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Talkin Toku Episode 006 – You Got Berryd – Released!

Posted on March 19, 2014 at 2:37 pm by Chris under Conventions, Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, Super Sentai

Not content with making their listeners wait another month for an episode, Kickback and Den-O pushed forward through busy schedules and an absent Sentai Tamashii to record an episode of Talkin Toku – The TokuNation Podcast! But how do you fill the void of Sentai Tamashii? You bring in popular Power Rangers fan and enthusiast Eric (@trekkieb47 on Twitter, host of the @RangerCommandPH podcast) to talk some toku! The hilarity started early, it was constant, and never really went away. We can’t really stress just how much we laughed making this episode and all the pieces that went in to it.

Join hosts Chris, Jordan, and Eric as they discuss conventions – LexCon, San Diego Comic Con, and Power Morphicon – and some of the celebrities that they’ve run in to outside of the typical convention atmosphere. The conversation quickly changes to Tasting the Trainbow with recent developments on Ressha Sentai ToQGer, discussing what we like and do not like about the show thus far. Things go from happy rainbows to facepalms as the crew dips down in to the depths of Power Rangers Super Megaforce, focusing on the episode “A Lion’s Alliance”, and pretty much lose their focus and composure as they discuss all the things wrong with the show. An attempt at Kamen Rider Gaim discussion is made, but Power Rangers Super Megaforce sneaks back in as soon as someone mentions the phrase “new powers”.

And you can’t forget – the new catcphase “you got berryd” – takes over the group throughout the episode. Please be sure to ”Like” TokuNation on Facebook and to follow us @TokuNation on Twitter. And for the diehard fans of our podcast, you can ”Like” our official Talkin Toku Facebook Page as well as following us @TalkinToku on Twitter where you can talk to us directly on Twitter. Check out our good pal Eric on Twitter @trekkieb47, and be sure to follow the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast on Twitter @RangerCommandPH, and of course, listen to their show every other Saturday at the Four Eyed Radio Network by simply clicking here! Listen all the way through till the end for two bonus clips at the end of the episode!!!

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Be sure to catch up on all of our previous episodes by checking out the Talkin Toku Episode Listing here at TokuNation.com!

Jason David Frank’s My Morphin Life Episode 2 Released

Posted on March 19, 2014 at 2:18 am by Chris under Conventions, Other Conventions, Power Rangers

On the heels of this year’s LexCon, arguably the most popular Power Ranger of all time, Jason David Frank who played the Green Ranger and White Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the Red Ranger in both Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo, as well as the Black Ranger in Power Rangers Dino Thunder, has released the second episode of his self-created reality show titled My Morphin Life. The video is below.

This episode features what many of us have come to known as convention burnout and convention hangover, where the crowds and the excitement literally drain every bit of energy from your body. Follow Jason David Frank as he attempts to survive LexCon 2013. This video features interviews with other former Power Rangers about Jason David Frank, including Walter Jones, Blake Foster (who is credited as his character’s name instead of his actual name), Catherine Sutherland, Karan Ashley, and the always lovable Jason Narvy. Click on the discussion link to share your thoughts about the episode!

Reminder: Lexington Comic & Toy Convention March 14th-16th

Posted on March 12, 2014 at 1:44 pm by Den-O under Conventions, Other Conventions

For the third year running, the Lexington Comic & Toy Convention returns to Kentucky! If you haven’t heard of the show by now it’s quickly become THE east coast convention for Power Rangers actors! As the one big show that Kentucky has each year LexCon draws in attendance from all over the region with last years numbers surpassing 10,000! This convention will run from Friday March 14th- Sunday March 16th at Heritage Hall, Rupp Arena Convention Center. If you can make it to the show trust me, it is worth your while. This years list of Ranger related guests include:

Amy Jo Johnson (MMPR Pink Ranger)
Jason David Frank (MMPR Green/White, Zeo/Turbo Red, & Dino Thunder Black Rangers)
Walter Jones (MMPR Black Ranger)
Steve Cardenas (MMPR Red Ranger)
Karan Ashley (MMPR Yellow Ranger)
Nakia Burise (Zeo/Turbo Yellow Ranger
Catherine Sutherland (Zeo/Turbo Pink Ranger)
Blake Foster (Turbo Blue Ranger)
Barbara Goodson (voice of Rita Repulsa)
Robert Axelrod (Lord Zedd)
Kerrigan Mahan (Voice of Goldar)
Paul Schrier (Bulk)
Jason Narvy (Skull)
Jessica Rey (Wild Force White Ranger)
Brandon Jay McLaren (SPD Red)
Alison Macinnis (Lightspeed Rescue Pink Ranger)
Jeff Parazzo (Dino Thunder White Ranger)
Kevin Duhaney (Dino Thunder Blue Ranger
Erin Cahill (Time Force Pink Ranger)
Jason Faunt (Time Force Red Ranger)

