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The latest round of magazine scans has begun to circle the Internet, giving us some insight into the future adventures of Kamen Rider Build!

This is our first proper look at Build’s new villain- Kamen Rider Rogue! Rogue is a new enemy who henshins using the Nebula SteamGun– his powers come from the CrocodileCrack FullBottle. The full story of Rogue is not yet revealed but he will be a formidable opponent.

Kamen Rider Rogue has two henchmen aiding him, each with their own Nebula SteamGun powers-

*Fu Washio uses the Gear Remocon to become Remocon Bro and attack with super-speed.
*Rai Washio utilizes the Gear Engine to turn into Engine Bro and fights with tremendous strength.

Together, these two Gears can fuse to make an all powerful new form known as Hell Bros.

To fight back against such fierce opponents, Sento will have to test the limits of his latest device- the Hazard Trigger. The Trigger can greatly increase the power of Builds’ BestMatch forms, but prolonged use of the Hazard powers could cause Sento to lose control of himself.

Definitely some dark times ahead for Kamen Rider Build! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Kamen Rider news.

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A new teaser trailer for the upcoming Kamen Rider Amazons special movie has been posted online!

This film was first hinted at during the theatrical release of Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL Exact details are unconfirmed at time of writing, but the project is tentatively known as Kamen Rider Amazons: Final Arc.

Kamen Rider Amazons will be coming to theaters in Spring 2018! Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details!

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Our friend Hassan Ahmed (the Internet Sensation Sweeping the Nation, HA!) and his channel The World of HA on YouTube, got the distinct pleasure of interviewing Peter Sudarso. If you’re living in a cave on the Island of Despair, Peter Sudarso plays both Preston the Power Rangers Ninja Steel Blue Ranger (airing on Nickelodeon) as well as Marv the HyperForce Red Ranger on the weekly tabletop RPG series Power Rangers HyperForce on Twitch.TV!

It’s an informative interview and gives you both the opportunity to dive in to Peter’s thoughts on Power Rangers as well as the behind the scenes details on Power Rangers HyperForce! Check out the video below!

Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel airs every Saturday morning on Nickelodeon! Check your local listings for exact times. Power Rangers HyperForce streams live every Tuesday evening from 6pm PST to 9pm PST on Twitch.TV. Check out the HyperRPG channel by clicking here!

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The next series of the Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ figures have been found! Brandon E. posted on the Power Rangers Buyers, Traders, and Sellers Facebook page that he had found Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ Dino Thunder Black Ranger and Zeo Blue Ranger at his local Meijer store in Ohio.

The Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ Zeo Red Ranger has been spotted in a case refresh pack of Series 04 figures and is most likely in this new case assortment as well.

Still no word or sighting of the missing female figures. Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ Zeo Yellow Ranger was listed as Series 04 but as Series 05 is now hitting the shelves, we have yet to see her appear yet. As soon as something pops up we’ll let you know.

Have you spotted new Power Rangers Legacy toys? If so, post about it in our Sightings Forum, which has threads broken down for each state and for countries outside the United States too!

under TokuNation, TokuNation Spotlights

As the years go by and Tokunation grows, we have made many featured articles, galleries, and changes to help connect to the tokusatsu fan community. With this being Tokunation’s sixth year being live, as well as the one year anniversary of our Customs Corner segment we here amongst the staff have decided to make a special showcase gallery of our works! Dive into the gallery to see the customs of our very own Den-O, Sentai Tamashii, Kiryu, KamenRiderOOO  and ZeoRangerV and take a read at how they created their pieces in this discussion thread! From Minipla to custom S.H. Figuarts to a Gundam, there is no shortness of unique customs!

We hope you all enjoy what you see and thank you all for your continued support!

Be sure to give them all follows on their Twitter pages; @DenO_Tokunation, @SoulinkChu, @DK_Zer0, @TrueKROOO and @Ajax_Ranger!

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The month of July cannot get here quick enough for some of us Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger fans. Tamashii Nations recently revealed the release information for the upcoming Soul of Chogokin Dragon Caesar (July 2018 for 17,280 yen). For fans of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Dragon Caesar is the Japanese name for the Dragonzord. This beautiful collectable is able to combine with the previously released Soul of Chogokin Daizyujin (Mighty Morpin Power Rangers’ Megazord). Does this mean in 2019 we’ll see God King Brachion (Titanus)? Only time will tell.

The Soul of Chogokin page for SOC Daizyujin has been updated with all the information for Dragon Caesar, including design schematics. It is quite a marvel to see how this thing was designed. We’ve mirrored the images here and you can see them all by clicking the title of the story. You can see the product page itself by clicking here.

We won’t even ask if you’re going to buy this. Of course you are. So instead of sounding off on whether or not you’ll buy it, let’s sound off on how we’re going to display this thing and in what mode!

