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For those fans who live on the east coast and cannot make it to Power Morphicon this year due to cost, timing, etc., great news! The east coast’s largest gathering of Power Rangers continues on thanks to the folks of RangerStop.com! This show is located in Orlando, Florida and will be held the weekend of November 7th thru the 9th at the Holiday Inn & Suites at Universal Orlando!

To help you decide on whether or not you want to attend, they’ve pulled out the big guns. The original Mighty Morphin Red Power Ranger himself, Austin St. John, announced today that he will also be a guest at the show. Check out this awesome guest list below!

  • Austin St. John (“Jason”, Mighty Morphin Red Ranger, Zeo Gold Ranger)
  • David Yost (“Billy”, Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
  • Walter Jones (“Zack”, Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
  • Karan Ashley (“Aisha”, Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger #2)
  • Catherine Sutherland (“Kat”, Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger #2, Zeo Pink Ranger, Turbo Pink Ranger)
  • Steven Cardenas (“Rocky”, Mighty Morphin Red Ranger #2, Zeo Blue Ranger)
  • Nakia Burrise (“Tonya”, Zeo Yellow Ranger, Turbo Yellow Ranger)
  • Blake Foster (“Justin”, Turbo Blue Ranger)
  • Alison MacInnis (“Dana”, Lightspeed Rescue Pink Ranger
  • Jason Faunt (“Wes”, Time Force Red Ranger)
  • Erin Cahill (“Jen”, Time Force Pink Ranger)
  • Michael Copon (“Lucas”, Time Force Blue Ranger)
  • Hilary Shepard (“Divatox”, Power Rangers Turbo and Power Rangers In Space)

That is quite the line-up! For full details head over to RangerStop.com or, if you’ve already made up your mind, go ahead and register for the show now! Special thanks to Austin St. John Street Team Member @trekkieb47[/url] for the awesome graphic for the show! Check out this great promotional video for Austin St. John‘s announcement!

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To all you Power Rangers fans up north in Canada, specifically Toronto – great news!  The folks of Unplugged Expo have dropped by to let us know that they have officially announced that Kevin Duhaney, better known as Ethan James the Dino Thunder Blue Ranger will be attending as a special guest at this year’s show!  He is joining their Power Rangers line-up with Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam the Mighty Morphin Black Ranger, Zeo Green Ranger, and Turbo Green Ranger).

The Unplugged Expo takes place on September 27th and 28th at the Chestnut Conference Centre in downtown Toronto. Check out Kevin Duhaney‘s announcement video below!

But they’re not done yet! They have one more Power Rangers guest to announce in the near future! To stay up to date on what’s going on, be sure to follow them @UnpluggedExpo on Twitter as well as giving their Facebook page a “Like”! And of course, don’t forget to visit the Unplugged Expo webpage for more special guest details, show details, and to register.

under Conventions, Kamen Rider, Other Conventions, Power Rangers

Can you tell that the convention season is in full swing? Every weekend there’s another show with another toku-related guest appearing! And we’re struggling to keep up! But for those of you who are planning to attend this year’s Anime Expo you’re in for a special treat!

For starters – fans of Kamen Rider Gaim will have a chance to meet the man responsible for this incredible series. The writer of the series, Gen Urobuchi, will be in attendance at this year’s show. He will be hosting his own panel to discuss his current and upcoming projects, and will be appearing at the Good Smile Company booth to sign autographs on Friday and Saturday starting at 11:00am.

And for you Power Rangers fans, you too have reason to rejoice! Alex Heartman, known better as Jayden the Power Rangers Samurai Red Ranger, as well as Hector David Jr. also known as Mike the Power Rangers Samurai Green Ranger will be in attendance on both Saturday and Sunday at the Power Morphicon/Robo Toy Fest booth. Exact times and autograph opportunities have yet to be listed.