And if meeting your childhood heroes isn’t exciting enough then why not meet me?! That’s right, the infamous Den-O will be in attendance yet again! I’ll be working part of the show at booth 118 for the store I manage. But only til about 11AM on Friday & Saturday. You can catch me from 11-7:30 at our physical store location here in town at Comic Interlude, just a few blocks from the convention center. And I”ll be travelling the show floor all day Sunday as well, so if you feel like hanging out, catching a meal, or seeing some Power Rangers with me then feel free to hit me up here via PM or on Twitter @DenO_Tokunation. And also be sure to follow the LexCon twitter @lex_con as well. Here’s to another awesome year!

Power Morphicon Updates – Second Hotel, New Guests Announced

Posted on March 10, 2014 at 6:17 pm by Chris under Conventions, Power Morphicon

If you’re a Power Rangers fan then you have OBVIOUSLY heard of the official Power Rangers convention titled “Power Morphicon”. And if you haven’t, now is your chance to find out all the great things about this popular convention! For starters – it’s a convention for Power Rangers and features the biggest guest line up of any show in the world in terms of Power Rangers, Masked Rider, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, and Big Bad Beetleborgs … basically all your favorite (and maybe not so favorite) Saban shows from the 90’s!

The hotel connected to the convention center – the Sheraton Pasadena – is now sold out! Luckily, down the street there is the Westin Pasadena with a flat room rate no matter the size of the room you need. Having stayed at both hotels in the past, you won’t be disappointed! There was also a ton of new guests announced – the entire core group of 5 for Power Rangers SPD will be in attendance for example. If you’re a Power Rangers fan, you don’t want to miss this show!

Power Morphicon is happening August 22nd through the 24th at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California. For details on all the special guests, the rules of the show, and to keep up with all the latest announcements, head to WWW.OFFICIALPOWERMORPHICON.COM! We hope to see you at the show!

New Jersey Collectors Con is THIS SUNDAY March 9th

Posted on March 7, 2014 at 2:55 pm by Chris under Conventions, Other Conventions

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!

Talkin Toku Episode 005 – Super Mega Episode – Released!

Posted on February 28, 2014 at 1:45 pm by Chris under Conventions, Power Rangers, Super Sentai, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates, Toy Fair

After the release of Episode 04, “The Longest Hiatus”, the hosts of Talkin Toku at the Nation vowed to never let such a long hiatus happen again. And then Kickback’s computer blew up, and an unintentional delay occured – creating the new longest hiatus. To make up for it we’re bringing you an episode crammed full of discussion on the things you want to hear us talk about! After being challenged by a listener and a good friend, there is no dedicated talk to Kamen Rider Gaim in this episode. That’s right – NO JUICY FRUIT. Instead, we focus on the bigger items that occured … Toy Fair 2014 with Sentai Tamashii, who was there and provided a ton of the information and images that we put up! We spend the most time discussing Power Rangers Super Megaforce and its first episode premiere – and end the show tasting the trainbow with discussion on the premiere episode of Ressha Sentai ToQGer! Here’s a more specific run down!

Kickback’s computer woes
A News Brief to touch on a few items we didn’t have time to discuss in full
Sentai Tamashii’s first hand experience of Toy Fair 2014
Why Sentai Tamashii can’t be allowed to attend conventions anymore
Power Rangers Dino Charge and the skipping of Tokumei Sentai GoBusters
Our thoughts on the premiere of Power Rangers Super Megaforce
Our thoughts on the use of the suits of Gosei Sentai DaiRanger
Tasting the Trainbow with Ressha Sentai ToQGer’s Premiere
An inappropriate conclusion involving Super Mega, Sentai Tamashii, and his wife

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Thanks so much for your continued support and your feedback! Please take a moment to follow the hosts of the podcast on Twitter; Kickback (@rankal), Den-O (@DenO_TokuNation), and Sentai Tamashii (@SoulInkChu). Also be sure to ”Like” us on Facebook as well as follow the site’s main account for the quickest updates on all the news and information @TokuNation on Twitter. We love getting listener mail! If you have a comment or a question you’d like to ask the hosts of the podcast, simply send an E-mail to podcast@tokunation.com and we may use it on the show!

