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The staff at TokuNation.com is in love with the Arms Change figure line for Kamen Rider Gaim, which features your favorite Armored Riders from Kamen Rider Gaim complete with their fruit, arms changing gimmick. The first release was AC01 Kamen Rider Gaim, which received critical acclaim for being what many call the budget line – a figure that’s not quite the S.H. Figuarts quality but pretty damn good for half the price.

The second release is my personal favorite, and the favorite of many here on the site, and that’s AC02 Kamen Rider Baron. Baron comes with Banana Arms, which can fold and wrap around him as armor, just like the show. The feature is interchangeable with the Orange Arms from Kamen Rider Gaim, meaning you can switch the armors on each rider. Everything revealed on the show thus far is set for release, making this line collectible and a fan-favorite.

TokuNation.com member baltmatrix received his Arms Change Baron and took the time to do a video review of the figure! We’ve partnered with baltmatrix to feature his video reviews on anything and everything tokusatsu related, and we couldn’t be more excited for his video review of this excellent figure! Check it out below!

Don’t forget to check out his YouTube page and subscribe so you stay up to date on all his latest reviews!

If you haven’t picked up this figure yet, please do so now before prices begin to skyrocket on the figure. The staff at TokuNation.com can’t recommend these figures enough – they are an incredible alternative to the higher priced figures coming in 2014. And to top it off, they’re incredibly fun.

Banana Arms! Come On!

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You may have caught us gushing on @TokuNation twitter account how much we’re in love with the Arms Change figure series for Kamen Rider Gaim. I personally just received my Gaim and Baron pieces, and I absolutely love them! So much in fact that if you’re on the fence on whether or not to pick up this figure, we’re suggesting YES YES YES!

TokuNation.com member and friend to the site, baltmatrix, posted up his video review of the figure a few days ago. Check out the video below!

TokuNation.com and baltmatrix have teamed up to bring you his videos on anything and everything toku related! He also reviews Transformers figures and more, so if you haven’t already, check out and subscribe to his YouTube channel!

Having personally just received this figure, as well as AC02 Kamen Rider Baron today, I highly recommend these figures. They do not have the articulation of an S.H. Figuart figure, but the playability feature by having the fruit land on the figure and transform in to armor, just like the show, is just too awesome not to get. Plus the little details – like orange slices that appear in Gaim’s helmet – are a nice touch.

But you’d better hurry – the popularity of these figures is increasing and they are becoming harder to find, as even Mandarake only had AC Kamen Rider Baron available as Gaim was totally sold out. After-market prices are already hitting close to triple the original price. Here’s a few links to some relatively decent-priced auctions on eBay:

– AC02 Baron – $19 with $13 shipping
– AC01 Gaim – $38 with $10 shipping

Okay, so I only found two that weren’t asking for $50 or more after shipping. Hurry and act now because you WILL want these figures later. And if you’re in the market to get AC03 Kamen Rider Ryugen, or the two Lock Seeds that transform in to the motorcycles, most foreign sites like Hobby Link Japan had pre-orders go live earlier this morning.

Henshin!

under Power Rangers

If you’re a fan of Power Rangers Megaforce then you obviously should have some vested interest in the video game for the Nintendo 3DS that was released today (Tuesday, November 5th 2013). Our good friend Fury Diamond received an early copy and was kind enough to post, in all honesty, probably the most comprehensive review that any video game has ever received.

Every single detail of the game is reviewed by Fury Diamond – from the packaging, the menu screen, the exclusive card that comes with the game, character selection, and plenty of videos involving game play and more. On top of that, he lists the trophies you can acquire, secrets to unlock, and more!

Click here to check out this amazing review of the game!

Are you planning to pick up the game? Have you already picked it up? What are your thoughts? Share them in our discussion thread!

Go Go Megaforce!

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If you’ve been watching and collecting everything from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, then you know that the final mech to be released in this line is the GIGANTIC Bragigas! This GIANT figure combines with all the other Kyoryuger mechs to form a giant figure.

TokuNation.com friend and member baltmatrix got the figure and took a video to reivew it. You HAVE to check this video out!

baltmatrix has reviewed many of the other mechs in Kyoryuger, as well as many Transformers toys and more. Do yourself a favor and check out his YouTube channel and subscribe! TokuNation.com is proud to have partnered with baltmatrix to show off his video reviews of all the cool toys that you need to be purchasing!

Do you have Bragigas? Are you planning to get him? And if you have him, what do you think? Share your thoughts in our discussion!

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The fan-favorite show Kamen Rider Ryuki featured over a dozen different Kamen Rider figures.  Slowly but surely, Tamashii Nations is releasing all of those figures, and for today, we bring you a gallery by our photo staff member ryan of one of his favorites, Kamen Rider Scissors!

 

Check out all the images !

 

What do you think of this figure?  Let us know!

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As Power Rangers Megaforce begins to near an end and we get closer and closer to the expected February launch of Power Rangers Super Megaforce, which is the adaption of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, information about the villains is beginning to leak.

