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Revealed only a few weeks ago to the excitement of Juuko B-Fighter & Big Bad Beetleborgs fans alike, these two figures are one step closer to reality! S.H. Figuarts Blue Beet & S.H. Figuarts Black Beet of Juuko B-Fighter are officially on display at the Tamashii Nations Akiba Showroom!

Blue Beet is confirmed for a January 2014 release as a Tamashii Web Exclusive, priced at 4860 yen. Black Beet however we’re still unsure of. He was merely teased in the magazine scans which confirmed/revealed Blue Beet. But now that an actual physical sample is on disaplay, at the Akiba Showroom no less, we should be getting concrete details on this figures release very very soon.

Updated: More new images courtesy of TagHobby!

As for fans hoping for a North American release of these figure via Bluefin, definitely make your voices heard. Bluefin Tamashii is aware that there could be demand for these toys with collectors. Let them know it! Tell them you want the Blue Stinger Beetleborg, tell them you want Shadowborg/General Venjix! Get out there and make some noise on twitter @TamashiiNations and on Bluefin’s facebook page!

 

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Hey you Metal Heroes & Beetleborgs fans!!  For those that are patient, your wishes have finally been answered, coming from the Tamashii Web Shop in January, 2015 is the Blue Beet from Juukou B-Fighter, also known as The Blue Stinger Beetleborg from Big Bad Beetleborgs! Priced at 4,860 yen.

Also pictured with Blue Beet is the evil Black Beet, or as western fans know him, Shadowborg & General Venjix! Sadly Black/Shadow’s price and release date have yet to be revealed.

Check out this lovely new tease for two highly demanded figures and jump into our ongoing discussion thread by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forum” at the bottom of this post!

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The Official Power Morphicon Convention has updated with yet another list of great special guests that will be appearing at this year’s show. There are well over a 100 guests attending this year’s convention, though it’s important to note that their availability may be limited, so keep an eye on their page for updates regarding when each guest will be at the show. But without further waiting, here’s the list announced today!

  • David Yost (“Billy”, Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
  • Richard Horvtiz (“Alpha 5” from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, “Invader Zim”)
  • Ricky Simions (Invader Zim)
  • Herbie Baez (Green Hunter and Titanium Silver Beetleborg)
  • G. Beaudin (“Malcom Fink”, Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad)
  • Troy Slaten (“Amp Ere”, Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad)
  • Douglas Sloan (writer/director/supervising producer for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers Ninja Storm, Power Rangers Dino Thunder)
  • Shota Tsuji (current stuntman for “Fujiyama Ichiban”, previous works include everything from Kamen Rider Fourze through Kamen Rider Gaim, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger and Ressha Sentai ToQGer)

Don’t forget that registration for Power Morphicon ends in two weeks! Don’t miss out on the largest show yet celebrating over 20 years of Power Rangers as well as Big Bad Beetleborgs, Masked Rider, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, VR Troopers, Superhero Samurai Syber Squad, and more! Click here to begin your registration process!

TokuNation.com as well as the Talkin Toku Podcast will be in attendance at this year’s show, with thanks to our friends from the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast. Stay tuned for special updates on activities and a fun after-hours get together. We’ll see you at the show!

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Speculation has been buzzing about the introduction of a new Space Sheriff who will cameo in the upcoming Uchuu Keiji Sharivan Next Generation film and possibly in the Shaider film as well. Well speculate no more!

We finally have an image confirming Space Sheriff Estevan! (Or possibly spelled Esteban) Either way this new golden sheriff is ready to shine! Or is he? Take a closer look at this image and you’ll notice that his suit is a gold chrome repaint of Gavan Bootleg, who was featured in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger VS Uchuu Keiji Gavan The Movie! So is this redemption for the suit that once tried to kill the original Sheriff? We’ll know in a few months! For now we’ve included a few images of Bootleg for comparison.

