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We reported on this game a bit earlier in the month, but as of today the Power Rangers Heroes of the Grid tabletop game Kickstarter is officially live! And that’s not all either. Having been active for less than 24 hours, the Kickstarter campaign has already raised $70,000+ of it’s $100,000 goal! 

That is an amazing achievement for this project. Fans clearly known what they want and are ready to help fund it. Pledges can be made in 4 tiers, $75, $150, $240, and $300. We’ve included images of all the features and currently announced expansions for the game as well, to tide you over as this campaign clearly move towards it’s full funding goal. With nearly 4 weeks left to go for funding, there’s now way this excellent project won’t meet it’s goal.

You can head over to the Kickstarter pledge page here.

 

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To be celebrated from 2018 on annually, Hasbro and National Day Calendar have just announced that August 28th, shall henceforth be known as, National Power Rangers Day! A brand new national celebration day joins our calendars beginning this year! Here’s more on the announcement from National Day Calendar:

HOW TO OBSERVE

Whether you are a red, yellow, pink, black, blue, green or (favorite color here) Power Ranger, on August 28th, it’s Morphin’ Time! Celebrate your passion for the Power Rangers on social media by wearing your gear and sharing your memories.

Be sure to use #NationalPowerRangersDay to get in on the fun.

Hasbro established National Power Rangers Day on August 28, 2018, to help celebrate the Power Rangers 25th anniversary!

How do you plan to celebrate Nationl Power Rangers Day going forward? We hope that in the years to come, all of them can be morphinominal!

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Legends Comics & Games has revealed a THIRD variant cover for Issue #30 of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/ SHATTERED GRID comic from Boom! Studios.

Just as previous covers echo famous comic stories, this one is an homage to Marvel Comics’ “Infinity Gauntlet #1”– using Power Crystals rather than Infinity Stones.

This cover will be available only at Legends’ Fresno, California location and will have a limited run of 500 Prints. While Issue #30 is currently scheduled for release on August 15, 2018 this cover is expected at a later date (not yet confirmed at time of writing).

Be sure to join our Official Discussion Thread to share your thoughts on the end of the SHATTERED GRID special event! PLEASE TAG ALL SPOILERS WHEN DISCUSSING!

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Another special announcement for fans of obscure & old-school tokusatsu shows!

Discotek Media has officially announced a release for the 1978-79 series Message From Space: Galactic Wars. This series was a spin-off from the 1978 film Message From Space written by legendary tokusatsu godfather Shotaro Ishinomori himself!

Unfortunately, price & release details for this set are unavailable at time of writing. Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this rare endeavor!

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If you’ve been among those that have been itching to watch more classic Tokusatsu series in North America, we have great news for you. Discotek media during their Otakon panel announced that they’ll be releasing the Space Wolf Juspion Complete Series Blu Ray set complete with English subtitles.

Currently, there’s no word on when this set will see a release. For now, all we know is that Discotek media plans to release this set sometime Q1 2019. Stay tuned, and we’ll keep you updated once pricing and release dates have been announced!

Space Wolf Juspion first aired in Japan March 15, 1985, and ran until March 24th, 1986. While reading the Galaxy Bible, Ejin learns of a shocking prophecy: When the dark god Satan Gorth awakens, the universe will be ravaged by giant monsters filled with rage. After Satan Gorth appears and the prophecy is set in motion, Ejin orders Juspion, who Ejin has been tutoring, to stop him and combat the corrupted Megabeasts. He travels with his friends in the Daileon. 

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At long last the Power Rangers are returning to finish their season!

The heroes of Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel are coming back Saturday, August 25th 2018 in an episode titled OutFoxed– featuring the team finding a new way to fight back against the sinister Madame Odious.

But on an even better note, the NEXT new episode of Super Ninja Steel will be Power Rangers’ 25th Anniversary celebration! Titled Dimensions in Danger, this episode will include several Legendary Rangers uniting with the Super Ninja Steel team to save the Ranger multiverse from the sinister Lord Drayvon.

Be sure to tune in on Tuesday, August 28 2018 at 8PM EST to celebrate 25 Years of Power Rangers!

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As we head into the home stretch for the SHATTERED GRID event from Boom! Studios, fans have suddenly received a quick glimpse at the final villain for this exciting adventure!

SPOILER WARNING!

The evil Lord Drakkon has obtained more power than any villain the Power Rangers have ever faced before, and at last has taken on his ultimate form.

This new preview for Issue #30 was leaked early- the comic in question will be released on August 15 2018!

We are aware that the reveal of Lord Drakkon constitutes a very large part of the final SHATTERED GRID arc- and out of respect for fans who wish to go into the event unspoiled, TokuNation will NOT be re-posting the image in question. Instead, we invite all fans to join in our Shattered Grid Issue #30 Preview Discussion Thread to share their thoughts. PLEASE TAG ALL SPOILERS OUT OF CONSIDERATION FOR YOUR FELLOW FANS!

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Boom! Studio’s exciting Shattered Grid event is reaching its climax, and while we eagerly await the continuation, previews for Power Rangers Shattered Grid Issue #30 was just released viacomicfrontline.

In addition,  two variant covers exclusive to legendcomics-games were sighted online too. One cover references The Amazing Spiderman Issue # 238 while the other cover is a reference to the theatrical poster for the movie Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn.

Of course, there will be spoilers ahead so make the jump at your own risk! 

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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!