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In addition to today’s freash batch of roleplay items, @_Erasu has also managed to dig up a full set of images for the next series of Kamen Rider Build So-Do Figures! So-Do Set 9 features a pretty fantastic grouping of some quirky Best Matches and great riders:

  • Kamen Rider Cross-Z Magma
  • Kamen Rider Build Tiger UFO Form
  • Kamen Rider Build Rose Helicopter Form
  • Kamen Rider Another Para-DX

This latest set looks like another great addition to the ever expanding So-Do Riders (and Yu-Do Sentai!) collection. As always, these are early release official images. Actual release dates and pricing should be known within the next 12 hours as the Bandai site updates for the first of the month. We’ll be sure to update you, then!

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Our favorite toy revealing sleuth is at it again. @_Erasu on twitter has dug up fresh official images of some new upcoming goodies from Kamen Rider Build!

First up we have official images for the latest take on the Build Driver (or rather the other way around) the DX Evol Driver! Giving Evolt access to his full powers transforming him into Kamen Rider Evol, this archetype Driver made it’s official debut in this week episode of Build (33). This new roleplay belt includes the DX Cobra & Rider System Evol Bottles.

Next we’ve got the DX Evol Bottles Rabbit & Dragon Set! Giving Kamen Rider Evol access to his other two forms (based on our heroes no less!) these new bottles are still fully compatible with the impressive new Evol Driver.

As always, these are early release official images. Actual release dates and pricing should be known within the next 12 hours as the Bandai site updates for the first of the month. We’ll be sure to update you, then!

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Hot on the heels of recently released W Fang/Joker Tamashii Nations is teasing us with possibly (?) the next two releases in Shinkocchou Seihou line of Figuarts! Seen this week at the Tamashii Nations Akiba Showroom, AND on the official Figuarts blog, both Heat/Metal & Luna/Trigger are looking good as ever. Showroom images come way of @aaarairider on twitter.

You may recall that we had initial reveals for both of these figures waaaaaay back at Tamashii Nations 2016. Since then we haven’t heard much about them, but another pair of easy repaints feels like the kind of move Bandai would make at this point. Shinkocchou Seihou S.H. Figuart’s last several releases have been centered on Kamen Rider’s W & Kabuto, but we wonder where the line could go next. Perhaps the gorgeous S.S. Wizard prototype seen earlier this year? We hope!

What are your thoughts on this pair of beauties? Feel free to chime in the discussion thread below!

under Power Rangers

Attention all mobile device gamers! The Power Rangers RPG mobile game, now known as Power Rangers All Stars, has officially launched! Currently available for Android users (at the time of this story the iOS version is still in maintenance) the game can be downloaded via a direct link on the Power Rangers All Stars Facebook page.

This mobile RPG game developed by Nexon Mobile has you hopping through time and space with the Power Rangers RPM characters as you discover how evil villains from all over time are rampaging in the wrong time lines. Featuring characters from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Wild Force, Power Rangers SPD, Power Rangers Mystic Force, Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, Power Rangers Megaforce, Power Rangers Super Megaforce, and Power Rangers Dino Charge. Complete missions, obtain powerful items to power up your characters, and use crystals to summon new Rangers to join a team YOU create! Also available is player vs player modes and, in the near future, the ability to bring a friend’s character in to battle with you.

In case you missed it we did a large first impressions review from their closed beta earlier this year. Click here to check out that first impressions review!

Thanks to @SoddersLiger on Twitter for the heads up on this story which started as “check it out in Australia” to “it’s out everywhere” in the span of 30 minutes.

NOTE: Users in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines are currently able to log in to servers to play. Reports of UK players unable to play at the moment.

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PATORISE!

This month’s exciting new magazine scans for Kaitou Sentai LupinRanger VS Keisatsu Sentai PatRanger have been making the rounds online, courtesy of Rangerboard and some translations via SpecialForm12 via Twitter.

Items of interest for the month:

-New Trigger Machines added to the PatRanger’s arsenal: Trigger Machine Crane and Drill can combine to form PatKaiser Strong, similar to the Scissor and Blade dial fighters of the Lupinranger’s.

-Various pieces of the elusive Lupin Collection are highlighted, and it’s mentioned that only Kogure knows their true purpose and something happening when all pieces are gathered. 

–Lupin X was also highlighted in this scan. He’ll be joining the fight against the Ganglars in next month’s batch of episodes! 

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The latest round of magazine scans has begun circulating the Internet, giving fans a look at the future adventures of Kamen Rider Build!

