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under General Tokusatsu News

It seems that Toei isn’t quite ready to give up on the Metal Heroes brand quite yet.

Board member DrillBit found this quick teaser video from Toei’s official youtube channel that makes mention of crimes related to Makku, Madoo, and Fumma happening on planets across the galaxy. To those new to Metal Heroes: they’re the criminal organizations related to Gavan, Sharivan, and Shaider respectively.

With so little information given, it’s difficult to judge if this project is a new tv show, game, or movie. In the meantime, you can check out the video announcing the project below:

Should Toei go through with a new Metal Heroes project what would you want to see from it or done differently from the two Gavan movies? Discuss in the thread after the jump!

under Kamen Rider

You knew it was only a matter of time before we finally got the apple as a Lockseed. Thanks to our friends at HeroTaku.com, we have an image for these upcoming Lockseeds. Along with the Lockseeds come new faceplates and shadowed Armored Riders, leading one to believe they are Lockseeds for two new Kamen Rider characters.

These Lockseeds will be sold as a set and released in July. Whether they are part of the Kamen Rider Gaim Summer Movie or part of the on-going Kamen Rider Gaim show are, as of now, unknown. Special thanks to Kamen Blitz of the TokuNation.com forums for the heads up!

under Conventions, Kamen Rider, Metal Heroes, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers

The Official Power Morphicon convention is now officially the largest one yet with over 80 confirmed Power Rangers actors, writers, voice actors, producers, and more scheduled to attend. The guest list grew some more today with the announcement of two new guests!

  • David Fielding (“Zordon”, as well as the face of “Zordon”, first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
  • Michael Copon (“Lucas”, Power Rangers Time Force Blue Ranger)

 
If you haven’t registered yet then you’re obviously not planning to attend, because any Power Ranger fan would want to attend. Not only are there alumni from Power Rangers, but also Big Bad Beetleborgs, VR Troopers, Masked Rider, Digimon, and Kamen Rider Dragon Knight in attendance. For any and all American toku fans, this show can NOT be missed! Hurry up because rumor is registration will close in the next month or two! Click here to begin your registration process for Power Morphicon!

TokuNation.com is proud to be attending as a Platinum Member, giving us early access and front row seats to all activities. We will provide coverage of the show and will feature live podcasts from Kickback from our own Talkin Toku Podcast, as well as @trekkieb47 and @TheCinemaSlob from our friends at the Ranger Command Podcast! See you at the show!

under Kamen Rider

A quick behind-the-scenes shot taken on the set of Kamen Rider Gaim has given us our first real look at the Armored Rider’s Final Form: Kiwami Arms! 

While the photo is slightly obscured, the overall details of Kiwami Arms match previous descriptions and shadows- including the cape and crown.

UPDATED: 2nd Image added courtesy of HeroShock.

Kiwami Arms should be appearing on screen and in stores in the relatively near future!!

under Godzilla

We are just 1 week away from the release of the highly anticipated Godzilla 2014 film. So of course TokuNation would like to take another look at the merchandise released so far to celebrate this movie. And this piece of merch is indeed special!

You may recall that on December 28th 2013 we reported on the existence of this Light & Sound Godzilla kit. You may also have noticed that at the request of Warner Bros/Legendary on the same day, the leaked images of this figure were removed from our site. This hilarious incident has forever re-branded this figure as Cease & Desist Godzilla around the staff forums. It’s also known as the incident where I, first got us “lawyered”. Good times!

As for the figure, it’s a rather simple but fun piece with limited articulation but a decent light & sound gimmick. A sticker book containing various images of the new Godzilla is also included. Originally it was reported to be a mini-history book of Godzilla over the past 60 years. Sadly this is not the case in the final product

Click “Discuss on the TokuNation forums” at the bottom of this post to check out the full gallery.

under General Tokusatsu News

Did you forget something that happened this week? We may have as well, but Photo & Content contributor conundrum did not. This past Wednesday 05/07/14 marked the 15th anniversary of the final episode of Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog!

For a little history lesson, Mystic Knights was an American/Irish co-production created by Saban Entertainment based loosely on Irish myths and aimed at the same audience that watched such shows as Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers and Masked Rider. The show itself only lasted a single 50 episode season as it’s second season, to be titled “Battle Thunder”, had it’s budget allocated to Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. The show however is still special for many fans because of it’s unique take on the genre and the toyline itself is really pretty great and still affordable to collect even today.

If you need to take a trip down memory lane and relive this excellent series then by all means check out conundrum’s latest gallery by clickking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums”. And be sure to check out his previous entries from this series as well:

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Armored Defender Angus – 7 inch[/URL]
Armored Defender Rohan – 7 inch[/URL]

Who knows, maybe one day this series could be released on DVD by Shout Factory the same way other classic Saban franchises have been? Time will tell.

under Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, Super Sentai, TokuNation

TokuNation.com site sponsor BigBadToyStore.com have a ton of new pre-orders up for all your tokusatsu needs! Featuring top-notch customer service, you can’t go wrong with a purchase from BigBadToyStore.com! Check out their tokusatsu related pre-orders below, and their latest newsletter after the jump!

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Check out their latest newsletter after the jump! They have a ton of Godzilla and Ultraman figures as well, it’s just too much to list in one update! We highly recommend BigBadToyStore.com for any of your tokusatsu purchases!

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under Power Rangers

To all our friends up north – head to Toys’R’Us! The Legacy Dragonzord was spotted and purchased at Toys’R’Us store in Vancouver by ayane from the RangerBoard forums.

ayane also managed to take a ton of pictures of the Legacy Dragonzord. We’ve mirrored all 20 images here for your viewing pleasure. The original images were shared on RangerBoard. NOTE! The head-fin on the Legacy Dragonzord appears bent. This is apparently due to packaging – the plastic wrapped around the fin is too tight. There are many fixes for this and if it turns out to be a mass issue, we’ll share some tips and tricks on how to get it fixed.

Happy hunting!

under Kamen Rider

More details have emerged for the upcoming Kamen Rider Gaim summer movie!

According to actor Gaku Matsuda (best known as Armored Rider Knuckle), the Alternate-Universe summer movie is written by one Jin Haganeya a relative newcomer to the tokusatsu world. The summer movie will be directed by Osamu Kaneda a veteran of multiple toku works including “Let’s Go Kamen Rider and the “Space Sheriff Gavan” revival film.

Gaim’s summer adventure will premiere in theaters July 19th! Until then, be sure to join in our ongoing Discussion Thread to share your thoughts and fears on this new project!

under Conventions, General Tokusatsu News, Godzilla, Kamen Rider, Ultraman

Tamashii Nations Summer Collection 2014 is currently ongoing. And of course with a new toy show that means new toys! And Bandai Tamashii Nations has decided to pull out all the stops with a star-studded display of their lines past, present and future! But of course what we’re interested in is the future. Take a look at their displays featuring all of these upcoming products!

S.H. Figuarts
Kamen Rider Gaim
Kamen Rider Gaim Jinba Lemon Arms
Kamen Rider Zangetsu
Kamen Rider Shin Zangetsu
Kamen Rider Ryugen
Kamen Rider Baron
Kamen Rider Gridon
Kamen Rider Kurokage
Sakura Hurricane
Rose Attacker
Kikaider
Hakaider
Side Machine
Kamen Rider Hibiki

S.H. Monsterarts
Godzilla (2014)

Ultra-Act
Tiga Renewal
Ginga

S.I.C.
Kamen Rider Wizard