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The end of Kamen Rider Gaim is fast approaching – and at TokuNation.com we’ve chosen to celebrate this very popular series with a send off spanning nine total days looking at every single Rider from the show and movie! Stay tuned because at any time we can announce a contest on our twitter account (@TokuNation)!

Today marks two special occasions – for starters the final episode of Kamen Rider Gaim will air in Japan on Sunday morning or Saturday afternoon for those in the United States and Canada. Please make sure to join us as we watch the live stream of the final episode! Click here for live episode discussion as well as a link to the live stream. What an incredible ride it has been with this show – we’re sad to see it go!

The second bit of today? It’s Day Three of our Kamen Rider Gaim celebration! And today we’re going to celebrate everyone’s favorite short-wearing long-haired professor – Sengoku Ryouma aka Kamen Rider Duke! Everyone’s favorite Lemon Energy badass is getting his own special inclusion in our nine day celebration of all things Kamen Rider Gaim! So go ahead and click “Read More” to take a look back at the guy who, really, started it all. There are, of course, spoilers in our special review. Enjoy!

And if you somehow missed it, be sure to check out our Arms Change Kamen Rider Duke Gallery by our own Den-O! And stay tuned in December for our S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Duke gallery!

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This weekend one of the most popular toku series of all time will come to an end – Kamen Rider Gaim is coming to an end with the airing of its final episode, “Transform! And to the Future!”, the 47th and final installment of this beloved series. It’s popularity has spawned one of the most successful merchandise toy lines (in both the Arms Change figures as well as the DX Lock Seeds and Sengoku & Genesis Drivers) in Kamen Rider history, and helped gain a slew of fans to the franchise that are either new or had stopped watching Kamen Rider thanks to the love it/hate it series of Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider Fourze.

Kamen Rider Gaim has been an incredibly popular series here at TokuNation.com, as our discussion threads of each episode have grown larger and larger each week as fans have registered to share their thoughts on each episode. And this weekend they will do it one last time (until the summer movie is released!). While our wallets cry as we continue to buy up all the Kamen Rider Gaim merchandise (who has got their S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Kachidoki Arms yet?!?) we figured it was only fitting to give this series a proper send off here with Nine Days of Juicy, the Kamen Rider Gaim Celebration!

Over the course of the next nine days, starting on Thursday, September 25th, we will be posting an in-depth retrospective of all the Beat Riders, Armored Riders, and Energy Riders. Our celebration will end on Friday, October 3rd, right before the premiere of Kamen Rider Drive, the next installment of the Kamen Rider franchise. But what good is a celebration if the party has no party favors?

As we get close to the end of the celebration, followers of the TokuNation twitter account (@TokuNation on Twitter) will have a chance to win two S.H. Figuarts of characters from Kamen Rider Gaim! If you haven’t followed us on Twitter then you’d better hurry – our give away requires you to be a follower of our twitter account and to also re-tweet the give away tweet! Watch for it!

We hope you’ve enjoyed Kamen Rider Gaim as much as we have. So let’s give it one heck of a send-off by celebrating everything about the show – the good, the bad, and the simply confusing stuff! HENSHIN!!!!!

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It’s almost back to normal time around here at TokuNation.com after spending the last week in San Diego, California. And for those of you who have purchased all the items you needed from SDCC 2014, it’s time to get ready for the next round of monthly shopping to begin! Our friends and site sponsor BigBadToyStore.com have put out their latest newsletter showcasing some of their new arrivals and new pre-orders in the store! Check out the new toku item pre-orders below!

NEW PRE-ORDERS!

Some great new items listed! Don’t miss your opportunity to pick yourself up that hot looking S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Duke … a dealer at SDCC 2014 was selling the other S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gaim figures that have been released at a 85% mark-up and he sold out by Thursday!

To see the whole newsletter, simply click “Read More”! Be sure to pay our friends at BigBadToyStore.com a visit and tell them TokuNation.com sent you!
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The hits keep on rolling! After the reveal of  Kamen Rider Gaim Kiwami Arms we’ve officially received information regarding the upcoming S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Duke! Kamen Rider Duke, sporting his trademark Lemon Energy Arms, looks to be a Tamashii Web Exclusive set for December release. Priced at 4860 yen!

Also revealed here is the personal machine of Kamen Rider Black’s Bio Rider form. S.H. Figuarts mach Jabber will also be a Tamashii Web Exclusive release in December for 4860 yen!

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Magazine scan time has come around once again for Kamen Riders this month! And it looks like this months’ main focus is the Kamen Rider Gaim movie, The Great Soccer Match! The Golden Fruit Cup! 

