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Tis the season of giving! And while you’re doing your holiday shopping in stores or online this year, you may be a little stumped on what to get the Power Rangers fan on your Christmas shopping list. But never fear – TokuNation.com is here, and we’ve compiled a list of what we consider the Top 5 Gifts for Your Power Rangers Fan! These are all realistic items, so there’s nothing super rare, super old, or super expensive on the list (no Legacy DVD Collections on our list … but that doesn’t mean we don’t want it!).

Check out our list by clicking “Read More”. What do you think of our list? What would be on your list? Join the discussion by clicking the discussion link below! And don’t forget – we’re actually giving away some of the items on our list in our Toku Toy Box Give Away! All you have to do is register on our site and post in the galleries that are qualifying entries for your chance to enter and win. For a full set of rules, click here!

Happy Holidays!

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Good news for fans of Gaim and Arms Change collectors! While it was previously believed that ACPB06 Kamen Rider Ryugen-Yomi Yomotsuheguri Arms was going to be the last Premium Bandai Arms Change release (due to the recent reveal of the first TKPB, Proto-Drive), a new image has surfaced on the preorder page for the Dragonfruit Energy Lock Seed! This image is a teaser for ACPB07- Kamen Rider Duke Dragonfruit Energy Arms! This new form appears on the big screen in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle, but according to the teaser, we won’t see him in toy form until December 24. Stay tuned (click the story to see the teaser)!

 

 

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It would appear that if you want new Power Rangers Dino Charge toys then you should head to your local Target today!

@webguyaz on Twitter has found the Power Rangers Dino Chargers at his local Target store. The case assortment is 3x Red, 3x Black, 2x Blue, 2x Green, and 2x Pink. Happy hunting!

If you happen to find new toys – post it in our state by state Sightings forum! Let your fellow fans know where you’ve found the latest Power Rangers Dino Charge toys!

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In case you missed it – new Power Rangers Dino Charge toys are out! The packaging of the toys also reveals a bit of the story line for the upcoming season. We also can see, thanks to pictures from the Power Rangers Dino Charge toy display at the Toys’R’Us in Times Square, what the potential catch phrase for the season will be.

For reference, Power Rangers Samurai had a catch phrase of “Rangers Together, Samurai Forever!” … and Power Rangers Megaforce used the phrase “Earth’s Defenders Never Surrender!”. By the looks of the window clings at the display in Toys’R’Us, this year’s catch phrase for the Power Rangers Dino Charge looks to be – “Dinosaur Might, Ready to Fight!” Now we could be totally wrong and this could just be a marketing thing – but we’re willing to take our chances.

As for the bio’s that reveal some story plot to the season? We don’t like to spoil things. If you want to read the bio’s, thanks to RangerBoard.com, click the “Read More” link.

What do you think? Sound off in discussion!

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Just when you thought it was safe to leave your house to go hunt for Power Rangers Dino Charge, our site sponsor BigBadToyStore.com has put up their pre-orders for the first three mechas for Shuriken Sentai Ninninger as well as the Bandai of America styled action figure line for the male Ninningers!

What are you waiting for? Get those pre-orders in!

SHURIKEN SENTAI NINNINGER PRE-ORDERS

These are all estimated to arrive in February 2015. Don’t forget to use the Pile of Loot system to help you save on your shipping!

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Let the hunt begin!

TokuNation.com member Megus has found the 5″ Power Rangers Dino Charge figures at his local Target (location escapes me, but these were also spotted in Nevada). Twitter user @BigMike8109 also spotted the 12″ Power Rangers Dino Charge figures at his local Target store.

Included in this news post are images of the figures on the shelf as well as opened comparison pictures of the 5″ figures. Happy hunting!

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Drive! Type Technic!

TokuNation has filled up with some high octane Kamen Rider Drive action for your viewing pleasure! Today we’re taking a looking at the 5th entry in the Tire Koukan toy line, the master of machines himself, TK-05 Kamen Rider Drive Type Technic!

Type Technic is a unique form. Rather than offering raw power to Drive it gives him highly technical skills like machine manipulation, increased dexterity, and near perfect accuracy. What the Tire Koukan figure of Technic gives us is another incredible addition to this growing line. Included with Technic are the standard Type Technic Tire you need to complete his basic look, the Fire Braver Tire, and Drive’s Door Gun! As far as complete packages go, Type Technic is yet another one in this line. This figure differs just a bit from previous Tire Koukan releases and we welcome you to read our review to find out how.

Or why not take a few minutes to check out a video review of TK-05 by my frequent collaborator Baltmatrix!

Check out the above video as well as 65 images of this great figure after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. And don’t forget to leave a comment in that thread as well, it’ll enter you into our massive Toku Toy Box Giveaway! Specifically this gallery thread enters you in for a chance to win our Top Gear Rider Legends Prize Pack! If you need a refresher on the rules and prize packs then check them out here, and good luck!

 

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The Lexington Comic & Toy Con has been quickly gaining steam the last few years as one of the biggest and best east coast conventions for Power Rangers fans and actors. Well this year the show’s growing once again with a recent announcement of four brand new guests!

Yuta Mochizuki – Geki/Tyranno Ranger from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger! This is notable as only the second US convention appearance that Yuta has made. The first having only been a few months ago at Power Morphicon!

Rekio Chiba – Mei/Ptera Ranger from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger! The first EVER appearance by Ms Chiba at a US convention! If you know her at all then you know that Reiko Chiba has been incredibly active on Twitter (@CHIBAREI_DURGA) for a long time and interacts with fans regularly. In fact she had cryptically tweeted about this upcoming appearance a few weeks ago but saved the official reveal for the LCTC facebook page.

Bin Furuya – A veteran of several Toho film productions for many years, a suit actor on the original Ultra Q series and subsequently the suit actor of the Original Ultraman! Mr Furuya is a veteran of the highest order in the Tokusatsu world.

And last but not least, Paul Freeman – Ivan Ooze in the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie! Of course Mr Freeman is an actor with an incredibly lengthy resume of credits, but we know him best for his deliciously crazy portrayal of Ivan ooze.

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The upcoming Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 will of course feature the first ever on screen appearance of the one-off Kamen Rider 3. A unique rider who only appeared once in a short 1972 story. However this film will also mark the first appearance of his vehicle, the TriCyclone!

The TriCyclone certainly appears to be an impressive machine worthy of going up against Kamen Rider Drive’s Tridoron and Black RXs Rideron, both of which will be in this film as well! Will Kamen Rider 3 ally himself with his car driving brothers or will he stand in line with the bike riders of old?

Discuss this reveal as well as the rest of our coverage of Super Hero Tasien GP in our ongoing discussion thread!

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With the premiere of Kamen Rider Drive X Kamen Rider Gaim: Movie War FULL THROTTLE in theaters this weekend, Toei has decided to reveal some new details about their next film project!

According to this article in Cinema Today, the next epic tokusatsu crossover film will be known as Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3! This new film will also be directed by Takayuki Shibisaki, veteran of several Rider projects including Movie War FULL THROTTLE.

The character of Kamen Rider 3 was created by Shotaro Ishinomori in 1972; the hero of a single manga adventure set between the end of the original Kamen Rider series and Kamen Rider V3.

What other heroes will make their appearance in this new project? Only time will tell!

Super Hero Taisen GP is scheduled for release on March 21, 2015! Be sure to join in our ongoing Discussion Thread and share your thoughts about this upcoming cinematic adventure!