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We’re only four months away from the Official Power Rangers Convention – aka Power Morphicon! As per the typical Monday, Power Morphicon has updated their guest list with even MORE Power Rangers and other stars from the Power Rangers franchise! Check out the list below!

  • Paulie Schrier – “Bulk” (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers In Space, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, Power Rangers Wild Force, Power Rangers Samurai, Power Rangers Super Samurai)
  • Selwyn Ward – “TJ” (Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers In Space, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, Power Rangers Wild Force, Power Rangers Super Megaforce)
  • Kerrigan Mahan – “Goldar” (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo), “Magna Defender” (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy), as well as voices in Power Rangers Time Force, Power Rangers Wild Force, and V.R. Troopers
  • Scott Page Pagter – voice actor for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers Wild Force, Masked Rider, VR Troopers, Big Bad Beetleborgs, as well as a producer for the seasons of Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers In Space, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, Power Rangers Time Force, Power Rangers Wild Force, Masked Rider, V.R. Tropoers, and Big Bad Beetleborgs
  • Jason Ybarra – suit actor for “Baboo” and stunts, also owner of a real-life Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Van which will be at the show

 
Power Morphicon would also like to note that Scott Page Pagter will be hosting a special 18 and over $10 admission ADR panel featuring his time working on Power Rangers.

If you haven’t already signed up to attend the show, what are you waiting for? Head on over to OfficialPowerMorphicon.com and register today! There are still SILVER RANGER passes available for those wanting a more robust experience! We are pleased to announce that TOKUNATION.COM will be in attendance at the show! We hope to see you there!

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Hey Power Rangers fans – we’ve got some news for you courtesy of our good friend raz! Through a recent trip to his local Toys’R’Us, he was able to dig in to the system and pulled up the preliminary listings for the third wave of Power Rangers Super Megaforce Ranger Keys assortments, which included more specific information as to what keys will be in each pack. Check it out below.

  • 38265 – Alien Rangers – Red, Blue Black
  • 38266 – Dino Thunder – Red, Blue, Black
  • 38267 – Operation Overdrive – Red, Blue, Black
  • 38268 – Jungle Fury – Red, Blue, Yellow
  • 38269 – RPM – Red, Blue, Yellow
  • 38278 – Super Megaforce B – Metallic Red, Regular Pink, Regular Yellow
  • 38279 – Mighty Morphin B – Armored Red, Green, White

For those keeping track, that’s two more female keys (Jungle Fury Yellow, RPM Yellow) and, as predicted, all Jason David Frank Rangers will be fully represented in the line with the release of the Green and White Mighty Morphin keys. Notably absent from this list is the Alien White Ranger Delphine, who acted as leader of the Alien Rangers, and Kira, the Dino Thunder Yellow Ranger who was part of the three core members of Dino Thunder.

Thanks again to raz for the heads up! Be sure to check out his blog, Razzle’s Dazzles, to keep up with all the breaking toy news for Power Rangers. He would also like to remind everyone that this list isn’t final and could change before release – though at this point, most changes would be cancellation as opposed to actual assortment changes. So do you plan to pick up any of these key packs? Is the inclusion of the Green and White Mighty Morphin Power Rangers an incentive to pick it up? Discuss away!

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Our site sponsor BigBadToyStore.com sent out their latest newsletter detailing all of their new pre-orders and new arrivals for the week! Unfortunately, there’s no new tokusatsu items to tell you about. But that doesn’t mean we can’t tell you about the other items that are now available or currently on pre-order! Check it out!

– Legacy Dragon Dagger (this item is now $100 or more at Toys’R’Us stores … order it cheaper through BigBadToyStore.com! Due in May 2014)
– Legacy Dragonzord (May 2014)
– S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger (June 2014)
– S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger (July 2014, female torso version)
– S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Black Ranger (available NOW!)
– S.H. Figuarts Ninja Storm Yellow & Blue Rangers (available NOW!)

Get your orders in now to be assured that you get the highly sought after Legacy Dragon Dagger and Legacy Dragonzord. As an owner of the Legacy Dragon Dagger, I can tell you it’s worth the cost. If you’re a cosplayer, this is a MUST-HAVE item if you ever want to cosplay the Mighty Morphin Green Power Ranger. For the full news letter, simply click on the news story to see their other great items that are now available both to purchase and to pre-order.

