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They’re finally here, the official reveal of the 2017 Power Rangers Movie suit designs!

Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive reveal and wow, what a reveal it is! The Red, Blue, Yellow, Black, & Pink Rangers are finally here and they’re quite a departure from what we traditionally see in Super Sentai & Power Rangers. EW had this to say about the suits makeup:

“Ours is an alien costume that grows on them, that’s not man-made. You can’t win everyone over, but we are trying to appeal to a more mature audience and gain new fans.” Fans like the Yellow Ranger herself. “It’s the coolest costume ever,” Becky G says. “I’m gonna wear it for Halloween for, like, five years.” 

While opinions will definitely differ greatly, these suits will be a hot topic of discussion.So tell us, what do you think about the reveal? Do the suits hue close enough to the original TV costumes for your liking? Are they too different to be relatable? Sound off in the comments!

under Godzilla

In unexpected fashion a new exclusive has just been revealed as a tie-in for the upcoming Toho film Shin Godzilla, or as it will be known in the west Godzilla Resurgence.

Celebrating Shin Godzilla’s director Hideaki Anno’s seminal work, Neon Genesi Evangelion, Japanese 7-11 stores will be offering a Movie Monster Series Mecha Godzilla Eva 01 Ver vinyl figure!

This Mecha Godzilla/Kiryu will as the name implies be lavishly painted in the classic colors of Eva Unit 01 from Evangelion. This vinyl figure is slated to retail for 4000 yen after tax and will be available exclusively at 7-11 locations in Japan from July 28th onward. Limited supplies will be available at that time.

under Uncategorized

Another month has come & gone! And now we have galleries and in depth reviews by our Photo & Content staff to round-up once again! April was a lighter month for us, Admin/Site Owner & fellow photo fiend Kickback welcomed an addition to his family (you can check out that ongoing gallery all over his twitter!), so that capped our entries for the month to the short but sweet list you see below! Kamen Riders, some very special DX Sentai releases, and a fond farewell to a series of 2.0 galleries made up the content for this month!

As always you’ll find below links to this months gallery/reviews. We look forward to bringing you even more content this month!

Kamen Rider Drive
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Super Dead Heat Drive Gallery

Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger
DX Black Daizyujin Gallery

Kamen Rider Decade
S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Decade Gallery

Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
DX Silver Chrome Gao Gorilla Gallery

Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
S.H. Figuarts Yellow Buster & Usada Lettuce Gallery 2.0

under Super Sentai, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates, TokuNation Spotlights

It’s time for Buster!

TokuNation is finally ready to finish the journey it began nearly 5 months ago. Our Gallery 2.0 retrospective for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters comes to an end with this final gallery, S.H. Figuarts Yellow Buster & Usada Lettuce!

Yellow Buster & Usada are the 5th and sadly last release in the Go-Busters Figuarts subline. But this pair are a more than admirable send off. Between the standard accessory load out of the Buster mold & the inclusion of Usada, this release is more than worth the  fair prices it goes for now. And with it you can at least complete the original trios of Buster & Buddyroids.

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post but you can view the full gallery by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post.

under Kamen Rider

Premium Bandai has just revealed a brand new Vinyl set to tie-in with the currently airing web series Kamen Rider Amazons! An exclusive 2-pack featuring both Amazon Alpha & Amazon Omega!

This unique and dark series has already gained a pretty significant fanbase. Enough of one that Bandai is apparently teasing S.H. Figuarts reveals for both of these characters at next months Tamashii Nations event (May 21-22). But for now this gorgeous vinyl set will whet the appetite of collectors for a very affordable 3780 yen!

Orders for this vinyl set are open from April 28th until June 27th with the set being released in September. As a Premium Bandai exclusive you’ll need to go through a middleman to secure an order for this one. We suggest getting with your preferred service as soon as orders are live.

under Super Sentai

Hyakujuu Gattai!

On occasion TokuNation has the opportunity to share galleries of rare items that aren’t often seen in the toku collecting communities of the world, and today is no different. For your viewing pleasure we’ve assembled a gallery of a rarity from Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger, the gorgeous DX Silver Chrome Gao Gorilla!

