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“Familial love? I felt no such thing.”

After a weekend of fantastic teases for possible releases from Kamen Rider Drive, we thought it was finally time to take a look at this excellent release. One of the strangest but most welcome retail releases for sometime, it’s everyone’s favorite maniacal, apocalypse bringing, evil deadbeat dad! That’s right, it’s S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gold Drive!

Gold Drive is a pretty straightforward repaint of the basic Drive Type Speed figuart with Proto-Drive’s archetype gear/proto-tire. The thing is though that this release takes an already fantastic mold, and spruces it up with the perfect paint apps. While this release brings literally nothing new to the table mold or accessory wise (in fact it comes with less) it’s probably the nicest use of this body so far. With the upcoming release of Zero Drive we’ve already seen 4 versions of this mold. Come on Bandai, when can we have Type high Speed? But this is yet another excellent addition to any Kamen Rider Drive, or in fact evil Rider/toku villain collection! Read on to find out why.

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post but you can enjoy a full gallery of 70 images of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gold Drive by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post!

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It’s been a long time coming but we’re finally here! After nearly 5 years as a community, TokuNation has hit a huge milestone. You’ve enjoyed our articles, our convention coverage, our on again off again podcasts, our thinkpieces, episode reviews, comic reviews, and everything in between. But you’ve also enjoyed something we’ve been striving to make better and better from the day we opened our doors – our Galleries!

For nearly 5 years now the Photo & Content staff here at TokuNation have been bringing you in hand image galleries of your favorite old and new collectibles. Plumbing the depths of Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Power Rangers, Godzilla, Ultraman, Garo, Mystic Knights, Pacific Rim, Beetleborgs, and anything else we can! From day one we wanted to give you a great experience. Looking back at our first efforts now, it’s clear we had a long way to go before becoming your #1 source for photos and content. But we were committed to bringing content in any form we were able to. And that’s what’s brought us to today.

Now after 5 years of hard work, we can treat you to something a little different from our usual galleries. For our landmark 500th Gallery we have assembled an array of incredible action shots, dynamic poses, fight scenes, and just plain fun photos. There’s no theme to this gallery, no specific figure featured, not even 1 particular franchise. This gallery runs the gamut of fun and interesting figures we had on hand and wanted to play with! We just wanted to have fun with this one, and in turn let you have a good time as well.

Shots were contributed to this gallery by myself and Den-O. As the years have gone on, he and I have become a tandem, a duo if you will, who push each other to be better with each shot. And we’re poised now to bring you even better quality pictures than you’ve seen before!

So this 500th gallery is about more than just celebrating the number. It’s about celebrating the fun community we’ve built in the last 5 years. The progres we’ve made as photographers. And the progress our collections have made as our focus has shifted and changed over time. We plan to continue bringing you new and exciting galleries of vintage & modern figures forever. But for now, please enjoy this montage of shots we really just had fun with. We’ll see you again in another 500!

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It’s time for Buster!

TokuNation is finally ready to finish the journey it began nearly 5 months ago. Our Gallery 2.0 retrospective for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters comes to an end with this final gallery, S.H. Figuarts Yellow Buster & Usada Lettuce!

Yellow Buster & Usada are the 5th and sadly last release in the Go-Busters Figuarts subline. But this pair are a more than admirable send off. Between the standard accessory load out of the Buster mold & the inclusion of Usada, this release is more than worth the  fair prices it goes for now. And with it you can at least complete the original trios of Buster & Buddyroids.

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post but you can view the full gallery by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post.

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled news and rumors from the world of tokusatsu for an exciting announcement!

You may recall that last year my wife and I welcomed the birth of our daughter into our little family. And the love & support we received from this community were overwhelming. So I would be doing this community and one of my best friends in the entire world a disservice if I did not wish a massive CONGRATULATIONS to our fearless leader Kickback on the birth of his son!

Please join us in wishing all of the best to Kickback AKA Chris AKA @rankal, his healthy baby boy, and his brave missus @jadesloth! Welcome to the family little man!

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Another month has come & gone and so we have a number of toy galleries and in depth reviews by our Photo & Content staff to round-up once again! We plumed the depths of time to bring you an incredibly special gallery from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, we made a couple of pit stops with Kamen Rider Drive, recharged with some Dino Supercharge figures,  and went a little western with Shuriken Sentai Ninninger!

As always you’ll find below links to this months gallery/reviews. We look forward to bringing you even more content this month!

Shuriken Sentai Ninninger
Super Sentai Artisan Rodeomaru & Chouzetsu Akaninger

Power Rangers Dino Supercharge
5″ Snide
5″ Aqua Ranger

Kamen Rider Drive
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Deadheat Mach
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Chaser

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
14K Gold Plated Galaxy Megazord

 

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Just over two years ago, three friends got together and decided that all their conversations they were having on text messages could be translated to an audio format – like a podcast – and maybe people would be interested in hearing what they had to say. Fast forward two years and we’ve been incredibly humbled by everyone’s support and well wishes for our podcast – Talkin Toku Podcast – as we’ve slowly began to close shop.

Today is the day that we officially end the podcast.

