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The new year has started and the convention season starts off with a bang with the annual Toy Fair taking place in New York City. For the third year running, TokuNation.com is proud to be one of the first to bring you pictures of all the new and upcoming product for 2015! We’re incredibly excited to share it with you and we give a huge thank you to Bandai of America for giving us such exclusive access to their showroom!

As the pictures come in they will be put up on our front page here at TokuNation.com. But as they come in, Kickback/Chris, along with Den-O/Jordan and trekkieb47/Eric, will be looking through the images as they’re put online and commenting on the cool stuff they see. Last year we revealed the Legacy Titanus and how amazing it looked. Who knows what we’re going to see this year?!

Here’s the live-stream of the live show below! Stay tuned for updates coming within the hour from Toy Fair 2015 and only at TokuNation.com!

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For over a year, the hosts of Talkin Toku have relentlessly shared their negative opinions towards Power Rangers Megaforce and Power Rangers Super Megaforce. To the point that some in the fan community choose not to listen to us because we refuse to accept anything less than GOOD writing, GOOD acting, and GOOD story-telling. We are labeled as “haters”, and “just more people bashing Power Rangers”. To that we say THANK YOU – we refuse to accept something just because the name is slapped on it, and for the last four years that is exactly what we’ve had – poor story-telling, poor acting (from most, not all), poor direction, poor editing, and poor decisions regarding the television program that we all grew up with as kids.

On Saturday, February 7th, kids across the world will be introduced to Power Rangers Dino Charge, the next iteration of the fabled Power Rangers franchise. Returning to helm the show is fan-favorite executive producer Chip Lynn, who many praised before the first episode was even released. Will his presence be felt? Or is Power Rangers now forever destined to be a mere “Google translate” show of Super Sentai?

Join Kickback/Chris, Den-O/Jordan, Sentai Tamashii/Tom, and two very special guests – trekkieb47/Eric and baltmatrix/Matt – as we spend over an hour and a half discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly with Power Rangers Dino Charge. Did it live up to the hype? What are our individual thoughts on the episode and the direction of the franchise with this new series? And most importantly (and most shocking) – what did Den-O/Jordan, best known for his utter disdain for all things Power Rangers, feel about the premiere?

You WILL be surprised!

Before we begin the discussion of Power Rangers Dino Charge the group takes a moment to discuss the elephant in the room and the tragic incident regarding Rick Medina, who played the role of Cole Evans the Red Wild Force Power Ranger as well as Dekker in Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai. The question we ask – does Saban Brands react in any way, and if so, how?

NOTE! This episode was recorded before Rick Medina was released from jail with no charges pressed (at the moment, investigation is on-going).

And maybe most importantly, the Twitter trend from the night of the recording and the focus of our episode picture is revealed (to an extent). See the beginning of how five nerds started a brief trend on Twitter within the Tokusatsu community and how it all came to be. Unfortunately, we weren’t recording when everything really took off – but we saved the pictures and they are now available for you to view.

Also – we read your reactions to the premiere from Twitter!

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Follow the show @TalkinToku on Twitter, and the hosts: Kickback at @rankal on Twitter, Den-O at @DenO_Tokunation on Twitter, Sentai Tamashii at @SoulInkChu on Twitter, trekkieb47 at @trekkieb47 on Twitter, and baltmatrix at @baltmatrix on Twitter!! There’s also a Talkin Toku Facebook page! Give us a ”Like” at Facebook.com/TalkinToku

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We’d like to interrupt the regular streaming of Power Rangers, Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, and Garo news to bring things back to reality for a little bit. We here at TokuNation.com are beyond thrilled to announce to the world that our very own Den-O, known also as Jordan for his work here at TokuNation.com as well as our official podcast, Talkin Toku, has added a new member to our site staff – by being the proud father to a brand new young healthy little girl! Mommy is good too!

Please join us in congratulating the newest daddy in the world in our discussion thread. We’re so very happy for you Den-O and we know you’re going to make one hell of a father! Congratulations!

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Something isn’t right on this Let’s Watch Wednesdays. The Power Rangers are in for much more trouble than they bargained for this week. Five doppelgangers have appeared. Deadly weapons created to impersonate, hunt, and destroy the Power Rangers, the Psycho Rangers are here!

Seemingly normal rangers at first these twisted creations show their true form soon and threaten to tear the team apart! As they drain the rangers powers, they learn more about them, every time making them more deadly than before! But is this the final depth of their power, or are their true forms even more monstrous than before….

 

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Brave in!

Leading up to the February 7th TV premiere of Power Rangers Dino Charge, TokuNation has prepared another serving of Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger for your viewing pleasure! Continuing our new series of Gallery 2.0’s today we’re bring you S.H. Figuarts Kyoryu Blue & Kyoryu Green!

These fantastic figures are based on the equally excellent Kyoryu Red mold, though Kyoryu Blue & Green were released as a Tamashii Web Exclusive 2-pack. Because of this they’ve become a bit harder to find for a decent price and have seen a significant increase in demand. But don’t let that deter you. S.H. Figuarts Kyoryu Blue & Green share Kyoryu Red’s excellence in accessory count, sculpt, and articulation. It’s like getting a double dose of fantastic figures loaded down with best accessories they could possibly have. But definitely take a look at this gallery if you need some convincing.

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post, but feel free to peruse 80 images of this two pack by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’ll be back soon with a nother gallery 2.0 as well, S.H. Figuarts Kyoryu Black & Kyoryu Pink!