For starters, Xenotome from RangerBoard posted that John Leigh will be voicing a character by the name of Damaras in Power Rangers Super Megaforce. Ironically enough, there’s a bad guy general in Gokaiger by the name of Damaras. Mystery solved. John Leigh has also voiced Brownbeard from Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, Dr. Belrab in Power Rangers Ninja Storm, and most recently the Fisherman in Power Rangers Samurai.

To top that off, @nightmere10 from Twitter discovered that Rebecca Parr will be voicing a character by the name of Princess Levira for 19 episodes of Super Megaforce. While no one is able to confirm is Princess Levira is the Zangyack Empire’s Insarn, it’s a pretty safe bet, as the Zangyack Empire has been touted as being royalty in the Super Megaforce adaption.

Excited for Super Megaforce yet? We are! Join the discussion in our forums!

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Did you miss out on a previously released S.H. Figuart that has now become rather pricey and expensive on the secondary market? Or would you rather not deal with oversea websites like Mandarake and AmiAmi? We’ve scoured eBay to find some good deals on harder to find, sealed S.H. Figuarts and we’ve listed them here.

But hurry – most of these items are Buy It Now or ending soon!

– SH Figuarts Gokai Silver $36.99 with $5 shipping
– SH Figuarts Gokai Green w/ Darin $39.99 with $7 shipping
– SH Figurats Gokai Blue w/ Darin $66.95 with FREE shipping
– Exclusive SH Figuarts Gokai Pink w/ Darin $123 with $10 shipping
– SH Figuarts Gokai Red w/ Darin $92.99 with FREE shipping
– Exclusive SH Figuarts Gokai Yellow w/ Darin $150.00 with $10 shipping
– Exclusive SH Figuarts Gokai Yellow & Gokai Pink w/ Darins $269.99 with FREE shipping
– SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Ryuki $44.99 with $7 shipping
– Exclusive SH Figurats Kamen Rider Ryuga $155.10 with FREE shipping

Do you have items up for sale on eBay? If you do, why not post them in our Toku Toys on eBay forum for all our members to see! If you have something rare or unique, we’ll even front page it for the fan community to see!

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Thanks for sticking with us as we began the first phase of our site’s relaunch. To prepare for a brand new look and feel to TokuNation.com, we spent some time looking in to making some changes on the forums to better streamline our discussions and to make things easier for all the tokusatsu fans out there that come and talk about it here at the site.

Here’s a quick cheat-sheet on what’s changed.

– Power Rangers Discussion replaces “Power Rangers Megaforce”. All of your Power Rangers discussion now happens in one forum, instead of being spread out over two.
– Kamen Rider Discussion replaces “Kamen Rider Gaim”. All of your Kamen Rider discussion now happens in one forum, instead of being spread out over two.
– Super Sentai Discussion replaces “Jyuden Sentai Kyoryuger”. All of your Super Sentai discussion now happens in one forum, instead of being spread out over two.
– American Toku has been merged with Other Toku Series Discussion. All tokusatsu series discussion that is not one of the “big three” will take place in this forum.
– Other forums have had slight name changes and many have had description changes.

Phase two of our site relaunch will happen sooner than you think. For those who are not aware, we are planning a site relaunch within the next couple of weeks barring any unforeseen complications. We will have an all new front page, a brand new logo, and add another color or two in to our overall color scheme. We also plan to launch a new forum within our message board and add some new, exciting features for you to interact with the site.

Be sure to ”Like” us on Facebook and to follow us @TokuNation on Twitter to see some sneak peaks of our relaunch, and more.

Any questions, comments, or concerns please sound off in this discussion thread. Thanks guys – we’re excited for what we have in store for you and we hope you’ll enjoy it!

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Or for those unfamiliar with the DaiRangers, an incredibly rare (lucky draw?) red Saba sword (the sword used by the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers White Ranger). The exact details of when this item was released, or how widely available it was (lucky draw, contest, give-away, etc.) are totally unknown as of the time of this posting.

Our friends at Tempting Toys & Collectibles have acquired this incredibly rare piece. For those who have enjoyed the rare and hard to find lucky draw items for various Transformers toy lines, Tempting Toys & Collectibles have always been one of the more reputable and well-known businesses in the higher-end toy collectible world.

Check out all the images by clicking on the news story title. And if you have some money laying around to spend, click here to check out the listing and maybe purchase it.

Just be sure to mention that Kickback sent you ;)

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The mystery of exactly where Kamen Rider Abyss is from may never be solved – is he a Kamen Rider Ryuki character from an alternate world or an undead character from the world of Kamen Rider Blade – but nevertheless he is a pretty cool figure.  We’ve taken a number of pictures of Kamen Rider Abyss, with his accessories and some accessories from other popular Kamen Rider characters, and they are here for your viewing.

 

Check out the pictures, and a write-up on my feelings of this figure, after the jump!