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Quite the interesting entry has been discovered on Amazon.com. Found by @PowerRangerTalk on Twitter, there is an Amazon listing for a Power Rangers Legacy Super Zeo Gems Collectable Set. The description of the listing is as follows:

  • Harness the power of the Zeo Rangers with the Power Rangers Legacy die-cast Super Zeo Gems set
  • Each gem has been masterfully replicated with high quality die-cast parts so you can relive epic moments from the show
  • The set includes all 5 of the Power Rangers’ gems
  • Hold a piece of Power Rangers history in the palm of your hand, show it off in its display packaging, or combine it with the Power Rangers Legacy edition Morpher (not included)
  • The Power Rangers Legacy die-cast Super Zeo Gems set is an essential addition to any Power Rangers collection!

A pretty solid description for items shown only once in Power Rangers Zeo! Either way it is nice to see the Legacy line of Power Rangers continue to tread past the days of Mighty Morphin. Check out the listing on Amazon by clicking here. There is no release date or price at this time.

For those unfamiliar with the item – when Trey of Triforia passed the Gold Ranger powers to Jason, he left the Power Rangers Zeo with a gift – the Super Zeo Gems! Zordon had assumed they were lost forever (and that was the end of their lore) and was excited that they were back. Jason, using the Golden Power Staff, was able to reactivate the Super Zeo Gems to activate the brand new Super Zeo Zords which would combine to form the Super Zeo Megazord.

If the Power Rangers Zeo Legacy Super Zeo Gems comes to be will it be joining your collection? Sound off in our discussion thread!

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The highly anticipated Lupinranger vs Patranger series begins in two weeks time and thanks to Columbia.jp we have previews for the highly anticipated theme songs! What is unique about this double Sentai series is that each team has their own theme song as well as a combined theme song. Click the links below to take a listen!

Patranger vs Lupinranger Theme Song
Click here to listen!
Performed by Project.R (Yoshida Tatsuhiko, Yoshida Hitomi)

Lupinranger, Turn the Dial
Click here to listen!
Performed by Project.R (Tatsuhiko Yoshida)

Chase You Up, Patranger
Click here to listen!
Performed by Project.R (Hitomi Yoshida)

Are you hyped yet? Lupinranger vs Patranger airs (for the United States) on Saturday, February 10th!

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Our friend Hassan Ahmed (the Internet Sensation Sweeping the Nation, HA!) and his channel The World of HA on YouTube, got the distinct pleasure of interviewing Peter Sudarso. If you’re living in a cave on the Island of Despair, Peter Sudarso plays both Preston the Power Rangers Ninja Steel Blue Ranger (airing on Nickelodeon) as well as Marv the HyperForce Red Ranger on the weekly tabletop RPG series Power Rangers HyperForce on Twitch.TV!

It’s an informative interview and gives you both the opportunity to dive in to Peter’s thoughts on Power Rangers as well as the behind the scenes details on Power Rangers HyperForce! Check out the video below!

Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel airs every Saturday morning on Nickelodeon! Check your local listings for exact times. Power Rangers HyperForce streams live every Tuesday evening from 6pm PST to 9pm PST on Twitch.TV. Check out the HyperRPG channel by clicking here!

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The next series of the Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ figures have been found! Brandon E. posted on the Power Rangers Buyers, Traders, and Sellers Facebook page that he had found Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ Dino Thunder Black Ranger and Zeo Blue Ranger at his local Meijer store in Ohio.

The Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ Zeo Red Ranger has been spotted in a case refresh pack of Series 04 figures and is most likely in this new case assortment as well.

Still no word or sighting of the missing female figures. Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ Zeo Yellow Ranger was listed as Series 04 but as Series 05 is now hitting the shelves, we have yet to see her appear yet. As soon as something pops up we’ll let you know.

Have you spotted new Power Rangers Legacy toys? If so, post about it in our Sightings Forum, which has threads broken down for each state and for countries outside the United States too!

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The month of July cannot get here quick enough for some of us Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger fans. Tamashii Nations recently revealed the release information for the upcoming Soul of Chogokin Dragon Caesar (July 2018 for 17,280 yen). For fans of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Dragon Caesar is the Japanese name for the Dragonzord. This beautiful collectable is able to combine with the previously released Soul of Chogokin Daizyujin (Mighty Morpin Power Rangers’ Megazord). Does this mean in 2019 we’ll see God King Brachion (Titanus)? Only time will tell.

The Soul of Chogokin page for SOC Daizyujin has been updated with all the information for Dragon Caesar, including design schematics. It is quite a marvel to see how this thing was designed. We’ve mirrored the images here and you can see them all by clicking the title of the story. You can see the product page itself by clicking here.

We won’t even ask if you’re going to buy this. Of course you are. So instead of sounding off on whether or not you’ll buy it, let’s sound off on how we’re going to display this thing and in what mode!

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This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Power Rangers. In celebration of this historic milestone for the Power Rangers, Saban Brands in partnership with Bandai America, nWay, BOOM! Studios, and Imaginext, plan to reveal their Top 25 for the 25th, a new segment that will celebrate the Top 25 items releasing this year for the 25th Anniversary of the Power Rangers.

The first showcase is none other than the recent release of the iconic auto-morphin figures first released with the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy line. Available now at retailers are the Mighty Morphin Red Ranger, Pink Ranger, and Green Ranger. Also announced today is that the Blue Ranger, Black Ranger, and Yellow Ranger will be available to purchase this fall.

