the robot faction. It was also available on VHS, probably because it had a light gun game that worked with the tv series, so they wanted people t