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“Appear, Guardian Beast Dragon Caesar!”

As though Burai himself commanded the great beast to appear, we have finally been treated to the official unveiling of the Soul Of Chogokin Dragon Caesar (MMPR Dragonzord) at Tamashii Nations 2017!

This gorgeous companion piece to SOC Daizyujin/Megazord was teased some months ago with initial design sketches having been released by Bandai Japan. Now, as Tamashii Nations 2017 continues to surprise us with new reveals, the SOC Dragon Caesar figure is on full display. We don’t currently have any confirmed information about it’s release date, format, or pricing. As soon as any of that information comes to light, we’ll be sure to share it with you. These images came courtesy of Amiami.

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ORE, SANJOU!

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Kamen Rider Den-O, and as you may recall; Bandai was hyping up a big announcement for the series at the next Tamashii Nations event, and while it might not be the highly speculated S.H.Figuarts Shinchokou Seihou, what we do have is a new currently unnamed articulated action figure line for Kamen Rider.

At the moment, not much about this new line is known other than the fact that they appear larger than Figuarts, in addition to having some sort of transformation and light up gimmick.

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The much anticipated and teased about Tamashii Nations 2017 is finally here, and we’re kicking things into high gear with a plethora of new reveals for Ultraman and Kamen Rider.

First off, on the Shinchokou Seihou front, two of Kamen Rider W’s forms were shown: Heat Metal, and Luna Trigger. For Showa Rider fanatics, there’s the announcement of Kamen Rider 2, New Cyclone, and a Shinchokou Seihou Kamen Rider Amazon to round things off.

In addition to that, we have our first look at the next S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Build releases: Machine Builder and Kamen Rider Cross Z! For Ultraman collectors, we have a trio of Ultraman Geed-related S.H.Figuarts with Ultraman Geed Royal Megamaster, Zero Beyond, Belial Atrocious, and Imit-Ultraman.

We have new S.I.C too with the next batch of Kamen Rider Gaim S.I.Cs on display: Lord Baron, Baron Lemon Energy Arms, Kamen Rider Marika, and Ryugen Yomotsu Heguri Arms are present. Finally, Tamashii Lab’s next product was revealed to be a replica of Anhk as a floating arm.

Tamashii Nations will be an ongoing event, so there’ll be more announcements over the course of the weekend. So stay tuned, we’ll continue to provide more info as it’s made avalaible.

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Thanks to user coolztoys at Rangerboard we have some up close in-package images of the upcoming Wave 5 figures from the Legacy Power Rangers 6.5″ Figures collection. Notably absent from the wave is the Dino Thunder Yellow Ranger and Zeo Pink Ranger, although Bandai America has issued a statement weeks ago that collectors should not worry because they are still releasing female figures (no images of the Wave 4 Zeo Yellow Ranger have surfaced yet and she was excluded from the first assortment of Wave 4).

The figures available in the first assortment of this wave appear to be:

– Dino Thunder Black Ranger
– Zeo Red Ranger
– Zeo Blue Ranger

We do not yet know the case assortment yet, but one could assume it will be Tommy-heavy in shipping (x3 and x2 on the Tommy figures, most likely). Stay tuned for more information as it comes available.

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Thanks to Instagram user @powerrangerstoysau and @lestraque we have some in package images of the upcoming Legacy Zords. For those unawares, the Legacy Zords are larger scale articulated versions of the original Dino Zords. They come with a small Power Ranger pilot and do NOT combine or transform in any way shape or form.

The first wave consists of the Tyrannosaurus-Rex Zord and the Sabertooth Tiger Zord. Check out the images by clicking the title of the story.

NOTE: The prices on the packaging are NOT final prices for the United States, as they are located in a specialty store in Australia.

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As a natural follow up to S.H.Figuarts Night Rouge, we now have confirmation that S.H.Figuarts Blood Stalk is coming our way who was discovered thanks to some data mining from Twitter user @_Erasu. Further release info is pending, but for now, we do know that he’ll include some nice steam effect parts as part of his accessory count.

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Rise Up! 

For those that may enjoy a little DIY in their hobbies, Pacific Rim Uprising is the latest series to join Bandai’s fantastic line of High Grade 1/144 model kits, with the latest images and release info having been released for High-Grade Gypsy Avenger, Obsidian Fury, and Bracer Phoenix the first three Jaegers to receive this treatment.

All three will be available for purchase in March 2018. Gypsy will cost 2,052 yen while Obsidian and Bracer will cost 2,484 yen each. A DX version of Gypsy will also be available for 3,024 yen this package will include a personalized display base and a LED unit also to be released in March.

These three kits should provide a good alternative for those that can’t afford to buy the Robot Damashii versions of these designs.

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FUSION UP!

Ultraman Orb is returning for another go-around next year, with a new series: Ultraman Orb: The Chronicle having just been announced via @tsuburayaprod via Twitter.

At the moment, no other info exists on this exciting new series other than the fact that it will begin airing in January. Stay tuned, and we’ll provide more info as it becomes available

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The newest round of magazine scans has been posted online, giving fans some information about the future adventures of Kamen Rider Build!

*The centerpiece this month is Kamen Rider Build RabbitTank Sparkling! Sento creates a special upgrade for his favorite BEST MATCH and will now be able to use all weapons at once.

*Another BEST MATCH is revealed as well- Kamen Rider Build OctopusLight! This configuration lets Build immobilize and blind his enemies during battle.

Finally, a pair of Exclusive BEST MATCH forms are teased-

*PhoenixRobo, exclusive to the Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL movie
*Kuma TV, which will be appearing in Kamen Rider Build’s Hyper Battle Video.

Definitely some interesting new designs coming soon to this series! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Kamen Rider Build reveals!

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“5th Gear!”

You’ve seen our previous galleries of the Drago Knight Hunter Z derived Level 5 forms for Kamen Riders Ex-Aid, Brave & Snipe. But now it’s time for Kiriya Kujou to shift into 5th Gear with his own form based on this Gashat! S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Lazer Hunter Bike Gamer Level 5! 

Lazer Level 5 is an interesting release because frankly it’s one that many fans have settled for. At the time of it’s announcement, it was the only one of Lazer’s three humanoid rider forms to have been solicited for release. And while it shares elements with his more heavily favored Level 3 form, it’s just not the one that many collectors wanted. Now we know that Lazer Turbo Level 0 is on the way as well, Level 3 seems even more likely to happen in the future. So does this figure merit a spot in your collection? At least ti go with the rest of a 4-player co-op display? Check out our full review to decide for yourself.

We’ve attached the full 70 image gallery to this post, but you can also read the entire review by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’ll be back next time with a double sized gallery featuring two releases separated by nearly 4 years. It’s been too long since we’ve revisited the Showa Era!