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“Sit tight buddy, I’ll take care of this guy!”

Set to impress Angela with a pair of pearl earrings for their big date, Zack has no idea that Rita Repulsa has tricked him into taking the Pearls of Stillness! Spellbound to freeze everyone as soon as they’re worn, the Power Rangers as well as Zack’s date are stuck. Now it’s up to Zack & Tommy to face off against the Oysterizer on their own. And in a moment of need, the Green Ranger’s mighty shield can be passed to another. Wielding the Dragon Shield himself, the Black Ranger takes on the Oysterizer!

You may recall that this form was the basis of an SDCC 2014 S.H. Figuarts exclusive, which I reviewed way back when. 5 years on and we’re getting a brand new take on it with this Lightning Collection figure. The Dragon Shield Black Ranger (5 years ago known as the Armored Black Ranger) originates from the “Zyu2” era of Saban commissioned & Toei produced footage to flesh out the end of MMPR season 1. So this interesting form is exclusive to American aired footage and believe it or not, this unique power up is featured in less than 1 minute of actual screen time. That’s it! But once again we’ve been treated to a truly wonderful figure of this unique design. Armed with the Blade Blaster and Power Axe this figure will be a perfect addition to your already Mighty Morphin collection.

Check out over 60 morphinominal photos of the Dragon Shield Black Ranger after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. Next time we’re heading back to the world Oni with a fresh gallery from Kamen Rider Hibiki!

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As usual, it’s best to take this one with some degree of skepticism. Back in mid-August we got word of an upcoming wave of new Lightning Collection figures coming from Hasbro. While we’ve yet to physically see these releases taking shape, these figure’s coded listings in Walmart systems have certainly given us something to salivate over.

Now, Walmart is at it again. Thanks to frequent news breaker @PowerRangersTalk, we have information of several brand new and more obviously named listings in Walmarts computer systems:

– MMPR Yellow Ranger
– SPD Red Ranger
– Beast Morphers Blaze
– Zeo Ranger III Blue

Once again, we haven’t gotten official word of these releases, or in fact the previously discovered wave, from Hasbro just yet. But given the dearth of information on anything beyond what’s currently at retail, we’re banking on having more information and images of any upcoming releases in the near future.

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An interesting new bit of merchandise has surfaced based on the classic Super Sentai series Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan!

These figures are the beginning of a new Candy Toy series known as Shodo SUPER, a line of smaller toys very similar to the SHODO line for Kamen Rider. The 3 Sun Vulcan members are fully poseable and include a wide arsenal of weapons.

The Sun Vulcan Shodo SUPER line will be available via Premium Bandai beginning in February 2020! The price for this set of 3 is a modest 5500 Yen before shipping and handling.

Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this exciting new toyline! !

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Via our good friends at Tokullector, we have our first official images of the upcoming Super Minipla Sun Vulcan Robo as well as the Super Minipla Jaguar Vulcan!

These iconic machines from Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan were announced to be coming up in the Super Minipla line back in June. While August brought our first look at the actual designs for the minipla themselves. This is however our first official confirmation and reveal of the kits and WOW do they look astonishing. When pricing and release date info becomes available, we’ll update this thread.

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Premium Bandai has announced the next entry in the Complete Selection Modification line for Kamen Rider Fans!

The W Driver from Kamen Rider W is receiving a new release- officially labeled Version 1.5. This version of the W Driver can actually be REMOVED from the belt, fully copying the in-series design. All 6 of Kamen Rider W’s signature Gaia Memories are included with the release.

A special lottery event at THE HENSHIN promotional show in Japan will offer fans their first chance to own the CSM W Driver Version 1.5. Preorders will officially open at a later date- with an estimated release window of February 2020. The price is a modest 16500 Yen before shipping and handling.

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ACCESS FLASH!

Studio Trigger’s wildly successful SSSS.Gridman anime will finally be coming to North America thanks to some pre-order links that just went live on rightstuffanime.com

Standard and Limited editions will be available, the Limited Edition will come with an art book, art cards, key chain, and stickers. Japanese and English language options will be included along with English subtitles in addition to a special feature titled Behind the Gridman Alliance. Either way, both sets will see release on January 28, 2020.

You can follow the link here to pre-order the Limited Edtion, while the regular version can be purchased here.

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REJOICE!

With the timely reveal of Kamen Rider Geiz Majesty, this past weekend, preorders have now opened up for the accompanying DX Geiz Majesty Ride Watch, and with that, we now, of course, have release info to go along with it.

The DX Geiz Majesty Ride Watch will come bundled with either the DVD or Blu-Ray release of Kamen Rider Zi-O NEXT TIME: Geiz Majesty. The DVD version of the release will cost 11,000 while the Blu-Ray will cost 12,100 yen. Either way, both will ship sometime in April.

You can pre-order the Blu-Ray version of this release directly from P-Bandai here, while you can find the link for the DVD version here.

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IWAE!

For those of us just tuning in, Toei announced that the adventures of Kamen Rider Zi-O would be continuing thanks to a brand new V-Cinema project that’s forthcoming titled Kamen Rider Zi-O Next Time: Geiz Majesty. The initial trailer teased a new power-up for the freedom fighter of 2068 called Geiz Majesty and we now have our first look at this form thanks to a reveal from the toei_rider_ZIO official Twitter account late last night.

In addition to Geiz Majesty, another surprise comes from a new Another Rider: Another Diend joining the fight!

The story context for these two still remains to be seen, but if you wish to join in on the speculation be sure to hit the forums after the Rising Jump.

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“A jump to the sky turns to a rider kick.”

Surprise! S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Zero-One Rising Hopper is officially up for pre-order via Bluefin Brands!

Kamen Rider Zero-One began airing just last month, and last week the first S.H. Figuarts release from the series was both revealed, and went up for pre-order through Japanese retailers. But it’s time for North American collectors to rejoice! Bluefin Brands is officially distributing this release here in the US as well! The order page has just gone live on their website, you can place your order HERE.

With a release date of March 2020, and a super low retail price of just $35.00 with $6 flat rate shipping this is going to be a must order item for Kamen Rider collectors. From all of us here on the TokuNation staff, we deeply encourage you as collectors in the western market to order this release directly through Bluefin Brands if possible. Ordering a release like this for a currently airing Kamen Rider series directly from Bluefin, will help create encouraging sales numbers to hopefully continue the trend of getting new and recent Kamen Rider releases stateside.

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Ruling over space & time is great and all, but if you have to walk everywhere it’s certainly less fun right? Cue the Ridestriker! Hailing from 2068, the Ridestriker is the personal Rider Machine of both Kamen Rider’s Zi-O & Geiz. Each has their own Ridestriker, and though they came and went infrequently in series (appearing in only 5 episodes), what’s a Rider without their Machine?

The S.H. Figuarts Ridestriker is an absolutely solid Rider Machine, and honestly it’s hard to mess one up in this line. Where this release shines is with the included accessories. Tamashii Nations has seen fit to not only bring us this versatile machine, but also to load it down with the signature weapons of the series two main protagonists. Thus filling the Zikan Girade & the Zikan Zax sized holes in many collections.  The Girade & Ax are included in both forms and we even get 5 new hands for each rider, as well as a couple optional parts to display the Ridestriker itself. This is a set that absolutely compliments any Zi-O Figuarts Collection.

Check out our 70 image gallery of the S.H. Figuarts Riderstriker & Zikan Weapons and read our review by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. Next time we’re back with an overdue gallery & review of Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Zanki!