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Tamashii World Tour’s next stop is Taipei China, photos from the event have revealed a plethora of S.H.Figuarts, based on characters from the evil Shocker organization.

Gathered together in a rather impressive display, we have two varieties of Shocker Grunts: both in Red and Black along with a bone pattern version and a Gel Shocker variant. What’s more is that these appear to be utilizing new bodies! 

In addition to that, they are of course joined by the big bads themselves: Great Leader of Gel Shocker, and Ambassador Hell in his Garagaranda form.

Do note that for now none of these figures have been confirmed for release, as each figure only has a Display only tag next to their names. Stay tuned though, and we’ll provide more up to date info as it becomes available.

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Numerous sources including Deadline, Variety, and cbr.com are now reporting that Legendary’s  upcoming Pacific Rim Uprising sequel has been delayed.

Initially set for release February 23 2018, Pacific Rim Uprising will now see a release date of March 23 2018.

To put this into perspective: Pacific Rim Uprising’s biggest hurdle that month would’ve been Marvel’s Black Panther, which would’ve been released February 9th. Unfortunately, this change now puts the Kaiju/mecha smack down right in between the 2018 Robin Hood movie and Ready Player One.

We’ll see how well this change bodes well for the movie. In the meantime, stay tuned and we’ll bring you more up to date info as it becomes available.

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We’re reporting on this bit because of the fact that Lionsgate was the movie studio behind the Power Rangers Movie. Hasbro had been in negotiations with Lionsgate for a formal takeover, giving the toy company its first real movie studio under its belt. Hasbro has been attempting for years to go from “toy maker” to “entertainment producer”, such as the failed Hasbro channel via Discovery Channel known as “The Hub” some years prior.

Could this have been a roadblock from green-lighting a Power Rangers Movie sequel? We may never know but it certainly doesn’t hurt that a major competitor to Saban Brands and Bandai America, Hasbro, failed to acquire the studio that has the rights to the Power Rangers Movie.

Thanks to the Hollywood Reporter for the news and for our sister site TFW2005 for the heads up.

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TOEI has completed their first official press conference for the 19th Heisei-Era Kamen Rider- Kamen Rider Build! We now have an extensive look at the cast & story of this new series!

*First up, the story: Kamen Rider Build takes place 10 years after a mysterious artifact called the PANDORAS BOX was found on Mars. The energy from this discovery created a SKY WALL that split Japan into 3 Zones, and awakened strange monsters known as SMASH! that prey on innocent people.

*Kamen Rider Build’s true name is Sento Kiryu! Sento will be played by Inukai Atsuhiro. He is described as a genius level physicist but also has no memory of his past- aside from a vague hint involving a creature known as Nitrogue.

*Sento is taken in by a cafe owner named Soichi Isurugi (played by Yasuyuki Maekawa) who supports the amnesiac scientist. Soichi has a young daughter, Misora (played by Kaho Takada) who possesses a unique ability to “Purify” the dark elements of SMASH.

*A mysterious young man named Ryuga Banjo (played by Eiji Akaso) may hold the key to Sento’s past- but Ryuga’s own past has plenty of secrets too; he’s an escaped convict accused of murder!

*Special Forces Chief Gentoku Himuro (played by Kensei Mikami) will be the one to hire Sento to investigate the Pandora’s Box & solve the mystery of the Sky Walls. He has a secretary, Shigeaki Utsumi (played by Yuki Ochi) instructed to closely monitor Kamen Rider Build’s actions.

*Lastly, Sento will receive support from a freelance journalist named Sawa Takigawa (played by Yukari Taki). She reports on attacks by the SMASH! creatures and may help Build unravel the secrets of his past.

And one final bit of information: the theme song for Kamen Rider Build will be titled Be The One! This song will be performed by a new music group, PANDORA!

Kamen Rider Build will officially begin on September 3, 2017! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this exciting new series!

