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In case you missed it, Bandai announced that a quadruple whammy of Ultraman R/B S.H.Figuarts figures were coming our way. Since the initial announcement, the official product page for Ultraman R/B  was recently updated with release info for S.H.Figuarts Ultraman Rosso Wind and Ultraman Blu Ground.

Both forms will see a May 2019 release for 5400 yen. Thanks to some data mining from TendouToys via Twitter, we can confirm that S.H.Figuarts Ultraman Rosso Wind will, in fact, be a Tamashii web exclusive release with pre-orders beginning later in August.

While it wasn’t confirmed, we can only assume that the same announcement will be made for S.H.Figuarts Ultraman Blu Ground as well. Be sure to stay tuned to Tokunation, and we’ll bring you all the latest updates as they’re made available. In the meantime, enjoy this preview teaser that went up on Tamashii Nation’s official youtube page:

 

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Fans of the Legacy Power Rangers toys are well aware of the massive restock coming this winter to online retailers of all the older Legacy roleplay items and Megazords. Today, GameStop has added even more upcoming items to their systems for older Legacy Power Rangers figures including the yet-to-be-released Legacy Psycho Black and Legacy Dino Thunder Yellow figures.

You’re looking at a restock of all seven Mighty Morphin Power Rangers figures, all five Metallic Mighty Morphin Power Rangers figures, all five Dino Thunder figures, and all five In Space figures.

Nick Hurst posted in the Facebook Group “The Ranger Store” pictures of the GameStop computer systems showing all the upcoming listings. The new figures are listed below.  They are not labeled as exclusives so the chance they end up at other retailers is there.  The figures and their item numbers are below.

  • Legacy Psycho Black – 177084
  • Legacy Dino Thunder Yellow – 177096

The remainder of the new listings of older figures with their items is below.

  • Legacy Dino Thunder Black – 177090
  • Legacy Dino Thunder Blue – 177094
  • Legacy Dino Thunder Red – 177092
  • Legacy MMPR Black Ranger (BAF) – 177002
  • Legacy MMPR Yellow Ranger (BAF) – 177022
  • Legacy MMPR Pink Ranger (BAF) – 177028
  • Legacy MMPR Red Ranger (BAF) – 177018
  • Legacy MMPR White Ranger (BAF) – 177025
  • Legacy MMPR Green Ranger (BAF) – 177016
  • Legacy MMPR Black Ranger (Metallic) – 177030
  • Legacy MMPR Blue Ranger (Metallic) – 177066
  • Legacy MMPR Pink Ranger (Metallic) – 177072
  • Legacy MMPR Red Ranger (Metallic) – 177032
  • Legacy MMPR Yellow Ranger (Metallic) – 177068
  • Legacy Psycho Red Red Ranger – 177086
  • Legacy Psycho Blue Ranger – 177088
  • Legacy In Space Black Ranger – 177074
  • Legacy In Space Blue Ranger – 177078
  • Legacy In Space Pink Ranger – 177082
  • Legacy In Space Red Ranger – 177076
  • Legacy In Space Yellow Ranger – 177080

There is currently no ETA on when these will be released but our assumption is sometime this winter if not very early in 2019. It is important to note that just because these items are listed in the system does NOT mean that they will be releasing, only that the manufacturer has solicited the items to retailers in preparation to begin taking orders for fulfillment.

With no listing for Psycho Pink or Psycho Yellow, the fears that those figures never made it past the early prototype stage before Bandai America pulled the plug are beginning to rise. Our fingers are crossed that they show up eventually, sometime, in someone’s system. But with the clock ticking until Hasbro’s official release date of product, the chances are growing slimmer.

Special thanks to @liladam87 for helping compile all the information!

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“Dragon in Cross-Z Charge!”

Having finally discovered his reason to fight, Ryuga Banjou took on the most dangerous driver to face the Hokuto Three. Using the Sclash Driver Banjou’s already tremendous strength overflowed from his new rampaging form. Fueled by the Dragon Sclash Jelly, Banjou’s power finally runs wild in our gallery of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Cross-Z Charge! 

