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It wasn’t too long ago that through the power of data mining image servers on Toys’R’Us that we saw the first reveal of upcoming Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Legacy 5″ Movie Figures featuring every color in the rainbow … except for the White Ranger. Thanks to our buddy Fury Diamond and his SamuraiCast.com blog we have the first image of the upcoming figure.

What are your thoughts of this figure and the rest of the figures for that matter? Do you plan to pick them up? Do you think we will see them at this year’s New York Comic Con 2014? Discuss away! And don’t forget to follow us on social media as we hit New York Comic Con 2014 by storm with on-the-ground correspondents and high definition photos of everything revealed at the show!

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Power Rangers and Crayola are teaming up in 2015 to bring a whole new product line to shelves featuring the upcoming series Power Rangers Dino Charge! Coming in 2015 you will see color-by-number products, no-mess coloring pads, giant coloring pads, and more! The prices are slated to be between $4.99 and $7.99 and will be available wherever Crayola products are sold.

You can read the official press release through the Digital Journal. This is a huge partnership for the Power Rangers franchise and helps show a lot of faith in the upcoming Dino Charge series. What do you think? Join in our discussion and share your thoughts!

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A new round of toy scans has surfaced online. This gives us our first look at the secondary rider for the newly-begun series. A new warrior known as Kamen Rider Mach will be joining the Drive team!

Kamen Rider Mach uses another set of miniature vehicles tentatively known as Signal Bikes for his powers, with changes in Machs’ combat style represented by a road sign on the new Rider’s chest. Mach’s powers come from the Mach Driver a device that scans the Signal Bikes.

Kamen Rider Mach reverts to the traditional Rider transportation methods; his main vehicle is a white motorcycle known as the Rider Macher. Interestingly, the scans demonstrate a combination feature between the Ride Macher & enemy Machin Chaser’s Ride Chaser. What might this mean for the future adventures of Kamen Riders Mach & Drive? Only time will tell! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Kamen Rider Drive news!

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The official Tamashii Nations blog has just released some brand new images of the forthcoming web exclusive Blue Beet and Black Beet S.H. Figuarts figures, and along with them comes a shadowy picture of the remaining members of the Juukou B-Fighter team – G-Stag and Reddle! That’s right, the complete team will indeed be coming to the Figuarts line.

Western toku fans may better know these characters as the Green Hunter and Red Striker Beetleborgs from Big Bad Beetleborgs, the series which Saban adapted Juukou B-Fighter into.

No release date has been given for these two figures yet, but with the Tamashii Nations 2014 event coming at the end of the month more information could be coming soon. In the meantime, enjoy the teaser image along with the new images of Blue Beet (due for release in January) and Black Beet (due in March)!

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Bandai Japan’s official YouTube channel has uploaded a promo of the DX Tridoron (and yes, that appears to be the official English spelling)- the vehicle belonging to Kamen Rider Drive! This lets us see the transforming features in detail for the first time, and offers a hint regarding how future Tires will be available in the television program.

DX Tridoron is fully compatible with the Tire Koukan toy series, and is sold with the Speed Shadow Tire and the Shadow Shift Car. Altogether this set will cost you 7344 Yen. If you’re interested keep an eye on the import stores; DX Tridoron will be released October 18th!

 

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This show sneaks up on everyone every year! And in case you forgot … New York Comic Con 2014 is only a couple of days away! TokuNation.com is pleased to announce that we will be in attendance to cover this year’s show to bring you all the tokusatsu news from Bandai of America and Bluefin Tamashii Nations! Are we going to see the new Ranger Keys? Remember – last year at NYCC 2013 Bandai of America announced a mass release for the Legacy Tommy Morpher as well as gave us our first look at the Legacy Dragonzord (which you saw first at TokuNation.com!)and Legacy Dragon Dagger AS WELL AS the first in package look at Power Rangers Super Megaforce.