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Hey Power Rangers fans! The Official Power Morphicon opened its registration this morning! If you haven’t registered yet, please click here and begin the process. A lot of fans are expressing dismay that they didn’t have an option to include the Power Morphicon Exclusive 6.5″ Legacy Power Rangers figure. While it hasn’t been showing up during the registration process, there is a way to add it.

After you’ve registered for your membership, you will be sent an E-mail regarding your registration. Open that E-mail, go back in to your registration profile on the site, edit the “Extra Items” tab, and you can then add as many Legacy 6.5″ figures that your membership allows. You will have to pay for them in advance.

While there has been no official announcement on what the Power Morphicon Legacy 6.5″ exclusive figure is, a report out our friends from Power Rangers NOW states that it is indeed the evil Lord Drakkon! However, some conflicting reports are out there as well (at one point the original registration site showed “Psycho Silver Ranger”). However, we did learn Bandai America will be offering a second exclusive through their booth at the convention. So stay tuned for more details!

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Each year we have a new gimmick figure in the Kamen Rider action figure line. For example during Kamen Rider Gaim it was the “Arms Change” figures and most recently in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid it was the “Level Up Rider” series. This next series, for Kamen Rider Build, is called the Bottle Change Rider series. We now have a Bottle Change Rider 01 Kamen Rider Build Rabbit Tank Form official image courtesy of Bandai Japan.

This figure has a button on the back of him that, when pressed, will separate the figure in to two pieces so you can use other Bottle Change accessories to change the form of Kamen Rider Build.

This figure releases September 2nd 2017 in Japan for the price of 3,500 yen. No other accessories have been revealed as of yet but stay tuned for more details and hopefully more images.

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Our brand new hero, Kamen Rider Build, will use a weapon that’s already gaining a lot of traction in the fan community for being awesome as heck – the DX Build Crusher! It’s basically a drill sword that also changes in to a gun. We now have the Kamen Rider Build DX Drill Crusher official images courtesy of Bandai Japan.

The DX Drill Crusher comes with the Hedgehog Full Bottle. The DX Drill Crusher can act as a sword and spin when the activation button is pressed along with a sound effect. Or, you can transform it in to a gun and shoot your enemies. Insert your favorite Full Bottle accessory to unleash a special attack and also place it in your DX Build Driver to activate a new form!

The DX Drill Crusher releases on September 2nd 2017 with a suggested retail of 5,000 yen. Check your favorite online import stores and order yours today.

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Not satisfied with simply having a brand new DX Build Driver you can also pick up the set that includes the holder! We have the Kamen Rider Build DX Build Driver and Bottle Holder Set official images courtesy of Bandai Japan. With this set you recieve the DX Build Driver, the Rabbit and Tank Full Bottles, the Bottle Holder accessory, as well as the Cleaner Full Bottle.

This item releases on September 2nd 2017 in Japan. Prices will vary so check your favorite import store for all the details and pricing.

Also included in this update are images of simply the DX Bottle Holder which is available for purchase by itself with the Cleaner Full Bottle.

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September is fast approaching and with it comes a brand new hero – Kamen Rider Build! And with a new Kamen Rider that means a whole slew of new collectibles for fans and collectors alike to begin amassing. We now have Kamen Rider Build DX Build Driver official images for you courtesy of Bandai Japan. Check out all the images by clicking the title of the story.

The DX Build Driver releases September 2nd 2017 in Japan and comes with the Rabbit Full Bottle and Tank Full Bottle items. Prices will vary but check your favorite online import stores for availability.

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Premium Bandai has revealed a special new item for fans of Uchu Sentai KyuRanger!

This is the Dark Seiza Blaster, an alternate version of the standard KyuRanger henshin device. This Dark version will be used to transform Hebitsuki Silver to his new form, Hebitsukai Metal!

The DX Dark Seiza Blaster will be sold with 2 new KyuTama– the Dark KyuTama and the Black Hole KyuTama.

Orders for the Dark Seiza Blaster will open on August 21, 2017. Sadly, price point has not been confirmed at time of writing. Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details!