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Super Minipla is showing no signs of slowing down! As you might recall, Super Minipla Gridman and God Zenon were both confirmed to be on the way just a few days ago. To top it all off, Bandai’s given us our first look at Super Minipla Dyna Dragon at Sumer Wonder Festival. 

The model is still in its early stages of development so it’s difficult to really say when this kit will come out or for how much. We can only assume that this bad boy will be able to combine with Gridman proper to create King Gridman.

As always, stay tuned to Tokunation and we’ll bring you more updates on this exciting new figure as it becomes available,

UPDATE:

Upon further investigating, the Gridman shown next to Dyna Dragon appears to be Gridman Sigma, the lead protagonist from a Gridman show that never aired or made it into production until the 2015 short: Gridman Dawn of a new hero.

under Ultraman

In case you were let down by the S.H.Figuarts version of the Manga Ultraman character, Bandai may have an alternative for you with the recently revealed Figure-Rise Standard Ultraman B-Type model kit.

For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Figure-Rise Standard series: it’s a line of model kits that you build and sticker yourself ala Gundam or Minipla. The Figure-Rise Standard kits covers characters that are outside of the Gundam franchise, in the past we’ve seen a handful of Kamen Riders and Dragon Ball characters done up in this line. Figure Rise Standard Ultraman B Type is 1/12 scale so it shouldn’t look too badly when standing next to your S.H.Figuarts collection.

Accessories with this kit will include optional hand parts, effect parts, a big cannon, and an LED light that can switch from blue to red. All of this can be yours for 4500 yen and will see a release in November 2018.

under Kamen Rider

It’s that time of year again folks! Kamen Rider Build is sadly drawing to a close, and as we say our farewells a new hero rises to take his place: Kamen Rider Zi-O who was revealed earlier in the week.

Not long after the reveal, our first toy catalog scans are beginning to surface online thanks to Twitter user @Tokullector and translations from @SpecialForm12

A few things worth noting from the translations:

  • Kamen Rider Zi-O’s belt is called the Jikku Driver
  • The second Rider shown previously is called Kamen Rider Gates
  • The form changes are called ArmorTime, both Gates and Zi-O uses RideWatches to activate these forms.
  • Kamen Rider Zi-O has ArmorTimes based on Build and Ex-Aid while Gates will use forms based on Ghost and Drive.
  • Zi-O’s default sidearm is called the JikanGrade and will have both a sword and gun mode.

Do note that what we are seeing are scans for the Gashapon toys, we’ll be seeing scans for the DX stuff in the next few days. In the meantime, stay tuned to Tokunation and we’ll provide you more updates as they become available.

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METAL BRANDING!

In case you missed it Bandai announced S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider WShinkocchou Seihou Heat Metal is in the works, as a perfect follow up to Luna Trigger. It may have been sometime after the figure’s reveal but we finally have the pre order info for his hot new figure.

S.H.Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider W Heat/Metal  will be sold as a Tamashii web shop exclusive item retailing for 6,480 yen before middleman fees and shipping if your buying from overseas. Pre-Orders will offically open on June 29th 2018 before finally getting sent out sometime in December 2018.

His signature Metal Shaft weapon will be included in two configurations: fully extended and collapsed modes any previously released Memory Gadget accessories are shown to be compatible with it as well.

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Each and every year, Toys’R’Us receives a 6-figure set of Power Rangers that they sell as an “epic pack”. That pack always contains an “exclusive figure or accessory” that you cannot buy separately. This year is no different! Courtesy @mightymorphinpowerranger on Instagram we now know what’s inside the pack! And for fans of Kelson Henderson, the actor who plays Mick on Power Rangers Ninja Steel and Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel, it’s your chance to own his first official Power Rangers toy!

Here’s the part that will undoubtedly frustrate some fans. The item is still exclusive to Toys’R’Us. This figure pack was found in a store in Canada. For those following the situation with Toys’R’Us, the Canadian stores are NOT closing. With the US Toys’R’Us stores – they are closing at the end of the month and the distribution centers have closed meaning no new product will arrive.

Get in touch with your Canadian friends! $49.99. Happy hunting!

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under Super Sentai

A new month is almost upon us, and as such we have a plethora of new toy images to look at. Kicking us off is the June releases for Kaitou Sentai LupinRanger VS PatRanger featuring the exciting new Ranger on the block: Patren X and Lupin X!

In this round, Bandai has released photos for the following products: DX X Changer, the DX X Rod Sword, and of course sofubi vinyls of both Patren X and Lupin X to go alongside the latest magazine scans that were just released a few days ago.

Are you looking forward to the debut of this new Ranger or his toys? Make the jump and let us know what you think the discussion thread!

under Ultraman

“X, united!”

Seen only yesterday for the first time, Tamashii Nations has today released a full set of official images for S.H. Figuarts Ultraman X!

X has been a long demanded figure by fans, and it looks like Tamashii is pulling out all the stops to please them. A strikingly good likeness to the show suit, Ultraman X goes the extra mile by including actual usable Cyber Gomora Armor! This marks to return of full form changing gimmicks to the S.H. FIguarts line after a long hiatus and is indeed welcome to see.

S.H. Figuarts Ultraman X will be a retail release in October 2018 and retails for 7560 yen.

under Kamen Rider

If you’ve been wondering how the designs of Kamen Rider Amazons would look stylized under the S.I.C aesthetic, well wonder no more! 

As you may have guessed from the title: Bandai just announced they’ll be tackling hyper-stylized designs from this fan-favorite series. Although no prototype or concept art exists for Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha, his counterpart: Amazon Omega was seen done up in this style back in December, but at the moment there doesn’t seem to be any indication on if Amazon Omega will actually see a release in some capacity. News of this comes courtesy of Bandai Tamashii’s official product page for Kamen Rider Amazons. 

Stay tuned, and we’ll of course update you as more information on this exciting news entry becomes available.

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LEVEL UP!

For those of you who needed more Kamen Rider model kits in their lives, we have good news for you: unveiled at the Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan, we have a prototype sample of a Figure Rise Standard Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, the perfect accompanying piece for the upcoming Figure Rise Standard Kamen Rider Build kit.

No release info was disclosed at the event as it still appears to be in the early stages of development. In addition, they’ve also announced that the Kabuto and Faiz kits will be reissued under this new sub-line. Stay tuned, and we’ll bring you more info on this kit as soon as it becomes available. 

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BUILD UP!(literally)

In case you missed it, Bandai announced that the Figure Standard series will once again be delving into Kamen Rider with Figure Rise Standard Kamen Rider Build Tank Rabbit having been on display at the last Winter Wonder Festival. 

Offical stock photography along with release info for this forthcoming kit courtesy of Bandai Hobby.

Figure Rise Standard Kamen Rider Build Tank Rabbit will be released in July and cost 3,240 yen.