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A few new images have surfaced online, giving us our first real look at the face behind the 15th Hesei Era Kamen Rider!

According to The Tokusatsu Network, Kamen Rider Drive’s true name is Shinnosuke Tomari.  He is described as a car fanatic and police officer in his off-hours. The Drive transformation works by changing a Shift Car into Lever Mode and then inserting it to the Shift Bracelet. Perhaps the most surprising news from the scans thus far is the Drive Driver TALKS to Shinnosuke during combat & offers him helpful advice! 

If all goes well, Kamen Rider Drive should begin airing the first weekend in October! Stay tuned to TokuNation until then for further details!

 

Thanks again to The Tokusatsu Network for translating these scans!

under Conventions, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers

One of the most debated items from this year’s San Diego Comic Con 2014 was the individual zords that make up the Power Rangers Dino Charge Megazord. As you may recall, the triceratops belonging to the Pink Ranger was colored purple, and the statement made to us was that a pink colored component on a toy targeted to boys wouldn’t sell. Thanks to ODot92 from RangerCrew.com, we learned that Bandai of America had changed their tune due to fan outrage and had decided to color it pink instead. As Power Morphicon went forward, Bandai of America changed their reasoning, saying that the triceratops was simply colored wrong from the manufacturer and was always meant to be pink. To showcase their change, it was purposely put at the front and middle of their display as every attendee walked in to the convention floor. What is the truth in the story? Who knows and frankly who cares – we have a pink triceratops again and that is all that matters!

Now, Bandai of America uses the Zord Builder feature on all their zords. That poses a slight problem with the Japanese counterpart from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, which relies on the batteries to make the actual connection to the other zords. With that in mind, we asked Bandai of America what purpose the Chargers will have in the toy line since they will be sticking with the Zord Builder combination feature.

For starters, each zord will have a feature to be unlocked by using the charger. The Red Ranger‘s zord will have the “spike hairs” pop up, the Blue Ranger‘s zord will have the spikes on the back of the body stand up, and the Pink Ranger‘s zord will have the drill pop out from the tail. At this time, there are no plans to have the Chargers unlock sound in the Megazord.

Once again, if this is a deal breaker for you, we suggest importing the Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger version of this figure now before prices go up as they always tend to do when the Power Rangers version comes out. But please check out 40 images of the Power Rangers Dino Charge Megazord. We tried to get as many different angles of the combined form for you so you can make your own judgement on this upcoming figure. Please join our discussion thread and share your thoughts!

under Conventions, Power Morphicon

Now that most wary travelers who spent their weekend and their mortgages at Power Morphicon are returning home, this one included, we have plenty of pictures to upload and share with you on our adventure in Pasadena. One of the places we went to was none other than the Bandai of America booth at Power Morphicon – and we spent many hours there talking with Bandai of America as well as taking tons and tons of pictures for you all to enjoy and eagerly anticipate the release of various items.

This time we are bringing you the two roleplay items – the as-of-yet-unnamed Dino Charge saber weapon and the Dino Charge morpher. First thing first – the morpher is smaller than it’s Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger counterpart. Also, it does not appear to be able to take more than one charger (battery) at a time. If that’s a make or break deal for you then you’d better hit up online retailers and middle-men services to get your Gaburevolver before the prices skyrockets much like the Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Mobirates did.

Enjoy 15 images of these upcoming items. What’s your opinion – are you going to get the Power Rangers Dino Charge morpher, or are you going to stick with your Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Gaburevolver instead? Sound off in our discussion thread!

under Conventions, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers

Unfortunately, Power Morphicon is now over until 2016. The good news is we still have plenty of updates to give you from all the great stuff shown at this year’s convention! On display at the Bandai of America booth was the first look of a number of toys coming out for the 2015 line from Power Rangers Dino Charge.

The bike in this gallery is the American adaption of the Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Deinochaser motorcycle. The biggest difference that we can spot right away, just from looking at the toy, is that it will not have a battery connecting the bikes. In fact, it was unclear to us if the bikes actually detach from one another at all. The bike looks to be of a similar play pattern of other “Rangers with Bikes” toys that have come out for Power Rangers in the last few years. Please keep in mind – this is a prototype and not retail-ready so changes to the colors, paint decorations, and other things can change.

Check out 19 images by clicking the title bar of the story! Are you ready for Power Rangers Dino Charge?

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In addition to the DX Yomotsu Heguri Lock Premium Bandai’s also put up the web listing for Yomotsu Heguri’s Arms Change figure first revealed a few weeks prior.

The new image shows him wielding the Budou Ryuho and Kiwi Gekirin weapons, they haven’t shown off the Overlord assortment as of yet though.

AC Ryugen Yomotsu Heguri Arms will retail for 4,320 yen and will ship out in January 2015. Be sure to secure yours from you’re preferred middleman!

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Dino Buckler!

