Z Putty Patrollers

Lord Zedd's series of Putty Patrollers (referred as "Z Putty Patrollers" by fanatics, though never distinguished from the previous year's model in actual show dialogue) are a much stronger, nearly invulnerable form of basic troops.

Background
Upon arriving on the Moon and taking over the palace, one of Zedd's first orders of business was to replace the "woefully inadequate" Putty Patrollers previously used with what he believed was a far enhanced breed. Created directly from Zedd's magic, these Putties were given life not by Finster's monster machine, but Zedd's own evil energies. These energies were infused directly into the Z emblem in their chest armor. The scope of this power was such that the Rangers, even having morphed, were unable to do any damage to the Putties in their first attack. Zedd's new army would surely have beaten the Rangers, if not for Jason Lee Scott's accidental discovery that striking the Z emblem disrupted their power and caused them to explode into pieces. Following this discovery, Zedd's Putties became, if anything, even less effective than Rita's, as it was theoretically possible to defeat a Putty with a single blow, rather than gradually beating them into submission over a protracted fight. Even when Zedd turned most of the Rangers into children during the episode "Rangers Back in Time", they could easily utilize this weakness by smashing a Z-Putty into it with a punch or kick, striking the Z emblem.

Despite this, Zedd seemed unconcerned, or simply lacked imagination, and made no attempt to overcome this weakness. The Putties were kept in use without any changes until the introduction of the Tenga Warriors.

They later appeared with Zedd and Rita at the Cimmerian Planet in the Power Rangers in Space: Revisited episode "From Out of Nowhere". They appear later as part of Zedd and Rita's army in the Vica Galaxy during "Countdown to Destruction".