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under Super Sentai

With the recent premiere of a new sentai, Shuriken Sentai Ninninger, the reviews of the initial waves of merchandise have begun rolling in. We posted our official gallery of this toy earlier in the week, but today our friend and frequent collaborator Baltmatrix has shared his video review of DX Shurikenjin with us!

Check out the above video to see Baltmatrix’s complete review of DX Shurikenjin and be sure to subscribe to his youtube page for future reviews. Balt and I will be teaming up in the coming months to gallery & review as many of the DX Ninninger toys as we can. Also be sure to check the link at the bottom of this post by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums”. This will take you to our extensive photo gallery of DX Shurikenjin featuring over 100 images of this set!

under Super Sentai

Bandai Japan has opened an official page for the next Super Sentai Artisan release: a fully-articulate DX Shinobimaru!

The personal Mecha of Shuriken Sentai Ninningers’ Aka Ninger is brilliantly recreated with a superb level of articulation and vastly improved paint details. This release is still perfectly compatible with the DX Shurikenjin Mecha set, already released.

This Artisan item will be open for orders beginning February 27 and ending May 8 with a release scheduled for July 2015. Shinobi Maru will cost 5378 Yen before shipping, handling and related fees.

under Super Sentai

A new image of the 39th Super Sentai Series’ sixth member has hit the Internet! This is our first up-close look at the golden cowboy StarNinger!

StarNinger is seen holding the Ninja Star Burger, a transformation device that doubles as a cell phone in the shape of a burger. The exact link between StarNinger and the other five Ninningers remains unknown at the time of writing.

A teaser for the recent Ninninger magazine scans hints that StarNinger will join the series starting in April 2015. This is much earlier than most other 6th Ranger introductions! Could there be more Ninjas coming in the future? Only time will tell!

under Super Sentai

Shuriken Gattai!

TokuNation is proud to prevent it’s first gallery & review of the year from the latest sentai, Shuriken Sentai Ninninger! The 1st item up is none other than DX Shurikenjin!

A quirky combiner DX Shurikenjin is made up of the Otomo Shinobi or Companion Ninja machines; Shinobimaru, Dragomaru, Dumpmaru, Wanmaru, & Byunmaru. With the aid of this toylines Nin Shuriken gimmick these 5 machines can combine to form Shurikenjin! When Shinobimaru sits in the pilot seat this standard form of the mighty robot exists. But swap Shinobimaru out to become a new arm adnd insert Dragonmaru and Shurikenjin Drago is born! This is an all around fantastic set that’s sure to perk up the interest of sentai buyers after last years seemingly lack luster selection.

We’ve assembled over 100 images of this incredible new toy including some images of the 1st run bonus Nin Shurikens included with it! We’ve attached a selection of these images to this post but click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken to our fully gallery/review thread. Because of the sheer number of images they’ll be split across the first 3 posts of that thread.

Enjoy!

under Conventions, Other Conventions, Super Sentai

Announced on the LexCon facebook page comes word that Yuta Mochizuki known for his role as Tyranno Ranger in Kyoryu Sentai Zyurager has sadly had to cancel his LexCon appearance for this year. Mr Mochizuki has become severely ill and unfortunately can’t make the trip to the states for now.

The silver lining to this sad situation though is that another Zyuranger actor will be taking his place. None other than Aohisa Takayasu AKA Mammoth Ranger! We certainly send our best wishes to Mr. Mochizuki and hope for a swift recovery, in the interim though be sure to head to the Lexington Comic & Toy Con from March 13th-15th to meet Mr. Takayasu!

under Power Rangers

The good people at RangerCrew have uploaded a new promo for the fourth episode of Power Rangers Dino Charge!

UPDATE! A second preview clip has also been uploaded!

Return of the Caveman airs Saturday, February 28 at 12PM EST on Nickelodeon!

under Power Rangers, TokuNation, TokuNation Spotlights

The action finally heats up this week on Let’s Watch Wednesdays with Power Rangers In Space!

The Secret City. Here Astronema’s civilian captives are enslaved and now the Power Rangers have found themselves trapped there as well. There’s only one escape plan. Unable to morph, Andros must rely on the Battlizer. Press #1 for power, press #2 for more, but even he doesn’t know that #3 will unleash the greatest power ever! The Red Battlized Ranger!

But that’s not all, you thought the Psycho Rangers were gone? Think again! These digital ghosts will stop at nothing until they can be whole again, and destroy the Power Rangers for good!

under Kamen Rider

The latest round of magazine scans have given us our first complete look at Kamen Rider Drive’s newest upgrade: Type Formula!

Type Formula is based on a high-performance racing car. To unlock and maintain this new form, Drive will receive three special new Shift Cars:

*F01- Mantan
*F02- Jack
*F03- Spanner

Kamen Rider Drive will still be able to use other Shift Cars when in Type Formula, but the most impressive upgrade to Drive’s arsenal is another new weapon: the Trailer Cannon! Drive will load Shift Cars into the Cannon as a final attack.

Type Formula should be appearing on-screen in the very near future. Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Drive details!

under Super Sentai

A new round of magazine scans has surfaced online, showing us some upcoming new abilities for the 39th Super Sentai!

Next month, the Ninningers will unlock two new Mecha: PaonMaru the elephant and UFOMaru the flying saucer! Both can combine with ShurikenJin and create brand-new combat styles.

The NinShuriken that unlock these two Mecha can also be used in the Ninningers’ Shinobi Ichibantou for extra powers!

*PaonMaru’s Shuriken grants the Ninningers stretch-arms in combat.
*UFOMaru’s Shuriken makes enemies levitate in midair.

In addition, the scans reveal another member of the Kibaoni that will face the Ninningers: Gabi Raizo!

Definitely looks like many wonderful adventures are coming for this new Ninja team! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Ninja news!

under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

Once again the worlds of Rider and Sentai collide!

In honor of the upcoming film project SuperHero Taisen GP Kamen Rider Drive will cross over with Shuriken Sentai Ninninger for the Super Hero Time! programming block on March 29, 2015.

No other story details are known at this time. Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this exciting crossover!