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under Ultraman

Following up from two other reveals at the week long Tamashii Shanghai event, Ultraman Ginga & Ultraman Geed Magnificent, we now have a third! S.H. Figuarts Ultraman X Bemstar Armor!

The Bemstar Armor was officially revealed via the Tamashii Figuarts blog, giving us a selection of official photos to drool over. However shortly after, it was physically put on display at the Shanghai event giving us a fantastic look at this possibly (?) upcoming figure. As of now there are no release details for the Bemstar Armor, and in fact we aren’t sure if it’s going to be released as just a set of armor or if we’re looking at a re-release of Ultraman X with this armor included.

As more details emerge we’ll continue our reporting on this figure.

under Kamen Rider

Teased for release as recently as January, S.H. Figuarts Oma Zi-O seems to finally be headed for release!

As a part of Tamashii Nations new Gold Crush sales and promotions, it seems an official announcement of Oma Zi-O is also planned. While the full set of images isn’t circulating yet, @Tokullector has shared a selection official images for Oma Zi-O. An impressive figure for sure, we know thanks to handling SHF Zi-O himself earlier last month, that this should be a solid release.

This means in the next 24 hours we should have confirmation of the release date and price as well. Check back here for that update!

under Kamen Rider, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates, TokuNation Spotlights

“Heat! Metal”!

The two-tone detectives of Fuuto, Shotaro & Phillip, are best known for their traditional Cyclone/Joker combo as Kamen Rider W! But when the situation changes, W adapt’s. A ferocious fight? Fang/Joker rampages! Need a special trick shot? Luna/Trigger has you in the cross-hairs! And on their very first case, against the T-Rex Dopant, another mix did the trick. Kamen Rider W Heat/Metal brings the heat and the force to wield it!

Shinkocchou Seihou Heat/Metal really does bring the heat. As the now 7th outing of the Seihou W mold, it’s still keeping things interesting. Exquisite paint apps and finely sculpted features can go a long way to keeping something from feeling stale. The inclusion of a wide variety of hands and a few versions of W’s Metal Shaft really go a long way to making this figure impressively expressive too. A few choice flame effect parts would have made this release perfect, thankfully I had quite a few spares to use for my review!

Check out our full 60 image gallery after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. Next time, things heat up even more in our explosive gallery of Kamen Rider Cross-Z Magma! 

under Power Rangers

Colby Strong, the actor portraying the villainous character of Blaze for Power Rangers Beast Morphers, has just shared a sneak peek of episode one vis his twitter. And thankfully, the Power Rangers Official YouTube has followed suit and made the video available as well. See a preview Beast Morphers Episode 1 “Beasts Unleashed” below!

Beast Morphers actually premieres tomorrow morning, Saturday March 2nd at 8AM EST on Nickelodeon. It’s already apparent with this first look at episode one, that a quality shift has occurred in the way the show is made. One for the better. If you weren’t excited before, you definitely should be now.

“Activate Beast Power!”

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“Activate Beast Power!”

With the premiere of Power Rangers Beast Morphers a mere 3 days away, the official Power Rangers Twitter & Youtube accounts have just posted the intro & title sequence for the show! Get your first look at the series and hear the pulse pounding opening theme for the first time below:

Power Rangers Beast Morphers premieres this weekend, March 2nd!!

under Conventions, General Tokusatsu News, Other Conventions, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates, TokuNation Spotlights, Ultraman

“Reddo Fight!”

A while back we reviewed the very first figure in Evolution Toy’s Hero Action Figure (HAF) line. HAF Redman was unfortunately a mixed bag of QC issues. In the time since that figure’s release, the first and now second volume’s of the amazing REDMAN comic from Phase 6 and Night Shining. Series writer & artist Matthew Frank has crafted and truly compelling reinvention of the Redman story and breathed new life into an otherwise obscure cult character. Thanks to Matt we also got our hands on the subject of today’s gallery.

