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under Ultraman

In lieu of all the Figureoh scans, an unexpected announcement from Premium Bandai narrowly fell off the radar, with a special diorama set dipicing an early film set straight out of Tsuburaya studios!

The diorama will include a sun set backdrop along with a day time backdrop in addition to city scape, working lights, and to scale props. While this set  is meant to go with Sofubi figures it should be scaled well enough to work with Tamashi branded products such as Ultra Act and Monster Arts.

The pre order will run from July 22nd till October 31st and will be released May 2nd 2015 for 25,920 yen.

under Ultraman

Also revealed among this new wave of magazine scans is Ultra-Act Ultraman 80, from the 1981 television series of the same name!

Although very little has been revealed about the ninth Ultra Brother other than a selection of images, what we do know is that he is a Tamashii web exclusive due for release in January 2015, priced 4536 yen and will come with a selection of effect parts.

Stay tuned to Tokunation as more news about the latest Ultra-Act figure comes in!

under Godzilla

Among the solicitations for Tamashii Nations products next year is a figure many Godzilla fans have been eagerly awaiting – the mighty Mecha King Ghidorah from the 1991 film Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.

This future tech powered version of Godzilla’s greatest rival has already been seen on display, and will be released as a Tamashii web exclusive in February 2015 for a whopping 19,940 yen.

Are your wallets ready for this cyborg monster? Check out the full selection of images after the jump!

under Kamen Rider

The hits keep on rolling! After the reveal of  Kamen Rider Gaim Kiwami Arms we’ve officially received information regarding the upcoming S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Duke! Kamen Rider Duke, sporting his trademark Lemon Energy Arms, looks to be a Tamashii Web Exclusive set for December release. Priced at 4860 yen!

Also revealed here is the personal machine of Kamen Rider Black’s Bio Rider form. S.H. Figuarts mach Jabber will also be a Tamashii Web Exclusive release in December for 4860 yen!

under Kamen Rider

Hot on the heels of the recently released Arms Change Kiwami Arms, the Bandai Tamashii website has just revealed S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gaim Kiwami Arms!

This ultimate form for Kamen Rider Gaim is certainly given the collector’s line overhaul compared to the budgeted retail version. So far we know it will be released in November for 5180 yen, but other than the two versions of the DJ Gun included with it, we don’t know what other accessories it may have. But based on the price it’s sure to have at least one or two!

under Metal Heroes

Hey you Metal Heroes & Beetleborgs fans!!  For those that are patient, your wishes have finally been answered, coming from the Tamashii Web Shop in January, 2015 is the Blue Beet from Juukou B-Fighter, also known as The Blue Stinger Beetleborg from Big Bad Beetleborgs! Priced at 4,860 yen.

Also pictured with Blue Beet is the evil Black Beet, or as western fans know him, Shadowborg & General Venjix! Sadly Black/Shadow’s price and release date have yet to be revealed.

Check out this lovely new tease for two highly demanded figures and jump into our ongoing discussion thread by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forum” at the bottom of this post!

under Conventions, Other Conventions, Power Rangers

This is the week of convention announcements, and they’re all awesome! For fans up north in Toronto will be pleased to hear that Unplugged Expo has just announced another guest – Jeff Parazzo, better known as Trent the White Ranger from Power Rangers Dino Thunder. He will join his fellow Dino Thunder cast mate Kevin Duhaney (Ethan, Blue Ranger of Power Rangers Dino Thunder) as well as the legendary Johnny Yong Bosch, known for his roles as the Black Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as well as the Green Rangers in Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo.

Unplugged Expo runs the weekend of September 27th and 28th at the Chestnut Conference Centre in downtown Toronto. For more information, including how to register, head to www.UnpluggedExpo.com!

Check out this announcement video from Jeff Parazzo below!

under Conventions, Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, San Diego Comic Con, Super Sentai

It’s a busy week for the hosts of the Talkin Toku Podcast!

Joining Kickback/Chris, Den-O/Jordan, and Sentai Tamashii/Tom is none other than Deefuzz/Dan, known for his work with the PreOrder 66 Podcast. This means the entire news team covering this year’s SDCC is altogether for a podcast to discuss everything they’re looking forward to at SDCC 2014!

First things first – the group shares their thoughts and reactions to the news of Roberto Orci as the executive producer for the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie. Is it good news or bad news? How can he take the premise of Power Rangers and turn it in to a successful movie franchise? The guys discuss!

The topic quickly turns to SDCC 2014 – the guys talk about the coverage plans, tease at some stuff they can’t announce that are planned for SDCC 2014, and of course, they talk toys – what toys they want, what toys they don’t want, etc. Are any of them planning to grab the Bandai of America toys this year? And exactly what secret item is Kickback/Chris planning to bring home to his lady friend?

