It’s a busy news day! Revealed today by Bandai Japan was an upcoming release of DaiZyuJin, better known here as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Dino Megazord. This version is a Super Mini-Pla,
Super Mini-Pla is basically a larger version of your normal Mini-Pla with more ability to paint your own details on to the figure. Check out the images and get your pre-orders ready!
Some new images have surfaced online, giving us an up-close look at the upcoming new Soul of Chogokin Daizyujin (or for US fans, the Mighty Morphin Dino Megazord) special release!
These scans highlight the individual Guardian Beasts’ features, including Sabertooth’s tail-laser and Triceratops’ grappling-chain horns. The combined form of Daizyujin is unfortunately still unrevealed.
Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details about this exciting release!
Another month has come & gone! And now we have galleries and in depth reviews by our Photo & Content staff to round-up once again! April was a lighter month for us, Admin/Site Owner & fellow photo fiend Kickback welcomed an addition to his family (you can check out that ongoing gallery all over his twitter!), so that capped our entries for the month to the short but sweet list you see below! Kamen Riders, some very special DX Sentai releases, and a fond farewell to a series of 2.0 galleries made up the content for this month!
As always you’ll find below links to this months gallery/reviews. We look forward to bringing you even more content this month!
Kamen Rider Drive
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Super Dead Heat Drive Gallery
Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger
DX Black Daizyujin Gallery
Kamen Rider Decade
S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Decade Gallery
Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
DX Silver Chrome Gao Gorilla Gallery
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
S.H. Figuarts Yellow Buster & Usada Lettuce Gallery 2.0
Gattai, Dino Mission!
While this might not be the 2 foot tall Megazord seen at an SDCC many, many years ago this is still pretty close none the less, with Premium Bandai having opened up pre orders for the Gigantic Series Daizyujin.
Unlike the Jumbo Megazord however, the Gigantic Series Daizyujin doesn’t appear to have any combination gimmick along with limited articulation but stands at a massive 40cms tall. Gigantic Series Daizyujin also commands a massive price tag, retailing for 24,800 yen before any additional middleman fees and overseas shipping.
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!
We have sadly been informed of the death of voice actor Eiji Maruyama, who passed away last month at the age of 84.
Maruyama played numerous villains throughout multiple Kamen Rider, Metal Hero and Super Sentai shows, with his most iconic roles being Daizyujin in Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger and Dr. Shinigami in Kamen Rider: The First.
Our thoughts are with his friends and family in these difficult times.
Wonderfest 2015 is currently underway and one of the big surprises from this year was revealed just a few days ago. And as of today the X Plus booth currently has their full Daizyujin PVC Figure on Display!
PVC Daizyujin is a non-transformable, near 18″ tall static figure. While the display prototype doesn’t feature open hands it does appear to include the Mammoth Shield and God Horn Dinosaur Sword. So chances are an additional set of hands to hold the pair will be included. Currently we don’t have specific release information outside of a 2015 time frame, and price has yet to be announced.
Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger & Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fans alike should definitely be excited for this one. When we have more information to report we’ll be sure to update you!
Coming up in just 2 days time is the annual Summer Wonder Fest in Japan. And while generally the tokusatsu offerings of Wonder Fest are limited to a handful relating to Godzilla & Ultraman, this year is quite different.
Japanese company X Plus, known for their amazing Godzilla & Ultraman PVC figures has just teased a release from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, none other than the mighty Daizyujin! Western fans will undoubtedly recognize this machine as the Mighty Morphin ‘Dino’ Megazord!
So far a teaser image of the Daizyujin PVC Figure is all that’s been provided, but based on their previous releases this item will be large and gorgeously sculpted. You can expect many more images of this prototype coming out of Wonder Fest this weekend. And we’ll keep you up to date as we here more about the size, price, and release date!
After tons of teasers, short previews, images, and casting news we finally have the full minute long trailer for Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: Great Dinosaur Battle!
Currently the video is only being hosted at Kyoryu-gobus.jp so you’ll need to follow this link to check it out.
“Kyoryuger VS Go-Busters” premieres January 18, 2014 and will be released on Blu-Ray & DVD on March 19, 2014
Scans from the latest issue of Televi-kun magazine have revealed that the forthcoming Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Gokaiger movie will indeed include a mecha gokai change!
As was seen in the previews following the last few episodes of Go-Busters, the mecha will be able to call on the power of giant ranger keys to transform into past mecha. Included in the magazine scan are Gaoranger’s Gaoking, Magiranger’s Magiking, Dairanger’s RyuuseiOh, Flashman’s Flashking, Zyuranger’s Daizyujin, Boukenger’s Daibouken and Gekiranger’s GekiTouja!
In addition, the film will also feature new Buddyroid ranger keys!
Check out the full sized scans after the jump and a thank you to TokuNation.com member xSkullheartx for sharing!
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