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We’re kicking off our annual Toku Toy Box giveaway with a vintage blast from the past! Released as a part of Bandai’s short lived American Godaikin toy line, today we take a look at the Machineman & Machine Dolphin set!

From the classic but often forgotten series Seiun Kamen Machineman, the Machine Dolphin vehicle can switch between 3 alternate modes. The standard Machine Dolphin supercar, Dolphin Jet, & the humanoid Dolphin Robo! Machineman himself can ride along in any of these modes as well! Machineman also comes packed with accessories like his Laser Saber & Throttle Gun, as well as his tiny sidekick Ball Boy! Both Machineman and this vehicle feature significant diecast content as well! A true classic the Machine Dolphin set reminds us of how creative and unique Toku Toys could once be.

If you have no experience with the Machineman series or character then have no fear! We’ve included a brief overview of both in the gallery below. Feel free to browse more than 50 images of the Godaikin Machineman & Machine Dolphin as well asa full review by clicking “Discuss on the The TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post!

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Once again we’ve come upon the time of year we love most. Time for the members and staff of TokuNation.com to celebrate their respective holidays with their loved ones. But it’s also time for TokuNation to celebrate. Our little community is about to hit yet another milestone, our 4 year anniversary!! January 4th 2016, will officially mark 4 years of TokuNation growing & evolving into the open and fun community it’s become. As we’ve done in the past we want nothing more than to continue to grow this community. To strengthen the bonds it’s helped forge. To continue to bring you up to date news, rumors, images, videos, podcasts, and the welcoming community atmosphere you’ve all come to know. But we also want to bring you just 1 more thing.

Our annual Toku Toy Box Giveaway! Like years past TokuNation is hosting an annual holiday giveaway open to ALL users! You’ll recall that for last years’ giveaway users could post in a selection of galleries within the contest period to automatically be entered into the drawing for 1 of 4 prize packs. And this year is no different! To show our appreciation to you, the community, we’ve assembled 4 incredible prize packs spanning Power Rangers, Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Godzilla, Ultraman, and more!

Click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken to the OFFICIAL RULES and prize pack breakdowns of Toku Toy Box 2015! For now though, thank you. Thanks to all of you who continue to call this place your home for news, discussion, images, sales, friendships, artwork, videos, podcasts, and everything else in between. Happy Holidays from all of us, and best of luck in our giveaway! It’s our gift to you this and every holiday season!

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Toku-Related Black Friday Sale Items!

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This one is a little bit out of left field! For those who follow various or not-so-known tokusatsu series, the Armor Hero line from China is their own version of Super Sentai and/or Kamen Rider. Recently, the toys have picked up some popularity here in the United States with tokusatsu collectors, with the recent mech being considered a vast improvement from the last few years.

Today, during the Hasbro Investor’s Conference Call, Hasbro revealed that they have partnered with China to develop their line of building toys, known as KRE-O, for the Armor Hero series in China. These toys will be exclusive to China.

While this may not seem like huge news, in a way it is – Hasbro now has its hat in the ring with a tokusatsu series that rivals Bandai and TOEI. With a global partnership like this being created, one has to wonder … if the Power Rangers 2017 Movie is successful, does this partnership leave a door cracked open for potential Armor Hero showing in the United States?

Join the discussion! Special thanks to our sister site TFW2005.COM for the update!

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You may recall that in 2013 some incredible behind the scenes footage of Gosei Sentai Dairanger made it’s way online via former Power Rangers stunt coordinator Jeff Pruit. This type of video is quite rare & often not shared with the general public. However one such behind the scenes video has been released today. Posted by youtube user kbigstone is an incredibly rare look behind the scenes of Kagaku Sentai Dynaman!

But that’s not all! This video was of course shot on the Toei studio lot, so multiple series were being filmed at the time. And while there’s no proper video of these other series the below video includes some rare stills from two other Toei productions. Seiun Kamen Machineman & Uchuu Keiji Sharivan! Specifically of the Machine Dolphin & Motosharian set props!

Dynaman, Machineman, & Sharivan just barely overlapped their filming schedules to make it possible to see them all on set at the same time. It’s a truly incredible video to watch. We rarely if ever see such behind the scenes prep as this. Please enjoy this video courtesy of youtube user kbigstone!

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Another month has come & gone and so have a number of toy galleries and in depth reviews by our Photo & Content staff! This month we took users on a trip that ranged from 2015’s Kamen Rider Ghost to 1973’s Kikaider 01! We also stopped in with a number of new Power Rangers galleries this month related to Dino Charge & Super Megaforce, with a dash of Zeo for good measure. And we made a special pit stop with a wonderful look at Kamen Rider Kiva! As with every month, we wanted to give you a variety of quality photos & reviews to enjoy.

