The fan-favorite Arms Change action figure series isn’t over just yet!
Youtube reviewer k2eizo has put up a quick video demonstration of Premium Bandai Arms Change release 05- a two pack of Movie-exclusive characters Kamen Rider Mars and Kamen Rider Kamuro.
If you were lucky enough to preorder these figures, keep a close eye on your mailboxes- they should be available very soon!
Thanks to our good friends over at Rangercrew we have our first solid look at the soon to be released Power Rangers Dino Charge toyline!
– Dino Charge Morpher
– Dino Charge Cannon (morpher/saber combined)
– Dino Charge Ranger Training Sets (Red, Blue & Black rangers)
– Dino Charge Megazord
– Velociraptor Zord
– Cycle & Figure set
– 5″ Dino Charge Red Ranger
– Parasaurolophus Zord Armor
– T-Rex Zord Armor
Exact names for some of these items are yet to be confirmed, but it’s certainly an awesome initial wave of offerings. With the toys slated to hit stores sometime in the next few weeks we could being seeing these items in person very soon. We’ll continue to update this thread as we and our friends at Rangercrew continue to discover more information about this exciting new toyline.
On this weeks Let’s Watch Wednesdays with Power Rangers In Space it’s time for a little turtle power! The Power Rangers are about to meet the legendary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Plucked from their battles against the Shredder & Dragon Lord, Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, & Venus have arrived! But are they here to help the Power Rangers, or destroy them?! Despite Astronema’s meddling it won’t take long before our 10 heroes stand side by side! And this week the mysteries of Andros will also begin to unfold. On a quest to find his missing sister Karone and the monster who kidnapped her, Andros returns to his deserted homeworld KO-35. But an encounter with his old foe Ecliptor will change his plans. Will the rangers get closer to their goal of saving Zordon? Will Andros discover the truth about his past? Find out today on Power Rangers In Space!
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Let’s take a look this week at one of the central villains of In Space, Dark Specter. As you may or may not have noticed by now Dark Specter bears a strong (100% identical) resemblance to another past foe of the rangers. Maligore from, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. That’s because the Maligore costume was simply reused for Dark Specter, though Specter could speak and was quoted as being substantially more powerful. At least once within the show’s continuity this resemblance was remarked upon by Divatox, who herself almost wed Maligore in the Turbo movie.
Blatant costume reuse of this nature doesn’t happen quite that much these days but it’s fun to notice. Off and on over the years various re-releases of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie have even featured the Maligore/Dark Specter image in the background of the DVD cover as well. This is itself even more odd as the central villain of that film was Ivan Ooze.
A new preview has been posted online for an upcoming film project featuring Tsuburaya’s latest creation, Ultraman Ginga!
Ultraman Ginga S: SHOWDOWN! Ultra 10 Warriors! features ten Hesei-era Ultra Heroes in one climactic battle!
This new movie premieres in theaters on March 14, 2015!
Today’s news direct from Saban Brands to the Power Force members of the Power Rangers fandom (which includes TokuNation.com is a new contest in which you can design a T-Shirt and win a ton of awesome prizes! Saban Brands and Power Rangers have partnered with T-Shirt company Threadless and have announced the “Design a Power Rangers T-Shirt” contest. What are some of the prizes at stake? Well, the grand prize winner will get the following:
Sounds cool, right? There are some rules and stipulations however. For all the exact details, check out the official contest page. Submissions are now open and will stay open until December 1st, 2014. Get your submissions in! Best of luck, Ranger Nation!
A new photo has leaked out from the Kamen Rider Drive production crew, featuring the as-yet-unrevealed Kamen Rider Mach!
Mach is seen alongside the Roimude’s Grim Reaper, Machin Chaser– which seems to disprove the theory that Chase would become Mach later in the series.
DISCLAIMER- This is a behind-the-scenes shot. Any actual story details are unconfirmed by official sources at the time of writing.Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details!
A handful of new images from the upcoming Kamen Rider Drive X Kamen Rider Gaim Movie War FULL THROTTLE have been posted online.
These images are from the Gaim portion of the Movie War, highlighting several key events-
*Kouta’s return to Earth and battle against the strange new creature Megahex
*The reunion of the Kureshima brothers
*Professor Ryoma’s final experiment- DragonFruit Arms!
Movie War FULL THROTTLE premieres in theaters December 13 2014!
The first teaser for Ressha Sentai ToQGer VS Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger is now online!
Although brief it does show several nice action shots of both teams.
ToQGer VS Kyoryuger will be released on January 17 2015! Stay tuned to TokuNation until then as we keep you up to date on crossover news!
It’s time for another episode of the Talkin Toku Podcast! After a brief, unplanned hiatus, Kickback/Chris, Den-O/Jordan, and Sentai Tamashii/Tom are back to discuss all things tokusatsu!
The boys start the show off by discussing the revelations of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger and quickly morph themselves in to a deep conversation about Ressha Sentai ToQGer and whether or not TeiOh (the final mech from the show and toy line) is the final culmination of everything wrong with the show and the toy line.
The boys then discuss the Tamashii Nations Event – the things they can’t wait for, the things they were surprised to see, their favorite toku and non-toku item of the show. Can you guess before you listen which item each host is eagerly anticipating? We bet you can’t!
Jordan and Tom discuss everything Kamen Rider Drive from the premiere to current while Chris disappears to eat dinner. Do they like the show? Dislike the show? Does it compare to Kamen Rider Gaim? Should it even be compared? Listen in and find out!
On to a serious topic – the revelation of the USA edition of the Tamashii Web Shop, meaning items only available from middlemen in the past may be ordered direct on the US side from the shop. If it comes to that, what does that mean for Bluefin Tamashii Nations? The guys get in to a very deep conversation about Bluefin Tamashii Nations, Bluefin Distro Group, Bandai Japan, Bandai of America, and even bring in the world of Transformers to make their case for the conversation. If you’ve ever had an interest in some of the inside workings of why certain toys are released or why their colors don’t match up to their source material, listen to this segment!
The show ends with the guys discussing what’s coming next for TokuNation.com as well as some Halloween moments as Chris and Tom dressed up as Power Rangers for the festivities. We also announce our annual Toku Toy Box giveaway – you don’t want to miss this year’s stuff!!
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It looks like the Tamashii Features twitter account is still having some fun this week. Despite the Tamashii Nations 2014 event having been over for about a week now they continue to tweet out hi-res images of items that were on display at the show. In some cases giving us our first official look at some of the more secretive items on display.
Well today they’ve fully revealed S.H. Figuarts Tridoron from Kamen Rider Drive! This impressive vehicle looks to be just about the perfect scale replica of the real deal. Right down to what appears to be a fully detailed interior! We can assume for now that the incredible Pit diorama is jut for show purposes, but wouldn’t we all love to own something like that?