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under Kamen Rider

Just because Kamen Rider Decade is years and years old now doesn’t mean we don’t still have some cards up our sleeve! We are very happy to present to you a review and a gallery from an older figure from the S.H. Figuarts line, which is none other than Kamen Rider Diend. Courtesy of our photo contributor ryan, we have 26 images to share with you of this character from one of the popular (and debated) Kamen Rider series!

But just like every figure out there this one has some flaws. What are they, and does ryan think this older figure compares at all to the newer body styles found in the S.H. Figuarts being released today? Click here for the full gallery and review, then share your thoughts on Kamen Rider Diend!

under Power Rangers

With the hiatus over and episodes coming out weekly, it’s time to return to the usual mid-week preview clips of upcoming episodes of Power Rangers Super Megaforce. The next episode, titled “Love Is In the Air”, features the villain Levira falling victim to a love portion, causing her to fall in love with the Green Super Megaforce Ranger Jake. The preview clip shows Noah, the Blue Super Megaforce Ranger, being ignored by the X-Borgs as they focus their attacks on Jake, who is to be captured and brought to Levira. Check out the clip, courtsey RangerCrew.com, below!

This episode of Power Rangers Super Megaforce airs THIS SATURDAY on Nickelodeon. Check your local listings for exact times and be sure to join us in the episode discussion on our forums!

under Power Rangers

We couldn’t think of a witty catch phrase for this gallery so we will go with the basic one that works – It’s Morphin Time!

TokuNation.com is proud to bring you a double-whammy of Power Rangers Super Megaforce 5 Inch Figures today with a two-in-one gallery featuring the Super Megaforce 5″ Red Zeo Ranger and Super Megaforce 5″ Mighty Morphin Green Ranger! These are both figures that a part of the released wave 4 assortment of figures that are proving to be harder and harder to find.

What are you waiting for? Click here to check out 60 high resolution images of these two popular figures! What did we think of these figures? What’s their quality like? Are they worth the hassel of trying to find? We answer those questions and more for both figures!

Special thanks to our friend Fury Diamond from RangerCrew.com for helping us acquire these figures.

under Power Rangers

As is customary around this time during a season, the first 10 episodes of Power Rangers Super Megaforce are now available on Netflix. This includes the most recently aired episode (at the time of this post), “The Perfect Storm”, which originally premiered (by accident) on Hulu Plus last week.

Don’t forget to tune in to a new episode of Power Rangers Super Megaforce this coming Saturday, only on Nickelodeon.

under Conventions, Power Rangers, San Diego Comic Con

Back at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, I contacted a good, old friend of mine from my days in the Transformers community from working for a decade at our sister site TFW2005.COM. His name is Marcelo Matere, and if you are, or were, a Transformers fan then you’ve seen his work – whether it be in comic books from both Dreamwave and IDW Publishing, to official box art work for Hasbro and their Transformers product. Knowing he has tremendous skill in drawing anything robotic in nature, I commissioned from him a Power Rangers piece – the Dragonzord fighting the original Megazord. Using nothing but pictures of toys for references, he hit the project out of the park! I wasn’t the only one who was impressed – even Bandai of America was impressed with his artwork.

In case you don’t remember the original story with the actual sketch – you can find it by clicking here.

We are incredibly pleased and proud to reveal the final version of this beautiful piece of artwork colored by comic book colorist Tom Chu, who has worked on various projects for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, IDW Publishing, and Archie Comics, as well as independent comics and official products for major toy companies. You may recognize his name from our very own Talkin Toku Podcast which he co-hosts, as well as being one of our administrators here at TokuNation.com under the name Sentai Tamashii, or even on Twitter as @SoulInkChu.

I think you will agree with us that this is one of the most impressive pieces of artwork for the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers that we’ve ever seen. And we are beyond excited to share with you in future updates higher resolution versions of this image (minus our watermark) for use as wallpapers and other such things.

Please take a moment and follow these incredibly talented individuals and show their work some love. And, if you happen to want something awesome drawn for you or colored for you, please don’t be shy in asking them about their commission prices. I can personally guarantee that you won’t be disappointed in their work!!

MARCELO MATERE
– MarceloMatere.com
– Follow him @marcelomatere on Twitter!
– Follow him @marcelomatere on Instagram!
– Check out his Deviant Art page at MarceloMatere.DeviantArt.com

TOM CHU
– Follow him @SoulInkChu on Twitter
– Check out his Deviant Art page at ColorDojo.DeviantArt.com

under Godzilla, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

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under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

Our site sponsor BigBadToyStore.com has put up their new newsletter with a ton of new offerings for both toku and non-toku fans! A lot of great, highly anticipated items for various genres are up including the latest Super Sentai addition to the S.H. Figuarts line – Vul Eagle! On top of that, there’s some new Ressha Sentai ToQGer items that have arrived. Don’t delay – pre-order the Vul Eagle to make sure you’re one of the first to get it! Check out our list of new items below!