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All right Power Rangers fans – the guest list continues to grow for the upcoming official Power Rangers convention known as Power Morphicon! Their last update revealed that the entire core cast of Power Rangers SPD would be in attendance, as well as the original Mighty Morphin Red Power Ranger himself – Austin St. John. Not to be outdone, we’re getting some more legendary Rangers to the line-up! Power Morphicon announced on Monday the following new guests to their line-up of stars:

  • Danny Slavin (Lost Galaxy Red Ranger)
  • Reggie Rolle (Lost Galaxy Green Ranger)
  • Amy Rolle (Lost Galaxy villain Trakeena)
  • Jeff Deckman (writer for the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
  • Soni Aralynn (the very beautiful and very gifted Power Rangers cosplayer)
  • Eddie Frierson (voice actor for many older seasons of Power Rangers, as well as VR Troopers, Digimon, Robotech, and more)

If you haven’t registered for the show yet – good news! You can still land yourself a Silver Ranger package which gives you some perks above the regular Red Ranger package. Don’t let this opportunity slip by you though – click here to begin your registration process! TokuNation.com is very pleased to announce that site owner and host of the Talkin Toku Podcast, Kickback, will be in attendance at this year’s Power Morphicon, with special thanks to our great friends from the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast. Be on the look out as the convention nears for some fun news and information about get-togethers and picture opportunities at the convention.

We hope to see you there! GO GO POWER RANGERS!

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The original trio of the Talkin Toku Podcast are back together for the first time in a month! Join Kickback (Chris, @rankal), Den-O (Jordan, @DenO_Tokunation), and Sentai Tamashii (Tom, @SoulInkChu)) in their latest adventure of discussing all things tokusatsu! The last time the group was together was before events like NJCC and LexCon, and now that they’re together, they spend some time remembering the conventions. Listen to Tom’s story of how he missed purchasing a holy grail for his collection by a matter of minutes! Find out what Steve Cardenas (Rocky, Mighty Morphin Red Power Ranger #2, Zeo Blue Power Ranger) did to troll Jordan at LexCon!

Gears shift as the crew then discusses the recent developments on Kamen Rider Gaim. What was everyone’s most “OMG” moment when watching the show? What are their thoughts on DJ Sagura? The trainbow is tasted once more as Tom and Jordan discuss the Shadow Line extensively with Ressha Sentai ToQGer and Jordan makes a bold prediction for just who ToQ #6 will end up being! Finally, Chris gushes over the episode “Spirit of the Tiger” from Power Rangers Super Megaforce. But, as with anything Power Rangers related, someone ends up hogging the spotlight as the crew discusses, for the last time in a public format, the entire debacle that was Morphin Madness Round 3.

For those who were caught up heavily in Morphin Madness, this is your chance to get the scoop behind the controversial Twitter campaign with the hash tag #NoMoreTommy from the creator of that movement himself – Jordan. What was the real purpose behind it? Was there any spite attached to it, and if so, why? Jordan reveals all this episode. Check out the episode details below and take a listen for yourself!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties with the audio on this podcast. The problem has been identified and will be corrected going forward, but sadly the original source for the audio is lost forever, meaning the only way you can hear this episode is through the current quality. After spending a few days trying to fix the audio from the source material, the decision was made by all three hosts to release the episode because, honestly, we thought it was a pretty damn good episode. We do apologize for the lackluster quality of the audio and hope you will still give the episode a listen. Again, future episodes will not have this problem.

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It’s been a long and arduous fight from start to finish, but Saban Brands and Bandai of America’s Morphin Madness has come to an end! Despite a few hurdles along the way, the final 5 rangers as voted on by the fans have been revealed. The 5 winning rangers, who will be made into a limited edition Ranger Key Set for 5 lucky individuals to receive are:

  • Power Rangers Turbo Phantom Ranger
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers White Ranger
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Red Ranger
  • Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue Titanium Ranger
  • Power Rangers Time Force Pink Ranger

Congratulations to these 5 Legendary Rangers and the actors who played each of them for making it to the final round! Bandai has yet to announce the 5 winning fans who will receive the limited Morphin Madness Ranger Key Set along with the 24K Gold Plated Legendary Morpher, but keep checking their website for updates!