Below are all the links you need to get caught up on this past months galleries:

Kamen Rider Ghost
Ghost Change Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii[/URL]

Power Rangers Dino Charger
NYCC ’15 Exclusive MMPR Movie Dino Chargers Power Pack[/URL]
5″ Villain Wrench Figure[/URL]

Power Rangers Super Megaforce
5″ Legendary Zeo Gold Ranger[/URL]

Kamen Rider Kiva
S.I.C. Vol 50 Kamen Rider Kiva[/URL]

Kikaider 01
S.H. Figuarts Kikaider 01’s Double Machine[/URL]
S.H. Figuarts Hakaider Squad (Red/Blue/Silver)[/URL]

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Yet another year and another Tamashii Nations fall event have come and gone! As with every year there were more than a few surprises on display, the expected & unexpected, a few disappointments, line changes, and a few notable absences. As is usual the official @t_features twitter account has been tweeting out official images of many of the events’ reveals. And between that and a few stealthily taken pictures from the show we’ve compiled a list of every new and upcoming figure on display with images available:

S.H. Figuarts
Shinkochu Seiho Kamen Rider Kuuga Ultimate
Shinkochu Seiho N Daguva Zeba
Shinkochu Seiho Kamen Rider Diend
Shinkochu Seiho Kamen Rider Gattack
Gattack Extender
Kabuto Extender
Fire
Bikel
Walter
Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii
Kamen Rider Specter
Kamen Rider Ghost Edison Damashii
Kamen Rider Ghost Newton Damashii
Kamen Rider Ghost Musashi Damashii
Machine Ghoststriker
Yurusen
Kamen Rider Drive Type Tridoron
Kamen Rider Chaser Mach
Kamen Rider Gold Drive
Kamen Rider Proto-Drive
Brain Roidmude
Kamen Rider baron Ringo Arms
Overlord Baron
Kamen Rider Gaim Yami Dark Jinba Arms
Kamen Rider Duke Dragon Energy
Darkraider & Kamen Rider Knight Survive
Dragranzer & Kamen Rider Ryuki Survive
Wolf Orphenoc
Kamen Rider Orga
Ultraman
Ultraman Zoffy
Ultra Seven
Ultraman Taro
Ultraman Ace
Ultraman Jack
Ultraman Leo
Alien Baltan
Zetton

S.I.C.
Kamen Rider Drive Type Speed
Heart Roidmude
Kamen Rider Gaim Orange Arms
Kamen Rider Baron Banana Arms
Kamen Rider Zangetsu Melon Arms
Kamen Rider Ryugen Budou Arms
Kamen Rider OOO LaToraTa Combo

This has been one great show this year! However the absence of Super Sentai figuarts & the smaller presence of Metal Heroes & other offbeat toku heroes is noticeable. So we’d like to know what are your thoughts on the showing from Bandai and Tamashii Nations this year? Sound off in our ongoing discussion of all the reveals from this show by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post.

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The first day of the show has wound down but Tamashii Nations 2015 will go on through this weekend. We’ve had a ton of reveals up to this point but a LOT more are apparently on the way as more sections of the show are made available to the general public. A portion of the rumored figures list comes from The Ghouly News, but still take it with a bit of salt as we can’t confirm some of these figures yet. Thanks to some teaser images released by Bandai we have at least a few confirmed things to look forward to:

S.H. Figuarts
Ultra Seven
Ultraman Zoffy
Ultraman Ace
Ultraman jack
Ultraman Taro
Ultraman Leo
Darkraider
Shinkochu Seiho N Daguva Zeba
Shinkochu Seiho Kuuga Ultimate
Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii
Kamen Rider Ghost Edison Damashii
Kamen Rider Ghost Robin Hood Damashii
Kamen Rider Ghost Newton Damashii
Kamen Rider Spectre
Machine Ghostriker
Yurusen

There are still yet more releases coming and this is only a partial list of what’s been seen and what’s been hinted at. Rest assured that Tamashii Nations 2015 is not over and we will continue to pour over the internet until we have more concrete information to share.

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Tamashii Nations Fall 2015 event is well under way and of of today we’ve already gotten our first round of reveals! There are some surprises, some no brainers, and some WAY out of left field surprises in here. Sentai fans need not get their hopes up though, as no figures have been shown at all. For now though:

S.H. Figuarts
Kamen Rider Drive
Drive Type Tridoron
Gold Drive
Chaser Mach
Brain Roidmude
Proto-Drive
Kamen Rider Gaim
Gaim Yami Dark Jinba Arms
Baron Ringo Arms
Lord Baron
Duke Dragon Energy
Kamen Rider Decade
Shinkochu Seiho Decade
Shinkochu Seiho Diend
Kamen Rider Kabuto
Shinkochu Seiho Gattack
Kabuto Extender
Gattack Extender
Tokkei Winspector
Fire
Bikel
Walter
Ultraman
Ultraman

S.I.C.
Kamen Rider Gaim Orange Arms
Kamen RIder Drive Type Speed

We’ll keep you up to date with each day of Tamashii Nations 2015 as it continues through the weekend!

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A sad bit of news to report today. Noriyoshi Ohrai, who has contributed countless pieces of amazing pop culture art work to the tokusatsu fandom and various others through out his career, passed away today. He was 79.

Though his name may not be immediately recognizable to many, you’ve undoubtedbly encountered the work of Noriyoshi Ohrai in various forms. Whether it be his renditions of the original Star Wars Trilogy theatrical posters, his Metal Gear Solid illustrations, or the eight separate Godzilla film posters he did from 1980 onward. You have encountered the legacy of this legendary artist in one form or another.

We’ve attached a small selection of his various works to this story but we encourage you to head on over to the Noriyoshi Ohrai Exhibition Facebook page to see a multitude of his various works. Please take a moment to enjoy his amazing contributions as we remember him and appreciate the work that has touched so many of the fandoms that we’re all part of.