Today we’re looking at the incredibly limited Tokyo Comic Con exclusive REDMAN Volume 2 Dark Channel Edition! Not only does this version of volume 2 feature an exclusive limited cover differing from the retail version, but the Dark Channel also came packed with the the even more limited (just 300 pieces!) HAF Redman Dark Version! Thankfully, Matt was kind enough to pick up a Dark Channel Edition for us while he was set up at the Tokyo con, and was also generous enough to sign inside my personal copy of Japanese volume 2. Redman Dark himself is a familiar figure if you’ve handled the original, but there’s something to be said for a sleek black color scheme and some truly incredible glow-in-the-dark eyes.

Check out our full 40 image gallery and review after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’ll be back in a couple days with a gallery of S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider W Heat/Metal! 

under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

Yes you read that right, Ryusoul Red of Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger will indeed be getting a Ridewatch for the Kamen Rider Zi-O toyline! Though not the first time a Super Sentai member has been inducted into a Kamen Rider toyline (the Super Sentai Wizard Ring) or vice versa (the Den-Liner Ressha) these little crossovers of gimmicks are always really cool.

The Ryusoul Red SG Ridewatch will be made available exclusively through Uniqlo stores in Japan. 3/21 is the start of the giveaway campaign, customers will have to buy two Kamen Rider Zi-O graphic T-Shirts to qualify for it. Quantities will be limited, so expect this Ridewatch to increase in value on the secondary market pretty quickly in a similar fashion to the Cross-Z & GenM Ridewatches. This is an SG Ridewatch, not DX, but it of course will still work just fine with the DX Ziku Driver.

under Kamen Rider

After tonight’s episode of Kamen Rider Zi-O a new Premium Bandai release was just announced. The DX Mirai Driver set comes with one DX Mirai Driver (a remold of the DX Ziku Driver) and each of the future Kamen Rider’s necessary transformation trinkets:

Shinobi’s Shuriken Starter
Quiz’s Quiz Topper in both Question Mode & Symbolic Mode
Kikai’s Spannerder & Screwder

The DX Mirari Driver Set retails for 9720 yen, pre-orders begin today and run through April 8th , and the set releases in July 2019. Be sure to get in touch with your proffered middleman service or site to secure a pre-order for the set during the order window.

under Kamen Rider, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates, TokuNation Spotlights

“I think I was destined to choose this path.”

Little did Sougo Tokiwa know, his childhood dreams of being a great king were prophetic in a way. Should they ever come to pass, they could create the desolate future ruled by Sougo’s own evil self, the overlord Oma Zi-O! In the present, Sougo journey’s down the path of the overlord, defeating Another Riders as Kamen Rider Zi-O! But with the Day of Oma approaching, will Zi-O become the evil overlord? Or will Kamen Rider Geiz, the Time Jackers, Kamen Rider Woz, or even Kamen Rider Decade, manage to contain his power? Time, will tell…

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Zi-O kicks off this year’s new Figuarts sub-line as a pretty solid release. While assuredly many will take issue with this figure’s lack of accessories (which are included with the Ride Striker) this figure has a lot to offer and lots of personality. Zi-O is a well rounded, well articulated figure that fits in fantastically with mainline figuarts as well Shinkocchou Seihou releases. Though Seihou Kamen Rider Kiva still hasn’t been released, seeing Zi-O with his fellow lead riders is still quite the sight. And if you happen to have a DX Time Mazine as I do, you’ll find that Figuarts Zi-O works quite well with him. Zi-O also compliments Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Decade marvelously.

We’ve attached the full 60+ image gallery to this post, but you can also check out the full review of Kamen Rider Zi-O by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. Next time, things heat up, with our gallery of Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider W Heat/Metal! 

under Kamen Rider

“Woz! WOZ!”

It’s that time of the month and Figure Oh scans are making their way out into the wild. This month, thanks to twitter user @Tesuka_ we have our very first look at S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Woz!

In a rather surprising turn of events it would appear that Kamen Rider Woz is a retail release. This means that all 3 main riders from Zi-O will be non-exclusive releases. This stands in contrast to last season, as Kamen Rider Build himself was a retail release while Cross-Z, Grease, and Rogue all wound up as exclusives. So Zi-O is taking a play out of Ex-Aids book by making the primary 3 retail releases at least.

Woz is headed to collectors in July 2019 for 5940 yen. Keep an eye out for a full set of official images as well as pre-orders in the near future.