On top of that – RangerNation.com has been updated to be a brand new website! There’s an interactive museum with facts about each season of Power Rangers, a section where you can ask Zordon a question, morph back to the Internet circa 1993, and of course the 25 for the 25th feature.

Check out the full press release by clicking “Read More”!

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The hype for the 25th Anniversary of Power Rangers will have to wait – at least from Bandai America. We reported on Twitter last week (follow us @TokuNation on Twitter!) that Bandai America did not have an exhibitor booth for the upcoming Toy Fair 2018 event held at the end of February. That information is readily available for everyone by browsing through the exhibitor list at the Toy Fair New York City website. They do have a meeting room registered to them so we held back on posting a news story until we reached out to Bandai America regarding their Toy Fair New York City plans.

Well, we reached out and got a response.

Bandai America will not have an exhibitor booth at this year’s Toy Fair 2018. No marketing or media representatives will be traveling to the tradeshow this year. The only representatives from Bandai America that will be in attendance are sales representatives. Here is the response we received:

Thank you for reaching out to Bandai. We will not be hosting a booth on the floor of New York Toy Fair this year. You can find images and descriptions of our key items on the official New York Toy Fair Press site. Thanks! -Bandai

This will undoubtedly come as a disappointment to many fans who were hoping to kick off the 25th Anniversary of Power Rangers with excitement and anticipation. Whether or not Bandai America has new product at the show at all is unknown and perhaps other outlets will receive the courtesy to report on those products. We do know some of the products making their way out this year thanks to Bandai UK‘s exhibitor booth at the Toy Fair 2018 London event. You can find those updates by clicking here, here and here.

While this may be discouraging to collectors and adult fans we do hope you will exercise patience before passing judgement on the year itself as a whole. Our friends at Saban Brands have assured us there is so much more to come in terms of the 25th Anniversary of Power Rangers. After all, Toy Fair is a tradeshow not meant for collectors and press coverage akin to San Diego Comic Con or New York Comic Con.

We will continue to update you as news and information trickles out from this year’s Toy Fair, especially from other licensees of the Power Rangers brand.

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NOTE: The list of closures includes Babies’R’Us stores but are not specifically notated in the list provided. Please check the address of the store(s) closing in your area to determine if it is a Toys’R’Us, Babies’R’Us, or a combination location.

We all knew this was coming. And at times like this it’s best to just rip off the bandaid rather than make it slow and painful. Toys’R’Us announced today through court filings regarding it’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy that it will close 182 stores across the United States.

If you haven’t been following the story regarding Toys’R’Us and it’s ongoing bankruptcy issues, the holiday season was not a strong one for the embattled retailer. Overall sales for the classic toy store were down anywhere from 10% to 20% of projections which helped lead to the decision to cut ties with under-performing stores or stores with unfavorable leases.

As if a punch to your gut wasn’t enough – these are labeled as “initial” closings. Some of these stores may be turned in to Babies’R’Us and Toys’R’Us combo stores while other stores may end up on the chopping block as well. There is a slight chance that a few of the stores listed for closure will remain open if leases with landowners can be restructured.

How does this have any relation to a website about tokusatsu, you ask? Bandai America has partnered with Toys’R’Us to be their primary exclusive retailer option, where the Power Rangers Legacy line first premiered and has continued to offer exclusive offerings (namely every Megazord released thus far). One of the primary reasons for the Toys’R’Us Chapter 11 bankruptcy was due to the fact that Toys’R’Us was unable to pay the toy companies (especially Mattel and Hasbro) for the product that they ordered to carry in their stores. That inability to pay caused less than projected profit numbers for toy companies in Q4 of 2017. Some fans speculate that the lack of any new Power Rangers Legacy Megazords (looking at you, Legacy Shogun Megazord) is due to the fact Toys’R’Us is currently involved in these Chapter 11 bankruptcy dealings. Hopefully we will have more information on that specific item, and future Legacy Megazord items, at next month’s Toy Fair New York City.

For a full list of stores closing in the United States, please click “Read More”. For our friends in Canada, there are currently no plans to close any Toys’R’Us stores in Canada.

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Tonight a brand new Power Rangers Hyperforce streams live on Twitch.tv! Before the new episode airs, take some time to catch up on last week’s episode, now available for everyone on Hyper RPG‘s YouTube channel! Check out the episode below!

Be sure to catch the brand new episode of Power Rangers Hyperforce at 6pm PST on the Hyper RPG Twitch live stream by clicking here! Power Rangers Hyperforce is a tabletop RPG designed specifically for Power Rangers! In partnership with Saban Brands, Power Rangers Hyperforce is a direct sequel to the fan-favorite Power Rangers Time Force series. Five Time Patrol cadets are tasked with traveling through time to stop the Alliance of Evil! As they continue to travel through time new reveals are made regarding just what the Alliance of Evil is up to! What will happen next? Tune in to a brand new Power Rangers Hyperforce and find out!

Be sure to discuss the latest episode in our discussion thread!

under Power Morphicon, Power Rangers

Announced today by Power Morphicon the cast of Power Rangers Ninja Steel will be in attendance at Power Morphicon 2018 courtesy of Saban Brands! This is your opportunity to meet the current season’s cast with autographs and pictures. As customary, we expect a Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel panel at this year’s show (yet nothing has been announced as of yet) and the current cast to introduce the 2019 Power Rangers cast to the attending crowd.

If you haven’t registered for Power Morphicon 2018 you can do so by clicking here. While you’re doing so, don’t forget to purchase your Power Morphicon 2018 exclusive Legacy 6.5″ Lord Drakkon figure as he will ONLY be available at Power Morphicon 2018!

We will see you at the show!