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under Power Rangers

After being seen on display at this year’s Power Morphicon, new images of the upcoming Legacy Tigerzord and Legacy Saba have surfaced at online retailer Entertainment Earth. Included are our first look at the robot mode of the Legacy Tigerzord! Their pre-orders are online and state a February 2015 release although Bandai of America told us at Power Morphicon that they wouldn’t be available until early summer 2015.

Special thanks to raz at Razzle’s Dazzles for the find! You can pre-order the Legacy Tigerzord by clicking here and pre-order the Legacy Saba by clicking here.

under Conventions, General Tokusatsu News, Kamen Rider, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers, Super Sentai, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates

Talkin Toku is back!

After nearly 2 months since the last episode with your regular hosts, the boys of Talkin Toku return! Join Kickback, Den-O, and Sentai Tamashii in the all new, all different, all unedited and uncensored Talkin Toku!

Since the last full episode, Kickback and Den-O have gone to San Diego Comic Con, and Kickback then went to Power Morphicon. Listen to his reactions to the overall convention as we talk the good, the bad, and the ugly! Special shout-outs to some good friends made over the weekend – Dan’s Toku Rants, the Toku Ladies Podcast, Zeron Xepher, and Shukuen Shinobi, as well as the guys from Ranger Command Power Hour.

We also discuss some of the latest collectibles that have come out that we’ve purchased – S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Ryugen and S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gridon – as well as discuss a lot of the upcoming Power Rangers Dino Charge toys and information from Power Morphicon to the present – including the rumor that Saban Brands isn’t interested in adapting Ressha Sentai ToQGer!

There’s also some brief discussion on Kamen Rider Drive – our hopes and our fears – as well as whether or not we’re going to go “all in” on the merchandise like we did with Kamen Rider Gaim (and have loved every wallet-draining moment).

Finally – it’s Gaim Time. The boys discuss everything so far in Kamen Rider Gaim up through episode 43 including some of the parallels that the show has with some other Hesei era Kamen Rider shows (spoilers right there). Will Micchy redeem himself? And do we want Micchy to redeem himself? And just who – and what – is Kamen Rider Jam? And our thoughts on whether or not the show ends on Episode 46 (the final episode written by Gen Urobuchi) or if it ends on Episode 47 (the rumored Kamen Rider Drive hand-off episode featuring Kamen Rider Jam).

Also – we want to give you guys free stuff. So we’re going to come up with ways to get free stuff, including the convention exclusive Super Megaforce Red Ranger key as well as a Mighty Morphin Green Ranger translucent key, and more importantly, an entire set of Season 2 S.H. Figuarts Akibarangers. Stay tuned for that and throw some suggestions out in our discussion thread! Check out the episode directly linked to this post below! (NOTE: You have to push play!)

See you in a couple of weeks!

Click here to download the podcast!
(1:43:00 in length, 94.0MB, .MP3 format)

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Be sure to follow all of the Talkin Toku social media outlets so you can keep up with the hosts and our upcoming contests and give-aways!
Follow the show @TalkinToku on Twitter, and the hosts: Kickback at @rankal on Twitter, Den-O at @DenO_Tokunation on Twitter, and Sentai Tamashii at @SoulInkChu on Twitter! There’s also a Talkin Toku Facebook page! Give us a ”Like” at Facebook.com/TalkinToku

under Power Rangers

With thanks to user YellowAccel from the folks at RangerCrew.com, we have some potential spoilers for the final episodes of this season’s Power Rangers Super Megaforce. For those questioning the validity, YellowAccel lives in France, and these potential spoilers are from the Canal J website – which is kind of like a Nickelodeon over there.

We will not post the spoilers on our front page – however, if you are interested in reading them, you may do so clicking here for the spoilers. What kind of spoilers do you ask? We learn, story-wise, how they will work in the use of the regular Megaforce suits while fighting Vrak as well as what role Orion the Super Megaforce Silver Ranger plays – as well as details on the return of the missing Robo Knight. We also learn a bit about Mavro, the father of both Prince Vekar and Vrak, as well as the events leading up to the finale “Legendary Battle”.

Thanks again to YellowAccel for the information. You can find his original post at RangerCrew by clicking here. Be warned – clicking the link will take you directly to his post. We have blacked out using our spoiler code on our forum so you can choose whether or not to read them.

What do you think? Join in the discussion but … of course … beware of spoilers!