So can we expect the update on the Ranger Keys, Power Rangers Dino Charge in package shots, and maybe Legacy Mighty Morphin Movie Figures? We don’t know for sure – but with Power Rangers Dino Charge figures rumored to release in literally under two months (right at Thanksgiving like with Megaforce and Super Megaforce), we’re expecting to see some cool stuff!

Please check out our entire network coverage for this year’s New York Comic Con! Coverage officially starts on Wednesday, October 8th for TFW2005.COM and ToyArk.com, with other coverage beginning Thursday, October 9th!

– TokuNation.com (Power Rangers, Kamen Rider, Godzilla, tokusatsu)
– TFW2005.COM (Transformers)
– ToyArk.com (Marvel, DC, LEGO, Sideshow, Hot Toys, McFarlane, and more!)
– HissTank.com (G.I. Joe … if there’s anything to see)

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Titanium Power!
Jungle beast, spirit unleashed!

TokuNation is back with another in our series of Titanium Powered galleries. But this time there’s a dose of something extra! With today’s gallery we take a look at the recently released Power Morphicon 2014 Exclusive Ranger Key Set! This set includes two of the most hotly demanded characters from Bandai’s Morphin’ Madness competition and in fact, these two went head to head in the final round. It’s Lightspeed Rescue’s Titanium Ranger & Jungle Fury’s Wolf Ranger!

 

This pair of keys was made to coincide with the Power Rangers Super Megaforce toyline and are entirely functional with the Legendary Morpher. When either key is used with the morpher the “Power Morphicon!” phrase is uttered and this special set is the only way to get either of these rangers in key form here in the US. Wolf Ranger, or rather his original counterpart Geki Violet, was released in the Gokaiger toyline some years back but the PMC exclusive is the only way to own an american version of the  key. Titanium Ranger however is a 100% original creation of the Power Rangers franchise! With no sentai counterpart he has never had a Ranger Key produced of him. So that makes this release truly special!

Check out a full 40 image gallery of this set after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post! Special thanks to site owner and admin Kickback for being awesome enough to pick this set up for me at PMC.

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Bandai Namco Games via their official Youtube channel just released the first preview trailer to their new IP: Kamen Rider Summon Ride.

This new video demonstrates just how exactly the Ride FIgures work in tandem with the different kind of Chips, along with giving us a glimpse at the gameplay which is very reminiscent of the Skylanders franchise:

The game will be released on the PS3 and Wii U December 4th 2014 in a big set that includes a Ride Gate, three Ride Figures(Drive, Gaim, Wizard) , and four Ride Chips(Kachidoki Arms, Shin Zangetsu, Wizard All Dragon, and a mystery Chip) all for 8,550 yen.

Due note that the Wii U is region locked and thus Summon Ride will not work on consoles released outside of Japan. For the majority of us that will be importing this game, the region-free PS3 is the way to go.

 

 

 

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After a whirlwind year of fruit warriors, plant aliens, dance battles, and evil corporations a new rider show is upon us. With Kamen Rider Gaim out the door it’s time today for Kamen Rider Drive!

Kamen Rider Drive premieres today October 4th (5th in Japan) at 7PM EST. TokuNation and some of it’s staff will be tuning in to today’s live stream of the 1st episode of Drive titled “Why Has My Time Stopped?” Todays episode will introduce us to our hero Shinnosuke Tomari/Drive, a rookie officer in the Tokyo Metro Police who fights against the evil Roymudo.

If you have the chance and are ready to see how this new rider shapes up before subs are available we invite you to join us in our live viewing by following this link to Taima.Tv. They play miscellaneous programs up until the Super Hero Time shows begin, but check back at 7PM Eastern Standard Time for Kamen Rider Drive.

To join in on our community discussion of this inaugural episode click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums at the bottom of this post. Get ready to drive the Kamen Rider!

Start Your Engine!

 

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The first piece of Kamen Rider Drive’s Tire Koukan (meaning Exchange) toyline has been released in Japan, and Youtube reviewer WotakuFighter offers us a close look at this new action figure!

TK-01 comes with the Speed and Flare Tires. The price is a modest 3200 Yen so if you’re interested check out the seller of your choice to confirm purchase!