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Arise, Daizyujin!

At long last TokuNation is proud to present a really special gallery for you. Following up on our recent 14K Gold Galaxy Megazord Gallery, we have another blast from the past to share. You know the series that started a massively successful franchise in the west, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. You know the series that gave it life, Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. Now we’re taking you back to another first, the first black sentai mecha repaint ever. DX Black Daizyujin!

This gorgeous release was on store shelves in 1993 near the end of Zyuranger’s televised run. Undoubtedly many western fans recognize this mecha from the Bandai America Black & Gold Megazord release, and the recent Legacy version of said toy. That vintage release was itself a mere repackaging of Black Daizyujin, the originator of the black repaint concept for Super Sentai & Power Rangers. At one time this set retailed for 8000 yen, today it commands prices in excess of 60,000 yen. But we managed to get an incredible deal on one thanks to the amazing folks as Serious Toyz. So that brings us to this, a massive gallery totaling over 100 images of this rare and unique set. We’ve done our best to show off each Guardian Beast, the combined Dinotanker mode, and the mighty Daizyujin & its’ glorious gold chromed Dinosaur Sword God Horn.

We’ve attached a pretty sizable selection of this images to this post, but the entire gallery can be accessed by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post.

under Super Sentai

A very interesting new listing has just hit the Web!

Figsoku.net has just put up a new page revealing the apparent next entry in the Super Sentai Artisan collector series: the Doron Changer from Ninja Sentai Kakuranger!

This Artisan entry is a limited run, with only 6000 units being produced. Release is scheduled for September 2016 and has a price of 10,584 Yen before shipping and handling. An exact count of accessories and features is sadly unknown at this time. Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this exciting new release!

under Conventions, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers

Get excited Power Rangers fans – the Official Power Morphicon convention is only four short months away! And while we were busy on our side having kids and not being diligent in keeping up with some of the news, they managed to do three separate announcements for guests attending the show! Included in those announcements was the rest of the main cast of Power Rangers Time Force! That’s right – for the first time at Power Morphicon, you can meet all six of the Power Rangers Time Force as well as the show’s main villain Ransik!

Check out the full list below!

  • Walter Jones – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Black Ranger
  • Karan Ashley – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Yellow Ranger
  • Lex Lang – voice of Rygog, Ecliptor, and Zen-Aku
  • Danny Slavin – Power Rangers Lost Galaxy Red Ranger
  • Melody Perkins – Power Rangers In Space Astronema, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy Pink Ranger
  • Rhett Fisher – Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue Titanium Ranger
  • Carla Perez – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Rita Repulsa (suit actor)
  • Jason Ybarra – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Baboo (suit actor)
  • Kevin Kleinberg – Power Rangers Time Force Green Ranger
  • Vernon Wells – Power Rangers Time Force villain Ransik
  • Phillip Andrew – Power Rangers Wild Force Lunar Wolf Ranger
  • Alex Heartman – Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai Red Ranger
  • Valerie Landon – Power Rangers Lost Galaxy Pink Ranger
  • Michael Copon – Power Rangers Time Force Blue Ranger
  • Jack Guzman – Power Rangers Wild Force Black Ranger
  • Ann Marie Crouch – Power Rangers Wild Force Princess Shayla
  • Ciara Hanna – Power Rangers Megaforce/Super Megaforce Yellow Ranger
  • Peta-Mariee Rixon – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Alpha 5

If you haven’t registered yet for this year’s Official Power Morphicon convention, you can still do so by clicking here.  We will obviously be at the show and we hope to see you there too!  This looks to be one heck of a show!!

under Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, Super Sentai, TokuNation

It’s time for a sponsor update from our sponsors at BigBadToyStore.com! While the pre-orders lately have been far and few between on new toku product (save for some Zyuohger product), there’s a lot of items that have been on pre-order that are arriving soon! We save you the effort of digging by listing some of the hot items below. Check them out!

