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Hasbro Inc., the toy company who recently purchased the entire intellectual property library from Saban Brands – including Power Rangers – may be looking at laying off a number of employees in different offices around the world (totaling a single percentage point of their workforce). Hasbro has two main offices in the United States – in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and also Burbank, California (though we have been told the Burbank office is newer and much smaller in comparison to the Pawtucket location, which serves as the main Hasbro headquarters).

While we do not know how, or if, this will effect anything in regards to the production of Power Rangers, we cannot help but cringe at another blow to the toy industry as a whole. As you may remember – the bankruptcy at Toys’R’Us caused major toy companies like Hasbro and Mattel to lose out on millions and millions of dollars owed to them which they were forced to take as a loss. Part of those losses, and the communication of those losses, have also resulted in a class action lawsuit against Hasbro by some of its investors and shareholders claiming securities fraud. Hasbro has strongly denied the allegations in the class action lawsuit and also claims any “tough decisions coming up” are not in relation to the lawsuit.

Please check out the links below for more information including a brilliant recap by our sister site ToyArk.com.

Layoffs source – Providence Journal
Class action Lawsuit source – PRNewswire
Original story – ToyArk.com

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It’s not often we get to cover astronomical details in this line of work, but this deserves some attention!

NASA has officially named a star constellation after the legendary King Of The Monsters, Godzilla.

According to the official filing -The unique star cluster grouping is (theorized) to contain high levels of gamma-jet rays, similar to Godzilla’s own Atomic Breath.

A most deserving accolade for the legendary kaiju!

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Recently, at Brand Licensing Europe, Licensing.org sat down with Casey Collins, Senior Vice President General Manager of Global Consumer Products at Hasbro, and discussed the future of the Power Rangers brand, and other brands, purchased by Hasbro from Saban Brands earlier this year. Here are some details!

  • Power Rangers Beast Morphers – 22 episode season in 2019 and in 2020 (44 total episodes over 2 years) will debut in February 2019
  • The vast majority of current license deals for the Power Rangers brand expire at the end of 2018 or 2019
  • Hasbro has been meeting with various companies regarding licensing for Power Rangers in Europe
  • A Power Rangers “live event” is in consideration for the future
  • New licensees will have a broader access to some categories previously limited by Saban Brands licensing deal with Bandai
  • “We want to work with best in-class partners and sometimes less is more”

Other bits of information worth noting is Hasbro is excited to own the Power Rangers entertainment side of things (the show) as it allows them to do more with the licensing with their partners. You will find Hasbro toys of Power Rangers in 2019 as well as back-to-school items, costumes, and party goods.

2019 is right around the corner and with it new and exciting Power Rangers products and entertainment. We can’t wait to see what is next!

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Our site sponsor BigBadToyStore.com has released their latest newsletter which included some brand new S.H. Figuarts pre-orders for the ever popular series Kamen Rider Build! On top of that, we still have pre-orders for all the reissue Power Rangers legacy figures, zords, and roleplay items.

New and Hot Pre-Orders!
– S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Mad Rogue (NEW)
– S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Grease Blizzard (NEW)
– SSSS Gridman DX Assist Weapons Set (NEW)
– Son of Godzilla Toho 30cm Series Godzilla (NEW)
– Soul of Chogokin Titanus (HOT)
– S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin White Ranger with Tommy Head (HOT)
– Legacy Power Rangers 6.5″ Figures Wave 7 Set of 3 (HOT)
– Super Mini-Pla Power Rangers In Space Astro and Delta Megazords (HOT)
– Super Mini-Pla Power Rangers Ninja Megazord and Falconzord (HOT)
– Super Mini-Pla Power Rangers Shogun Megazord (HOT)
– Legacy Power Rangers Dragon Dagger Reissue (HOT)
– Legacy Power Rangers Green and White Ranger Morpher (HOT)

Available Now!
– Legacy Power Rangers Zeo Golden Power Staff
– Soul of Chogokin Dragonzord
– Legacy Power Rangers Zeo Zeonizer Morpher
– Convention Exclusive S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Green Ranger with Tommy Head
– Convention Exclusive S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Red Ranger with Jason Head
– Convention Exclusive Soul of Chogokin Megazord Black Repaint
– Convention Exclusive S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Armored Black Ranger
– S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Genm Level 1 Billion
– S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Rogue
– S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Grease

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In a world where streaming services are becoming the norm and different companies are licensing their properties to different services, it can be hard to figure out which streaming service to subscribe to in order to see the shows that you want to watch. Enter TubiTV – a free streaming service that features some of your favorite properties and you may not have ever known about it! We are pleased to share with you that TubiTV currently has eight seasons of Shout! Factory/Shout! Factory TV’s Super Sentai subtitled series available to stream for free.