Power Rangers at Toy Fair 2014 Community News Round Up

Posted on February 18, 2014 at 9:15 pm by Chris under Conventions, Power Rangers, Toy Fair

Toy Fair 2014 is winding down to a close. With that, there was a lot of news coming out from not only our coverage of Power Rangers, but also our friends Fury Diamond of SamuraiCast Blog and @trekkieb47 on Twitter. This news post should work as a comprehensive listing of all the news that came out for Power Rangers over the last couple of days. Enjoy!

– TokuNation.com’s Booth Coverage of Bandai of America

TokuNation.com was the first in the WORLD to bring you all the brand new images and news regarding a lot of the new Power Rangers merchandise coming out later this year. Fans salivated at the first images of the all new toy Legacy Titanus, geared towards collectors and, of course, able to combine with the Legacy Megazord and Legacy Dragonzord. We also caught glimpse of, arguably, one of the most anticipated figures out of the Super Megaforce toy line – the Armored Might Silver Ranger figure, which uses the Gold Mode Armor version of the figure. The official name of that mode for Power Rangers has yet to be revealed (though staff here has money on it being called “Super Mega Mode” or “Legendary Mode”). We also saw the upcoming 5″ Legacy Power Rangers figures, including some surprises – Titanium Ranger, Lunar Wolf Ranger, and Gold Zeo Ranger. If you haven’t already, click here and check out all 150+ images that we took of the Bandai booth!

Our good friend Fury Diamond of Samurai Cast Blog was also in attendance and took a video of his booth tour from that day. You’ve seen the pictures, now see what a booth tour is actually like!

– TokuNation.com’s Booth Coverage of Megabloks Power Rangers

Aside from Bandai of America, the other big showing for Power Rangers was Megabloks, showing off their latest and upcoming assortments for their Power Rangers Super Megaforce line. In our gallery we saw on-hand images of the Legendary Megazord, the Q-Rex Megazord, the individual zords that make up the Legendary Megazord (including an impressive looking Sky Ship build), as well as seeing some Legendary Power Rangers make their debut in the Megabloks line. Click here to see our Megabloks Power Rangers gallery!

Once again, our good friend Fury Diamond was also in attendance and took video of his time at Megabloks. If videos are more your thing, you’ll enjoy the video below! Check it out!

Finally, on Monday Bandai of America held a Collector’s Event. While your only way to see the booth prior was through scheduled appointments, the Collector’s Event allowed larger groups of individuals to take the same tour in a group, getting their chance to see first-hand the same images that we’ve shown you earlier in the news post. Our good friend and host of the Power Rangers podcast RangerCommandPH, Eric, @RangerCommandPH on Twitter, took video of his experience. Check it out below!

Last but not least, the company Loyal Subjects has some Mighty Morphin Power Rangers themed items coming out soon. Check out the previews of their upcoming items by clicking here to see our gallery!

And as for the text-based side of the news, our own Sentai Tamashii learned a few tidbits about this year’s Power Rangers selection as well as the future of things like Legacy Items, Tokumei Sentai GoBusters, and Fury Diamond was able to get some detailed answers as well! They are listed below for you!

– Legacy items will continue in 2015 and be brand new items
– Legacy Titanus will retail for $200 (confirmed by Fury Diamond, reported long ago by raz)
– Tokumei Sentai GoBusters was skipped in favor of adapting Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger due to an overall lack of profitability of the GoBusters line in Japan
– There are only 60 Ranger Keys planned for retail release in Power Rangers Super Megaforce (Fury Diamond)
– Additional Ranger Keys can and most likely will be offered through future conventions (San Diego Comic Con, Power Morphicon)

That should just about do it! We need to give out some very special thanks to individuals who gave up a lot of free time to attend Toy Fair 2014 and provide you with all the news and information above. For starters, special thanks as always to our network administrators Tony_Bacala and Joe Moore, and HissTank.com administrator DESTRO. A special shout out to our very own Sentai Tamashii for giving up some family time to head to the show to help cover for not only us, but our sister site ToyArk.com as well. We’d also like to thank Fury Diamond of Samurai Cast Blog as well as Eric of the @RangerCommandPH podcast for the hard work and money they spent to be able to cover the show.

