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A report today from various news sources (we’ve chosen to look at BusinessInsider.com) tells us that Toys’R’Us is spending a lot more money than it has been earning over the last fiscal year – to the point of $400 million dollars more – and has hired a law firm to help consolidate its debt while considering the option of filing for bankruptcy protection.

This is not the first time the retail toy store has dealt with financial woes – in 2003 the company closed 180 stores across the country.

Toys’R’Us blames a large portion of their current losses not to a failing toy industry but to losses from its Babies’R’Us sister store, which saw over a 3.0% decline in year over year sales and a massive drop in diaper purchases as consumers can find cheaper deals for their infant and toddler necessities online. Either way, if Toys’R’Us shuts down more stores or ends up going out of business altogether, fans of Power Rangers wonder what the future of the Legacy toy line may be.

With the release of the Power Rangers Movie failing to meet expectations, the movie toy line warming shelves in stores, and the Power Rangers Ninja Steel toy line already hitting clearance prices across the country, having the biggest partner of the franchise possibly go under is not something to keep one optimistic about a future of increasingly expensive Power Rangers collector items.

We should know more about this on September 26th when the next earnings report is due to be made public. With the hiring of a private law firm to work on consolidating debt, we assume the report will be dismal at best. Stay tuned for more news on the future of Toys’R’Us.

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The popular South Korean tokusatsu series, Legend Hero (or Legend Hero Three Kingdoms) recently concluded it’s English closed caption run on YouTube with the English translation of the 50th episode now available online. The series started off as incredibly popular with tokusatsu fans across the world but seemed to fade away during its tenure. With the full series now online, officially, with an English subtitle translation available, the show is beginning to gain some more momentum.

During the run of the series there was a segment of episodes that was seen as one of the more pivotal stories in the entire series. That story line ran through the 24th and 27th episodes. Two episodes ended up having to cut over 15 minutes when it aired on television – the 26th and 27th episodes. It was later released in a special screening as “Legend Hero EX” or “Legend Hero Three Kingdoms EX“.

Today, the official YouTube channel for Legend Hero released a trailer for Legend Hero EX with a “stay tuned next week” message. Check out the video below.

The clips shown lead one to believe that we are finally getting a release of the cut footage from Episodes 26 and 27. Linked to this news post is our special Legend Hero Full Series Info discussion thread. Be sure to check it out if you have interest in the series.

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“Watch as I become the Emperor of the Galaxy!”

8 years ago Ultraman Belial made his debut in Mega Monster Battle, and ever since we’ve seen dark ripples related to him throughout the Ultra universe. One of the darkest villains this franchise has ever seen, Belial has persisted to fight heroes at every turn even beyond his own multiple deaths. And even despite his evil, he’s managed to spawn a heroic son in Ultraman Geed. Despite his prominence Belial has only ever received a couple of really nice collector oriented figures. So given Geed’s popularity we wanted to do a throwback gallery to the original Ultra-Act Ultraman Belial!

One of the oldest Ultra-Act releases in the line, in fact the 2nd, Ultraman Belial still holds up pretty well all these years later. While not perfect, Belial has a surprising amount of personality and is an intricately detailed figure. Actually Belial even has a really great set of accessories. His alternate claw hands, the Giga Battle Nizer in 2 configurations, and even specific effect parts for the Belial Shot & Belial Deathscythe attacks! Frankly this is an incredible release for the time.

We’ve attached the full gallery of over 70 images to this post, but you can also check out a full review in the gallery thread by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’ll be back soon with another exciting gallery as well.

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Remember those awesome Kyuranger figures Bandai’s been teasing us with all month? Our friends over at HLJ and AmiAmi  just put them up for pre order. With that, we now have a release date and pricing.

This new line will be dubbed Kyuranger Yuudou, the first wave of these figures will come out December 2017 and will cost 4,104 yen for a full case and each case will contain 10 figures per box. The first assortment will consist of the previously revealed Shishi Red, Shishi Red Orion, and Houou Soldier.

