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Looks like it’s ARMOR TIME for SH Figuarts!

After being shown off at a trade show last month, official release details have just been announced for Kamen Rider Zi-O Build Armor! This was the first alternate form obtained by the King of Time on his adventures across the Heisei Era, based on his highly-successful predecessor Kamen Rider Build.

Figuarts Zi-O Build Armor is a Premium Bandai exclusive, currently the scheduled for release in May 2019! The price is a very modest 5940 Yen before shipping and handling.

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Redman Dark revealed!

Volume 2 of Redman, titled Dark Channel, is about to see it’s initial release at the upcoming Tokyo Comic Con on November 30th. And in a special collaboration between Phase 6, Tsuburaya, and Evolution Toy, there will also be a special limited edition Tokyocon release of volume 2.

Limited to 300 pieces. This release features an exclusive cover as well as postcards featuring Matthew Frank’s fantastic artwork. This exclusive cover also features the very first appearance and reveal of Redman Dark! Exactly who, and what this new character is, especially in relation to Redman himself, is yet to be seen unless you’re been lucky enough to grab one of these special early release volume 2’s. However, the biggest surprise of this bundle comes by way of Evolution’s involvement, as it will include an HAF (Hero Action Figure) of Redman Dark!

Though there are no pictures yet of this figure, Evolution Toy promises to reveal a sample soon. Redman 2: Dark Channel Dark Limited Edition will retail for 12,500 yen at Tokyo Comic Con.

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Following up from some of their other mostly store exclusive cereals (like the Golden Girls one) Funko has now announced a new specialty line of “Saturday Morning” cereals for Designercon. This line-up of exclusives includes FunkO’s Red Ranger Cereal!

From the Funko Daily Blog: 

Funko is debuting Saturday Morning, an experiential booth that focuses on FunkO’s cereal, classic cartoons, and, most importantly, fun!

DesignerCon exclusive FunkO’s cereal will be available at the booth! The lineup includes Freddy Funko, Marvin the Martian, Skeletor, the Red Power Ranger, Rugrats, Hong Kong Phooey, the Amazing Carlos, and a very special collaboration with Be@rbrick! All DesignerCon exclusive FunkO’s cereal boxes are limited to 1000 pcs each except the Be@rbrick, which is limited to 3000 pcs.
Collecting never tasted so good!

This cereal will be limited to 1000 pieces sold exclusively at Designercon, and each box will include a new Pocket Pop of the MMPR Red Ranger.

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“Access Flash!”

As is often the case for popular shows, a new Volume 1 Blu-ray has been announced for the SSSS.Gridman. There is a standard edition on the way as well, but the newly announced limited edition will include some special bonuses:

– SSSS.Gridman Volume 1 Blu-Ray
– SSSS.Gridman OP Single Union
– Slipcase to store all 4 volumes of the series
– Initial Fighter Gridman (purple form) vinyl from Fine Clover

So far this new offering from Fine Clover is the first piece of physical merchandise for Gridman’s original purple form, known as Initial Fighter. A standard release vinyl of Gridman’s optimized red form (Primal Fighter) is also on the way from Fine Clover, as well as classic live action Gridman.

This set was just announced on the official SSSS.Gridman twitter account.

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“Grade Zero.”

The mighty Kuroto Dan has returned! Evil CEO turned Dangerous Zombie, now the one true Game Master has returned as Bugster! Revived thanks to Poppy the new Kuroto has 99 lives and all the time in the world to seek revenge on Kamen Rider Para-DX as well as his father Masamune. Back from the dead, this is our gallery & review of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider GenM Action Gamer Level 0!

GenM has made a couple outings in this line as Level 2, Level X, and even Level Billion at this point, but Level 0 is the first one to truly cash in on Kuroto’s massive popularity. A very minor repaint of Level 2, Level 0 includes a ton of new accessories like the Bug Visor Zwei, a God Kuroto Dan effect sheet, Life Point Counters, and even a Gashacon Breaker Blade. Even as similar as they are, this release does a fantastic job of setting itself apart. But is it really worth those Tamashii Web Exclusive dollars? Check out our gallery & review to find out!