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We are mere weeks away from the premiere of the 42nd Super Sentai and at last we have some new details about the villains for this unique new double-series!

These are the Gangler, an Inter-Dimensional Crime Syndicate who arrive on Earth & steal the legendary Lupin Collection containing several powerful artifacts.

*Leading the Syndicate is Dogranio Yabon, a yellow-chained creature who decides to conquer Earth as part of his 999th Anniversary Celebration. He will be voiced by Mitsuru Miyamoto (perhaps best known as the voice of Roger Smith in Big O.)

*Second in the Syndicate is Destra Majo a heavy green grenade-based warrior who operates as Yabon’s bodyguard & whose body contains several weapons. He is voiced by Yuji Ueda (famous for the role of Takeshi/Brock from Pokemon.)

*Rounding out the Gangler group is Goche Lu Medo the blue-colored team medic who uses the Lupin Collection artifacts to increase the Ganglers’ abilities. She will be played by singer Ayana Taketatsu.

LupinRanger VS PatRanger is officially scheduled to begin on February 11 2018! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this exciting new series!

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This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Power Rangers. In celebration of this historic milestone for the Power Rangers, Saban Brands in partnership with Bandai America, nWay, BOOM! Studios, and Imaginext, plan to reveal their Top 25 for the 25th, a new segment that will celebrate the Top 25 items releasing this year for the 25th Anniversary of the Power Rangers.

The first showcase is none other than the recent release of the iconic auto-morphin figures first released with the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy line. Available now at retailers are the Mighty Morphin Red Ranger, Pink Ranger, and Green Ranger. Also announced today is that the Blue Ranger, Black Ranger, and Yellow Ranger will be available to purchase this fall.

On top of that – RangerNation.com has been updated to be a brand new website! There’s an interactive museum with facts about each season of Power Rangers, a section where you can ask Zordon a question, morph back to the Internet circa 1993, and of course the 25 for the 25th feature.

Check out the full press release by clicking “Read More”!

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“Riderrrrrrrr, henshin!”

While this release just barely made it’s way out at the end of 2017, it’s already set the bar very high for where figures for 2018 should be. After 10 years of S.H. Figuarts, and numerous releases in one form or another of this character, Tamashii Nations has finally made the definitive figure of Takeshi Hongo’s heroic rider form. We thought it only appropriate that on today, what would have been Shotaro Ishinomori’s 80th birthday, we share our gallery of S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider 1!

From the ground up, Seihou Rider 1 is the ultimate representation of this character in 1/12 scale form. Faithfully recreating Kamen Rider 1’s most iconic look in his “Shin” costume from later in the original TV series, this appearance is how Hongo has appeared for nearly all of his appearances since it’s debut well over 40 years ago. Elevating the engineering of figuarts once again, this Shinkocchou Seihou release manages to capture the wonder of this costume perfectly and translate it’s essence into a dynamic action figure any collector should be proud to own.

We’ve attached the FULL 100 image gallery to this post, but you can also see our extensive review in the thread linked below. Just click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” below to see the entire gallery thread for S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider 1!

under Power Rangers, Toy Fair

The hype for the 25th Anniversary of Power Rangers will have to wait – at least from Bandai America. We reported on Twitter last week (follow us @TokuNation on Twitter!) that Bandai America did not have an exhibitor booth for the upcoming Toy Fair 2018 event held at the end of February. That information is readily available for everyone by browsing through the exhibitor list at the Toy Fair New York City website. They do have a meeting room registered to them so we held back on posting a news story until we reached out to Bandai America regarding their Toy Fair New York City plans.

Well, we reached out and got a response.

Bandai America will not have an exhibitor booth at this year’s Toy Fair 2018. No marketing or media representatives will be traveling to the tradeshow this year. The only representatives from Bandai America that will be in attendance are sales representatives. Here is the response we received:

Thank you for reaching out to Bandai. We will not be hosting a booth on the floor of New York Toy Fair this year. You can find images and descriptions of our key items on the official New York Toy Fair Press site. Thanks! -Bandai

This will undoubtedly come as a disappointment to many fans who were hoping to kick off the 25th Anniversary of Power Rangers with excitement and anticipation. Whether or not Bandai America has new product at the show at all is unknown and perhaps other outlets will receive the courtesy to report on those products. We do know some of the products making their way out this year thanks to Bandai UK‘s exhibitor booth at the Toy Fair 2018 London event. You can find those updates by clicking here, here and here.

While this may be discouraging to collectors and adult fans we do hope you will exercise patience before passing judgement on the year itself as a whole. Our friends at Saban Brands have assured us there is so much more to come in terms of the 25th Anniversary of Power Rangers. After all, Toy Fair is a tradeshow not meant for collectors and press coverage akin to San Diego Comic Con or New York Comic Con.

We will continue to update you as news and information trickles out from this year’s Toy Fair, especially from other licensees of the Power Rangers brand.