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A new listing has surfaced online for a unique new Power Rangers art book to be published by Boom! Studios.

Celebrating 25 years of Power Rangers with beautiful art tributes from artists around the world!

Since its debut in 1993, Power Rangers has been a worldwide phenomenon capturing the love and excitement of fans young and old. In honor of the 25th anniversary, return to your favorite heroes, zords, and monsters with this collection of unique artistic voices in a celebration stretching across all twenty five years of the superhero team.

Power Rangers Artist Tribute features illustrations from illustrators, comic book artists, and designers alike.

Current artists attached to the book are Boom!’s own Jamal Campbell, Goni Montes, & Steve Morris.

This Artist Tribute set is currently scheduled for release on March 27, 2018 and the price is a very modest $24.99 USD.

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Get ready Uchu Sentai Kyuranger fans – yet another power up is coming for your favorite lucky Shishi Red Kyuranger! Thanks to Bandai Japan, we have official images of both the DX Saiko Kyutama as well as the form it unlocks for Shishi Red – the Shishi Red Orion form!

By rotating the ring of the DX Saiko Kyutama, Shishi Red can transform in to Shishi Red Orion, a slick looking power up form. Check out the official images of the DX Saiko Kyutama, as well as the upcoming Shishi Red Orion vinyl figure, by clicking the title of the story!

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Thanks to Bandai Japan we have new images and titles of current and upcoming Kamen Rider Build figures from the Bottle Change Rider figures line. We see the gimmick of the line – which is similar to the gimmick figures of Kamen Rider Drive – in that the figure actually separates in to two separate pieces that combine to form Kamen Rider Build and his various forms.

Shown off in these images – Rabbit Tank form, Gorilla Mondo form, and Hawk Gatling form. Check out all the images by clicking the title of the story.

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A brand new fighting game is coming to the Playstation 4 featuring your favorite Kamen Rider characters. Announced and revealed today via YouTube, Kamen Rider Climax Fighters looks to feature your favorite Hesei and Show Riders including the most recent Kamen Rider Ex-Aid and even Kamen Rider Build. Check out the trailer below.

For more details, check out the official site by clicking here.

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“Hyper Cast Off.”

There’s only one man who can walk the path of heaven. And while it’s been a long time coming, Bandai is finally tackling Kamen Rider Kabuto’s most powerful form with a new Shinkocchou Seihou figuart. However, with this premium do over on the way (as always) we like to reflect on the original figure that needed an update in the first place. With that said, let’s take a look at S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Kabuto Hyper Form (original Release.)

The original Kabuto Hyper Form was released nearly 7 years ago. In terms of where figuarts engineering is today, that’s an eternity. Many releases from this era have begun the transition into the Shinkocchou Seihou line but many more still need it as well. Hyper Kabuto though manages to still be a charming figure even after all these years thanks to a fairly involved Clock Up transformation, his Perfect Zecter, & the included wings of light for his Hyper Kick. What we’ve seen of the Shinkocchou Seihou release already puts this one to shame, but for a collector on a budget the original release of Kabuto Hyper Form is still a worthwhile alternative.

We’ve attached the entire 80 image gallery to this post, but you can click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to see full gallery thread with review. We’ll be back next time with another throwback gallery, this time focusing on Ultraman Belial!

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Preorders have now opened for a special Blu-Ray release of Tsuburaya Productions 1993 Ultra-esque series, Denkou Choujin Gridman (better known to Western audiences by its adapted name, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.)

This series features three intelligent inventors uniting with a secret digital policeman named Gridman to hunt down an electronic demon known as Khan Digifer.

The Blu-Ray set will contain 7 discs, covering all 39 episodes of this iconic tokusatsu series. Price is a steep 32900 Yen before shipping & handling. Release is currently scheduled for December 20, 2017!