The entire gallery is attached to this story, but you can also read our full review by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNaiton Forums” at the bottom of this post. Later this week we’re bringing Kuroto back one more time with a gallery of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider GenM God Maximum Gamer Level Billion!

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During Power Morphicon fans of the Power Rangers were treated to the Kickstarter campaign of Power Rangers Heroes of the Grid, an incredibly in depth and customizable board game created by Renegade Game Studios under license from Hasbro. The game was incredibly successful on Kickstarter raising over $700,000 when all was said and done. Fans who have backed the Kickstarter will get their packages sometime in July of 2019.

Thanks to @TokuReviews on Twitter, we can now share that video game and collectibles store Game Stop has a street date in their system for the base game – August 31st, 2019! If you didn’t or couldn’t support Heroes of the Grid via the Kickstarter you now have a timeframe of when you might be able to expect the game in stores.

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RIDER TIME!

For those of us that have been watching Kamen Rider Zi-O and clamoring for merch based on the Another Riders, we got you covered; P-Bandai just announced a DX Another Rider Ride Watch set.

The set will retail for 3,240 yen with pre-orders beginning November 1st, 2018. This set will contain ride watches for Another Build, Another Ex-Aid, Another Fourze, Another Faiz, and finally Another Wizard.

There is, however, a catch: all of the sounds will be contained in one Ride Watch block, the actual faceplates don’t appear to unlock any new sounds and are only there for cosmetic purposes only, while the block itself is programmed to cycle through all the sounds.  

UPDATE:

The pre order link is now up! The Another Ride Watch set will be coming out sometime March 2019.

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A new trailer has been posted for the upcoming Nintendo Switch video game, Kamen Rider Climax Scramble!

Taking center stage in this new advertisement is Japanese wrestler & tokusatsu alumni Hiroshi Tanahashi teaching his young son how to digitally channel the powers of Kamen Rider.

Climax Scramble will feature a total of 31 playable Kamen Riders- from Kamen Rider Kuuga to Kamen Rider Zi-O and several more in between! Gameplay includes VS Mode and 2-player team battles.

Kamen Rider: Climax Scramble will be released on November 29 2018!

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An epic Super Sentai team-up is in the works!

A new photograph taken behind-the-scenes during filming of Kaitou Sentai LupinRanger VS Keisatsu Sentai PatRanger features two other Sentai heroes- Chameleon Green & Kouguma SkyBlue of the Uchu Sentai KyuRanger!

At the moment it is not yet known if the KyuRangers will be making a quick cameo in the current Super Sentai series or if a full movie will be released in the future- although the latter is the more likely option based on past Sentai history.

Feel free to join in our Official LupinRanger VS PatRanger Rumor Thread to share your thoughts and fears about this upcoming project!

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A new round of magazine scans has hit the Internet, providing fans with a couple insights on the further adventures of Kamen Rider Zi-O!

Next up for the time-hopping Riders is a visit to the world of Kamen Rider Gaim! The fan-favorite Fruit Samurai offers a brand-new power set, creating Kamen Rider Gaim RideArmor! This new Armor takes the form of Gami’s legendary LockSeeds and unfolds after attaching to Zi-O’s head. But the Riders must defeat the monstrous Another Gaim in order to obtain this new power…

But Zi-O isn’t the ONLY one receiving an upgrade! The trusty Time Majin gains the ability to channel RiderWatches and use new attacks- the powers of Kamen Rider OOO are displayed for effect. And it seems Time Majin will also be able to channel the powers of previous Rider Vehicles- new configurations are shown based on the Captain Ghost from Kamen Rider Ghost and Castle Doran from Kamen Rider Kiva.

Finally, a brief teaser for the upcoming Heisei Generations FOREVER movie is included. Zi-O will have to team up with Kamen Rider Build to stop a threat greater than all Riders!

Definitely some exciting adventures to close out the Heisei-Era Kamen Riders! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Kamen Rider Zi-O reveals.