Silver Gao Gorilla was a promotional release from 2003, 2 years after Gaoranger ran in Japan, & distributed exclusively by Bandai Asia/Hong Kong. It wasn’t an item regularly available for retail sale. Numerous sentai release in varying chrome colors have made their way to market in this nature over the last 2 decades. This rare piece pops up for sale on occasion but is still notoriously hard to find. The 4th of 5 versions of the Gao Gorilla Power Animal mold, Silver Gao Gorilla will add some serious bling to your collection, and especially to your Gao Muscle or Gao Knight display!

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post but you can check out over 30 which await you in the full gallery/review thread. Just click “Discuss on the TokuNation forums” at the bottom of this post to see them all.

under Kamen Rider

Kamen Ride,
DECADE!

It’s time once again for TokuNation to take a look at a brand new update to a classic (if divisive) character with S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Decade! The 5th release in Bandai’s line of high end, premium style figuarts, Decade seeks to rectify the mistakes of the previous 2 releases this character received.

In every aspect where the original Decade figuarts failed, Seihou Decade succeeds perfectly. This figure has proportions, colors, features, & accessories that outclass the old release in every way. We finally have a Decade figuart with not only an accurate head, but a functioning Decadriver (that’s properly painted too!) but also quality Rider Cards to use with it. Decade also comes with all 3 forms of the Ride Booker, he even comes with hands for any situation including for use with the previously released S.H. Figuarts Machine Decader! topping off this selection Decade includes his alternate evil Violent Emotion head from Movie Wars 2010.

We’ve included a selection of images of this fantastic figure with this post, but over 60 await you in the full gallery/review thread. Just click “Discuss on the TokuNation forums” at the bottom of this post to see them all.

under Kamen Rider

Just confirmed for release via a Figure Oh image dump yesterday, S.H. Figuarts Shinkochu Seihou Kamen Rider Gattack now has a full array of official images and pricing!

Gattack is the 2nd rider from Kamen Rider Kabuto, following it’s titular lead, to receive the Shinkochu Seihou treatment. And it looks like he may set the precedent of Shinkochu Seihou secondary riders being Tamashii Web Exclusives. While that may put some off, this figuart is shaping up to be a fantastic release. Using the S.S. Kabuto body as a base, including 3 sets of hands as well as the Gattack Double Calibur combining blades, this rider  is ready to join his premium partner in style.

S.H. Figuarts Shinkochu Seihou Kamen Rider Gattack will be released as a Tamashii Web Exclusive in September for 6480 yen. Get with your preferred middleman service today to secure one!

under Uncategorized

Surprise surprise! The venerable Kamen Rider 1’s latest costume change is making it’s way to figure form later this year! S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider 1 from the Super Hero Year project Rider 1 film has just been revealed!

This new addition to the line was just teased on the Tamashii S.H. Figuarts Blog and will apparently be on display as early as April 21st! Beginning on the 21st Kamen Rider 1 will be on display at Parco in Shibuya as a part of the Kamen Rider 45th Anniversary exhibition. And from May 21-22 it will also be on display at Tamashii Features 2016.

While specific release info like pricing, as well as accessory breakdowns are not available at this time, S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider 1 is scheduled for release in October 2016!

under Super Sentai

Arise, Daizyujin!

At long last TokuNation is proud to present a really special gallery for you. Following up on our recent 14K Gold Galaxy Megazord Gallery, we have another blast from the past to share. You know the series that started a massively successful franchise in the west, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. You know the series that gave it life, Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. Now we’re taking you back to another first, the first black sentai mecha repaint ever. DX Black Daizyujin!

This gorgeous release was on store shelves in 1993 near the end of Zyuranger’s televised run. Undoubtedly many western fans recognize this mecha from the Bandai America Black & Gold Megazord release, and the recent Legacy version of said toy. That vintage release was itself a mere repackaging of Black Daizyujin, the originator of the black repaint concept for Super Sentai & Power Rangers. At one time this set retailed for 8000 yen, today it commands prices in excess of 60,000 yen. But we managed to get an incredible deal on one thanks to the amazing folks as Serious Toyz. So that brings us to this, a massive gallery totaling over 100 images of this rare and unique set. We’ve done our best to show off each Guardian Beast, the combined Dinotanker mode, and the mighty Daizyujin & its’ glorious gold chromed Dinosaur Sword God Horn.

We’ve attached a pretty sizable selection of this images to this post, but the entire gallery can be accessed by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post.