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Attention to all toy collectors within driving distance of Cherry Hill, New Jersey! The next New Jersey Collectors Con is this Sunday, March 9th at the Holiday Inn Cherry Hill from 8am to 4pm! It’s a one day show with special guests and a TON of free give aways! Not to mention a great dealer room which is selling more and more toku related items each year!  Check out the list of give aways below!

  • GI Joe Rise of Cobra PIT Mobile Headquarters
  • Hasbro Masterpiece Soundwave
  • Takara Tomy Masterpiece Smokescreen
  • Sideshow 12″ Cobra Commander Statue
  • FansProject Causality M3 Crossfire Intimidator (yes, all five figures!)
  • IDW Red Label Limited Edition GI Joe The Complete Collection Volume 01
  • Mezco Sons of Anarchy Coin
  • GI Joe Retaliation Ultimate Wave 3.5 (sealed case)
  • Marauder Gun-Runners 2 Pack
  • Toy Fair 2014 Exclusive Guardians of the Galaxy Poster
  • Hasbro Masterpiece Acid Storm
  • Exclusive Poster from Boss Fight Studio

There’s also a ton of special guests!  Check out the list below!

  • Mark Bellamo (GI Joe author, former Toy Fare and Wizard writer)
  • John Kent from Toyfinity
  • Boss Fight Studio (a new toy company made up of former Hasbro designers)
  • Dan Khanna (Transformers artist)
  • Girls of the Finest Cosplayers
  • Andrew Griffith (artist for the popular Transformers: Robots in Disguise comic)

While you’re at the show be sure to look out for our very own Sentai Tamashii, becoming known in many circles for his MASSIVE toy collection as well as our own Talkin Toku podcast!  Many of our site’s staff will also be in attendance at the show, as well as from the network.  If you’re free Sunday, head up to the show and say hi to everyone and enjoy what many toy collectors are calling the best “non-mainstream convention on the east coast”.

For all the details you need, as well as images of the special give-aways and how you can go home with one of those excellent toys, head on over to NewJerseyCollectorsCon.com and get ready for a day full of fun!  You won’t find a better way to have a more personal interaction with artists, authors, or toy designers!  We’ll see you at the show!

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Nuremberg Toyfair is currently ongoing and of course Bandai of America is there with their current offerings for Power Rangers Super Megaforce. 

Most of what’s on display is what can be currently found at US retail. However we do get our very first looks at a couple of brand new products as well! On display at the show are:

  • DX/Zord-Builder Q-Rex Megazord, oddly referred to by the booth worker and name tag as Dino Megazord
  • 12″ Silver Super Megaforce Ranger 
  • 5″ Legendary rangers including Mystic Force Red, SPD Red, Megaforce Red, Samurai Red, Dino Thunder Red, Robo Knight
  • The US version of the Gokai Galleon Buster
  • Previously released Legendary Megazord and auxiliary Zords, role play weapons, Legendary Morpher, etc.

 

Check out the video of Bandai’s display from youtube user Atamaii.TV.

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The UK Toy Fair 2014 begins on January 21st, and as a preview for the event, UK Toy News Magazine had some preview images and information for the Bandai portion of the event! For those curious…

– Power Rangers Super Megaforce to begin airing this summer in the UK
– Power Rangers Super Megaforce toys to hit UK toy shelves this summer (including zords, figures, and keys)
– Digimon Fusion also making it’s way to the UK
– Power Rangers Megaforce costumes by Rubie‘s!

While TokuNation.com will not have a representative at the UK Toy Fair 2014, we will be sure to bring you any and all coverage that comes across our eyes. But we WILL be in attendance at US Toy Fair 2014 this February, with a special tour scheduled with Bandai of America! So stay tuned! For our UK friends, are you excited to see Power Rangers Super Megaforce toys hitting your local toy stores?

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As many of you know, we’re really big in to conventions. Each year we travel to the big shows to bring you images, news, and galleries of all the exclusive toys that are for sale or on display. But every once in awhile, something hits close to home that gets us excited. At the 2014 Denver Comic Con, the show is going to be morphin … Mighty Morphin!

Denver Comic Con has confirmed our earlier report that Jason David Frank would be in attendance at the 2014 show. What we DIDN’T know is that Robert Axelrod, the voice of the villainous Lord Zedd, is also going to be in attendance. The show is truly going to be Mighty Morphin with these special guests lined up!

– Jason David Frank (Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Zeo Red Ranger, Dino Thunder Black Ranger)
– Walter Jones (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
– David Yost (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
– Robert Axelrod (Lord Zedd in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, and Power Rangers In Space)

If you live anywhere close to the Denver, Colorado are and you’ve always wanted to attend a Comic Con, then do yourself a favor – register right now and join us at the show! Denver Comic Con runs June 13th thru the 15th in 2014 at the Denver Convention Center. Tickets for each day and full 3 day passes are on sale now. Join TokuNation.com owner and administrator Kickback at the show!

