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under Kamen Rider, Metal Heroes, Super Sentai

Well this looks like something we can all definitely be thankful for this year! Occasionally we share rare & interesting toku auctions we find on ebay but this is on an entirely different level.

The fine folks at Serious Toyz[/URL] have just opened up a special set of auctions aimed at collectors of vintage Japanese die cast toys & robots with a special emphasis on tokusatsu! Running the range of Metal Heroes, Super Sentai, Ultraman, Godzilla, & Kamen Rider this auction consists of a number of rare finds from a personal collection that was greatly cared for with many items having either never been opened or even used.

It isn’t often we see near mint & rare vintage releases like this for sale. So we wanted to share this with the community in the hopes that someone here may finally be able to fill a unique hole in their collection they’ve been after!

The master list of ALL Auctions are posted HERE
– Super Sentai Auctions[/URL]
– Kamen Rider Auctions[/URL]
– Metal Heroes Auctions[/URL]
– Ultraman Auctions[/URL]
– Miscellaneous Toku Heroes & other characters[/URL]

And here’s a link for new user registration as well as one for all the rules that accompany this set of auctions!

Happy bidding to everyone and thanks to Serious Toyz for making these various items available! I’ll be bidding on several myself!

 

under Contests and Giveaways, General Tokusatsu News, Godzilla, Kamen Rider, Network News and Updates, Power Rangers, Super Sentai, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates, TokuNation Spotlights, Ultraman

It’s that time of year once again! Time for the members and staff of TokuNation.com[/URL] 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 3 year anniversary!! January 4th 2015, will officially mark 3 years of TokuNation growing into the incredible 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 our users! You’ll recall that for last years giveaway[/URL] 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. Well this year we’re going the same route, but we’re charging up this contest even further! To show our appreciation to you, the community, we’ve assembled 4 MASSIVE prize packs spanning Power Rangers, Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Godzilla, Ultraman, and more! With a little help from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger & Power Rangers Dino Charge this will be our biggest giveaway yet!

Click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken to the official rules and prize pack reveals of Toku Toy Box 2014!  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 us, and best of luck in our giveaway! It’s our gift to you.

 

under Super Sentai

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TokuNation has at long last made it’s way back to the first Sentai. Well, the show that retroactively is known as the first. Himitsu Sentai Goranger! Though it was nearly 20 years after it’s debut that this series gained it’s Super Sentai status it’s unquestionable that the series began a long tradition of colorful spandex heroes helping some big eyed bug men save Japan. So it’s about time that Bandai got around to making S.H. Figuarts Akaranger!

What better way to celebrate this legend than with a gorgeous sculpt, paint job and wealth of accessories? S.H. Figuarts Akaranger is no slouch! He includes several sets of new hands, two versions of his iconic Red Bute rope weapon, the Silver Shot pistol, the Birdie flying rockets, and even a version of the Goranger Storm Ball! Though this figure is a bit on the large side it’s still a fantastic addition to any sentai collector’s display.

Check out our full gallery of S.H. Figuarts Akaranger after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post.

Note that although the name on the box is spelled Akarenger, (official romanization) generally his name in English is accepted to be Akaranger, and Toei’s subsequent use of the actual word “Ranger” in many series and hero names would imply that should be the correct term in this instance. So for consistency we went with that.

under Super Sentai

After a lengthy stay in Tamashii Nations limbo, the original Super Sentai Red finally joins the S.H. Figuarts line this September!

Himitsu Sentai Goranger’s Akaranger will hit retail for the price of 4860 yen, along with a very fitting selection of accessories! Included his Silver Shot gun, signature Red Bute weapon in staff and whip formations, Birdie belt rockets and bomb ball effect part to recreate the “Goranger Storm” finishing attack.

Bluefin Tamashii Nations have also announced that they will be releasing the figure in the US for the price of $44.99, with further release details to follow.

Check out the full official image gallery after the jump!

under General Tokusatsu News, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

Just yesterday the Tamashii Web Shop provided us with advance official images of the highly anticipated S.H. Figuarts Aka Ranger & Bio Rider figures. And today’s magazine scans have revealed their release info along with two other talked about releases, Kamen Rider Kurokage & Hakaider!

Aka Ranger will be a retail release in September for 4860 yen.

Bio Rider will follow along that month as well for 3888 yen. 

Kamen Rider Kurokage, due for release in October as a Tamashii Web Exclusive for 4104 yen. 

Andsimilarly Hakaider will also be a Web Exclusive release in October for 4860 yen. 

September and October look to be absolutely insane for collectors of any of Tamashii Nations outstanding toylines. Start making back room deals with your wallets now people!

under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

File this under pleasant surprises. Apparently scheduled for release in September 2014 are two long awaited releases. S.H. Figuarts Aka Ranger from Himitsu Sentai Goranger. You may recall that this figure hasn’t been seen since it was displayed at Tamashii Features Vol 3 in 2012.

And then there’s S.H. Figuarts Bio Rider from Kamen Rider Black RX who was only glimpsed thanks to SHFindo back in March!

Release details haven’t been confirmed for either figure yet, but the Tamashii Web Page is stating these will be released in September. And they’ve provided several official images of each figure!

under Power Rangers, Super Sentai

Alpha Hero Shock just posted a supposed release date info for S.H.Figuarts AkaRanger and Bouken Silver, the two prototypes were initially seen during Tamashi Nations.

However, with April Fools Day looming over the horizon take this news with a grain of salt. None the less here’s the release info:

S.H.Figuarts AkaRanger will be released in September 2013 retailing for 2800 yen

While the price is unknown for S.H.Figuarts Bouken Silver, he’ll see a November 2013 release.

under General Tokusatsu News

Crunchy Roll has reported that the Ishinori Manga Museum will reopen on November 17th! It was damaged during the March 2011 earthquake/tsunami and repairs are almost done. More:

In November 17th, the museum in his honor will be holding a reopening ceremony – with branding that draws the connection to Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama’s new reminagined Cyborg 009 anime movie 009: Re Cyborg.

The Ishinomori Mangattan Museum is built by corporation of national government and Ishimaki City in 2001 and became a tourist destination, attracting 180,000 visitors annually. During the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, many of the building around the museum were destroyed and its facilities were substantially damaged.

With the help of public fundraising efforts, repair efforts are now nearing completing.

A November 17th reopening ceremony is free and open to the public.

A special renewal exhibit opens March 23, 2013.