Following up from our gallery of the standard Kamen Rider Cross-Z last month, Cross-Z Charge is an entirely new mold. Decked out in a really gorgeous silver paint scheme, this figure is also adorned by some frankly perfect translucent blue plastic. An already excellent looking figure in hand, Cross-Z Charge also includes his Twin Breaker weapon, capable of changing from Beam to Attack Mode very easily. The re-packed Cross-Z Dragon and Dragon Full Bottle as well as a removable Sclash Jelly, all of which can interact with the Twin Breaker, also make this a really fantastic release.

Check out the complete 65 image gallery of Cross-Z Charge after the jump by clicking “Discss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’re bringing another SDCC 2018 Exclusive gallery your way next!

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The biggest event in Power Rangers history – the Shattered Grid in the BOOM! Studios comic books – is getting a live show at this year’s Power Morphicon! Kyle Higgins, writer of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has assembled an all-star cast of Power Rangers alumni to take part in a live-reading of key comic book scenes from the entirety of the Shattered Grid story! The panel includes:

– Jason David Frank
– Erin Cahill
– Walter Jones
– David Fielding (voicing Zordon)
– Barbara Goodson (voicing Rita Repulsa)
– Jason Narvy
– Paul Schrier
– Kelson Hendersen
– Peter Sudarso
– Meghan Camarena
– BRAND NEW MUSIC from Ron Wasserman

This panel will take place in the MAIN PANEL ROOM on Saturday from 6pm to 7pm. You do NOT want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime event as former Rangers reclaim their roles in the hottest Power Rangers story of all time!

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Hasbro recently held it’s latest Investor’s Report and of course a big focus going forward will be their recently acquired Power Rangers brand. As stated by CEO Brian Goldner:

Hasbro’s licensing plans for Power Rangers will resemble the playbook used for Transformers and My Little Pony, featuring a “very robust” line of products “coming from a number of different partners,”

Of specific note to the Power Rangers brand though, is this line in the report:

Power Rangers’ will generate an operating profit similar to Hasbro’s other franchise brands and has a “significant opportunity for growth given where the brand had been most recently,” Goldner said. Hasbro will work with a film studio to develop a new Power Rangers movie as a follow-up to the 2017 release.

Now, this certainly seems to be worded to imply that an actual sequel to the 2017 film is in the works. While that certainly could be the case as a kind “soft reboot” Brian Goldner’s statement is just vague enough to imply it could be a film that is a follow up in franchise terms rather than a narrative one. What are your thoughts on this matter? Could we actually be seeing a direct sequel with the same designs and cast? What would that mean for the distribution rights held by Lionsgate and other parties from the last film? We’ll be keeping tabs on this as it develops, and we’ll be sure to keep you up to date as it does!

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As we get closer and closer to the 2019 premiere of Power Rangers Beast Morphers, our first hint of merchandise for the show has also been revealed. Thanks to a listing that’s gone up on Calendars.com we have our first look at officially licensed artwork for the Beast Morphers 2019 Calendar!

Though the images are a bit small, they give us our first real look at the series is being marketed. The biggest deal about this calendar though is that it confirms the names of the three Beast Bots! These Bots are of course the Power Rangers equivalents of the Buddyroids from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, the series Beast Morphers is adapted from:

  • The Red Ranger’s partner is Cruise the jaguar (Cheeda Nick in Go-Busters)
  • The Blue Ranger’s partner is Smash the gorilla (Gorisaki Banana in Go-Busters)
  • The Yellow Ranger’s partner is Jax the Rabbit (Usada Lettuce in Go-Busters)

This listing was originally discovered by @Chaotix12345 on twitter. As the year progresses we expect to get more reveals of merchandise like this with licensed artwork for the show. If you come across any such links/items/etc, drop us a line!

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Our site sponsor BigBadToyStore.com has dropped us a line to let us know the highly anticipated Legacy Power Rangers In Space Psycho Rangers, along with the Legacy Dino Thunder White Ranger, are now available for pre-order on the website! These are estimated to arrive later this month! On top of that, the Legacy Psycho Silver Ranger, previously exclusive at San Diego Comic Con, is also available to order! Don’t pay middleman or scalper fees – get it for the same price from the show!