And while we’re at it, the actor playing Estevan has also been confirmed. He’s none other than Ryoma Baba! Most familiar to toku fans as Ryuji Iwasaki AKA Blue Buster from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters!

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It’s Monday – that means another Official Power Morphicon guest update! Joining the list of over 90 special guests is the beautiful, one and only Melody Perkins! She played the very iconic role of Astromena in Power Rangers In Space, the Princess of Evil who had a secret past with Andros the In Space Red Ranger. She would return in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy and become the Pink Ranger, making her the first and only series main villain to return and become a Power Ranger in another series (Rick Medina would do the opposite, going from Power Ranger to a main villain in Power Rangers Wild Force to Power Rangers Samurai). But she wasn’t the only guest to attend – check out the list of added guests below!

  • Melody Perkins (“Astronema”/”Karone”, Power Rangers In Space, Pink Ranger 2 in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy and Power Rangers Super Megaforce)
  • Elisabeth Fies (voice of the Otcophantom and Stag Beetle in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
  • Aaron Prunder (“Percy” in VR Troopers)

If you haven’t registered for Power Morphicon then we have some bad news – time is running out! Registration is rumored to close in the next few weeks! Don’t waste any more time – click here to begin your registration process! TokuNation.com as well as the Talkin Toku Podcast will be in attendance at this year’s show as platinum members, giving us front row seats to all panels, events, and early access to the show room! We will bring you on-the-spot coverage with news, pictures, interviews, and more! We’re also attending the show with our good friends from the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast, and we have some very fun events planned with them during the course of the show, of which we will be sure to update you on! See you at the show!

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The Official Power Morphicon convention is now officially the largest one yet with over 80 confirmed Power Rangers actors, writers, voice actors, producers, and more scheduled to attend. The guest list grew some more today with the announcement of two new guests!

  • David Fielding (“Zordon”, as well as the face of “Zordon”, first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
  • Michael Copon (“Lucas”, Power Rangers Time Force Blue Ranger)

 
If you haven’t registered yet then you’re obviously not planning to attend, because any Power Ranger fan would want to attend. Not only are there alumni from Power Rangers, but also Big Bad Beetleborgs, VR Troopers, Masked Rider, Digimon, and Kamen Rider Dragon Knight in attendance. For any and all American toku fans, this show can NOT be missed! Hurry up because rumor is registration will close in the next month or two! Click here to begin your registration process for Power Morphicon!

TokuNation.com is proud to be attending as a Platinum Member, giving us early access and front row seats to all activities. We will provide coverage of the show and will feature live podcasts from Kickback from our own Talkin Toku Podcast, as well as @trekkieb47 and @TheCinemaSlob from our friends at the Ranger Command Podcast! See you at the show!

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Continuing through the run through Metal Heroes, Medicom has announced that they will be releasing a figure of Mad Gallan from Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion.

Released as an online exclusive via Medicom Premium Club Store , Mad Gallan comes with an alternate light up eyes head and a sword retailing for a whopping 22,520 yen. You can expect to see this figure in October 2014.

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It’s time to end the speculation folks. This news comes courtesy of our sister site ToyArk. Bandai Tamashii Nations has announced that their S.H. Figuarts and D-Arts lines will be merged together. D-Arts as a sub line is now over.

Beginning in April 2014, figures that would have fallen under the D-Arts banner will now be released under the S.H. Figuarts line. A couple of confusing examples of this change over have been reported recently. Non-Toku figures such as Mario, Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, and Lucario were all originally intended for the D-Arts line. However with the discontinuation of that line these figures have been solicited as S.H. Figuarts as will all future releases that would have been in that line.

For anyone who wants to join in on the discussion of S.H. Figuarts (toku or non) hit up our two main discussion threads on the topic. The non-toku S.H. Figuarts thread in General Discussion will also retroactively encompass the D-Arts line from this point on.

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S.H. Figuarts & D-Arts (Non-Toku) Combined Discussion[/URL]

 

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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!