Hobbylink Japan, site sponsor to our sister sites Toyark & TFW2005 is celebrating its 15th anniversary with ongoing sales! This newest sale has Toku fans in mind, as it focuses on none other than Bandai! Do you like Super Robot Chogokin, SH Figuarts, Armour Trans Kamen Rider, et al? Don’t miss out on this sale! Here are select highlights:
Thanks to GA Graphic, we now have new images of the following 3 red SH Figuarts figures on display at Tokyo Toy Show 2012:
Today marks the first day of Tokyo Toy Show, and some of the early items on display include the new Buster Machines for recent newcomers Beet & Stag Buster!
Also included is another, clearer image of the combined Megazord, “Great Go-BusterOH!”
http://gundamguy.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/international-tokyo-toy-show-2012-image.htmlThe Show is still in progress so stay tuned for further updates.
Secretcode, a news team member at sister site TFW2005, was able to get an awesome interview with a rep at BlueFin Tamashii Nations USA. It’s a fantastic read that touches on everything from how their partnership came about, Power Rangers, S.H. Figuarts, S.H. MonsterArts and more.
Thanks to our good friend Secretcode for sharing. Click the headline of the story to check it out!
Hey Tokusatsu fans! Last week, we invited you to join our new weekly feature titled “Let’s Watch Wednesdays” where each Wednesday we begin the task of watching more episodes of past Tokusatsu series!
Last week we watched Dairanger 1-5, Kamen Rider Ryuki 1-5, and Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue 1-5! Discussions have already started regarding these past series! What did you think? Is Dairanger holding up against Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 2? Is Kamen Rider Ryuki superior to Kamen Rider Dragon Knight? And is Lightspeed Rescue as good as we remember it?
This week we continue with the same series!
You can find your Sentai and Kamen Rider series via Torrent through your favorite subbing groups, or for direct download at KRDL.INFO. For Power Rangers, simply check out Netflix streaming on your PC, SmartPhone, or favorite Video Gaming console.
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We have even more details and some new images to share with you on the upcoming Power Rangers Megaforce! Before we continue, a huge special thanks to Fury Diamond of Samurai Cast Blog and RangerCrew for all the information and pictures he’s taken. Without his effort there’d still be a lot of questions waiting to be answered.
Click the title of the story to check out some more new images of Power Rangers Megaforce!
Now on to the good stuff!!
There’s a lot of information there to digest. The important thing to take away is the incorrect information from yesterday – Goseiger was NOT selected because Gokaiger is too boy-focused and features unattractive themes like plundering/looting. Regarding some of the quotations from Saban Brands regarding Megaforce and Goseiger…
…need I remind everyone at the start of Power Rangers Samurai, the cast was on record stating “we are different characters than the Japanese series, it’s a different show entirely.” It turns out, Power Rangers Samurai is a direct episode-by-episode, line-by-line translation of Shinkenger.
Time will tell what we have in store for us. If the only change to the story is five high school teenagers compared to five angels, it’s going to be a long two years. Unless of course you thoroughly enjoyed Goseiger, in which case, you must be pretty excited! (we’re talking about you Sentai).
Enjoy!
This report from the ongoing licensing expo gives some unusual insight into the selection of Megaforce:
You may be wondering why Power Rangers Megaforce used Goseiger rather than Gokaiger, which was an ideal season based on the successful execution of the anniversary concepts. I wasn’t able to get a solid answer for this question. They believed that Gokaiger’s pirate theme was more focused for boys (rather than boys and girls) and the concepts of stealing and plundering were too hardcore for a young audience.
Despite a grim outlook for the Legendary Pirates, an updated report suggests more to this Sentai selection than meets the eye:
They are unable to skip a season, which makes sense because Goseiger comes before Gokaiger. Gokaiger fans will be very pleased when the time is right. Unlike the Shinkenger adaptation, Power Rangers Megaforce has gone through an extensive creative process in hopes to deliver a great product for the anniversary.
What else could this mean for future adaptations, if any??? Stay tuned as we do our best to keep you informed! :)
At the 2012 Licensing Expo, Saban featured merchandises of Power Rangers Megaforce by Mega Bloks. Following the history of adapting various Power Rangers titles into the building block toy format, Power Rangers Megaforce was no exception, The public would be finally be treated to a fully articulated Gosei Great (Megaforce Megazord?) Check out pictures below:
Thanks to RangerCrew for the images and we are re-hosting them here for your convenience
It’s been a busy couple of days at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas. Yesterday we learned that Power Rangers Megaforce would be an adaption of Super Sentai Goseiger, which has sparked quite a bit of contraversy around the Power Rangers fan community – speculation and expectation had a majority of people thinking that the 35th Anniversary Super Sentai Gokaiger would be adapted for the 20th Anniversary of Power Rangers. The latter series involved a form of spandex heroes who had the ability to morph in to previous Rangers to battle an evil empire intent on taking over the Earth.
The folks at RangerCrew are in attendance at the Licensing Expo and had a chance to sit down and talk with Saban Brands about a number of things. We’ve summarized them below. Check out the RangerCrew link for their write-up.
There are more updates to come, including more information on Power Rangers Megaforce! Stay tuned!
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The good people at RangerCrew attending the ongoing Licensing International Expo have shown off the first official images of yesterdays’ confirmed new season of Power Rangers!
Power Rangers Megaforce premieres early 2013 with 22 episodes including holiday specials.
Stay tuned for further Megaforce details!
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