– Legacy Psycho Rangers (Red, Blue) and Dino Thunder White Set
– Legacy Dino Thunder White Ranger
– Legacy Psycho Silver
– Legacy Mini-Helmets Wave 2 (MMPR Black Ranger, MMPR Green Ranger)

Don’t forget to take advantage of the PILE OF LOOT shipping option, combining multiple orders in to one shipment with a flat $4.99 fee! You cannot beat that. Check out BigBadToyStore.com today!

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It’s about to get wild!

If you’re among those that miss the old days of yearly Power Ranger teams, the Power Rangers Dino Mega Charge fan film might be able to satisfy that itch.

What makes Power Rangers Dino Mega Charge notable is that it stars two Power Rangers alumni:  Ciara Hanna(@ciarahanna20) of Power Rangers Megaforce and Brennan Mejia(@BrennanMejia) of Power Rangers Dino Charge reprises their roles as Tyler and Gia respectively in addition to @StevenZurita and @DarrelJDelfin serving as executive producers.

Tyler and Gia return to fight a mysterious villian from the past, if you wish to check out the fan film click the box below:

 

 

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It’s certainly been a big day for Kamen Rider fans, as our first look at Kamen Rider Zi-O was dropped quite recently and Bandai is showing no signs of stopping any time soon. You might recall that a new video game called Kamen Rider Climax Scramble was recently announced for the Nintendo Switch if you’ve been looking to import the game we have good news for you.

It was just confirmed on Bandai Namco S.E.A’s official Twitter account that Kamen Rider Climax Scramble will be making it’s way to South East Asia, complete with English subtitles much like last year’s Climax Fighters game.

The good news is that the Nintendo Switch console is region free, so this version of the game will be more import friendly for our English reading audience. We’re still waiting for the trailer to drop, but we’ll let you know once it comes out so be sure to check back with us for more updates yet to come. 

UPDATE:

Both the Japanese region and South East Asia region versions of the game are currently up for pre-order on Play-Asia.

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Following this mornings’ press conference, we have now learned a great deal about the cast of the 20th Heisei Kamen Rider series- Kamen Rider Zi-O!

Here is what we know of the story so far:

*Kamen Rider Zi-O’s human name is Sougo Tokiwa. He’s described as “an ambitious young man who dreams of being a King.” Sougo’s catchphrase is “I feel like going somewhere!”

*Kamen Rider Geiz is actually a reference to the characters human name, Geiz Myokoin. He was sent back in time to kill Sougo before the Demon King can awaken.

*The female lead is also a time traveler; Tsukoyomi tries to guide Sougo & Geiz on the right path.

*Sougo’s great-uncle Junichiro Tokiwa will run the “hangout” area this season- a boutique called the Kujigojido Shop. He is a watchmaker & knows a lot about past Kamen Riders.

*To stop the Demon King from awakening & destroying the future, Zi-O & Geiz will travel through time to meet with past Kamen Riders. The cast of Kamen Rider Build and several faces from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid are shown returning to greet these new heroes!

*The villains are known as the TimeJackers and they come from the future to replace Zi-O with their own King- via candidates known as Another Riders– people found in other times & granted powers similar to Kamen Riders with devices called AnotherWatches. These AnotherRiders appear as monstrous versions of past Kamen Riders. By defeating them, Zi-O & Geiz will gain the powers of past Riders.

*Schwartz is the name of the TimeJackers’ leader- described as a violent older man. He is aided by a woman named Aura who can convince others to willingly accept AnotherRider powers. Accompanying them is a young man by the name of Wool who playfully experiments with time for his own amusement.

*A mysterious figure known as Wars appears to both the Riders & the TimeJackers. This man is described as “a prophet from the future” and reads tales of heroic actions from his unique book.

Finally, Bandai Japan has uploaded a special promotional video highlighting the history of Kamen Riders in the Heisei Era & acting as a teaser of sorts for this new series:

Kamen Rider Zi-O officially begins September 2 2018! Be sure to join in our Ongoing Zi-O Rumor Thread to share your thoughts and fears about this exciting new series!