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The Power Rangers fan community was rocked last month when the mega-event known as Shattered Grid literally shattered our expectations. And that was just the first issue of BOOM! Studios‘ Power Rangers comic event. So what happens in the SECOND issue of the Shattered Grid event? Quite a bit actually! It’s time for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 026!

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are grieving over their tremendous loss from the previous issue. Unfortunately for our heroes there is no time to reflect – Lord Drakkon is on the move and this time he has the Power Rangers Samurai in his sights! But what can the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers do to help the Power Rangers Samurai? Find out in our full spoiler-filled review by clicking “Read More”!

Again – major spoilers ahead! Read at your own risk!

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Those of you who have followed TokuNation.com over the years are aware of our love not only for toys and collectibles but the desire to get to know more about what goes in to making them happen. That love allowed us the opportunity to get to know, on personal levels, some of the individuals at Bandai America who were working on the Power Rangers brand. One such individual was Gregory Mitchell, who first joined the Power Rangers team in 2013 and started making his mark on the property with Power Rangers Super Megaforce. He would finish his tenure with Bandai America as the Senior Director of Marketing for Power Rangers and oversee Power Rangers Dino Charge, Power Rangers Dino Supercharge, the Power Rangers Movie, and Power Rangers Ninja Steel.

Gregory Mitchell left Bandai America and Power Rangers in October of 2016 to join Alpha Group, a Chinese based company that was in the infant stages of growing their presence in the US markets and territories. Since joining the team, he has played a pivotal part in the acquisition of master toy licenses for various properties, including the multi-billion dollar global property that is Spongebob Squarepants. Fans of tokusatsu will recognize the name Alpha Group as the same company in China that produced the Armor Hero tokusatsu series.

He was kind enough to sit down with us for two hours and discuss a number of topics relating to the Power Rangers brand, both from his time there and from his position now looking at things as an outsider. In our exclusive interview, Gregory discusses how the process of a Super Sentai season becoming a Power Rangers season happens; the inside scoop on Legacy toys quality control issues; Legacy Shogun Megazord; an abandoned Super Sentai series that was planned before Lupinranger vs Patranger; and a handful of stories and favorite memories that you may have missed over the years.

The full interview is available in podcast form from Talkin Toku. You can listen to it in the player below or download it by clicking here.

The entire interview is also uploaded in to 9 total videos on our YouTube Channel. The first piece, a preview we released a couple of weeks ago, is shown here on the front page. All 8 follow up segments are included with this story and can be found by clicking “Read More”.

Again, please click “Read More” to see the other 8 YouTube videos!

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The biggest event in the Power Rangers franchise to date, and possibly the most talked about second to the movie last year, is the Shattered Grid crossover event. With the 29th issue of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, we can see via the latest cover that the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are joined by members of Power Rangers In Space, Power Rangers RPM, Power Rangers SPD, Power Rangers Dino Thunder, and Power Rangers Dino Charge! But will they be able to stop Lord Drakkon?

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Issue 29 releases this July in comic book stores and digital. Don’t miss it! Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is written by Kyle Higgins and drawn by Daniele Di Nicuolo.

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The momentous crossover of the ages, Shattered Grid, continues this July with Go Go Power Rangers by Ryan Parrott and Dan Mora! As always – the story is under wraps and you have to read the issue to discover what truly happens. But until then we have some AMAZING artwork via the covers that will be available for the book.

Check out a cover of the Ranger Slayer with Gravezord, an iconic scene from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers with Trini and Billy, a stunning Black Ranger cover, and the continuation of classic movie covers redone with Power Rangers this time featuring the cult-classic Mallrats.

Go Go Power Rangers releases this July in comic book stores and digital.

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On this day 43 years ago, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger debuted in Japan as the very first Super Sentai team (though simply referred to as a “Sentai” team until 1994 when it officially became listed as “Super Sentai” with the current series). On April 5th 1975, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger aired in Japan marking the beginning of something no one could ever predict. Super Sentai managed to survive the brink of cancellation more than a few times to bring us some of the most memorable tokusatsu stories and characters for over four decades.

And of course – without Super Sentai there would be no Power Rangers. With the advent of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, using adapted footage from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, Power Rangers took the Japanese Super Sentai worldwide with an American spin on the stories that exists till this day (and celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary).

Please join our anniversary thread and share YOUR favorite Super Sentai series and characters and villains! It’s incredibly rare for properties and shows to last more than a handful of years. For Super Sentai to last 43 years is quite a feat worthy of celebration!

Story image courtesy Nobuharuudou on Deviant Art. Check out their work!

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If you haven’t had much luck finding the recently released Power Rangers Legacy figures then you have another option available. Today, GameStop.com put up Legacy Power Rangers Zeo Figures Pre-Orders for all six of the Zeo Rangers. We’ve already known that Zeo Yellow and Zeo Pink were exclusive to GameStop, but now we have pre-orders available online for these as well as the other four figures.

Click here to pre-order your Legacy Power Rangers Zeo figures.

These are being sold at $19.99 and have a release date of 07/29/2018, a couple of weeks earlier than the in-store availability pre-order. Specials thanks to @IamKneeGrow for the heads up!

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As you’re all well aware, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Issue 25 released yesterday and took the Power Rangers fandom by storm. The comic is currently sold out and – spoiler – something big happens in it. Thanks to @MisturYellow on Twitter, we now notice there’s a CHANGE to an upcoming cover for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Issue 27.

The original cover (shown in the image of this article) was easily one of the most popular covers revealed by BOOM! Studios previously as it features the Samurai Red Ranger Lauren as well as Dr.K in the Power Rangers RPM universe. But a change to the cover was spotted in a SyFy interview with the team behind the comic.

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Today is the start of Shattered Grid, the mega-event in the Power Rangers comic universe. The release of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 25 has sent shockwaves through the Power Rangers fandom. Word of mouth has spread because BOOM! Studios has announced that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 25 sold out immediately at the distributor level.

A second printing variant will now be released on April 25th when the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Annual releases. No details on the cover as of yet – but we’d be okay with this cool green lightning bolt.

Fitting, don’t you think?

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The time has come for the climatic end to Shattered TokuNation – our Review of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 25! This issue changes everything for the Power Rangers in ways the fandom couldn’t even imagine. It may very well be the beginning of the end of the Power Rangers at the hand of one of their own!

Lord Drakkon is free and his plans are now in motion. But first thing first – he needs his powers back! Click “Read More” to read our review of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 25. Be warned – included in this review are ALL THE SPOILERS of the issue! Read at your own risk!

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As we approach the release of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Issue 25 on Wednesday, March 28th, we’re taking a look back at the BOOM! Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Go Go Power Rangers comics to help you catch up, if you will, on everything you might have missed if you haven’t been reading. Today we present the History of Lord Drakkon, the main villain of the upcoming Power Rangers Shattered Grid mega-event (which spans the comics, Power Rangers HyperForce, and more).

Using information given to us through both Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comics and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Annual comics, we’ve written up a complete history of Lord Drakkon thus far in the Power Rangers comic universe. Click “Read More” and join us on this adventure of the greatest villain the Power Rangers have ever known – one of their own.

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