Anime Expo 2014 is THIS weekend. In fact, it technically starts Thursday, July 3rd and runs through Sunday, July 6th. We are pleased to state that TokuNation.com will be in attendance (simply as fans), but will share any and all information with you that’s made available – especially anything Kamen Rider Gaim related that Gen Urobuchi reveals! Stay tuned!

under Conventions, Power Rangers, San Diego Comic Con

We are less than three weeks away from San Diego Comic Con 2014! And every single year, more and more Power Rangers attend the show! This year will be no different, with some attending on their own and others attending thanks to the Official Power Morphicon convention coming up in August! We’ve done our homework and will update our list as more guests continue to confirm their attendance. Check out the list below!

  • Jason David Frank (“Tommy”, Mighty Morphin Green & White Rangers, Zeo Red Ranger, Turbo Red Ranger, Dino Thunder Black Ranger)
    – Details yet to be announced
  • Jason Faunt (“Wes”, Time Force Red Ranger)
    Appearing at Autograph Alley AA27
    – Thursday 2:00pm to 7:00pm
    – Friday 2:00pm to 7:00pm
    – Saturday 2:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Danny Slavin (“Leo”, Lost Galaxy Red Ranger)
    Appearing at the Power Morphicon Booth
    – Friday 2:00pm to 7:00pm
    – Saturday 2:00pm to 7:00pm
    – Sunday 1:30pm to 5:00pm
  • Alison MacInnis (“Dana”, Lightspeed Rescue Pink Ranger)
    Appearing at the Power Morphicon Booth
    – Wednesday 6:00pm to 9:00pm
    – Thursday, Friday, Saturday 2:00pm to 7:00pm
    – Sunday 1:30pm to 5:00pm
  • Blake Foster (“Justin”, Turbo Blue Ranger)
    Appearing at the Power Morphicon Booth
    – Friday, Saturday, Sunday 9:00am to 1:00pm

Don’t forget – TokuNation.com and the Talkin Toku Podcast will be attending the show and will be on the floor before anyone else! We will be live-streaming various events and covering the entire convention for TokuNation.com as well as TFW2005.COM, ToyArk.com, and HISSTANK.COM! You can follow our entire team and all of our social media accounts for up-to-the-second updates as they happen! And don’t forget to keep an eye out on our front page as we will update our photos as we take them!

We will have SO MUCH MORE on our coverage for this year’s San Diego Comic Con 2014 in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to TokuNation.com, the only site you need for all your SDCC 2014 news, updates, and live coverage!

under Conventions, Power Morphicon

We’re a little late on this update but that doesn’t mean it isn’t news! The Official Power Morphicon convention updated on Monday with a couple of new guests and, unfortunately, a cancellation. For starters, Anna Hutchison, better known as Lily the Jungle Fury Yellow Ranger will be joining Jason Smith and David de Lautour giving us the largest Power Rangers Jungle Fury reunion. Someone get in touch with Aljin Abella and Nikolai Nikolaeff and tell them to join the others for a true reunion! But she’s not the only guest – here’s the latest list from the update.

  • Anna Hutchison (“Lily”, Power Rangers Jungle Fury Yellow Ranger)
  • Bruce Heinsious (from Bruce Heinsious Photography, original photographer of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers0
  • Jaze Cosplay (guests and judges for the Cosplay Contest)

And unfortunately, another guest has joined Cerina Vincent in having to cancel their appearance at this year’s convention.

  • Neil Kaplan (voice of “Diabolico”, Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue) – NO LONGER ABLE TO ATTEND

Another important update for those of you who have been waiting to register – pre-registration will end on July 31st, 2014. So for the love of Zordon, if you haven’t registered please click here to begin your registration process. We want to see you at the show!

TokuNation.com and the Talkin Toku Podcast are honored to be attending the show this year as platinum members, giving us early and full access to the entire event and the special guests. We will be conducting interviews and live coverage of the show with pictures and information from all the panels. We are attending in part thanks to our good friends trekkieb47 and TheCinemaSlob from the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast. Give them some love and stay tuned for some special updates about what exactly Talkin Toku and Ranger Command have in store for everyone at the show!