So are you ready for some new Power Rangers? Join our discussion already well-in-progress!

Toy Fair 2014 – Network Roundup

Posted on February 18, 2014 at 12:32 pm by Tony_Bacala under Toy Fair

The TFW2005, HissTank, Toyark and TokuNation crew is back from Toy Fair 2014 and we’ve rounded up all our links to pictures and info from the show that went up over the last 3 days. We go fast and hard at Toy Fair – in the last 3 days across the 4 sites, we posted 125 stories on over 50 different companies. Within those 125 stories, we’ve uploaded and shared over 5,000 images. Close to real time, high resolution images, straight from the show. That can be a little much to take in if you are just popping in today back at work or school. So, check out the links below for all the sites and catch up on the brands you like. We will have a couple more posts this week related to Toy Fair, some things we missed and some highlight posts. But this is the raw uncut plastic crack for the next year. Enjoy.

TokuNation – Power Rangers, Japanese Tokusatsu, Godzilla

Toy Fair 2014 – Loyal Subjects Power Rangers
Toy Fair 2014 – Diamond Select Toys Godzilla
Megabloks Power Rangers Booth at Toy Fair 2014
Power Rangers Super Megaforce In Action at Toy Fair 2014
Toy Fair 2014 – Tamashii Nations SH Monsterarts Godzilla
Toy Fair 2014 – Bandai Power Rangers
Toyfair: Godzilla Film 2014 Bandai Press Release
Super Megaforce Official Images from New York Toyfair!

Toyark – Action Figures, Multiple Companies, Ordered by Date Posted

TFW2005 – Transformers

From the Show Floor

Toy Fair 2014 – Loyal Subjects Transformers
Toy Fair 2014 – Funko Pop Vinyl Transformers
Toy Fair 2014 Tech4Kids Transformers Licensed Merchandise Display
Loyal Subjects Transformers Art Show
Toy Fair 2014 – Generations Leader Jetfire from the Back
Toy Fair 2014 – Transformers Mashers
Toy Fair Transformers Pics Part 3
Hasbro Transformers Pics Part 2
Toy Fair 2014 – Transformers from Hasbro Event
Toy Fair 2014 – Hasbro Transformers Panel
TFW2005 Coverage Of Hasbro New York Toy Fair 2014 Investor Event

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Video Game

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Video Game Announcement Trailer
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark First Screenshots & Developers Revealed

Official Images and Press Releases

HissTank – G.I. Joe

Toy Fair 2014 – Forces Of Valor Bravo Team
Toy Fair 2014 – Loyal Subjects G.I. Joe Display
Toy Fair 2014 – The Loyal Subjects G.I.Joe Series Two Info!
Toy Fair 2014 – USA Real Military Toys By Excite
Toy Fair 2014 – Hasbro G.I.Joe Press Release And Images
Toy Fair 2014 – More GI Joe Kre-O Photos
G.I.Joe 50th Anniversary Official Product Images Now Available!
G.I.Joe kre-O Images from Toy Fair 2014!
G.I.Joe 50th Anniversary And Future Plans Revealed At Toy Fair 2014

Toy Fair 2014 – Loyal Subjects Power Rangers

Posted on February 17, 2014 at 12:33 pm by Joe Moore under Power Rangers, Toy Fair

Check out The Loyal Subjects display from Toy Fair 2014. They showed off characters and designs for a Might Morphin’ Power Rangers vinyl figure lineup. See the photos after the jump.

Toy Fair 2014 – Diamond Select Toys Godzilla

Posted on February 17, 2014 at 9:52 am by Joe Moore under Godzilla, Toy Fair

Check out Diamond Select Toys display featuring Godzilla toys from Toy Fair 2014.

Godzilla 1989 Figure Bank
Godzilla Vinyl Bust Bank
Gihidra Vinyl Bust Bank
Mechagodzilla Bottle Opener
Godzilla 1989 Burning Figure Bank
Godzilla Series 1 Minimates
Mechagodzilla Figure Bank (teaser)
Mechagodzilla Bust Bank (teaser)

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