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Some time ago we reported on upcoming Bandai Premium releases for Kamen Rider Drive X Kamen Rider Gaim Movie War Full Throttle. Today, new details about these special roleplay items have come online!

Although originally speculated as a two-pack; these items will be sold separately.

 

*The E.L.S. HEX LockSeed used by Kamen Rider Duke & containing the power of DragonFruit Arms will cost 2160 Yen. Orders for this item will be open from November 21 to January 5 2015/

*The Lupin Gunner, signature weapon  of Kamen Rider Lupin & with a unique bladed Viral Core will cost 4860 Yen. This item will open for order on December 2nd and remain up until February 27 2015.

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TokuNation forum member raz has provided an in-depth look at various sound effects contained within the recently-released Power Rangers Dino Charge Morpher. UPDATED WITH COMPLETE LISTINGS!

Every sound known is followed by the words Energize, Engage! Unleash The Power! This may be the morphing call for this season but that detail is unconfirmed at the time of writing.

The sounds also refer to three more Dino Charge Rangers: a Purple Ranger with Plesiosaurus Power, an Aqua Ranger with Ankylosaurus Power, a Silver Ranger with Brachiosaurus Power and a Talon Ranger with Spinosaurus Power. These are apparently the American counterparts to Kyoryu Violet, Silver, Cyan and Navy respectively.

Here is the full list of known sounds within the Dino Charge Morpher:

0. Spino Charger, Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Spinosaurus Power Ranger Talon!
1. T-Rex Charger, Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Tyrannosaurus Rex Power Ranger Red!
2. Para Charger, Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Parasaurolophus Power Ranger Black!
3. Stego Charger, Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Stegosaurus Power Ranger Blue!
4. Raptor Charger, Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Velociraptor Power Ranger Green!
5. Tricera Charger, Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Triceratops Power Ranger Pink!
6. Ptera Charger, Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Pteranodon Power Ranger Gold!
7. Ankylo Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Ankylosaurus Power Ranger Aqua!
8. Packy Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Pachycephalosaurus Power Ranger Graphite!
9. Plesio Charger! Engage! Unleash The Power! Energize! Plesiosaurus Power Ranger Purple!
10. Titano Charger! Engage! Unleash The Power! Energize! Brachiosaurus Power Ranger Silver!
11. Dino Cycle Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Deinonychus!
12. Dino Armor X Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Deinosuchus!
13. Dino Spike Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Kentrosaurus!
14. Dino Cupid Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Styracosaurus!
15. Dino Blaze Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Allosaurus!
16. Dino Stretch Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Diplodocus!
17. Dino Gas Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Oviraptor!
18. Dino Laugh Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Iguanodon!
19. Dino Squash Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Tapejara!
20. Dino Hypnotize Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Ammonite!
21. Dino Gravity Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Archelon!
22. Dino Helio Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Fukuiraptor!
23. Dino Claw Charger! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! Futabasaurus!

Legendary! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! 
Go Go Power Rangers! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power!
Happy Birthday! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power!
Happy Holidays! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power!
Charger Special! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! 
Comic Con! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power! 
Power Up With Healthy Teeth! Engage! Energize! Unleash The Power!

 

Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Dino Charge news!

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Kurumi Arms, misterrrrrrrr Knuckleman!!

Premium Bandai is at it once again! Continuing the ever popular Arms Change line of action figures from Kamen Rider Gaim is the 4th premium AC release. ACPB04 Arms Change Kamen Rider Knuckle Kurumi Arms!

Knuckle is of course the 2nd rider from Team Baron, and was the teams de facto leader after Kaito Kumon quit the Beast Rider scene. Being a bit of mix/match Knuckle winds up having a basic body mostly like that of Kurokage but with an altered semi-Gridon style head. Where Arms Change Kamen Rider Knuckle shines though is the included Kurumi Arms (walnut). A nice big bulky set of armor with quite a bit of detail that really makes this otherwise plain looking figure pop. Then there’s also his trademark weapons the Kurumi Bomber gauntlets. These gigantic fists set Knuckle apart from the rest of the Armored Riders out there making him a strictly short range hand to hand combatant. This unique pairing of Arms & weapons actually work well with almost any Arms Change figure out there too as we’ve demonstrated in the full gallery.

But before you check out our image gallery of this latest addition to the Arms Change line, you need stop below and check out our friend and contributor Baltmatrix’s video review of AC Knuckle! 

As always we’ve done our best to come together and give you a full package experience between images and video of yet another offering in this ever growing line. After you’ve checked out Baltmatrix’s video review please be sure to click “Discuss on the TokuNation forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken to the full gallery of over 50 images!

 

under Power Rangers, TokuNation, TokuNation Spotlights

TokuNation’s weekly viewing segment returns with another installment of Power Rangers In Space!

After last weeks shell shocking crossover the rangers are back to fighting Astronema’s forces on their own. But as Andros tries to adjust to life as the other rangers have always known it, he’ll have an encounter or two with the unfamiliar concepts of greed & deceit. Meanwhile Bulk & Skull continue to get into high tech hijinks with the professor. Hijinks Astronema herself has taken an interest in, that can’t be good. And finally with Simudeck malfunctioning in an epic way Craterites have been unleashed on Angel Grove! It looks like these creepy creations intend to body snatch all the people in the city!