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Thanks to a posting on his Official Facebook Page, the legendary hero of your childhood, Jason David Frank, will be attending a number of shows for 2014! Among one of his stops is one of the fastest growing and popular shows – Denver Comic Con! Jason David Frank will join Walter Jones (the Mighty Morphin Black Ranger) and David Yost (the Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger) as the first tokusatsu related guests at the third annual Denver Comic Con June 13th-15th 2014.

For those who don’t remember off the top of your head who Jason David Frank is – he played the Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Zeo Red Ranger, Turbo Red Ranger, Dino Thunder Black Ranger, and is set to reprise his Mighty Morphin Power Rangers roles in the 2014 series Power Rangers Super Megaforce in a special episode.

But now for some sad news – based on the scheduled date for Wizard World Chicago, it would appear that Jason David Frank will NOT be attending 2014’s Power Morphicon convention (the official Power Rangers convention). Power Morphicon takes place August 22nd-24th 2014, and Wizard World Chicago takes place August 21st-24th 2014. Jason is currently scheduled as a guest at Wizard World Chicago for their 2014 show and the dates conflict.

If you live in the middle United States and would like to experience a great show, be sure to register for Denver Comic Con as tickets are going fast. TokuNation will be in attendance at the show to bring you pictures and any news that comes up at the show.

There has been no official announcement from Denver Comic Con regarding Jason David Frank’s attendance, nor is there any update from Power Morphicon on whether or not the iconic Power Ranger is or is not attending the official convention. As soon as there is we will bring the news to you.

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At RoboToyFest in Pasadena, California some lucky folks were finally able to get some hands on experience with the Legacy Dragon Dagger! Here you can see some images of the completed box, a size comparison with the vintage Japanese dagger and a shot of a lucky fan weilding the dagger, finally showing us just how big this thing will be in hand.

Finally my friend Kim Chi Williams, the awesome person who took these images, took a video of the sound effects the dagger makes, which you can view by clicking this link:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=567474586668395

Stay tuned to Tokunation for more news about this beautiful item and many more coming in the future in the Legacy toyline

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If you haven’t heard of Denver Comic Con then it’s time you got yourself familiarized! The first show happened in 2012 and was met with great praise for being well-organized and a fun experience. Then in 2013, they were met with record number increases, so much that they had to turn people away from entering the show, as it was entirely sold out (we’re talking an increase from a few thousand to TENS of THOUSANDS with people getting in line for tickets at 1am)!

And now in 2014 they are finally dabbling in the genre of tokusatsu, announcing David Yost (the Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger) and Walter Jones (the original Mighty Morphin Black Ranger) as special guests. Both Yost and Jones are still relatively new to the convention circuits, only recently in the last year or so getting in to conventions.

Denver Comic Con will be held June 13th, 14th, and 15th at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver, Colorado. Tickets go on sale Cyber Monday (Monday, December 2nd).

Click here for more information on Denver Comic Con!

I will be at the show – will you?

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To all of our friends, fans, and followers in the northeast-ish United States – the Winter New Jersey Collectors Con will be held on March 9th, 2014 at the Holiday Inn Cherry Hill – New Jersey! Dealer registration is now open if you’d like to set up shop and sell some of your wares to fellow collectors!

If you’ve never been to a NJCC before, they are an awesome, smaller show dedicated to toy collectors from the 70’s to modern day items, and usually draw out a great number of collectible stores from the east coast. They often have popular comic artists attending and the occasional voice actor show up. On top of that, they always have great door prizes – the last show featured a TON of items given away that were exclusively released at San Diego Comic Con.

When: Sunday, March 9th
Where: Holiday Inn Cherry Hill – New Jersey
2175 West Marlton Pike (Rt. 70), Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

For those interested in being DEALERS at the show, please contact fran@njcc.co for pricing, details, and more.

Stay tuned here as well as NewJerseyCollectorsCon.com for more updates on the show!

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This time last week saw plenty of photos from the Tamashii Nation 2013[/URL] event in Japan, with certain figures such as the forthcoming Kamen Rider Gaim S.H. Figuarts only getting through with blurry images.

However Tamashii Nations[/URL] have now updated their website with their own official images from the event, so that some of these figures can be seen in all their glory! Most notable are the great shots of the Kamen Rider Black RX renewal, Kamen Rider Gaim and Kamen Rider Baron figures, however there’s plenty more including:

  • The S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Blade Riders
  • S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Kabuto Renewal Version
  • S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Agito Burning and Shining Forms
  • S.I.C. Rider-1 and Rider-2 new versions
  • Displays of the Super Sentai Reds and Kyoryuger Figuarts
  • The uncoloured prototype Gou from Shougeki Gouraigan
  • S.H. MonsterArts Kiryu, Gigan, Battra & Mothra
  • And more!

Check out the full selection of images by clicking here!

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Blurry though it may be we officially have our first look at color prototypes for S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gaim, Kamen Rider Baron, and Gaim’s bike the Sakura Hurricane!

The image was taken at Tamashii Nations 2013 where the figures are out on full display. However as is often the case at theses events, certain sections of the show may not be photographed. These figures may or may not be under such an embargo but if and when new pictures surface we’ll have them for you here!