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Thanks once again to the awesome @PockyBandit on Twitter, we have a link to an Amazon.com listing for the upcoming Power Rangers Super Megaforce Ninja Zord!

The Ninja Zord is, of course, an adaptation of the Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger mecha by the name of Karakuri Warrior Fūraimaru. The differences between the two toys are, well, they’re large. Very large. And when the first images were shown earlier this year (and late last year), TokuNation forum members were overly not pleased with the changes. However, with these new official images, maybe a few minds can be changed and the opinions can sway a bit.

Check out all the images by clicking the title of the story.

So share your thoughts. Have they changed on the Super Megaforce Ninja Zord? Or do you still think it’s a weak offering from Bandai of America? Or do you not even care? Join in the discussion and sound off!

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The images from Amazon keep on rolling in! With special thanks to @PockyBandit on Twitter for sharing these finds, we have our first official images for the Turbo Cycle, Operation Overdrive Cycle, the Silver Spear roleplay item, and the Silver Ranger Hero Set. These items should come with Ranger Keys, though it is unclear which key comes with what (the same Wild Force Red Ranger key is shown on the Cycles, and Robo Knight Ranger Key with the Silver Spear).

We’ve attached the images on to this news story, so click the news story to check them all out!

Are you planning to pick up any of these items? Are any of them must-buys for you or maybe for your own young ones? Join in the discussion thread and share your thoughts! And don’t forget to share your latest toy finds in our Sightings Forum, where you can share your finds with other fans in the area and maybe make a new friend or two!

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The first official images of the Power Rangers Super Megaforce Silver Morpher are now online courtesy Amazon.com. As was to be expected, this item comes with the Super Megaforce Silver Ranger Key. There had been some hope that perhaps this morpher would come with a few extra 6th Ranger keys, but alas, that does not seem to be the case.

Also, by looking at the item description and comparing it to the Gokai Cellular version (the Bandai of Japan version that is), it would appear that the “scanning” gimmick has also been removed from the toy. The gimmick served no real purpose to the functionality of the toy, it just made it match the show a little bit more by having a red light come on and an anchor drop inside the morpher above the key, giving you the impression that the key was actually being scanned. We also cannot see any of the decals inside the morpher that were present in the Bandai of Japan version.

This item should be releasing soon to all the major retail outlets. Have you found a new Power Rangers Super Megaforce toy in your area? Why don’t you head over to our Sightings Forum! It has a directory system by state, allowing you to filter out all the other locations that don’t relate to you, as well as giving you an opportunity to meet some local #RangerNation members.

What do you think? Are you going to pick up the Silver Morpher? Sound off in the discussion thread!

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The internet sensation PelleK, who earlier this year did all the Power Rangers theme songs in concession as one giant song and was later picked up by Haim Saban himself, eventually having the song (and instrumental) released as the Power Rangers Mega Mix, has released an all new Power Rangers song simply titled “Go Go Power Rangers”. It’s different but it’s a little catchy. Would you want to see PelleK do the Power Rangers Dino Charge theme song? Sound off in our discussion and enjoy the video below.

under Power Rangers, Super Sentai, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates

The boys are back from their crossover adventure with the release of Episode 12 – Lord Zedd Interview and Talkin Dino Charge! Talk some toku with your hosts Chris/Kickback, Jordan/Den-O, and Tom/Sentai Tamashii! In this week’s episode, Chris conducts the first ever Talkin Toku Interview with none other than Robert Axelrod, the voice of Lord Zedd from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Special thanks to Denver Comic Con for helping set up and coordinate a time and place for the interview. Chris also shares his thoughts on Denver Comic Con.

To round off the episode the guys keep the topic on Power Rangers, and more specifically discuss a couple of Power Rangers Monday articles – namely what do we want to see adapted in to Power Rangers Dino Charge from Kyoryuger and what else would we have liked to see adapted from Super Sentai in general in to Power Rangers? It’s a fun conversation as our hopes for a great season with Power Rangers Dino Charge especially with Judd Lynn at the helm show up in the conversation. Take a listen to the episode below and join in the discussion!

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