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It’s time for another episode of the official podcast of TokuNation.com – the Talkin Toku Podcast! Join your hosts Kickback/Chris, Den-O/Jordan, and Sentai Tamashii/Tom as they take an in-depth look at last summer’s toku movies – the summer movies of Ressha Sentai ToQGer and Kamen Rider Gaim! Did they like either movie? Did they dislike either movie? The answers you hear may surprise you – even more on who feels what way!

They also talk a little Shuriken Sentai Ninninger at the start of the show and their feelings on the upcoming toy releases. Just like with ToQGer, at least one host isn’t on board with the dump truck dog UFO ninjas – and this time it isn’t Kickback! Who it is will shock you!

Finally – we read YOUR comments from Twitter!

And stay tuned for a very special episode of the Talkin Toku Podcast to be released later this week as the hosts and two special guests join in on a nothing-but-Power Rangers conversation discussing all of our thoughts and feelings on the premiere of Power Rangers Dino Charge!

Until then – check out this episode and relive last summer all over again!

Click to download the .MP3 of this episode!
(57.9MB in size, .MP3 format, 01:03:15 in length)

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Be sure to follow all of the Talkin Toku social media outlets so you can keep up with the hosts and our upcoming contests and give-aways!
Follow the show @TalkinToku on Twitter, and the hosts: Kickback at @rankal on Twitter, Den-O at @DenO_Tokunation on Twitter, and Sentai Tamashii at @SoulInkChu on Twitter! There’s also a Talkin Toku Facebook page! Give us a ”Like” at Facebook.com/TalkinToku

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Power Rangers In Space returns for Let’s Watch Wednesdays. But this time they add one more to their number, Astronema?!

Now knowing the truth about one another, Andros & Astronema will work together to find Zordon and try to defeat Dark Specter. But even as she begins to find her place with the Rangers, both Astronema & Ecliptor will be enslaved by evil once again. Regardless of her betrayal Dark Specter has his plans for them both. Darkonda will ensure they’re both obedient. And as an asteroid hurls towards Earth in Dark Specters bid to take back his pawns, the rangers find they need just a little more power. The Silver Ranger returns! And he’s not only, Zhane’s brought with him the Mega Winger!

 

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Brave in!

TokuNation has slowly begun the process of going through it’s archive of toy galleries to revamp some of our older work and re-present to the community. This process began with our  Gokai Christmas Gallery 2.0 and today we continue it in honor of the upcoming February 7th premiere of Power Rangers Dino Charg!  It’s time to check out the S.H. Figuarts Kyoryu Red Gallery 2.0!

Released way back in October 2013, Kyoryu Red was the first figuart from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, though far from the last. Kyoryu Red began a new era of consistency and detail in sentai figuarts that for the most part has remained consistent since. Daigo, includes a plethora of accessories that really make this release one of the best for 2013 and still one of the best Sentai Figuarts to date. The included Gaburevolver, Gaburicalibur, and even Gabutyra Fang & Zyudenchi allow this figure to really capture the wild flexibility and mannerisms of Kyoryu Red and look fantastic wild doing it.

Frankly S.H. Figuarts Kyoryu Red is one of my absolute favorite figures. And it’s still cheap on most secondary market websites! This figure and the remaining Kyoryugers won’t be imported by Bluefin so now’s the time to jump on it before the actual premiere of Power Rangers Dino Charge drives up demand with Western fans. For now though feel free to browse through a full 80 image gallery of this incredible figure after the jump! We’ll be back soon with 3 more Gallery 2.0’s as well focusing on the other 5 Kyoryugers!

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It’s Morphin Time with Power Rangers In Space and Let’s Watch Wednesdasy! If you thought you’d seen it all by now with this show, you were wrong. A major blast from the past is here!

Thanks to one of Astronema’s monsters Carlos injures Cassie. Doubting himself Carlos wonders if he’s even fit to be a Power Ranger anymore. Luckily an old friend and ally, Adam, returns! But the former Black Ranger has more than just training for Carlos. Cobbled together from broken bits and hope, Adam’s original Power Morpher has been rebuilt! But with his powers in flux, and the risk of using them great, can the Mighty Morphin Black Ranger rise again?

Meanwhile Andros has another run in with Darkonda & 1 of his 9 lives, and Astronema tries desperately to discover her past. Her brother is still alive out there somewhere, Andros sister is too. And a pair of lockets will link them all together….

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It’s time for another episode of TokuNation.com‘s official podcast – Talkin Toku! Join site administrators Kickback, Den-O, and Sentai Tamashii – along with special guest host trekkieb47 from the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast – as they discuss all the latest news and take a long, hard look at Power Rangers in 2015!

Episode details include predictions for Toy Fair 2015, what the guys hope to see from Power Rangers Dino Charge, and whether or not no news for the upcoming Power Rangers 2016 Movie is good news or bad news! Along with those topics we also touch base on new toys, what new toys we’ve recently purchased as well as our thoughts, and a whole lot more. We also read YOUR answers to two of our questions – whether or not having past cast members of Power Rangers for Power Rangers Dino Charge will disappoint you, and if you think the lack of news on the movie is a good or bad thing.

Take a listen to the episode below!

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(115MB in size, .MP3 format, 02:06:00 in length)

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Follow the show @TalkinToku on Twitter, and the hosts: Kickback at @rankal on Twitter, Den-O at @DenO_Tokunation on Twitter, and Sentai Tamashii at @SoulInkChu on Twitter! Please give a follow to our guest host trekkieb47 who is @trekkieb47 who is part of the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast! Give them a listen! There’s also a Talkin Toku Facebook page! Give us a ”Like” at Facebook.com/TalkinToku