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The upcoming independent film from the late Jason David Frank – Legend of the White Dragon – will release this September.  Today, at JoeFest, Bobby Vala – the owner of independent toy company Valaverse – announced an upcoming two-pack of Legend of the White Dragon figures featuring the White Dragon as well as the villain Dragon Prime.

Legend of the White Dragon is a partially crowd-funded independent film from Bat in the Sun and Jason David Frank and tells the story of Erik Reed (Jason David Frank).  Before his passing, Jason David Frank consistently referred to this project as his own love-letter to Power Rangers fans who wanted the brand to be more adult.

Valaverse is owned by Bobby Vala, a professional toy designer best known for his time with Hasbro and G.I. Joe.  Valaverse is best known for the current Action Force product line of 1:12 scale military figures.

Stay tuned for more updates.

under General Tokusatsu News, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

The highly anticipated Spider-Man 2 – releasing exclusively this October for the Sony PlayStation 5 – revealed their pre-order bonuses today.  The bit for toku fans comes in the pre-order bonus for the Digital Deluxe edition of the game, where you receive five extra suits for both Peter Parker Spider-Man and Miles Morales Spider-Man.

One of the extra suits included for Miles Morales is labeled “Tokusatsu Suit“, and looks inspired by both Super Sentai and Kamen Rider.  Check out the attached image for a better look.  Spoiler – it isn’t the Toei Spider-Man suit from the infamous live-action show.  Bummer.

Spider-Man 2 releases exclusively on Sony PlayStation 5 on October 20th, 2023.  Check your favorite online retailers for pre-order details.

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A new piece of merchandise has been announced for the Shin Japan Heroes Universe project!

This endeavor unites the four great heroes of Toei, Toho, Tsuburaya Productions & Studio Kahra–


*Shin Kamen Rider
*Shin Godzilla
*Shin Ultraman
*Neon Genesis Evangelions’ EVA-01

The combined power unites these mighty heroes into the Shin Universe Robo!

This unique new DX figure is scheduled for release in January 2023. Price is a steep 23100 Yen before shipping and handling.

under General Tokusatsu News, Kamen Rider

We are excited to premiere a short, independent fan-film from our friend Gem at Prawnhorn Heroes based on Kamen Rider Geats!  For those who don’t follow Kamen Rider Geats, the show is essentially about a group of individuals competing in a “Squid Games” type game titled the “Desire Grand Prix”.  The winner will have their wish granted.  The losers either have their memories erased or, if they fall in battle during the DGP, they are “eliminated”.  Going in to any more detail than that risks potential spoilers.

Here is the official description of “The Lost Na-Go” along with film credits.

The Lost Na-Go is an independent tokusatsu short fan film about a guy named Ben that has been chosen to enter the Desire Grand Prix. Having the desire to change his future, he sets on the journey to find his buckle to continue participating in the Grand Prix.

After being inspired by projects like Power Rangers Unworthy, Jammingers, & Bloodline of the Grid to name a few, I always wondered what an American indie Kamen Rider project would look like. With that, The Lost Na-Go amongst other unnamed projects were born. While I heavily take influence from the shows proper, I also hope to create original stories that feel more like adaptations. My goal is to keep bringing more stories inspired by my favorite tokusatsu shows for fans who love them just as much as I do. Why not start with some Kamen Rider?

Music by SeventhVampire
VFX by Daniel – HurricaneGold
Art by Ghially
Additional Voiceover Work by Hedge – SpaceKitaaRiSE
Starring as Ben, Written & Directed by Gem of Prawnhorn Heroes 

Check out short film below!

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Hasbro has announced that they will be eliminating 1,000 jobs from their global workforce – or 15% of their entire workforce – within the coming weeks to combat lower-than-expected fiscal results for 2022.  This is all part of a new plan from new CEO Chris Cocks titled “Blueprint 2.0”, which sees the company as a whole transition away from former CEO Brian Goldner‘s vision of Hasbro becoming an entertainment company and more in to Hasbro becoming a gaming company.

The gaming division of Hasbro – specifically Wizards of the Coast – was the only segment of business to see positive revenues in 2022.  That is before the debacle with the changes to their Open Gaming License (OGL) which saw tens of thousands of fans cancel their paid online accounts with Dungeons and Dragons in protest.

Hasbro is also looking to sell off their recently acquired entertainment division, eOne, but maintain control of the intellectual properties that they can exploit in other segments of business (ie: toys, games, cards, etc.).  The company already sold off the music portion of eOne which, coupled with the lack of meaningful IP’s may make selling the rest of eOne harder than expected.

Our thoughts and positive energies are with those effected negatively by these upcoming layoffs.

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