It’s time folks! The final S.H. Figuarts release from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger is here! Recently released as a Tamashii Web Exclusive in Japan, today we’re looking at S.H. Figuarts Tiger Ranger!

Tiger Ranger is the final member to be released to complete your team of Zyurangers or Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and man does this figure pack a punch! Included with Boi are of course the trade mark weapons he needs like his Saber Daggers. But also thrown in there is the final piece to complete the mighty Howling Cannon AKA the Power Blaster from MMPR! As another excellent release based around the Zyuranger body, S.H. Figuarts Tiger Ranger is the perfect final addition to any Zyuranger or Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Collection.

There’s also a female bodied version of this figure just released by Bluefin as the original MMPR Yellow Ranger for North American markets. So there hasn’t been a release of this actual Tiger Ranger figure seen here in domestic markets outside Japan. As is this guy is starting to fetch a pretty penny on the secondary market so if you’d rather own this version you may want to look sooner than later. And if you’re interested to see the female bodied Yellow Ranger we’ll have a gallery of it coming up later this week as well!

For now if you’d like to check out a 70 image gallery of S.H. Figuarts Tiger Ranger then click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken right to the thread!

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Bandai Premium has opened a new page for one last DX LockSeed & Sengoku faceplate set, featuring YomotsuHeguri Lock– the strange new power granted to Kamen Rider Ryugen.

In addition, a video demo of this new LockSeed has also come online:

 

The DX YomotsuHeguri Set will be released in December 2014 and costs a mere 2160 Yen before shipping and fees.

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Revealed just a few days ago, we have our first prototype images of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Baron Lemon Energy Arms! This figure will be released as a Tamashii Nations 2014 exclusive, retailing for 5000 yen at the show this fall.

However don’t be too worried about trying to get this figure. In years past Tamashii Nations show exclusives have been made available to order on the Tamashii Web Exclusive Store at a later date. Previous examples being Ryuki Blank Form & Den-O Super Climax. So there’s probably a good chance this will be available for order there.

For now check out the images after the jump!

under Conventions, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers

It’s time to get ready and charge up our coverage of Power Morphicon! 

Veteran to the Power Rangers franchise and executive producer for Dino Charge, Judd “Chip” Lynn”, was kind enough to share an incredible Dino Charge teaser video at the just concluded Saban Brands’ Panel.  This teaser has it all. Shots of our rangers in action, of the pre-historic dinosaurs guarding the mystical Energems, and our very first look at a brand new villain, completely original to Dino Charge! This new as yet unnamed character does not originate from any Sentai footage! IT IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN IF THIS IS A NEW VILLAIN TO THE SERIES OR IF THIS WAS CREATED SIMPLY FOR THE MARKETING TRAILER. SABAN BRANDS DID NOT VERIFY.

On top of that, while our own Kickback was behind the camera catching the teaser video, he also spun around to give us an HD look at the new rangers themselves! Introduced to attendees, and the world, for the first time are the Power Rangers Dino Charge! 

Be sure to follow the new Power Rangers Dino Charge on social media as well! Thanks to Nightmere10 of the Power Scoop for compiling this info!

Dino Charge Red – Brennan Mejia @BrennanMejia on twitter
Dino Charge Blue – Yoshi Sudarso (previous PR suit actor for live events) @Yoshistunts on twitter
Dino Charge Pink – Camille Hyde @MimiHyde on twitter (account currently protected)
Dino Charge Green – Michael Taber @PutItOnMyTable on twitter
Dino Charge Black – James Davies @BrenanDavies on twitter

Let’s get charged up for a pre-historic 2015!

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Power Morphicon continues in sunny Pasadena California! And kicking off today’s festivities our men on the inside, Kickback & Trekkieb47, just attended the Saban Brand’s Panel! 

Here’s the breakdown of the information they had to share, with images!

  • Shout! Factory has skipped this panel in favor of the MMPR one.
  • Andrew Gray discussed actor  inspired rewrites. Quoted as saying “There will be a lot more explanation” to a huge crowd cheer. More easter eggs  for fans with the final episodes.
  • Full Power Rangers Dino Charge Cast revealed! A first for the franchise, we have an African American Pink Ranger played by Camille Hyde! Character names yet to be revealed at this time however.
  • Apparently the Dino Charge video showed a new unique villain not adapted from Kyoryuger footage.
  • However Chaos from Kyoryuger confirmed to be the Bounty Hunter Sludge for Dino Charge

Dino Charge Cast details courtesy of The Power Scoops Nightmere10!

Red – Brennan Mejia @BrennanMejia on twitter
Blue – Yoshi Sudarso (previous PR suit actor for live events) @Yoshistunts on twitter
Pink – Camille Hyde @MimiHyde on twitter (account currently protected)
Green – Michael Taber @PutItOnMyTable on twitter
Black – James Davies @BrenanDavies on twitter

We’ll continue updating this post as more info becomes available!