TFW2005HisstankTokuNationToyark
Tokunation › Archives for Chris › Page 130

under Conventions, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers, San Diego Comic Con

Time flies when you’re having fun! With less than a month between SDCC 2014 and Power Morphicon, we’ve been swamped! But we figured what better way to hype you up for Power Morphicon than to release our special interview with the cast of Power Rangers Super Megaforce from our time spent with Saban Brands at SDCC 2014!

Join Kickback aka Chris as he interviews Andrew Gray, Azim Rizk, John Mark Loudermilk, Cameron Jebo, Ciara Hanna, and Christina Masterson from Power Rangers Super Megaforce, courtesy Saban Brands.

Click here to download the podcast!
(15:45 in length, 14.3MB, .MP3 format)

iTunes – Stitcher – RSS

A huge special thanks to the cast of Power Rangers Super Megaforce for the fun interview and to Saban Brands for making it happen! As per request, we have also listed the cast of Power Rangers Super Megaforce‘s social media accounts below. Please take a moment to give them a follow. They’re all very talented individuals and they will all go far in their careers! Don’t miss a thing! Follow them all today!

Andrew Gray (“Troy”, Red Ranger)
– @DrewMGray on Twitter
– @AndrewMGray on Instagram

John Mark Loudermilk (“Noah”, Blue Ranger)
– @Johnnyfroboy on Twitter
– @Johnnyfroboy on Instagram

Azim Rizk (“Jake”, Black/Green Ranger)
– @AzimRizk on Twitter
– @AzimRizk on Instagram

Cameron Jebo (“Orion”, Silver Ranger)
– @CameronJebo on Twitter
– @CameronJebo on Instagram

Ciara Hanna (“Gia”, Yellow Ranger)
– @CiaraHanna20 on Twitter
– @CiaraHanna20 on Instagram

Christina Masterson (“Emma”, Pink Ranger)
– @_hichristina on Twitter
– @_hichristina on Instagram

If you’re attending this year’s Power Morphicon you will have a chance to meet the cast of Power Rangers Super Megaforce! We recommend you do – you won’t regret it. Go Go Megaforce! See you at Power Morphicon!

under Conventions, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers

With only a couple of days to go, the Official Power Morphicon has revealed their panel scheduling for the weekend! For those attending – hope you can clone yourself because there’s a lot of great panels happening at the same time! With thanks to our own news correspondent @TrekkieB47 on Twitter, we have a much easier version of the schedule for you to read. For panel details (like who is in each panel), please click here to view Power Morphicon’s listing and times.

Power Morphicon Schedule Friday

Power Morphicon Schedule Saturday

Power Morphicon Schedule Sunday

The most notable snub? Austin St. John isn’t scheduled to be part of either of the Forever Red panels. We don’t think that’s right – let Austin St. John know you want him on the Forever Red panel! Maybe we can work some magic eh Ranger Nation? :)

Don’t forget to follow us @TokuNation on Twitter for all your Power Morphicon news and updates! Be sure to follow our crew that is attending – both site owner and Power Force member Kickback (@rankal on Twitter) and news correspondent and fellow Power Force member TrekkieB47 (@TrekkieB47 on Twitter) for updates all weekend long! And don’t forget to follow the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast on Twitter @RangerCommandPH for details of the special Ranger Command After Dark live-stream podcast with TrekkieB47, TheCinemaSlob, and TokuNation owner Kickback on Saturday night! See you at the show!

under Conventions, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers

For those who don’t remember this far back – the original Power Morphicon was created in part because of the Make-A-Wish foundation. Staying true to its roots, there will be a special ribbon cutting ceremony at this year’s Power Morphicon on the morning of Saturday, August 23rd at 8:45 AM. Five young Junior Rangers from Make-A-Wish will join the Power Rangers and Alex Heartman (“Jayden” the Power Rangers Samurai Red Ranger) in a special can’t-miss stunt, followed by the ribbon cutting ceremony. There will also be surprise guests at this event.

TokuNation.com, affiliated with the Power Force, will be in attendance and covering the event. Be sure to follow us @TokuNation on Twitter as well as with site owner and Power Force member Kickback (@rankal on Twitter) for all your Power Morphicon news, images, and updates throughout the weekend!

under Conventions, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers, San Diego Comic Con

As you might be aware, the Official Power Morphicon is only DAYS away! With over 100 special guests attending and a dealer room full of nothing but toku and toku-related merchandise, it’s bound to be a great time. And for those attending, there’s some great news!

Our friends from Bluefin Tamashii Nations will be at the show at booth #116. And even better news – they will be selling the SDCC 2013 S.H. Figuarts Power Rangers Super Samurai Metallic Set as well as the SDCC 2014 S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Armored Black Ranger figure! They will also have stock on hand of earlier S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Kamen Rider figures, Dragonball Z figures, and Sailor Moon figures.