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under Kamen Rider

Following up on the first Drive Saga V-Cinema, Kamen Rider Chaser, Toei Video has just announced a Kamen Rider Mach/Kamen Rider Heart V-Cinema set!

Set after the events of the Kamen Rider Drive Mach Saga novel and the events of the TV series, this pair of films will of course focus of Gou Shijima (Mach) as well as Heart. Who has newly found his calling as a heroic Kamen Rider!

As with the Chaser V-Cinema these films will be available a number of ways. Standard DVD & Blu-Ray editions as well as deluxe packs which include 2 brand new Shift Cars; Shift Ride Crosser & Shift Heartron! 

Standard Editions
DVD Edition – 4500 yen
Blu-Ray Edition – 5500 yen

Deluxe Editions
DVD with Shift Ride Crosser & Heartron Cars 12,000 yen
Blu-Ray with Shift Ride Crosser & Heartron Cars 13,000 yen

A short teaser for the pair of films has been added to youtube as well, but is currently region locked. Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach/Kamen Rider Heart is set for release on November 16th!

under Power Rangers, Power Rangers Movie

The logo for the Power Rangers Movie coming in 2017 has been officially revealed. Shared by various official Power Rangers social media accounts and then personally sent to us by Lionsgate, this is your logo for the upcoming Power Rangers Movie.

The movie is set to release in late March 2017. The date, as always, is open to change (as it has already changed twice since being announced). Be sure to follow us on Twitter @TokuNation, on Instagram @TokuNation, and “Like” our Facebook page so you can keep up with all the latest Power Rangers movie news!

under Godzilla

TOHO has uploaded a brief teaser trailer for their upcoming new Godzilla film- Godzilla: Resurgence!

This time we finally get to see the newly-redesigned King of the Monsters in action!

Directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, Resurgence is set for release on July 29, 2016.

under Kamen Rider

Signal Bike/Shift Car!

One of the most unusual forms to come out of Kamen Rider Drive has finally arrived in figure form. S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Super Dead Heat Drive is here for our latest gallery! This hodgepodge form only appears in the film Kamen Rider Drive Surprise Future, and the circumstances by which it exists are pretty dire. Without spoiling the film Shinnosuke is forced to use the Tridoron Key with a Mach Driver, to attain a body identical to Mashin Chaser but with a Type Speed style head.

The Super Dead Heat Drive figuart takes full advantage of parts reuse to recreate this form perfectly. Right down to a fully removebale Tridoron Key, as well as a gorgeously detailed new version of the Type Speed head. If you’ve experienced the Mashin Chaser body, then you’re familiar with this excellent figure. And luckily this release retains it’s compatibility with the Busou Chaser accessory set! However it does lack quite a bit in terms of it’s own accessories. But we made due with what we had already to give this figure it’s proper due!

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post but we’ve got over 50 in the full gallery thread. Just click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to see the entire gallery & review! We’ll be back next time when the final announced (so far) Drive figuart is released, S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Chaser Mach!

under TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates

We interrupt your regularly scheduled news and rumors from the world of tokusatsu for an exciting announcement!

You may recall that last year my wife and I welcomed the birth of our daughter into our little family. And the love & support we received from this community were overwhelming. So I would be doing this community and one of my best friends in the entire world a disservice if I did not wish a massive CONGRATULATIONS to our fearless leader Kickback on the birth of his son!

Please join us in wishing all of the best to Kickback AKA Chris AKA @rankal, his healthy baby boy, and his brave missus @jadesloth! Welcome to the family little man!

under Super Sentai

The first image of Zyuoh TheWorld’s personal mecha, Tousai Zyuoh has finally surfaced online!

This Mecha is created by fusing Cube Wolf, Cube Crocodile and Cube Rhinos! Rhinos appears to make up the bulk of the body, while Crocodile becomes the right arm & Wolf forms the head. At time of writing it is unconfirmed how Zyuoh TheWorld’s Cube Animals will combine with other Zyuohger Mecha.

Stay tuned to Tokunation as we keep you up to date on all Zyuohger news!