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Since they’ve been brought up this week let’s talk Craterites! These odd foes of the rangers are normally just simulations produced for training purposes, but this week sees a Simudeck malfunction bring them into reality en mass. However in the Denji Sentai Megaranger footage used to create the series these creatures, the Kunekune, were front and center as the primary footsoldiers of the Nezirejia Kingdom!

The Kunekune were deemed a bit too silly and generic to be used for the Power Rangers adaptation of Megaranger. So in much the same way the previous years villains from Carranger, the Wumpers, were dropped in favor of the Saban developed Piranhatons, the Kunekune were dropped in favor of the robotic Quantrons. Though the Kunekune made it into the show as Simudec foes nearly all footage aside from this pertaining to them was removed from In Space.

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START YOUR ENGINE!! Because all we need is Drive! S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Drive that is, and you can get your very own in April of 2015 for 4,320 yen.  Tamashii Nations went all out and provided many detail pictures of Kamen Rider Drive as well as a YouTube Video.  Unfortunately the pictures did not disclose Tamashii Nation’s plans with the tire change gimmick features heavily in the show, but the YouTube video did show Kamen Rider Drive with the Max Flare form.  For now, enjoy the pictures and get ready to lose all the tiny shift cars and tell us if you are ready for Drive in our discussion forum.

 

UPDATE: We stumbled upon another image thanks to @pencoin on twitter, it seems that the April release will come with the bonus swappable Max Flare Tire and flame effect, and then Midnight Shadow and Funky Spike will follow in May and June respectively

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Joining the Tire Koukan line next month it seems TK-06 Machine Chaser will be more of an all inclusive package than we thought. Not only will he include his Break Gunner weapon but also all 3 weapons accessed from his Chaser Spider, Chaser Bat, & Chaser Cobra Viral Cores! This new image of Machine Chaser also confirms his compatibility with Kamen Rider Drive’s Tires!

So now we know that Machine Chaser can steal and use Shift Cars as recent episodes have shown, the toy demonstrates his ability to use Drive’s Tires, and we know that in the near future his bike the Ride Chaser will have a combination features with Kamen Rider Mach’s Ride Macher. What do all these bits of information amount to? We’ll find out in the coming months.

For now be sure to pick up TK-06 Machine Chaser which releases in December for 3456 yen.

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Just over 2 weeks ago the Tamashii Nations 2014 event was held in Japan. As is always the case the event held a number of spectacular reveals for Tokusatsu and non-toku fans alike. Even after the event ended the Tamashii Features twitter account was still sending out official hi-res images for each of the items on display, in some cases giving us our first official looks at items under photo bans. Well today brings us an AVALANCHE of new images running down the list of the tokusatsu items on display that were under such bans!

S.H. Figuarts – Kamen Rider
– Machine Chaser
– Ride Chaser
– Tridoron
– Kamen Rider Drive Type Speed
– Max Flare, Funky Spike, Midnight Shadow, Justice Hunter, Spin Mixer, & Dream Vegas Tires
– Kamen Rider Gaim Ichigo (strawberry) Arms
– Suika Arms (Gaim version)
– Suika Arms (Baron Version)
– Overlord Baron
– Kamen Rider Ryugen Kiwi Arms
– Kamen Rider Ryugen Yomotsu Heguri ARms
– Kamen Rider Knuckle Kurumi Arms
– Kamen Rider Sigurd
– Kamen Rider Marika
– Kamen Rider Kurokage Shin
– Kamen Rider Mars
– Kamen Rider Kamuro
– Kamen Rider Jam

 
S.H. Figuarts – Metal Heroes
– Kabutack Super Mode
– Janperson

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The full music video for Kamen Rider Drive’s theme song, SURPRISE-DRIVE is now online!

This excellent musical production is brought to life by Mitsuru Matsuoka and the new group Earnest Drive.  The song will be officially released on home media December 3rd.

 

 

 

 

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Thanks to @Toy_empire  on Twitter we have a first look at Bandai of America‘s Dino Charge Morpher from Power Rangers Dino Charge! This brief video gives us an idea of  how it works and the sound effect it makes!  As TokuNation has been reporting Dino Charge toys have been showing up all across the US, mostly at Toys R Us retail stores. Make sure you stop by your local store to collect them all!

If you’ve found new Power Rangers Dino Charge toys – tell us! Tell your fellow collectors! Post your sighting in our state-by-state Sightings forum! Don’t forget you can also tweet us your finding @TokuNation on Twitter and we’ll retweet it to the rest of Ranger Nation!

under Kamen Rider, Ultraman

It’s almost December which means time to get ready for that Holliday shopping. For those out there looking to get the perfect stocking stuffer for that special Toku fan, there’s Super Hero Generations: a crossover title involving Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Mobile Suit Gundam which was released on PS3 and PS Vita just last month.

For those still on the fence on picking this title up, multiple videos have found their way onto Youtube. Of note, we have the game’s opening cinematic with Psychic Lover singing the opening theme song

Along with that, we have a couple of gameplay videos of note we have the very first stage of the game which introduces Ultraman Tiga and Kamen Rider Den-O and the stages that introduce Ultraman Ginga and Kamen Rider OOO, the OOO stage seems to be following the Megamax plot with some slight alteration: