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It’s time for another episode of TokuNation.com‘s official podcast – Talkin Toku! Join site administrators Kickback, Den-O, and Sentai Tamashii – along with special guest host trekkieb47 from the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast – as they discuss all the latest news and take a long, hard look at Power Rangers in 2015!

Episode details include predictions for Toy Fair 2015, what the guys hope to see from Power Rangers Dino Charge, and whether or not no news for the upcoming Power Rangers 2016 Movie is good news or bad news! Along with those topics we also touch base on new toys, what new toys we’ve recently purchased as well as our thoughts, and a whole lot more. We also read YOUR answers to two of our questions – whether or not having past cast members of Power Rangers for Power Rangers Dino Charge will disappoint you, and if you think the lack of news on the movie is a good or bad thing.

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After months of speculation on whether these would even be released, cryptic answers from Bandai of America, and more than one of these packs showing up on sites like TaoBao, most of the remaining Power Rangers Super Megaforce Ranger Key packs have FINALLY hit retail! And it looks like the new keys packs are indeed Toys R Us exclusives!

Twitter user @clong83[/URL] found these 8 new Ranger Key Packs at the Willow Grove, PA Toys R Us location! They do feature the TRU exclusive sticker so that narrows your search area to find these as most retailers begin to switch over to Dino Charge product fro the winter/spring.

Curiously the Operation Overdrive & Wild Force Pack B’s have yet to be seen at retail with this assortment. Could they possibly drop at a later date? Have they been pulled from this assortment all together? For now we just don’t know. The packs released thus far though are:

Alien Pack B
Yellow Alien Ranger
White Alien Ranger
Ninjor

Lost Galaxy Pack B
Lost Galaxy Green Ranger (translucent)
Lost Galaxy Yellow Ranger
Magna Defender

Mystic Force Pack B
Wolf Warrior
Mystic Force White Ranger
Solaris Knight

Ninja Storm Pack B
Crimson Thunder Ranger
Navy Thunder Ranger
Green Samurai Ranger

RPM Pack B
RPM Green Ranger
RPM Silver Ranger
RPM Gold Ranger

SPD Pack B
SPD Pink Ranger
Omega Ranger
Shadow Ranger

Turbo Pack B
Pink Turbo Ranger
Blue Senturion
Phantom Ranger

Zeo Pack B
Green Zeo Ranger
Pink Zeo Ranger
Gold Zeo Ranger

The hunt is on! Head to your local Toys R Us today to see if you can find these Legendary Ranger Keys!

under Power Rangers, TokuNation, TokuNation Spotlights

Let’s Watch Wednesdays returns with Power Rangers In Space and a Silver Secret….

Unbeknownst to the other rangers, Zhanes powers are fading fast. Being frozen while morphed for so long has put a permanent drain on the Silver Ranger powers. One more morph could be the end for him, but a daring stunt may be able to restore his powers. Or destroy Zhane for good!

But even if he does survive that, he may be in for an even more dangerous prospect, a date with Astronema! Can a real bond form between these bitter enemies? And if that wasn’t enough, Zhane has a heavy choice to make. Will he remain with the rangers, or help the remaining rebels of KO-35 against Dark Specter?

under Godzilla

A big surprise for kaiju fans! Crunchyroll has added the 1968 Godzilla movie, Destroy All Monsters!

Featuring an epic team-up of multiple Showa-era creatures against legendary enemy King Ghidorah, Destroy All Monsters is considered a fan-favorite entry in the Godzilla franchise.

Will this pave the way for future streaming Godzilla films? Only time will tell!

under Super Sentai

A new image from the filming of 39th Super Sentai Series Shuriken Sentai Ninninger has surfaced online, giving us a clear look at the Enemy Foot Soldiers for this new season!

While unnamed, the basic enemy design is apparently based on the Ashigaru– army soldiers from the age of feudal Japan. The exact relation between these monster soldiers and the Yokai that will appear & fight against the Ninningers remains unknown at the time of writing.

Shuriken Sentai Ninninger premieres February 15 2015! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all details!

under Super Sentai, Ultraman

As if the the guest list isn’t already star studded for the Lexington Comic & Toy Convention 2015, 2 more huge announcements have just been made!

Sure to please fans of Super Sentai & Power is the addition of another cast member form Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. Making his North American convention debut is Takumi Hashimoto AKA Tiger Ranger/Boi! Joining fellow castmates Yuta Mochizuki & Reiko Chiba LCTC 2015 is shaping up to be quite the Zyuranger reunion.

And adding to the already awesome attendance of Bin Furuya the suit actor of the original Ultraman, is Hiroko Sakurai! Mrs. Sakurai of course portrayed Yuriko Edogawa in Ultra Q, and would later go on to play Akiko Fuji of the Science Patrol in the original Ultraman TV series!

under Kamen Rider, Ultraman

This title nearly fell off the radar, with Bandai Namco Games having released a sequel is coming down the pipe line. The first Lost Heroes game was released in 2012 and features characters from the Mobile Suit Gundam, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider franchises. Lost Heroes 2 also features new characters from the franchise in a battle system reminiscent to the Shin Megami Tensei franchise. Those new heroes are:

Gundam: 

Unicorn
F91
00 Raiser

Kamen Rider: 

Black
Fourze
Wizard

Ultraman:
Leo
Tiga
Ginga

Kamen RIder Black RX and the 00 Quanta are also in the game, interestingly enough those two will be treated as form changes according to the trailer. Lost Heroes 2 will be released on the Nintendo 3DS console in February 15th 2015, a premium version is also available for purchase.

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You’ve been waiting for it for weeks, even months. You’ve refreshed the various sub groups homepages hoping for an update. And now one of the bigger sub groups, TVNihon.com, is the first of the big two to throw up the Kamen Rider Gaim Summer Movie – Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruit Cup! sub!

And because we were pretty huge fanboys for Kamen Rider Gaim, we thought we’d share our newly created poll and discussion thread for the movie. Trust us – if you’re a fan of Kamen Rider Gaim you will NOT be disappointed with the movie. Click here to vote on the poll and join the discussion!

What did you think? Was this movie worth the wait? Did you love all those Arms Change that you wanted to see in the show but never got until the movie? Sound off in the discussion!

under Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, Super Sentai

Our site sponsors BigBadToyStore.com have sent out a brief update on some exciting news that we at TokuNation.com broke to the world of Ranger Nation last week! They will be carrying the upcoming Legacy Megazord Re-Issue which is slated for May 2015! This is great news for those of you who want to finally create your Legacy Ultrazord without spending more than what you paid for on Titanus to complete the set.

As always – there’s even more at BigBadToyStore.com and we’re here to help you get to what you want to order now before pre-orders and new arrivals are out of stock! Check it below!

NEW PRE-ORDERS!

There aren’t really any new toku items in stock yet – but for those wanting S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Duke and S.H. Figuarts Vul Eagle, you can pre-order those and have them in stock within the next week or so if you’ve missed out on getting them through Japanese retailers.

Don’t forget to take advantage of BigBadToyStore.com’s special service known as Pile of Loot – it allows you to combine multiple items to save money on shipping so you get all your toys at once without paying multiple shipping fees! They are one of the only retailers that have this feature!

under General Tokusatsu News

Tsubaraya‘s Denkou Choujin Gridman (which was adapted into Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad in the West) is set to return in the form of a one-off anime short, as part of Japan Animator Expo – a project of weekly anime shorts spearheaded by Hideaki Anno’s Studio Khara and media company Dwango.

The short, entitled “Denkou Choujin Gridman: Boys invent Great Hero” was animated by popular studio Trigger (most notable for the recent Kill la Kill) and directed by Akira Amemiya – director of Trigger’s Inferno Cop and forthcoming Ninja Slayer series.

The project will see a total of 30 planned shorts air weekly, ranging from anime shorts to promotional and music videos. While these will be streamed for free via Niconico, there are currently no plans for any of them to receive a commercial release.

Niconico have already released a 13 second teaser of the short, however it doesn’t give away anything other than the title. Are you excited for the return of Gridman? Sound off after the jump!