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The latest news story on TVAshi features an interesting new venture buy Toei- a pay channel on US networks that will air several types of tokusatsu and anime programs.

While initial broadcasts will air raw programs, Toei will consider adding English sups to their programs after the first year if the channel proves successful.

This could be a fantastic new opportunity for toku fans to actually watch streaming shows with the first-ever licensed subtitles in the history of Toei Entertainment.

Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details!

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Thanks to our sister site The Toyark for the heads up on the latest Pacific Rim merchandise images:
NECA Pacific Rim 7″ Figures Series 2

  • Striker Eureka
  • Battle Damaged Gipsy Danger
  • Leatherback[/B]
These NECA figures are due out in October

Sideshow Striker Eureka Statue
Info from Sideshow:

Price: $399.99
Limited Edition: TBD
Expected to ship August 2014

Striker Eureka, the strongest and fastest mech on the planet, is the world’s only MARK V Jaeger. Piloted by father and son team Herc and Chuck Hansen, the Skyscraping Soldier is equipped with deadly Sting-Blades capable of cutting through bone and buildings with ease. Australia’s pride and joy is constructed of expertly crafted armor and finished with a detailed paint deco and brilliant red and blue light-up features. Developed in partnership with award-winning filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro, the Sideshow Collectibles Striker Eureka statue brings this brutal brawler from the big screen to your collection.

Read on to check out the images.

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The good people at RangerCrew have noticed the removal of Shout! Factory’s “Season 2, Volume 2” VR Troopers product listing from Amazon.com and expects cancellation emails to be sent out in the near future.

Coupled with previous reports from Shout! Factory about unsatisfactory sales figures for VR Troopers and Big Bad Beetleborgs means that home releases of both final sets is unlikely at this point. :(

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Courtesy of sister site ToyArk we’ve just received brand new images of Sideshows’ third statue in their Pacific Rim series, The Mark V Jaeger Striker Eureka!

This statue will be priced at $399.99, pre-orders begin this Thursday. Now get goin’ and cancel the apocalypse!

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Masak-Online has posted new images of the NECA 18″ Knifehead prototype! One of the images is a digital color-mockup. Now your 18″ Gipsy Danger has a huge Kaiju to fight! More info:

The MOST Massive Pacific Rim figure you can imagine
Epic scale does not even do this justice ? Enormous in size, weight and detail!

Over 18″ tall! Over 2 feet wide!

Massive in every way, over 25 points of articulation including opening jaw and articulated fingers!!
This massive Kaiju can battle your 18″ Gipsy Danger and be the centerpiece of your figure collection
Knifehead also features LED lights to illuminate and glow!

Read on to check out the new images of this huge Kaiju figure!

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Thanks to our sister site The Toyark for the heads up on NECA‘s latest reveal, Battle Damaged Gipsy Danger from their 7″ Pacific Rim line! Remember that part in the movie when Mako decided to pull out a chain sword to avenger her family? This figure comes with 2 swords!

Also shown is a preview for Sideshow Collectibles‘ Slattern statue:

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A new pre-order at BigBadToyStore has revealed a new Pacific Rim 2 Pack, Gipsy Danger VS Knifehead! After the movie premiered, some of you have mentioned difficulty in finding the figures at Toys R Us. Both figures were in wave 1, so if you missed out, this set can aid in catching up. We aren’t sure if these will be repainted or come with additional accessories, so stay tuned!

Price is $35.99 and this set is scheduled for release in October.

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Thanks to our sister site the Toyark for the heads up that NECA will be releasing the 18″ Knifehead figure for its Pacific Rim toyline! This long awaited figure is the 2nd figure to come in the 18″ Pacific Rim series and the 1st Kaiju in this scale!

Confirmation comes our way via a preorder by AmiAmi. Read on to see the teaser image!

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Shout factory, the awesome company responsible for bringing classics like Power Rangers, Ultra Q, VR Troopers, Ultra Seven, Beetleborgs, and even the Japanese Transformers Trilogy to DVD needs our help! Right now they’re one volume away from finishing off all of our Big Bad Beetleborgs collections!

Season 1 volume 1 & 2 as well as Metallix Volume 1 have been released already. However the release of Metallix Part 2 is in jeopardy! Mr. Yellow has let us know that sales numbers need to climb for the previously released Beetleborgs sets before the final installment can actually happen. So Shout Factory is asking the collective tokusatsu community to help this final volume see the light of day!

If you haven’t picked up the previous releases yet, then head on over to the Shout website and get a dose of pure 90’s!
Big Bad Beetleborgs Season 1 Volume 1 on DVD
Big Bad Beetleborgs Season 1 Volume 2 on DVD
Beetleborgs Metallix: Season 2 Volume 1 on DVD

Let’s make that last volume happen!

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This past weekend, someone(BaronButcher) asked NECA on Twitter about figures of the Jaegers Cherno Alpha, Coyote Tango and Trespasser. NECA’s response?

planning series 3 now

In addition, Clay_Pruitt asked about an 18″ Striker Eureka and NECA replied:

Maybe. Looking at more 18″ currently

So there you have it. Judging from the comments here since Pacific Rim debuted, a lot of you want a 7″ Cherno Alpha. Would you like a 18″ Striker Eureka too? How about other Kaiju and Jaegers? Discuss!