RISE UP!
Get ready for an apocalypse canceling, a trio of new Jaegers from Pacific Rim Uprising join the fight, Bandai has just released the official image gallery for Robot Damashii Obsidian Fury, Guardian Bravo, and Saber Athena.
All three Robot Damashii figures will be released at mass retail in March 2018, and the trio of Jaegers will cost about 3,300 yen each.
Legendary Pictures has revealed the first set of teaser posters for the upcoming sequel to 2013’s fan-favorite Kaiju VS Mecha monster-mash Pacific Rim!
This new film, Pacific Rim: Uprising is set 10 years after the first and stars John Boyega as Jake Pentecost– the son of Marshall Stacker Pentecost from the original movie.
The first full trailer for Pacific Rim: Uprising is currently scheduled to debut at New York Comic Con on October 6 2017! Stay tuned to TokuNation for all Pacific Rim reveals!
Late last night, Toys’R’Us – the largest toy retailer in North America – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Toys’R’Us has struggled since 2005 when it was part of a $6.6 billion transaction. 12 years later Toys’R’Us is still $5 billion dollars in debt and is faced with over $400 million dollars due in fiscal 2018 which it was not going to be able to pay. Hence the bankruptcy filing.
So what does this mean for all your favorite collectibles? Well, right now – nothing. Chapter 11 bankruptcy is nothing more than a legal stop sign for any creditors trying to collect on the debts that Toys’R’Us owes. It gives Toys’R’Us the ability to reorganize it’s financial debts – which it has already begun with JP Morgan agreeing to finance $3 billion of the remaining $5 billion debt.
As of right now – Toys’R’Us is NOT going out of business. NO store closures have been announced nor are expected during this year’s holiday season. New toys will CONTINUE to come out. Anything that has been announced as a Toys’R’Us exclusive will come out. Toys’R’Us has stated that business operations will continue as normal.
Analysts watching the situation agree that JP Morgan agreeing to finance $3 billion of debt has the potential to allow Toys’R’Us to emerge from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in strong standing. In 2009, Toys’R’Us acquired the remaining assets (namely the name, trademarks, and intellectual property) of KB Toys, the other national toy retailer. KB Toys filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2004, and later filed again in 2008, shutting down all operations within 3 months of the filing. Ironically, the second bankruptcy filing that killed the business was initiated by a former Toys’R’Us executive who was then acting as CEO to KB Toys and then sold the remaining assets to Toys’R’Us.
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We don’t often advertise podcasts or YouTube updates of people not associated with our site, but we’re making a special exception in this case. Our dear friends for many years, the folks at the Ranger Command Power Hour podcast, have released their 100th episode. In celebration of 100 episodes, they’ve done a crossover episode featuring appearances from nearly every single guest host they’ve had over the last 3 years.
We do play a special part in this episode – @TokuChris (TokuNation webmaster) wrote the script and has an appearance, along with @DenO_TokuNation (TokuNation Content Administrator) and @SoulInkChu (TokuNation Public Relations) representing our former podcast Talkin Toku.
Click here and listen to the episode coming in at an impressive 35 minutes. Congratulations to Ranger Command Power Hour for 100 episodes and for setting the standard of how professional, entertaining podcasts should be.
The popular South Korean tokusatsu series, Legend Hero (or Legend Hero Three Kingdoms) recently concluded it’s English closed caption run on YouTube with the English translation of the 50th episode now available online. The series started off as incredibly popular with tokusatsu fans across the world but seemed to fade away during its tenure. With the full series now online, officially, with an English subtitle translation available, the show is beginning to gain some more momentum.
During the run of the series there was a segment of episodes that was seen as one of the more pivotal stories in the entire series. That story line ran through the 24th and 27th episodes. Two episodes ended up having to cut over 15 minutes when it aired on television – the 26th and 27th episodes. It was later released in a special screening as “Legend Hero EX” or “Legend Hero Three Kingdoms EX“.
Today, the official YouTube channel for Legend Hero released a trailer for Legend Hero EX with a “stay tuned next week” message. Check out the video below.
The clips shown lead one to believe that we are finally getting a release of the cut footage from Episodes 26 and 27. Linked to this news post is our special Legend Hero Full Series Info discussion thread. Be sure to check it out if you have interest in the series.
Preorders have now opened for a special Blu-Ray release of Tsuburaya Productions 1993 Ultra-esque series, Denkou Choujin Gridman (better known to Western audiences by its adapted name, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.)
This series features three intelligent inventors uniting with a secret digital policeman named Gridman to hunt down an electronic demon known as Khan Digifer.
The Blu-Ray set will contain 7 discs, covering all 39 episodes of this iconic tokusatsu series. Price is a steep 32900 Yen before shipping & handling. Release is currently scheduled for December 20, 2017!
“Electroplate!”
It’s that time again friends! A few weeks back we took at the fantastic new Space Squad release of Gavan Type G. This figure was a long overdue renewal that helped set the stage for the original Metal Hero himself to also receive this treatment. In this case though S.H. Figuarts Space Sheriff Gavan came packaged in a massive set with his unique ride the Saibarian!
Gavan like Type G really needed this renewal treatment. The old Gavan body was a pretty poorly made figure with numerous documented QC issues. While these new releases haven’t been perfect on that front, I’m looking at you chrome finish, they are above and beyond functionally better figures than the old releases. Gavan comes armed with 3 versions of his iconic Laser Blade as well as 4 sets of hands and a Laser Scope head. But the biggest and best accessory is of course the Saibarian! This long overdue bike is a top notch figuarts vehicle. Functionality it can fully transform, it’s got several tamashii stage ports built in for action shots, and despite being plastic, it has some decent heft to it. It’s a shelf presence.
The entire gallery of 150 images is attached to this post but feel free to “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to read the full review and accessory breakdown as well! Next up on our gallery schedule is S.H. Figuarts Alien Metron from Ultraseven!
Numerous sources including Deadline, Variety, and cbr.com are now reporting that Legendary’s upcoming Pacific Rim Uprising sequel has been delayed.
Initially set for release February 23 2018, Pacific Rim Uprising will now see a release date of March 23 2018.
To put this into perspective: Pacific Rim Uprising’s biggest hurdle that month would’ve been Marvel’s Black Panther, which would’ve been released February 9th. Unfortunately, this change now puts the Kaiju/mecha smack down right in between the 2018 Robin Hood movie and Ready Player One.
We’ll see how well this change bodes well for the movie. In the meantime, stay tuned and we’ll bring you more up to date info as it becomes available.
After an exciting teaser earlier this year, the iconic Jaeger Gipsy Danger from fan-favorite monster/robot action movie Pacific Rim is officially joining the Soul of Chogokin action figure series!
Designated as release number GX-77 in the Soul of Chogokin lineup, Gipsy Danger is recreated in exquisite detail, featuring a variety of screen-accurate weapons (including the carrier ship used as an impromptu club at one memorable moment). An electronic feature is also included- lights are planted in Gipsy’s head, chest and plasma-cannon arms.
GX-77 Gipsy Danger is currently scheduled for release in February 2018! The price is a sound 27000 Yen (or roughly $243 USD at current exchange rate). This figure is now available for preorder at all major tokusatsu retailers!