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At this year’s WonderCon 2018 the Power Rangers HyperForce will be getting their own exclusive cover for Go Go Power Rangers Issue 08. Revealed today by Meghan Camarena, @Strawburry17 on Twitter who plays Chloe the HyperForce Pink Ranger, is the exclusive WonderCon Power Rangers HyperForce Comic Cover.

The cover features:

Marv, the HyperForce Red Ranger
Jack, the HyperForce Yellow Ranger
Eddie, the HyperForce Blue Ranger
Vesper, the HyperForce Black Ranger
Chloe, the HyperForce Pink Ranger
Joe, the Time Force Silver Ranger
Alpha 55

We can’t wait to add this to our collection! It will be exclusively available to attendees at this year’s WonderCon 2018 happening March 23rd through March 25th in Anaheim, California.

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With Toy Fair New York 2018 winding to a close, Fortune.com sat down with Brian Goldner, the CEO of Hasbro Inc., and spoke regarding the acquisition of the master toy license of the Power Rangers brand. Speaking with Susie Gharib of Fortune.com, Brian Goldner had this to say about the Power Rangers brand:

“It’s a very young-skewing brand so that the youngest consumer really loves that story, that fun kitsch humor that comes along with that action and adventure of Power Rangers. And then today there’s all these kids who are now adults, are fans of the brand and we think there’s a great opportunity in that fan economy to talk to the Power Ranger fan and give them the products they’re looking for.”

Saban Brands, the parent company of Power Rangers, recently announced both their separation from Bandai America, the toy company that has produced Power Rangers toys for the last 25 years, and subsequently announced their new partnership with Hasbro.

Brian Goldner finishes by saying “We think this brand can be far bigger in our hands over time than it has been in the past.” Join in your thoughts and expectations in our on-going discussion regarding the acquisition of the Power Rangers toy line by Hasbro.

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Check out some images of the presentation of Power Rangers at Hasbro from Toy Fair 2018. This is the stage that the new season, Power Rangers Beast Morphers, was announced to the crowd in attendance. The stage features the brand new logo, which we first reported on here, along with a backdrop of various Power Rangers throughout the years.

Power Rangers Beast Morphers, the brand new season of Power Rangers from Saban Brands and Hasbro, premieres in 2019 on Nickelodeon. The first Power Rangers Beast Morphers merchandise from Hasbro will be available in Spring 2019. Stay tuned to TokuNation.com for all your Power Rangers Beast Morphers news and information as it becomes available.

Are you ready for Buste–er–Beast Morphers?

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Our coverage of Toy Fair 2018 continues with a look at the offerings for Imaginext Power Rangers. Unfortunately there was not much to be seen from the folks at Imaginext. On display was a brand new repaint of the Megazord playset in a new color scheme – black and red – with no release information available. Shown with it was a Mighty Morphin Red Ranger with black highlights and a repainted Rita Repulsa figure in purple and blue. Two power coins and a purely red staff accompanied as accessories.

What is the future of Imaginext Power Rangers with the master toy license going to Hasbro? We’re not quite sure. Hasbro has it’s own preschool aged faction of toys under the PlaySkool banner. We’ll update you with any further information regarding the future of Imaginext Power Rangers.

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In addition to the previously reported Denkou Choujin Gridman figures revealed at Wonderfest 2018, Evolution Toys also brought along a number of other classic tokusatsu heroes as part of their Hero Action Figure series line.

First up for release in May is Fake Janborg A (also known as Imitation Jumborg Ace), who appeared in episode 29 of the 1973 Tsuburaya Series Jumborg Ace. Following on from that in June will be Janborg 9 (aka Jumborg 9), the second fighting robo to appear in the series.

Next up in July comes Spectreman (star of the 1971 series from P Productions), followed by Silver Kamen Giant (from 1971 series Silver Kamen) and Mirrorman (star of the 1971 series by Tsuburaya) in August. Fans may recognise an updated version of Mirrorman as part of Mirror Knight, a member of Ultraman Zero’s Ultimate Force Zero in the film Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial. Meanwhile Silver Kamen also received something of a renaissance last year, appearing alongside fellow classic tokusatsu hero Red Baron in the movie Brave Storm.

Rounding off Evolution Toy’s display was an unpainted prototype of Triplefighter, another series from Tsuburaya that first aired in 1972. Triplefighter is set to be released in September.

Each of these figures will retail for 8,800 yen each. Check out the full selection of images after the jump and join in on our Wonderfest 2018 discussion thread!

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Thanks to our sister site ToyArk.com, we have an exclusive first look at Toy Fair 2018 Tamashii Nations Power Rangers display booth in New York City. On display is the Soul of Chogokin Megazord, the upcoming Soul of Chogokin Dragonzord, and a special surprise – S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Red Ranger and S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, both with brand new civilian head sculpts.

All these toys are considered part of the Power Rangers 25th Anniversary celebration. No release details yet for the new S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

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

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The Nuremberg Toy Fair is one of the largest Toy Fair gatherings in all of Europe and is often the first place to see brand new product. This year did not disappoint for those in attendance. Thanks to Power Rangers Deutschland on Facebook, we have images from Bandai‘s product book that gives us our first look at the upcoming Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel Gorilla Sniper Zord and Ninja Comm!

The Gorilla Sniper Zord was seen at the London Toy Fair. It is a Megazord-sized mecha that fires darts but does not have any combining features. The Ninja Comm is the communications device used by the Power Rangers Ninja Steel and is the first non-Legacy communicator to see a release.

Check out both images after the jump! Will these be joining your collection? Let us know in our discussion thread for the Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel Gorilla Sniper Zord and Ninja Comm!

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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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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!

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London Toy Fair 2018 has concluded for the day! But more pictures of the Bandai UK booth have been posted online courtesy Instagram user @SimplePeetDoodles. Check out some more up close pictures of the upcoming Legacy 6.5″ Psycho Rangers as well as the Legacy Zeo Golden Power Staff, Legacy Mastadon Zord, upcoming Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Dino Thunder 6.5″ Legacy figures, and some Pop-Up Power Rangers based on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

If any more images show up online we’ll share them with you. Join in our discussion on the forums! Which items are you excited for? Which ones are you NOT excited for? Sound off!