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under General Tokusatsu News

The first teaser for Pacific Rim: Uprising has been posted online!

This brief video gives fans a history of the iconic Jaeger Program that saved humanity during the Kaiju War of Pacific Rim and features new lead actor John Boyega encouraging fans to join the Program & save the world once again!

But that’s not all for Pacific Rim today- a new viral marketing campaign has been launched, via GoJaeger.com that will provide fans with new information about the film and its universe as we move close to its release.

Stay tuned to TokuNation for all Pacific Rim news!

under Conventions, San Diego Comic Con

As SDCC 2017 rages on and our news crew fights valiantly to bring us news & reveals, they’ve popped into the Power Rangers panel to snag us all the cool info this year! Here’s the highlights of what Kickback and the gang saw and heard at the panel

  • nWay showcase of Power Rangers Legacy Wars. Including character model turnarounds of characters Black Dragon, Lord Drakkon, Movie Putty, & Ninjor! And in the words of the panelists Lord Drakkon is “very key to the franchise going forward”.
  • Imagniext toyline overview. Jokes were made about a large scale Titanus playset for the Megazord to fit in “but that thing is huge”. Instead a smaller figure scale Megazord is coming. And a to scale Titanus WILL be made for this new smaller line. Thunder Megazord & Pirantis figures coming as well.
  • Pop Culture Shock releases we covered last night from their booth including the magnificent Lord Drakkon bust. Movie Red Ranger & Rita, TV Green Pink & Black rangers as well. Life Size White Ranger & Red Ranger Busts, Green Ranger 1/4 Statue.
  • Funko – SDCC exclusive Megazord Pop, Dragon Shield Red Ranger
  • Bandai – rundown of the SDCC exclusives, in person showing of the Legacy Power Sword, Legacy Movie Power Coins set, Legacy Movie Red Ranger Helmet. New action figure Legacy Zords, articulated figures with min-ranger pilots. Legacy Zeo Rangers, Dino Thunder White Ranger, In Space Silver, all 5 Psycho Rangers. Question asked about Drakkon & Black Dragon toys, “nothing to confirm at this time”. Legacy Zeonizer & Gold Ranger Power Staff confirmed!

If you’d like to see the entire panel, you can! Just check out this tweet!

Stay tuned to TokuNation here and on twitter (@Tokunation) as we continue our LIVE coverage from the SDCC 2017 show floor!

under General Tokusatsu News, San Diego Comic Con

Here’s something a bit different, and more akin to the third party offerings many Transformers fans have access to these days. 1000 Toys is a company largely known for their excellent 1/12 Scale TOA Heavy Industries Synthetic Humans, which you can order from our site sponsor BBTS using that link. Now they’re taking a stab in a different direction with some figures heavily inspired by Super Sentai & Kamen Rider!

These new Synthetic Human sublines, “Nextman Synth” & “Knight of Synth” share the same basic engineering as the Heavy Industries figures, with a little toku sensibility mixed in. The seemingly rider themed Nextman figures are named Cyclone, Fusion, & Future. Each retailing for $80 USD. Their pizza themed sentai-inspired heroes are also on display. These guys appear to be based on figures originally created by Youtube pairing Toy Pizza. You may also be familiar with the Mecha Zone Pizzanuats figures based on these designs. The green knight is Lime, red is Brick, blue is Teal, and the black one is Death Knight. Each of these is also $80 USD.

Stay tuned to TokuNation here and on twitter (@Tokunation) as we continue our LIVE coverage from the SDCC 2017 show floor!

under General Tokusatsu News

Don’t let the SDCC news & reveals be the only thing to whet your Toku appetite! Surprisingly, Amazon has just released some official images and release information for three upcoming releases from Pacific Rim Uprising! Joining the Robot Damashii line are the Gypsy Avenger, Bracer Phoenix & Titan Redeemer Jaegers!

These inaugural releases form Bandai’s freshly gotten Pacific Rim license are looking very sharp indeed. Thanks to their info dump we also having pricing and release details! According to the Amazon US listings, Gypsy Avenger will be released on February 23rd, 2018 for the very modest price of $23.99 and free shipping for Prime members. Bracer Phoenix will release on the same day for a bit more at $32.99 and free shipping for Prime members. And Titan Redeemer will also release that day, priced the same as Phoenix at $32.99

This early batch of pre-orders has actually beaten the Tamashii Nations website to the punch, they aren’t even listed there yer. So there are sure to be more official images coming. For now check out what we can see, and maybe take up that early pre-order.

under Power Rangers Movie, San Diego Comic Con

The folks from Weta Workshop were on hand for San Diego Comic Con 2017 and they brought with them the Power Rangers Movie Red Ranger suit! Check out a ton of up close, high resolution pictures that we snagged of this beautiful piece by clicking the title of the story.

under Power Rangers, San Diego Comic Con

Check out the Power Rangers items on display at the PCS Toys booth. The Green Ranger statue is INCREDIBLE. Cannot wait to own this. Check out our full high resolution gallery by clicking the title of the story.

under Power Rangers, San Diego Comic Con

From San Diego Comic Con 2017 check out pictures of Bandai America‘s booth of the upcoming Power Rangers toys. On display was the Lion Fortress Megazord for Power Rangers Ninja Steel, the Power Rangers Zeo Legacy 6.5″ figures and the Zeo Megazord build-a-figure, as well as the San Diego Comic Con 2017 exclusives and the upcoming Power Rangers Movie Legacy Red Ranger Helmet and Legacy Coin set.

Check out all the pictures by clicking the title of the story.

under Power Morphicon

The biannual Power Rangers convention Power Morphicon is gearing up once again!

Power Morphicon #6 will be held on August 17-19, 2018! The show is changing cities to Anaheim, California Morphicon and will be transitioning to a new location- the Anaheim Convention Center, which has previously hosted a variety of popular events.

The first guest for Morphicon 2018 has also been announced: fan-favorite Jason David Frank, the man behind long-running Ranger Tommy Oliver will be attending the show on Saturday, August 18 2018. This is JDF’s first Morphicon since 2010!

Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all convention details!

under Super Sentai

EMERGENCY, DEKAMASTER!

Rounding out our trifecta of Morphers, P-Bandai’s just launched pre-orders for the Super Sentai Artisan Master Licence, the main changer belonging to none other than Deka Master himself.

The Super Sentai Artisan Master License will retail for the same price as the other two versions: 9,936 yen. Pre-Orders will end on September 22nd 2017 with a final shipping date sometime in December the same year.

In addition, Bandai put out a series of videos which demonstrate the various noises and sound effects of the standard Artisan SP License release, so if you’re on the fence still you can view the videos down below:

under Metal Heroes, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates, TokuNation Spotlights

“Let’s leave light in the dust!”

2017 is shaping up to be the year of the Metal Heroes! The momentum for this new golden age of Toei’s 3rd big franchise started in 2012, with Gavan Vs Gokaiger which set the precedent for future Metal Hero/Sentai crossovers. Flash forward to 2017 with the release of Space Squad: Gavan Vs Dekaranger and we get a brand new figuart as well, S.H. Figuarts Space Sheriff Gavan Type G Space Squad Version!

The Space Squad version of Gavan Type G is meant to be a renewal of sorts for the old original mold. One that was riddled with quality issues. I’m happy to report though that this time around, Gavan Type G is much improved physically! One big thing that really sets this release apart from the first though is the new Laser Blade Origin. A powerful new weapon that forged on Juspions’ home world. And luckily we get 3 variations of this new weapon.

We’ve attached a mere selection of the full gallery to this post. If you click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post then you can view over 100 images of Gavan Type G and the various heroes of Space Squad!