The temple which Ryan is often seen meditating or practicing karate in front of is a memorial in Angles Gate Park in San Pedro, on the southern edge of Los Angeles, which houses the Korean Peace Bell given by Korea to the city during the 1976 bicentennial.
Sarah Brown doesn't look back on her time on the show fondly - and for good reason: She'd met her ex-boyfriend, co-creator Shuki Levy, while on the series and during their relationship, he'd abused her. Brown also stated that Haim Saban and his wife Cheryl were complicit in the abuse.
Was adapted from three unrelated '80s Metal Hero Shows: Uchû keiji Shaider (1984), Jikû senshi Spilban (1986) and Chôjinki Metalder (1987).
The role of Ryan's wisecracking dog Jeb was played by Zeb, a Redbone Coonhound. Zeb's daughter sometimes filled in as Jeb's stunt double.
The show went through two different name changes, Psycon and Cybertron. In the Psycon pilot script, the main character was Adam Steele, who merged with the cyborg Psycon instead of transforming into it. The enemy was Grimlord, whose alter ego was Cyrus Ritker, who led a robot army known as Cyberdrones. Cyrus had a son called Percy who was Adam's martial arts rival. Adam's mentor and caretaker was a martial arts sensei called Tao. Adam was friends with Tao's daughter Mia and a young kid called Mouse MacKenzie. The Cybertron pilot starred Jason David Frank as Adam and drew its source footage from Super Machine Metalder. Adam was depicted as a solo hero going up against an army of robots known as Wardrones, led by Grimlord/Cyrus Rikter. Percy, Tao Chong, and Mia were also included. Doug Sloan played Tyler Steele in flashbacks. A pair of bumbling news reporters named Elmo, played by Jamie Kennedy, and Scuzzy, would've provided comic relief. Its theme song was based on Ron Wasserman's "Go Green/White Ranger Go" song in Power Rangers (1993). According to Frank on his reality web series "My Morphin Life", he was originally cast as Ryan Steele and Brad Hawkins was cast as Tommy the Green Ranger on Power Rangers. At the last minute producers decided to switch the actors' roles. Hawkins would later appear in Power Rangers: Zeo (1996).