But, to quote the immortal band Semisonic and their infamous goodbye song, “every new beginning comes from some other new beginning’s end” – and nothing could be truer. While the podcast comes to a close, we’ve been working behind the scenes on expanding our media footprint in the world. While we don’t have anything specifically to share or announce as of right now, please note that we’ve committed ourselves to new, engaging ways to bring to you the same humor and passion that you’ve come to expect. Trust us when we say it’s worth the wait!

So here you go! Enjoy this – the last episode of Talkin Toku Podcast!

Download the episode direct by clicking the link below!

Click here to download the .MP3 of the episode
(107.0 MB, 01:56:58 in length, .MP3 format)

You can find us below as well.

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Be sure to follow all of the Talkin Toku social media outlets!

Follow the show @TalkinToku on Twitter (the podcast has ended but Talkin Toku will live on forever), 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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Toku Toy Box returns today with another gallery from the modern day and today’s subject is S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Kiva-La! Who also happens to be one of the prizes in our Rider Prize Pack!

The heroic W & Decade Movie Wars exclusive rider Kiva-La is incredibly unique and rarely seen in Kamen Rider media. Appearing in that film alone Kiva-LA single handedly killed and would later team up with Kamen Rider Decade as well riders Diend & Kuuga to fight the final battle of the film. As unique as her background, S.H. Figuarts Kiva-La is a brand new gorgeous mold that will be sure to impress collectors. Though she has some minor drawbacks it’s always refreshing to see a new female rider join the line!

Check out 40 images of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Kiva-La as well as a full review by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post! A post in this thread will automatically qualify you for a chance to win a Prize Pack in our Toku Toy Box giveaway!

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Once again we’ve come upon the time of year we love most. Time for the members and staff of TokuNation.com to celebrate their respective holidays with their loved ones. But it’s also time for TokuNation to celebrate. Our little community is about to hit yet another milestone, our 4 year anniversary!! January 4th 2016, will officially mark 4 years of TokuNation growing & evolving into the open and fun community it’s become. As we’ve done in the past we want nothing more than to continue to grow this community. To strengthen the bonds it’s helped forge. To continue to bring you up to date news, rumors, images, videos, podcasts, and the welcoming community atmosphere you’ve all come to know. But we also want to bring you just 1 more thing.

Our annual Toku Toy Box Giveaway! Like years past TokuNation is hosting an annual holiday giveaway open to ALL users! You’ll recall that for last years’ giveaway users could post in a selection of galleries within the contest period to automatically be entered into the drawing for 1 of 4 prize packs. And this year is no different! To show our appreciation to you, the community, we’ve assembled 4 incredible prize packs spanning Power Rangers, Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Godzilla, Ultraman, and more!

Click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken to the OFFICIAL RULES and prize pack breakdowns of Toku Toy Box 2015! For now though, thank you. Thanks to all of you who continue to call this place your home for news, discussion, images, sales, friendships, artwork, videos, podcasts, and everything else in between. Happy Holidays from all of us, and best of luck in our giveaway! It’s our gift to you this and every holiday season!

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It’s time for a brand new episode of our very own Talkin Toku podcast! Featuring your hosts Kickback/Chris, Den-O/Jordan, and Sentai Tamashii/Tom – the guys behind TokuNation.com! A lot has happened since the last episode and there’s a lot to catch up on – Power Rangers Movie (2017), Kamen Rider Drive, Shuriken Sentai Ninninger, and Power Rangers Dino Charge discussion ensues, as does discussion on toys!

Won’t you take a listen and join in the discussion? Check out the live-listen below, as well as the download link and how you can keep up to date with the podcast and all of the hosts!

Click here to download the episode!
(63.4MB in size, .MP3 format, 01:09:18 in length)

Subscribe to all of the ways you can listen to us below!

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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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The power is on for the final time at TokuNation!

We’ve taken a look at 6 figures so far in Bandai of America’s Power Rangers 5″ Legacy Line for the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie, and today we wrap up our coverage of this line with the 7th and final figure! Rounding out the 6 movie rangers is the Legacy Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie White Ranger!

As with our previously reviewed Movie Rangers this figure marks the first time ever that the Movie White Ranger has been portrayed properly in toy form. Oddly enough, though this figure comes with fewer accessories than all the others, it somehow winds up being the best executed of the set. The Movie White Ranger may not come with much but he does come with his one and only weapon, the trusty talking tiger saber, Saba! We break down the ins and outs of this figure, both positive & negative, in the review after the jump.

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post but the full gallery thread contains over 40 images! We’ve tried to fully showcase this figure and in fact the entire Legacy Movie lineup with this gallery. In the coming months TokuNation will return with more movie themed galleries as we prep for the 20th anniversary of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie! To catch up on our full coverage of this line just follow the links below!

Legacy 5″ Movie Red Ranger Gallery[/URL]
Legacy 5″ Movie Black Ranger Gallery[/URL]
Legacy 5″ Movie Pink Ranger Gallery[/URL]
Legacy 5″ Movie Blue Ranger Gallery[/URL]
Legacy 5″ Movie Yellow Ranger Gallery[/URL]
Legacy 5″ Movie Ivan Ooze Gallery[/URL]