Items of note this month:

*A new Rider will be joining the fray- Kamen Rider Mad Rogue! By using the Bat & Engine FullBottles along with the newly-discovered EvolDriver, this strange newcomer is armed with the Nebula SteamGun & SteamBlade. While Mad Rogue’s identity is unrevealed in the scans, there are SOME hints as to the face behind this Driver…

*The new villain Kamen Rider Evol takes center stage! The EvolDriver unlocks even more powerful FullBottles- the EvolBottles and Kamen Rider Evol alone seems able to tap their powers! Kamen Rider Evol’s default form- Evol Cobra Form comes from combining the Cobra & Rider EvolBottles. Two other Evol forms are demonstrated in these scans- Evol Rabbit Form and Evol Dragon Form!

*In a desperate attempt to counter this new threat, Sento dusts off the HazardTrigger once again and tries out another Match- becoming Kamen Rider Build KeyDragon Hazard!

Definitely some exciting adventures ahead for Kamen Rider Build! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Rider news!

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In case you missed it, Tsuburaya’s latest Ultraman series: Ultraman R/B was revealed not that ago, and some new details on this exciting new series have emerged thanks to a press release direct from Tsuburaya Productions themselves.

Our lead actors have both been revealed; actor Yuya Hirata will be playing the role of Katsumi Minato, Ultraman Rosso while Ryosuke Koike will be playing Isami Minato, Ultraman Blu this marks the first Ultraman series to feature two lead Ultramen that are also brothers.

The first preview teaser was also released online, and while it doesn’t give us any story related elements it does give us a closer look at these snazzy new suits. The first episode of Ultraman R/B will premiere on TV Tokyo July 7th, said teaser can be viewed by hitting the box below:

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“Proceeding with Level 100.”

Hiiro Kagami is the prodigy surgeon who can cut anything. Foil & ally to Kamen Rider Ex-Aid throughout the series’ run, Hiiro would eventually be forced into the service of Masamune Dan. With the hope of reviving his beloved Saki, Hiiro is forced to fight his allies and take on the power of his Game World self. Created from the data of True Brave, Hiro will have the legendary Taddle Legacy Gashat bestowed upon him, catapulting him to Level 100! Though Saki may be gone, Hiro will never give up hope that one day he can restore her and all those lost to the Bugster Virus. This is S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Brave Legacy Gamer Level 100!

Brave Level 100 is another hotly anticipated release from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid. And it’s also an odd one. Bandai has skipped right past Hiiro’s Level 50 form for this Level 100 release. Maybe one day they’ll go back to it? For the most part this figure is one we’re intimately familiar with thanks to the Level 2 & Level 5 Brave releases, but the new regal Legacy Gamer armor and cape parts are really interesting new additions to this otherwise fantastic mold. Adding to this we finally have a properly complete version of the Exploding/Freezing Gashacon Sword as well!

We’ve attached our full 60+ image gallery of Brave Level 100 to this post but you can also read our full review by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’ll be back soon with more new galleries from Kamen Rider Kabuto and Choujuu Sentai Liveman!

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Rejoice Ultra fans!

Today is a landmark day in tokusatsu history as Tsuburaya Productions Co. Ltd announced their victory in US courts against UM Corporation (aka Chaiyo) for the international rights to the first six instalments in the Ultra Series. That’s right everyone, it’s been a long battle but Ultra Q, Ultraman, Ultra Seven, Return of Ultraman, Ultraman Ace and Ultraman Taro are finally home.

For those unaware the international rights for these six series have been in question for several years, after Chaiyo Productions founder Sompote Saengduenchai claimed that in 1976 Eiji Tsuburaya‘s son Noboru (who died in 1995) had provided him with a contract giving him rights to everything related to Ultraman outside Japanese territories, in exchange for a monetary loan. The legitimacy of the document was extremely questionable, however Japanese and Thai courts accepted this contract as real and binding due to supposed appearance of Noboru Tsuburaya’s hanko (signature stamp) in the document.

Headway was finally made November last year when a Californian jury deemed the document to be a fake and ruled in favour of Tsuburaya, but it isn’t until today that we have confirmation that the company’s long ordeal is finally over.

So what does this mean for the series in question? Will they be joining the rest of the Ultraman backcatalogue on Crunchyroll? New home releases with better quality masters? Who knows, but with Tsuburaya continuously looking to promote Ultraman on a worldwide scale we’ll find out soon enough.

 

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BUILD UP!(literally)

In case you missed it, Bandai announced that the Figure Standard series will once again be delving into Kamen Rider with Figure Rise Standard Kamen Rider Build Tank Rabbit having been on display at the last Winter Wonder Festival. 

Offical stock photography along with release info for this forthcoming kit courtesy of Bandai Hobby.

Figure Rise Standard Kamen Rider Build Tank Rabbit will be released in July and cost 3,240 yen.