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After letting the community throw out some choices for our next segment, it looks like it’s finally time to vote on the 10  we’ve narrowed it down to! The candidates for the next Let’s Watch Wednesdays are:

Mahou Sentai Magiranger
Madan Senki Ryukendo
Kamen Rider Faiz
Garo (Season 1)
Kamen Rider Kuuga
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (live action)
Kamen Rider Agito
Power Rangers In Space
VR Troopers (season 1)
Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger 

To cast your vote for the next Let’s Watch Wednesdays, click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” to head on over to our poll thread. This thread will remain open for voting until Tuesday January 21st at 12 Midnight EST. At that point if we have a clear winner then that’s the show we’ll be tuning in to for our next Let’s Watch Wednesdays!

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It’s that time again folks! Kamen Rider Blade has ended and we’re sad to see it go, but now it’s time for us to pick up a new show for Let’s Watch Wednesdays!

As always Let’s Watch Wednesdays is intended to get the community together to check out some older tokusatsu they may not have seen before. We ask that each user make only 1 nomination. The 10 nominations with the most users behind them will be featured in a poll to decide the actual series for the segment next week. This nomination thread will be open from today January 15th through Sunday January 19th at 12 Midnight EST. So get your choices in before then.

There are a few other stipulations for nominating any new shows for LWW such as those series which are ineligible. So click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to check them out and get started! We look forward to all of your suggestions!

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Photo & Content contributor conundrum is back yet again with a new gallery from Big Bad Beetleborgs! Today he takes a look at the 6″ Blue Stinger Beetleborg!

The figure is an import of the Blue Beet figure from Bandai of Japan’s Juukou B-Fighter toy line, released by Bandai of America in 1998.All in all, it is still a solid figure, even by today’s standards. The articulation for the most part is decent, but the fantastic metallic blue and chrome paint job the figure has more than makes up for it. The paint is a double-edged sword though as it is almost impossible to find a used Beetleborgs figure without any wear to the metallic paint or chrome.

No one knows if the B-Fighters/Beetleborgs will ever get the S.H. Figuarts treatment, but in the meantime, the figures from Bandai of America’s 6 inch line are an excellent placeholder in any collection.

Check out the full gallery by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” to see theentire gallery for this figure. And why not have a look at conundrum’s previous gallery of the 12″ Special Edition Blue Stinger Beetleborg as well to get your fix for the Big Bad Beetleborgs!

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The Asahi Shimbun has reported that the Toei Hero World: Namco Action Museum will open in Chiba, Japan later this year on December 20th. The museum will have costumes, props and other items used in various Tokusatsu shows on display. It will also have food, drinks and interactive attractions.

Toei’s website for the museum can be seen here.

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Put this one in the rumor column for now. Bluefin’s twitter account just posted the following:

if you’re interested in Big Bad Beetleborgs you should speak up #beetleborgs

What this possibly means is that Bandai Tamashii is looking at producing Juukou B-Fighter or even B-Fighter Kabuto figuarts. If that’s the case then fans in the US could definitely expect to see Big Bad Beetleborgs/Metallix releases of these figuarts! Bluefin wants to hear it from fans that they’re ready for B-Fighter/Beetleborgs figuarts! Make your interest known by posting on Bluefin’s twitter and facebook pages. Let’s get it together people!

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Medicom’s Premium Club has just begun taking orders for the latest figure in their Real Action Heroes Line. Yet another Metal Hero, this time we have RAH Megabeast Inspector Juspion!

Juspion will be released in April 2014 for a whopping 19,950 yen!

Credit: Cybergundam

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JOUCHAKU!



Both Gavans are here together at last! And thanks to Shishioh, we now have photos of the Tamashi Web exclusive S.H.Figuarts Gavan Type G figure which was just recently released.

Gavan Type G includes a swap on head mimicing his light up eyes, the signature Laser Blade in both a finishing slashing motion and a regular version, and swappable hands.

Click here to view Shishioh’s full gallery.

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To go along with the recent pre order of Sharivan and Shaider, here’s a photo gallery of the recently released S.H.Figuarts Gavan figure, courtesy of toy reviewer Shishioh!

Accessories that are packed with Gavan includes two versions of his signature Laser Blade version: One plain, and one with a slashing down effect part. Also included is a swappable light up visor head and extra swappable hands.

Click here to see Shishioh’s full gallery of this figure.

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Following today’s seemingly huge wave of S.H. Figuarts toys, the Bandai Tamashii web store has opened preorders for the remaining two Space Sheriffs, Sharivan and Shaider!

Both come packaged with their gun and laser blade weapons, as well as the usual array of alternate hands. Sharivan is due for release in October, while Shaider will follow in November. Both are priced 4725 yen.

Check out the official images of these Metal Heroes after the jump!

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Set for release in December, Bandai has just announced a special Metal Hero Ranger Key Complete Edition Set! This set features the 6 Metal Hero keys used by the Gokaigers in Super Hero Taisen Z for the Metal Hero Gokai Galleon Buster attack. Featured in this set are:

– Janperson from Tokuso Robo Janperson
– Jiraiya from Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya
– Jiban from Mobile Cop Jiban
– DraftRedder from Special Rescue Exceedraft
– BlueBeet from Juukou B-Fighter
– Kabuto from B-Fighter Kabuto

However that’s not all! As a part of this set 2 more mystery keys will be released! One from Kakuranger and one from Abaranger. The most likely guess for each is Ninjaman for Kakuranger since he never had a ranger key before and possibly Abare Pink since her key was featured briefly in an episode of Gokaiger. The price for this set is 10,500 yen, so Ranger Key Completionists get ready!