It’s that time of the month once again. New figures have been revealed and are up for order on the Tamashii Webshop, and as usual the Akiba Showroom has updated it’s displays with some of these upcoming releases. On display now are:
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Garren Jack Form
Shougeki Kado Gou
Ultra-Act Ultraman Zero Strong Corona & Luna Mircale
S.I.C. Skyrider
S.H. Figuarts Auto Vaijin
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And we’re back with another Ultra-Act gallery! You may remember our little segment on Let’s Watch Wednesdays last year featuring Ultraman Nexus. Is so you’re in luck, today’s gallery is of none other than Ultraman Noa!
Noa is the true and Ultimate form of The Next & Ultraman Nexus. A being of immeasurable power Noa has protected his universe for hundreds of thousands of years. Dark Zagi was even cloned from Noa by the Visitors in the hopes of creating a second great hero. In an ironic twist of this relationship the Ultra-Act Noa figure is a remold of Ultra-Act Dark Zagi instead. As yet another excellent addition to the Ultra-Act line, Noa has received a gorgeous design & sculpt as well as selection of accessories despite his extremely limited appearances.
Want to check out our previous Ultraman Nexus related galleries? Then follow this handy links!
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And click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post in order to check out the full gallery of Ultra-Act Ultraman Noa.
We got word of release details for the first figure in the new Shoudeki Kado subline yesterday. But Bandai Tamashii has wasted no time in getting the official images out for Shougeki Kado Hikaribito Gou! The main hero of the strangest toku you’ve probably ever seen, Shougeki Gouraigan!
Gou is a Tamashii Web Exclusive release in July, priced at 6264 yen. Orders are open right now on Tamashii.JP so get with your preferred middleman service today and secure an order!
Fusion Jack!
Revealed last week thanks to the latest toy magazine scans, Kamen Rider Garren Jack Form will soon be appearing in the S.H. Figuarts line as a Tamashii Web Exclusive! This powered up form of the Kamen Rider Blade rider will come packaged with alternate hands, the Jack-enhanced Garren Rouzer and deployment parts for the Rouzer.
Preorders for the figure open tomorrow, with the figure due for release in July. Garren Jack Form is priced 4644 yen.
First revealed nearly 4 months ago as a prototype at Tamashii Nations 2013, we finally have release details for one of the strangest toku heroes ever! A new sub-line of the Garo Makai Kado line, Shougeki Kado will be the home for characters of the recent comedy drama tokusatsu Shougeki Gouraigan! The first release in that line will be the first of the Hikaribito, Gou!
Shougeki Kado Gou will be released, much like all the most recent releases in the Makai Kado line, as a Tamashii Web Exclusive. Gou will be be released in July for 6264 yen.
It’s time for another trip down memory lane with the original dionsaur sentai. From Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger it’s S.H. Figuarts Armed Tyranno Ranger! This recent Tamashii Web Exclusive release is better known to western fans as the Mighty Morphin Armored Red Ranger, it was released in North American markets by Bluefin in Power Rangers 20th Anniversary packaging.
This figure represents Geki, Tyranno Ranger, after the death of Burai/Dragon Ranger. He inherited the Dragon Ranger powers from his brother and with them control over the mighty Dragon Caesar! This event was interpreted in the US MMPR adaptation as the Green Ranger powers being weakened and requiring a temporary host in the Red Ranger. The real world explanation for this is the above Zyuranger scenario, at the time no more footage was available of the Green Ranger. In the source footage he was literally dead. It wasn’t until the “Zyu2” footage was created by Toei that the Green Ranger could return on temporary occasions.
Overall this figure takes the best elements of both Tyranno & Dragon Rangers and crafts one excellent toy with them. If you have either of the other 2 figures you may feel this one is superfluous. Trust us, it isn’t. It’s another excellent addition to any Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers collection and will complement your other figures well. Click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to view the full image gallery.
Be sure to check out our galleries of the previous Zyuranger/MMPR releases as well:
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S.H. Figuarts Dragon Ranger Gallery[/URL]
S.H. Figuarts Pterra Ranger Gallery[/URL]
Battle Mode!
At long last Bandai is set to release the highly anticipated S.H. Figuarts Auto Vaijin from Kamen Rider Faiz!
As a tease of it’s upcoming release they’ve streamed a FULL transformation video of the figure. The best part however is that the video confirms two things. 1, the included Faiz in the Faiz/Vaijin 2-pack will indeed have accurate silver tipped fingers. 2, this Auto Vaijin is not only 100% transformable but it requires a mere single extra part to facilitate this transformation, and that’s only to hold the rear wheel assembly in place! Everything else is pure engineered awesomeness.
Even though the world is still eagerly awaiting the release of the Kamen Rider Gaim and Kamen Rider Baron S.H. Figuarts, Tamashii Nations have begun teasing the next two figures that will be following them! On the Bandai Tamashii Nations website’s Gaim themed page, new images of both Kamen Rider Zangetsu and the Sakura Hurricane bike have been uploaded.
As for pricing details Zangetsu will be 3800 yen & Sakura Hurricane will be 4200 yen, both will be released in June 2014.
And more pics roll in from New York Toy Fair 2014! The Network crew swung by the Tamashii Nations booth to grab these S.H. Monsterarts pics for us.
Though there aren’t technically any new figures out to see, a small sign does confirm the coming of S.H. Monsterarts 2014 Godzilla!! The sign reads “S.H. Monsterarts coming Summer 2014” next to a Godzilla 2014 Movie poster. So it seems the latest incarnation of the big lizard himself will be receiving the high end SHMA treatment after all!
Thanks to blogppoi@Nifty we have our first solid look at S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Agito Shining Form! The official release date of this figure is actually February 15th but it appears this blogger received theirs early.
Though it isn’t known yet whether Shining Form will suffer from the same quality control issues as Burning Agito, it’s certainly an impressive looking figure. Check out the full set of images attached to this article and start watching for yours to arrive any time now!