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“Okay Cruise, let’s do this!”

Last week, we here at TokuNation received a rather generous gift. The good people at Hasbro sent out a pretty huge and impressive Product Review Mailer containing the entire first wave of Power Rangers Beast Morphers product! A number of fan sites and toy reviewers received them and we were lucky enough to receive one of these free mailers ourselves. While we plan to review all the products it contained, we wanted to kick things off with a review of the big bot in the box. The Beast Racer Zord Action Figure!

If you’re familiar with Hasbro’s other properties, the Beast Racer Zord Figure fits right in with their Titan Hero line of affordable figures. At $19.99 the Racer Zord is a bit more than those, but it’s also a pretty well rounded toy. Based on the Racer Zord Battle Mode suit, the figure has heroic super robot proportions, but also a ton of sculpted in detailing. With just the right articulation cuts and the included sword & axe, the Racer Zord is a great toy for kids and display piece for collector’s of all ages.

We’ve attached the full gallery to this post, but you can also read through our review of the Beast Racer Zord Action Figure by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’ll be back with a Beast Morphers gallery of the 6″ Basic Tronic figure soon!

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“Unleash the beast!”

Since it was officially announced back in February 2018 that Hasbro (the massive toy company behind Transformers, Star Wars, Marvel, and much more) was picking up the Power Rangers master license from Saban Brands & Bandai America, fans wondered what the future of the brand would look like. But shortly after that initial announcement, Hasbro let the world know what the Power Rangers series was headed for with Power Rangers Beast Morphers! In recent months the show has begun airing, and in fact just went on hiatus with this weekend’s introduction of the Gold Ranger! With a fresh new take on the TV show thriving, it’s good to know that the toyline is as well!

With Hasbro taking over the master license for the brand, the toyline has completely changed. While still based in practice on the designs crafted for it’s Super Sentai equivalent, Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, without Bandai America involved this line has been rethought from the ground up. In light of this seismic shift in the way the Power Rangers toyline is designed and approached now, Hasbro has also decided to reach out to numerous fan sites, toy reviewers, and other prolific members of the Power Rangers fan community to foster some good will towards the new line. To that point, I & and the entire TokuNation team are proud to be included among these individuals. Hasbro has generously provided a product review mailer for us to sample the entire initial wave of Beast Morphers toys! This product mailer was 100% free and shipped to us at no cost whatsoever, it is truly a gift from Hasbro. One we incredibly and deeply appreciate.

TokuNation has been around for going on 8 years now and I’ve been doing toy reviews/galleries for this site for nearly that entire time. To say I and we are honored, would be an understatement. A toy company has never personally reached out to me before in order to review their products. So I accept this rather graciously. While I’ll be reviewing every item in this product mailer individually in the coming weeks, I wanted to take today to simply break down the contents of this generous gift on the whole, and present the wonderful packaging it was sent in. Click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” for a full gallery and breakdown of the Beast Morphers Product Mailer”. You can expect our first gallery of figure’s contained within it, early next week!

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I am incredibly honored and blessed to announce a project that has been in the works for well over a year (and really hit the ground running in the last 6 months) – a new Power Rangers fan website created by some of the big creative names in the Power Rangers fan community – PwrRngr.com!

PwrRngr.com is part of the same network as TFW2005.com, ToyArk.com, TokuNation.com, and HissTank.com and is 100% dedicated to the Power Rangers brand as a whole from every aspect – official, unofficial, and most importantly, fan created content. You can check out a full Toy Database (Hasbro’s Power Rangers), a Comic Database (BOOM! Studios Power Rangers comics), as well as the largest Power Rangers Discord server out there where you can literally morph in to your favorite Power Ranger.

So that now begs the question – what does that mean for TokuNation.com?

Going forward, TokuNation.com will still cover the Power Rangers brand but more strictly on a toy basis due to the fact nearly every Power Rangers iteration is based upon a Super Sentai series that preceded it. Convention coverage will be on-going with coverage shared between the network per usual. The forums here will remain unchanged.

Please take a moment to consider following PwrRngr.com on all their social platforms:

– Twitter @PwrRngrSite
– Instagram @PwrRngrSite
– Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pwrrngrsite
– Subscribe to the YouTube Channel
– Join the PwrRngr Discord Server

Thank you to everyone for all their assistance over the last 18 months of planning and preparation, to Den-O for being a great friend and partner in all of this, and most of all to all the fans from TokuNation who helped inspire this project in the first place. Go Go Power Rangers!

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A new clip from the next episode of Power Rangers Beast Morphers has been posted online!

A Friend Indeed: Evox targets the Beast Bots to stop the Beast Morphers Rangers from forming their Megazord.

This episode is currently scheduled to air Saturday, April 20 2019 at 8AM EST ONLY on Nickelodeon!

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“Unleash the Beast!”

With Hasbro’s acquisition of the Power Rangers brand, both the TV show and the toy line have been revitalized. From the lowest price point entries up to the largest scale figures, everything has changed. While the majority of the brand is heavily focused on the currently airing Beast Morphers, we are still getting some product from throughout the franchise. One way is with collector style figures in the Lightning Collection line, another is through the mini figure line of Micro Morphers! Consisting of rangers, villains, and even some megazords, this line offers a fun alternative for fans of all ages.

