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under General Tokusatsu News

Shout factory, the awesome company responsible for bringing classics like Power Rangers, Ultra Q, VR Troopers, Ultra Seven, Beetleborgs, and even the Japanese Transformers Trilogy to DVD needs our help! Right now they’re one volume away from finishing off all of our Big Bad Beetleborgs collections!

Season 1 volume 1 & 2 as well as Metallix Volume 1 have been released already. However the release of Metallix Part 2 is in jeopardy! Mr. Yellow has let us know that sales numbers need to climb for the previously released Beetleborgs sets before the final installment can actually happen. So Shout Factory is asking the collective tokusatsu community to help this final volume see the light of day!

If you haven’t picked up the previous releases yet, then head on over to the Shout website and get a dose of pure 90’s!
Big Bad Beetleborgs Season 1 Volume 1 on DVD
Big Bad Beetleborgs Season 1 Volume 2 on DVD
Beetleborgs Metallix: Season 2 Volume 1 on DVD

Let’s make that last volume happen!

under Power Rangers

As reported by Henshin Justice, an updated version of the Legacy Morpher was spotted at retail by Jan Hernandez of Youtube.

Owners of the Legacy Morpher will know that the Morpher will play the original Mighty Morphin theme song if an activation button is pressed and held but only if the button is held.

The SDCC version fixed this by making it so that the theme song plays just by pushing the button and now it looks like the Morphers you’ll be able to purchase at retail will have this retool! 

You can watch Jan Hernandez’s video in the link below:

Credit: Henshinjustice and Tokunation Member WhiteRanger for letting is know!

under Power Rangers


Thanks to Rangercrew.com, box art cover for Shoutfactory’s Power Rangers Season 8-12 DVD Mega Set has now been revealed!

The set will be released in November 2013 and features seasons from Light Speed Rescue to Dino Thunder. The 26 disc set will contain over 241 episodes!

You can now pre order this set from dvdempire.com

Thanks to Tokunation Member Starscream Gaga for noticing!

under Power Rangers

Continuing the reverse-adaptation of Saban properties, Toei’s main page has confirmed that starting August 18th Japan will be experiencing a dubbed adaptation of Power Rangers Samurai.

Strangely, this would appear to break the existing season rotation and suggests that Power Rangers Operation Overdrive will not undergo the dubbing process at this time.

UPDATE! The OrendsRange Blog has a preliminary dubbing cast for this new project:


Koji Yusa as Jaden
Sachiko Kojima as Mia
Wataru Hatano as Mike
Tsuguo Mogami as Kevin
Ayaka Shinoyamada as Emily
Yoji Ueda as Mentor Ji

under Super Sentai

A preview in the Akiba Showroom has given us our first look at all five Kyoryuger Figuarts!

Kyoryu Red will be out in October, Blue & Green will be released as a 2-pack in February, and release dates for Pink & Black are not yet confirmed (though its believed they will also be packed together).

Sadly no details for Gold, Violet, Cyan and Grey are available at this time.

under Ultraman

Not so long ago we reported that these two characters from Ultraman Nexus would be seeing the Ultra Act treatment and released as Tamashii Web Exclusives later this year, but Bandai have now finally started to take orders for these two long awaited figures!

Dark Zagi will be released in December, while Ultraman Noa will follow in January 2014. They will be priced 4410 yen each, discounting any middleman fees you may have to pay.

Check out the official images after the jump!

under Power Rangers, Super Sentai

Not so long ago we heard the news that the remaining S.H. Figuarts Hurricanegers would be released in 2-pack format toward the end of the year/beginning of 2014. Now the Tamashii Web Store has started taking preorders for sets of the Gouraigers and Hurricane Blue & Yellow!

The Gouraiger set, featuring KabutoRaiger and KuwataRaiger, will be released in December for the price of 7350 yen. The set featuring Hurricane Blue and Hurricane Yellow will then follow in January 2014 for the same price.

These sets are Tamashii Web Exclusives, so be sure to get your preorders in with one of the many middlemen available. In the meantime, check out the images after the jump!

under Contests and Giveaways, TokuNation Spotlights, Ultraman

Another week means another Wednesday, which also means Ultraman Nexus continues his battle against the Beasts in this weeks installment of Let’s Watch Wednesdays!

After the destruction of Faust we saw the appearance of Mephisto, an even darker and more powerful giant. Nosferu continues it’s multi-episode rampage from last week, and Jun attempts to save Kazuki from his pain and the dark. Will Kazuki overcome his rage and doubt? As Mizorogi’s plan continues and the pain of loss weighs on Kazuki’s heart will he succumb to the darkness? And how did Mizorogi become the devil, Mephisto?

As always please be sure to post your thoughts in our weekly LWW discussion thread posted HERE. A prize drawing is coming up and every post you make in these discussion threads will count. On the topic of prizes we’ll give you one hint. The letter Q. ;)

So let’s watch Ultraman Nexus 16-18!

under Kamen Rider

For those who have been keeping up with Wizard, a new ring set has been revealed by the Tamashii Web Store! This set is based on recent events in the episodes, as our 2012-2013 rider series comes to a close.

This set contains the Mage Ring (the main transformation ring of

Spoiler:
Mayu
and the Mages in Wizard’s summer film, “In Magic Land”), the Holy Ring and the Eclipse Ring. Pre-orders for the set open August 30th, while the set itself will be released in December, and costs a mere 1575 Yen.

Source: Herotaku.com

Thanks to user Kamen Blitz for the news!

under Kamen Rider

After several early teasers, Bandai’s official site has put up a complete page detailing the Complete Gaia Memory Selection, a superb recreation of the powerful Memory devices found in Kamen Rider W.

The set of 99 Gaia Memories (all but six of which are identified in the page) will be released in March for an amazing 68,000 Yen price point. If you’re interested, be sure to talk to a middleman, and possibly a loan shark. :)