What a great opportunity for you to pick up any figures you’ve missed including exclusives from the last two years! Don’t forget – TokuNation.com is attending this year’s Power Morphicon as both Platinum Members as well as members of Saban Brand’s Power Force. Be sure to follow us @TokuNation on Twitter, as well as site owner and member of the Power Force Kickback @rankal on Twitter for all the updates from the show. Also be sure to follow our news staff member and Power Force member @TrekkieB47 on Twitter as well as Ranger Command Power Hour host @TheCinemaSlob for all the hijinks at the first ever Ranger Command After Dark, which will be live-streamed! Details to follow. See you at the show!

under Godzilla, Kamen Rider, Power Rangers

It’s time for another update from our site sponsor BigBadToyStore.com! For those who don’t know – BigBadToyStore.com is often able to get various convention exclusive items to resell to collectors. It’s a great way for you to pick up a figure without having to pay extreme eBay or Amazon prices. Check out some of the newly arrived items below!

NEW ARRIVALS!

And of course, don’t forget to get your pre-orders in for these figures! Some of these release this month – notably the S.H. Figuarts! Some are exclusive, so without a middleman it’s tough to get these. They will be in hot demand so don’t miss your chance to grab ’em while they have ’em!

PRE-ORDERS ARRIVING SOON

To check out the full newsletter of new items that have arrived and new pre-orders, including Hot Toys Optimus Prime, new Third Party Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more, simply click the Read More portion! Check out BigBadToyStore.com for all your tokusatsu needs!!

[Read more…]

under Kamen Rider

Melon!

The third release of the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gaim line from Tamashii Nations is none other than the original melon warrior – Kamen Rider Zangetsu! A general release item, this figure retailed between 4,000 and 5,000 yen depending on where you ordered it from and at the time of this gallery and review is still readily available online as well as your favorite import shops (though prices will vary).

Kamen Rider Zangetsu, for those who do not follow the show Kamen Rider Gaim (you NEED to go watch it RIGHT NOW), is the prototype suit for Takatora, one of the heads of the Yggdrasill corporation. It is the first Armored Right suit to be made and was the test suit for all the others. The suit was only used in the show for the first 12 episodes or so of Kamen Rider Gaim before Takatora took up the Energy Rider suit known as Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin (which has it’s S.H. Figuart release later this month!). The suit does appear again in the latter part of the 30’s in the show, but you’ll have to watch it for yourself as we do not believe in spoiling major story elements in our reviews!

Check out 55 images by clicking ”Discuss on TokuNation forums!” as well as to read the full review! You can also click “Read More” to simply read the rest of the review and check out the highlight images of the gallery.

[Read more…]

under Godzilla

Thanks to an article at Variety.com, we have the first tentative release date for the upcoming sequel to the blockbuster hit Godzilla movie that was released earlier this year. If you remember, at San Diego Comic Con it was announced that the sequel was happening and would include a plethora of fan-favorite monsters to battle our lizard hero. But now we have a date.

Godzilla 2 is scheduled for release in June 2018. That’s quite a bit of a wait for a sequel (4 years!) but will it be worth it? Come and discuss!

under Conventions, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers

Our friends at HenshinJustice.com have landed an exclusive interview with the executive producer of the upcoming Power Rangers Dino Charge season, Judd Lynn! In the interview, Judd discusses things from how he came to become the new executive producer (replacing Jonathon Tzachor), his familiarity with the source material Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, the skipped series Go-Busters, and of course, Koichi Sakamoto.

Click here to check out the interview! Our friends online have been searching for any and all Power Rangers Dino Charge news, and speculation has the show beginning to film in October 2014 for the first 22 episode run in early 2015. We will most likely have more concrete details once next week’s Power Morphicon happens.

Are you excited for Power Rangers Dino Charge? Join in the discussion!

under Conventions, Power Rangers, San Diego Comic Con

If you’re a fan of Transformers then I don’t need to introduce you to Marcelo Matere because chances are you’ve already seen his work or you’ve met him personally at the various Transformers conventions. But if you’re not familiar with him or his work, please allow us the pleasure of introducing you!

Marcelo Matere has been a Transformers artist for over a decade now and has been working on official Hasbro products for years. Chances are you probably own a product that has his artwork as the packaging art. I personally have known Marcelo for many, many years now and consider him a dear friend. And I know just how amazing of an artist he is when it comes to drawing robots. So when I learned that he was going to be attending San Diego Comic Con 2014 I decided to see if he would do a commission work for me – I wanted to see how amazing he could make the Dragonzord and the original Megazord look as they engage each other in battle.

I was blown away as was everyone else I showed the artwork to – including Bandai of America. Even without the use of colors and just markers he managed to capture exactly what I wanted – an epic piece of artwork depicting everyone’s two favorite zords battling it out. Check out the image by clicking the news story.

Be sure to follow Marcelo Matere and let him know how much you love his work! I think everyone in Ranger Nation will agree – this guy needs to be doing professional work for Power Rangers!

– Follow Marcelo @marcelomatere on Twitter!
– Be sure to “Like” his work at Facebook.com/MarceloMatereArt
– Visit his professional website at www.marcelomatere.com
– Check out his Deviant Art profile at MarceloMatere.DeviantArt.com

A huge special thanks to our good friend Marcelo Matere who we got to spend some time with (but not nearly enough time) at this year’s San Diego Comic Con 2014. Please be sure to give this guy tons of love!

under Power Rangers

Great news Power Rangers fans! The reboot movie of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers now has a release date – and that date is July 22nd, 2016! Join in our discussion of the movie reboot and what you want to see! If you use social media, please use #PowerRangers to share your excitement! We are happy to confirm this news through Saban Brands.