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The month of May can’t come soon enough! And for those of you who enjoy a little monster in your toy collecting, you’re well aware that the Godzilla 2014 toy line is available at retail. It’s the first time in quite awhile that the big lizard has been available at mass retail for purchase, as many of us simply import the S.H. MonsterArts toy line from Tamashii Nations. But have no fear – site contributor baltmatrix is here with three video reviews of Godzilla 2014 merchandise to help you decide which side of the fence you’d like to be on! Check out the reviews of Smash Strike Godzilla, Tail Strike Godzilla, and Atomic Roar Godzilla below!

Smash Strike Godzilla

Tail Strike Godzilla

Atomic Roar Godzilla

Don’t forget to subscribe to baltmatrix’s video reviews on YouTube so you can stay up to date on all the popular toys coming out for Power Rangers, Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Godzilla, Transformers Age of Extinction, and more!

So what do you think? Are these toys worth the dollars in your wallet and/or purse? Or are you waiting for the movie to release before you decide to go crazy with your Godzilla purchase? Click on the “Discuss at TokuNation forums” link and join in the conversation! And we’ll see you in line at the movies this May!

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Time for one last Titanium Powered gallery from TokuNation!

One last reminder, everyone’s favorite Power Rangers are fighting it out in Saban’s Morphin Madness competition! And the one and only Titanium Ranger is still going strong in the final round!  If he wins, he along with 4 other winning rangers will become part of a special edition Ranger Key Set! Before you take a look at this gallery in honor of Titanium Ranger, be sure to head over to Morphin Madness and cast a vote for him!

Today we take a look at something truly unique, much like Titanium Ranger himself. It’s the Titanium Crawler! This deluxe zord type vehicle is from the Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue toyline, though it has no in show counterpart. It’s based around the same design as the Lightspeed Red Mobile Armor but with it’s own crawler vehicle mode. Designed by PLEX this vehicle was considered heavily for an actual appearance in show. But due to the budget of Lightspeed being strained by the other original already introduced (Trans-Armor Cycle, Mobile Armor, Titanium Ranger, etc) it’s appearance was thrown out,  it exists only in toy form. 

Check out the full gallery of the Titanium Crawler after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. And Be sure get over to Morphin Madness and #VoteTitanium!

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It’s been a few weeks since a new episode of Power Rangers Super Megaforce aired. So how about we qeunch your thirst for more Super Mega Wins with this gallery of Prince Vekar & the X Borg! Thanks to Photo & Content staff member conundrum for contributing this one!

Just now making their way to retail, Vekar & X Borg are a part of the later assortments of 5″ Super Megaforce figures. So far these guys are the only villains in the line but the last couple years have shown us that the selection of bad guys in toy form tends to be limited. Both Prince Vekar & X Borg are affordable figures that are surprisingly better than the rangers themselves in terms of quality.

Check out the full gallery by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post.

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Oh the madness that is Morphin Madness continues! In what started as fun and has slowly turned in to a disaster, the hosts of the Talkin Toku Podcast joined forces with a number of other Power Rangers fandom alumni to create a special, fun promotional podcast episode in hopes of steering the sinking ship back to shallow waters.

Joining your regular hosts Kickback (@rankal), Den-O (@DenO_Tokunation), and Sentai Tamashii (@SoulInkChu) of the @TalkinToku Podcast are:

Listen to all 9 hosts share a quick fact or reason why they’re voting for the Power Ranger they’ve selected.  As a special treat, the end of the episode features the music montage that plays during that sequence without the voice overs.

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Another big special thanks to all of our guest hosts.  Please be sure to follow @RangerCrew on Twitter, as well as visit RangerCrew.com, MegaforceCast.com, and subscribe to the PRSamuraiCast Channel on YouTube.  Be sure to listen to every episode of the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast and follow their official Twitter account @RangerCommandPH, as well as their excellent hosting crew (@trekkieb47, @TheCinemaSlob, @secretrangerfan).  Check out MorphinLegacy.com and follow them on Twitter @MorphinLegacy as well as listen to their The Grid Podcast.  And finally, check out the excellent blog The Monkie Grid by @MonkieRanger.

Be sure to head over to MorphinMadness.com every single day to vote on the remaining Power Rangers! Who will survive to the final round? Who do you want to win this contest? Remember – this whole thing is about fun! Don’t cheat, don’t belittle your fellow fans, simply vote and cross your fingers like the rest of us! GO GO POWER RANGERS!