You can currently enjoy the following eight Super Sentai series on Shout! Factory and Shout! Factory TV’s TubiTV channel for free:

  • Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger
  • Gosei Sentai Dairanger
  • Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
  • Chouriki Sentai Ohranger
  • Gekisou Sentai Carranger
  • Denji Sentai Megaranger
  • Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
  • Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive

TubiTV is a 100% free, legal streaming service. You will experience occasional ad breaks during your streaming. Shout! Factory and Shout! Factory TV are licensed partners with TubiTV. We did reach out to Shout! Factory and Shout! Factory TV before running this story for clarification on their license agreement with TubiTV. They confirmed that these streams are legit – and to enjoy!

Click here to begin streaming Shout! Factory and Shout! Factory TV’s Super Sentai series on their TubiTV channel for free!

This post is not a paid endorsement or advertisement for Shout! Factory, Shout! Factory TV, or TubiTV. This post is simply an informational post aimed directly at the numerous fans that contact us weekly asking for ways to watch popular shows online for free. Each user experience on TubiTV may differ and TokuNation.com is only telling you the service exists.

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It’s sexy time! That’s right Power Rangers fans – it’s time to power up your foreplay game in the bedroom and what better way to do it than to bring in everyones’ favorite Power Rangers series from 1993! Yandy.com has available (NOTE: link not safe for work), RIGHT NOW, sexy and sleek Mighty Morphin Power Rangers themed lingerie for you and/or your partner(s)! Yes, that’s right – Power Rangers lingerie.

Surprise your significant other(s) with the Red Ranger‘s white mesh panties, the Black Ranger‘s teasing teddy, the Pink Ranger‘s skirted lace panties, the Yellow Ranger‘s delicately trimmed and cut panties, the Blue Ranger‘s matching g-string, or the Green Ranger‘s boy shorts with a cheeky back cut!

In what can only be a massive oversight in licensing (is this even licensed?), the Green Ranger‘s sexy lingerie doesn’t come with a dragon shield. What a missed opportunity at turning the heart-wrenching and emotional loss of the Green Ranger‘s power in to a scene replayed in the bedroom time and time again.

The best part of all of this? The one-liners used to grab your attention. Rest in peace, Power Rangers In Space morph call – you will never be thought of the same. If this is your thing – go grab a pair and may the power protect you.

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The next issue of Figure Oh has just been teased with a censored cover. With the cover feature being the next S.H. Figuarts reveal for the Heisei Riders Rising Project.

While we’ve been let down many times before, the timing, secrecy, the unseen 20th Rider Kicks ride watch stage that was teased, the massive build up of anticipation, and frankly what is clearly the moon on the background of this cover, would imply that this could very well be the long awaited Kamen Rider Kiva.

There has been no confirmation of this figure’s identity yet, and this is purely speculation based. Your guess will be as good as ours, but our money is on Kiva. Confirmation one way or the other will be made officially on 10/24, when this cover is finally revealed in full.

Let us know what you think it might be, in the thread linked below. Just click “Discuss in the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post.

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Great news for fans of Power Rangers Ninja Steel and Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel! The first eight episodes of Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel have been added to Netflix USA. Unlike previous seasons, Power Rangers Super Ninja steel is listed as “Season 2” under Power Rangers Ninja Steel. It should be easy to decipher however, as Power Rangers Ninja Steel is currently shown with a “NEW EPISODES” graphic in the title card.

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“A-MA-ZOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN!”

7 years ago, the original S.H. Figuarts Amazon was released, we reviewed it in 2016. Looking back now, that Amazon is an extremely dated figure. Even though for it’s time it was a fantastic addition to any collection, today Bandai spoils us with so much more. Just released this month is the long awaited modern update for Amazon, S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Amazon!

The Shinkocchou Seihou subline has thus far been excellent, there’s no way to diminish how truly wonderful it’s been. But Amazon really ratchets things up. This is by far my favorite release in the line thus far, and one that really goes the distance to recreating the suit and character to near perfect detail. An excellent looking figure at the very least, Amazon also has a wealth of articulation that the original figuart lacked. While it may lack something in the accessories department, there’s no doubt that this is the definitive figure of Kamen Rider Amazon!

You can enjoy 70+ images of Shinkocchou Seihou Amazon after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. Coming up soon, a fresh batch of galleries from Ex-Aid, Build, Amazons, and W!

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While Super Sentai fans celebrate VRV’s addition of Zyuranger to its services, we have some unfortunate news for fans of Ultraman; Crunchyroll has announced that several Ultraman shows will be leaving its library citing licensing issues as the main problem.

The four shows are as follows: Ultraman Leo, Ultraman 80, Ultraman Max, and Ultraman Mebius. Ultraman X will remain while nothing has been said about Orb or Geed getting taken down as of this writing.

Fans of these shows will have until October 14th, 2019 at 8 AM PST to finish watching before they get removed from Crunchyroll’s streaming service.