The show ends with the group discussing conventions in general and in specific TFCon Chicago, where they make plans on-air to attend the show together. D’aww.

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under Conventions, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers

It’s a great week to be a Power Rangers fan, and our friends at the Official Power Morphicon convention have made your August something you will never forget! On top of the earlier announcement of Zyuranger’s Geki appearing at this year’s show, they have also updated their guest list with more Power Rangers and folks involved with Power Rangers! Check out this list below and try to clean up all the foam coming out of your mouth!

  • Jorge Vargas Jr. (“Blake”, Ninja Storm Navy Thunder Ranger)
  • Kimberly Crossman (“Lauren”, Super Samurai Red Ranger #2)
  • Ann Austen (Writer/Producer for Mighty Morphin, Zeo, Turbo, Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, and Masked Rider)
  • Takahiro Kikuchi (Fujiyama Ichiban)
  • Yumie Yamagiwa (“Margaret” from Fujiyama Ichiban)
  • Yuuki Luna Yamagiwa (“Sakura” from Fujiyama Ichiban)

Unfortunately, there’s some sad news to announce as well – another cancellation.  No word yet on how this effects the pricing and such of the Power Rangers Wild Force Photo Op that had been announced by the cast.

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  • Alyson Kiperman (Wild Force Yellow Ranger)

Stay tuned because there’s always announcements each and every single Monday! If you haven’t yet – click here to begin your registration process for Power Morphicon! Not only do you get to meet all these amazing guests (well over 100 now), you also have an opportunity to purchase the Bandai of America exclusive toy – which we might see this week at San Diego Comic Con 2014! Be sure to keep your browsers tuned to TokuNation.com as we are attending both San Diego Comic Con and Power Morphicon! See you at the shows!

under Power Rangers

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is getting a movie – and Roberto Orci was announced last week as the film’s executive producer. And now, a week later, he’s ready to talk, and did so with IGN’s Eric Goldman. We’ve taken the liberty of sharing the interview with you here!

IGN: How did you get involved in Power Rangers?

Orci: I happen to know Erik Feig, because we had some fun times doing Ender’s Game and Now You See Me. He’s at Lionsgate and he had mentioned that they were pursuing this property at Lionsgate and we just, because we’re friends, got to talking about it and he sort of roped me in – or I roped him in! I’m not sure which is which!

IGN: How do you approach the tone on something like this? It obviously has a perception going in, but it’s also going to be pushed to a wider audience besides the pre-existing fans.

Orci: Part of it is seeing what we remember of it; our generation and what our memories of it are. Part of it is seeing the fans of it today. There are a lot of kids that love it today, and so it’s about doing your homework. You talk to everybody who loves it and you find out why they love it and then you figure, what is the appropriate translation of that, tonally, to now? We have the added benefit of a movie is going to be two hours, or whatever it is, so it’s gotta have an arc and a reality to it that maybe you don’t have a chance to do all the time. That’s going to be the exciting part.

IGN: Presumably it’s not tied to the 21-year of history of the show. Are you going to use the same characters from the original series?

Orci: One of the first things we did was learn and read… They have 600 pages of research that they have on their stuff. We read through the synopsis of everything they did and we are actually taking into account quite a bit of the canon in a real way. We’re not just a leave it behind reboot. [Haim] Saban cares very much about that. This is something that he created. I had to go to his house, personally, to tell him, “Listen, I’m your man. Miller and Stenz, these are your guys. I promise you I won’t ruin your franchise.” And he said, “It’s very important to me, because kids around the world know what the Power Rangers are. So you can’t just come in here and walk all over it. It better be consistent with what I’ve been doing.” And I said, “Yes sir!”

IGN: Oh, so then does it does exist within the continuity of the TV show?

Orci: It’s got a continuity within the world. I can’t tell you what, but it does have a continuity.

IGN: As a Fringe fan, hearing Miller and Stenz were working with you on this, it’s fun to have you together again on such a different project.

Orci: It’s great. I’ve been working with them for years, so when I found out they were available, I called Erik Feig and said, “Hey, these guys might want to come on. What do you think of the three of us…?” He was like, “Come on! Let’s do it!”

IGN: Think we might hear anything about a director in the not too distant future?

Orci: I’m sure they’d like one right away! We’ve got to give them a script first.

IGN: Lastly, I’m sure you know you’re going to be getting this question… Any possibility for cameos or appearances by original cast members?

Orci: Of course. That’s something we want to rely on the Saban group to tell us. They have a lot of internal knowledge of their franchise and we’re just learning now. We’ve seen it only as fans, but they actually know it inside and out, so I’d love to know what fans want to see.

Again, special thanks to IGN for this interview that, obviously, has answered some questions for Power Rangers fans. You check out the original article by IGN clicking here. So what do you think Power Rangers fans? Excited yet? Sound off!