Do you enjoy putting plastic models(plamo) together? Sure we’ve seen candy kits of Sentai mecha before, but what we have here today is something somewhat different. Out now at Toys R Us stores by Bandai America(and possibly designed by Tsuyoshi Nonaka of PLEX) are kits for:
Enjoying the Godzilla Comics by IDW Publishing? If so, check out these 2 new previews we have for you!
Godzilla #5
Boxer and his team decide it’s time to turn their sights to the big game-Godzilla!
A perfect plan goes awry when a billionaire adventurer gets his hands on Mechagodzilla. The result? Utter monster mayhem!
Godzilla Half Century War #2
The year is 1967 and Godzilla is on the move… to Vietnam!
With a war underway, Godzilla is the last thing the country needs. Lieutenant Murakami follows Godzilla to try out some new tech on the monster, but a super-sized foe named Anguirus might just be the most effective counter-measure.
It’s a rumble in the jungle, don’t miss it!
Read on to preview these new issues, due out tomorrow!
According to a recent post on Facebook, Tsuyoshi Nonaka of PLEX will be in attendance at the Pacific Media Expo(PMX)! PMX will be held from November 9-11 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport. In addition to being part of PLEX(which designs Super Sentai toys!), Nonaka is also an accomplished animator, having worked on such series as Shin Mazinger Z! Here is more info from PMX:
“His masterpieces are Toei “Metal Hero Series” and “Super Sentai Series”. (a.k.a Power Rangers) It is needless to say that Tsuyoshi is known as the original designer of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (a.k.a Kyoryu Sentai Zyu-Ranger) in Japan as well as several Kamen Rider series. In addition, he has also created a successful toy series-brand for adults in Japan called “Chogokin-Damashii (a.k.a Soul of Chogokin) and recreated his childhood favorite character Mazinger Z (a.k.a Tranzor Z) as part of collectible die-cast Robot toy series towards the collector, high-end market which are still growing today.This year, he has shifted his creative base from Asia to North America where he has become the head of “PLEX International Design, US division” working on Power Rangers, Ben 10 and Thunder Cats toy designs for Bandai America Inc. (Cypress CA). The Classic Lion-O (Thunder Cats) figure distributed at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 was designed by him.”
This year marks the 2nd time that Nonaka will be in attendance at PMX. He will be taking part in an autograph session and focus panel. What could he be working on for the 20th anniversary of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers? ….
The popular podcast No Pink Spandex has recently been interviewing several veteran actors from various “Power Rangers” shows, including
These interviews provide several interesting insights into the process of filming and production, definitely worth a listen for all Ranger fans. Ever wonder why Thuy, Walter, and Austin(the original Yellow, Black and Red Rangers respectively) left the cast of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers? How Amy had a chance encounter which led to her staying in California for MMPR rather than moving back to New York? Also why she ended up leaving the show? How about Rhett’s musical career? Check out the podcasts to find out more about the cast’s lives during and after their tenure on Power Rangers!
Thanks to musicfighter and Kickback for the heads up!
Power Rangers news blog Samurai Cast has updated with a new post collating all the information we know so far about the 20th anniversary Power Rangers Megaforce series, including some new information concerning the characters of Gosei and Tensou.
While these characters were expected to be the American versions of Goseiger’s Master Head and Datas, Samurai Cast’s sources are reporting that these two will in fact be brand new characters made especially for the series.
Also included in the post are the names for characters that are to be brought over from Goseiger. In case you haven’t heard them yet – Gosei Knight will be Robo Knight, while the Warstar aliens Monsu Doreiku, Buredoran and Dereputa will be named Admiral Malkor, Vrak and Creepox respectively. The grunts for the series are named Loogies.
We’ll keep you updated when there is official confirmation of this news but in the meantime discuss your thoughts after the jump!
Before we enter the weekend eagerly awaiting new episodes of Kamen Rider Wizard and Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, let’s rewind a bit back to 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, or more specifically, the music of the show.
As we’ve reported on a few times already, Ron Wasserman – the original composer of the rock songs you heard while Jason, Zack, Billy, Trini, Kimberly, and Tommy were fighting putties – has decided to completely re-record those classic songs and is planning to release them as an album tentatively titled Power Rangers Redux.
Since our last update, the following songs have been added:
What are you waiting for?
Click here to relive new versions of your favorite Mighty Morphin Power Rangers songs!
We’ll keep you updated as new tracks become available. Please remember these are all off the board and, with the exception of Lord Zedd, are not close to completion.
Bluefin has put up another Facebook Poll asking another question for Power Rangers collectors:
Who is your favorite Power Rangers enemy general?
What this might mean for future releases is anyone’s guess!
Here’s some more spells to add to your DX Wizard Driver, with the release of Candy Toy Wizard Ring set 2!
Set 2 contains: Hurricane, Land, Garuda, Defend, Driver On, Decade, and Nigo. The set is due out in October.
Yesterday Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures released a press release to announce the release date of director Gareth Edward’s (Monsters) new Godzilla movie. Expected to be in 3D, it has a tentative release date of May 16th 2014, the same day as the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. However this is still quite a while away and release dates may be adjusted.
Check out the full press release after the jump!
Source: Collider.com
The AmiAmi Blog has put up a gallery featuring the most anticipated Super Robot Chogokin release. :D
DaiZyuJin comes out in two weeks for Japanese sellers and probably six weeks for Bluefins’ distribution. And it looks INCREDIBLE.