This newest set of scans from the film reveals some in action shots of new comer fighters Kamen Rider’s Mars & Kamuro. Also shown is Gaim’s Dark Jinba Arms in action, a selection of some of the new Arms Changes Gaim will be trying out in the film, and a team-up or two you may not ever have expected to see.

Overshadowing this though is one bombshell scan from from an upcoming episode of  Kamen Rider Gaim. MAJOR SPOILERS below so read on at your own risk:

Spoiler:
These scans show us the return of Takatora with his original Sengoku Driver, utilizing the Original Kamen Rider Zangetsu suit! He goes toe to toe in these scans with his brother Micchy still posing as Shin Zangetsu. Upcoming episode rumors say the outcome of this battle will see the elder Kureshima brother on top.

We’ll see how the battle plays out in a few short weeks! Until then click “Discuss on the TokuNation forums” to head to our Gaim Rumors/Speculations thread to discuss these spoiler heavy implications!

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Fight Power! Fight Power! Fight Fight Fight Fight F-F-F-F-Fight!

And who better to bring the fight than everyone’s favorite evil, world conquering, backstabbing, brain switching, mad scientist extraordinaire!? Today’s gallery is of AC12 Arms Change Kamen Rider Duke!

Kamen Rider Duke Lemon Energy Arms is the 2nd of only two Energy Riders released at retail which seems odd considering his lack of appearances. However what isn’t odd is just how nice this guy is. As with all Arms Change figures Duke is of course from the main budget toyline, but he’s solidly made, well painted and is just tons of fun. Duke’s Lemon Energy Arms at first glance was thought to be a Mango Arms remold. However that isn’t the case! Read on to to see the differences between the two in our main gallery thread where we also have images of every Arms Change Duke has!

AND as a special bonus we’ve included a Baron Lemon Energy Arms conversion mini-tutorial! Though it’s as simple as removing the right screws and swapping some parts we wanted to make sure everyone had the opportunity to recreate this unique power for Kamen Rider Baron in toy form! Click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken to over 70 images of this figure!

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FIGHT! POWER! FIGHT POWER! FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT F-F-F-F-FIGHT!!!

The 12th entry in the fan-favorite “Arms Change” action figure series gets released in Japan this weekend. Some lucky fans (like Youtube reviewer “wotakufighter”) have already received their shipments!

If you were lucky enough to secure a preorder for the Lemon Energy Rider, keep a close eye on your mailbox for any shipping notifications!

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Here’s a fun little update for you! Thanks to the Masked Rider Disciples Thailand Facebook Page as well as the Fruit Rider News blog, we have some fun images to share with you!

Featured in these magazine scans are the characters/actors for each Lockseed (minus Marika and Knuckle, sad face). Included is a description (not yet translated) but the real juicy part is just the cool pictures that are shown. Check out all the images by clicking the title of the story, then join in the discussion!

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The boys of the Talkin Toku Podcast are back at it with the release of their 9th episode, Attack of the No No Cat (blame Tom for that one). Join your hosts Kickback (Chris, @rankal), Den-O (Jordan, @DenO_Tokunation), and Sentai Tamashii (Tom, @SoulInkChu) as they touch on a number of topics from last week in the world of tokusatsu!

Some of the hot topics discussed – their reactions on the international trailer for the new Godzilla movie, their thoughts on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic from Free Comic Book Day and just why Saban Brands did nothing to promote it (as well as some behind-the-scenes knowledge in the world of comics from our very own Sentai Tamashii, who works a freelance colorist and has done jobs for Marvel, DC, IDW Publishing, and Archie Comics), some good old fashioned toy talk with Kachidoki Arms and S.H. Figuarts Kyoryu Gold, and the usual show talk of Kamen Rider Gaim and Ressha Sentai ToQGer. But there’s even more stuff that’s discussed throughout the episode, including the No No Cat, spooky haunted microphones and/or alien contact, follow up on our last toy debate on Tamashii Nations and Super Sentai Figuarts, and so much more. Take a listen below!

Kickback also discusses the Fruit Henshin Contest and some details of the upcoming crossover episode with our good friends from the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast scheduled for later this month. All the show details are below – do us a favor and click “Discuss” and share your thoughts! Till next time!

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In the last week, new images of upcoming Arms Change releases have been piling up. First Bravo, then Sigurd & Marika, and now the next retail release from the line. Arms Chage AC12 Kamen Rider Duke!

Duke of course comes with his Lemon Energy Arms and the trademark weapon of the Energy Riders, the Sonic Arrow. Bandai has also been kind enough to tease us with the Lemon Energy Arms equipped to Kamen Rider Baron!

Duke is set for release later this month so be on the lookout for him at your favorite retailers. And for now be sure to check out all the official images after the jump!