Today we’ve taken a look at the Micro Morphers line for a little mini-review with 1 Blind Bag of rangers and 1 Megazord Blind Box. Coming 2 with 2 rangers per pack, the blind bag we opened came with a lovely Morph-X Red Ranger and the one and only Rita Repulsa! While our Megazord pack included the Beast-X Megazord as well as Smash the Beast Bot and the villainous Slicertron!

We’ve put together a 40 image mini-gallery of these figures that you can see attached to this post. Click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to see our full review and breakdown of these blind packs as well. We’ll be back soon with 6″ Blaze & Tronic! 

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The hunt is on!

The first sighting of the much-hyped Power Rangers Lightning Collection from Hsabro has been reported by fellow fan Jason Smith who reported finding the first wave of figures at a Target in Wisconsin.

In addition, multiple collectors have received shipping notices from Amazon.com for Lightning Collection preorders- with estimated delivery of Wednesday, April 17!

If you are lucky enough to pick up these new figures, feel free to stop by the TokuNation form & share your thoughts on this remarkable new moment in Power Rangers toy history!

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UNLEASH THE BEAST!

A brand new clip for Saturday’s new episode of Power Rangers Beast Morphers was recently released online. Episode 6 titled Hangar Heist will be our first look at the long-awaited Beast-X Megazord!

In the episode, Nate develops new technology from a captured Gigadrone and Devon struggles with fully trusting his team. The Power Rangers train with the new Zord Simulator.

Be sure to check back with us once the episode airs and join us with the discussion in the forums. In the meantime, check out the clip in the box below:

 

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SHIFT INTO TURBO!

Our friends at Shout! Factory will finally be releasing the much requested Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie for the first time on Blu-Ray, here’s the official synopsis for the movie straight from Shout! Factory’s website:

“A high-spirited fantasy adventure …” – The Hollywood Reporter

It’s the Power Rangers to the rescue as they race to save the planet Earth from certain destruction at the hands of a ruthless band of evil space aliens. The evil space alien Divatox plans to unleash the dark forces of Maligore, a powerful, fiery creature imprisoned inside a volcano on the magical island of Muiranthias. She can reach the island only by traveling through the dangerous Nemesis Triangle, and for that, she needs the special powers of the magician Lerigot. But Lerigot flees to Earth, to see the only people who can stand against Divatox and her evil plan — the Power Rangers. Along with the new Blue Ranger, their turbo-powered Zords, and the unexpected help of original Power Rangers Kimberly and Jason, the Power Rangers set out on their most thrilling and dangerous adventure yet!

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie first released in theaters March 28th, 1997 with the first initial DVD release of the film coming out September 2nd, 2003. The Blu-Ray will be released July 30th 2019 to those that live in Canada and the United States, retailing for 19.99. You can pre-order the Blu-Ray directly from Shout’s website by following the link here

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“Unleash the Beast!”

Was it chance or fate that Devon Daniels just happened to sneak into Grid Battleforce headquarters on the day that the villainous Evox infiltrated it? Planning to turn the soon to be Power Rangers into his avatar puppets, Evox struck and succeeded with two potential heroes. But thanks to Devon, Ravi, & Zoey, Evox hasn’t won yet. To stop the avatars Blaze & Roxy the latest generation of teenagers with attitude harness the power of Morph X to become the Power Rangers!

The Beast Morphers toyline has officially kicked off in Canada and the US! Meaning collector’s all over are beginning to see these toys in the wild for the first time. Some of the first products being spotted at most retail stores are the 6″ Basic Figure Wave 1 assortment. The Red Ranger from this assortment kicks the line off really nicely and sets the bar a lot higher than any ranger figure’s from Bandai America ever did at this price point. The new 6″ scale is a welcome change to most, there’s better articulation than what we used to get, no more steroid muscle proportions and these figure’s actually come with multiple accessories! Like the Beast X Saber, Cheetah Beast Blaster, and a Morph X Key! 

We’ve assembled over 65 images of the 6″ Basic Red Ranger in this gallery. Just click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken to our full review thread. Our next Beast Morphers gallery will feature none other than Cyber Villain Blaze! 

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After some hiccups with the launch of the game, Battle for the Grid appears to be moving along smoothly once again. nWay has just announced via the official @Battle4TheGrid twitter account that a new set of 3 rangers will be added to the game in the near future as FREE DLC!

The DLC includes Dragon Armor Trini from the Boom! Studios comics, Udonna the White Mystic Ranger of Power Rangers Mystic Force, and the original Cenozoic Blue Ranger of the 2017 Power Rangers movie! While there’s no specific date given for the release of this DLC, the Battle for the Grid teams wants players to know that this is only Update 1 for the game. More is on the way, and these characters are not the season 1 DLC pass characters previously mentioned.

We’ll update this story as soon as more confirmed release details are made available for this DLC pack.