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Bandai of America has announced the Power Rangers version of the Skylanders gimmick with the Power Ranger Hero Port game from New York Toy Fair.

The collectable figurines utilizes RFID chips to scan the Rangers into the game , with the game itself having been worked into the actual controller so a major platform will not be required to play Hero Port.

You’ll be getting Super Megaforce Red and Blue with the game additional rangers can unlocked additiona levels and stages to play through.  The rest of the team will be divided up into sets each costing about 9.99 according to listings from Amazon.uk.

 

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The good people at RangerCrew have put up a brief new promo highlighting the return of Power Rangers Super Megaforce to Nickelodeon, which is just a few short weeks away!

This promo features a few clips from the final unaired episodes, including the Ranger’s ultimate battle with Prince Vekar!

Power Ranges Super Megaforce returns with new episodes on August 30 at 12pm! Don’t forget to tune in!

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It’s time for another update from our site sponsor BigBadToyStore.com! For those who don’t know – BigBadToyStore.com is often able to get various convention exclusive items to resell to collectors. It’s a great way for you to pick up a figure without having to pay extreme eBay or Amazon prices. Check out some of the newly arrived items below!

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And of course, don’t forget to get your pre-orders in for these figures! Some of these release this month – notably the S.H. Figuarts! Some are exclusive, so without a middleman it’s tough to get these. They will be in hot demand so don’t miss your chance to grab ’em while they have ’em!

PRE-ORDERS ARRIVING SOON

To check out the full newsletter of new items that have arrived and new pre-orders, including Hot Toys Optimus Prime, new Third Party Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more, simply click the Read More portion! Check out BigBadToyStore.com for all your tokusatsu needs!!

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Melon!

The third release of the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gaim line from Tamashii Nations is none other than the original melon warrior – Kamen Rider Zangetsu! A general release item, this figure retailed between 4,000 and 5,000 yen depending on where you ordered it from and at the time of this gallery and review is still readily available online as well as your favorite import shops (though prices will vary).

Kamen Rider Zangetsu, for those who do not follow the show Kamen Rider Gaim (you NEED to go watch it RIGHT NOW), is the prototype suit for Takatora, one of the heads of the Yggdrasill corporation. It is the first Armored Right suit to be made and was the test suit for all the others. The suit was only used in the show for the first 12 episodes or so of Kamen Rider Gaim before Takatora took up the Energy Rider suit known as Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin (which has it’s S.H. Figuart release later this month!). The suit does appear again in the latter part of the 30’s in the show, but you’ll have to watch it for yourself as we do not believe in spoiling major story elements in our reviews!

Check out 55 images by clicking ”Discuss on TokuNation forums!” as well as to read the full review! You can also click “Read More” to simply read the rest of the review and check out the highlight images of the gallery.

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Thanks to an article at Variety.com, we have the first tentative release date for the upcoming sequel to the blockbuster hit Godzilla movie that was released earlier this year. If you remember, at San Diego Comic Con it was announced that the sequel was happening and would include a plethora of fan-favorite monsters to battle our lizard hero. But now we have a date.

Godzilla 2 is scheduled for release in June 2018. That’s quite a bit of a wait for a sequel (4 years!) but will it be worth it? Come and discuss!

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Our friends at HenshinJustice.com have landed an exclusive interview with the executive producer of the upcoming Power Rangers Dino Charge season, Judd Lynn! In the interview, Judd discusses things from how he came to become the new executive producer (replacing Jonathon Tzachor), his familiarity with the source material Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, the skipped series Go-Busters, and of course, Koichi Sakamoto.

Click here to check out the interview! Our friends online have been searching for any and all Power Rangers Dino Charge news, and speculation has the show beginning to film in October 2014 for the first 22 episode run in early 2015. We will most likely have more concrete details once next week’s Power Morphicon happens.

Are you excited for Power Rangers Dino Charge? Join in the discussion!

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If you’re a fan of Transformers then I don’t need to introduce you to Marcelo Matere because chances are you’ve already seen his work or you’ve met him personally at the various Transformers conventions. But if you’re not familiar with him or his work, please allow us the pleasure of introducing you!

Marcelo Matere has been a Transformers artist for over a decade now and has been working on official Hasbro products for years. Chances are you probably own a product that has his artwork as the packaging art. I personally have known Marcelo for many, many years now and consider him a dear friend. And I know just how amazing of an artist he is when it comes to drawing robots. So when I learned that he was going to be attending San Diego Comic Con 2014 I decided to see if he would do a commission work for me – I wanted to see how amazing he could make the Dragonzord and the original Megazord look as they engage each other in battle.

I was blown away as was everyone else I showed the artwork to – including Bandai of America. Even without the use of colors and just markers he managed to capture exactly what I wanted – an epic piece of artwork depicting everyone’s two favorite zords battling it out. Check out the image by clicking the news story.

Be sure to follow Marcelo Matere and let him know how much you love his work! I think everyone in Ranger Nation will agree – this guy needs to be doing professional work for Power Rangers!

– Follow Marcelo @marcelomatere on Twitter!
– Be sure to “Like” his work at Facebook.com/MarceloMatereArt
– Visit his professional website at www.marcelomatere.com
– Check out his Deviant Art profile at MarceloMatere.DeviantArt.com

A huge special thanks to our good friend Marcelo Matere who we got to spend some time with (but not nearly enough time) at this year’s San Diego Comic Con 2014. Please be sure to give this guy tons of love!

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It’s time to shift into excitement! Kamen Rider Drive is fully revealed in this latest image from TagHobby! It’s an interesting design to say the least, but it clearly matches up with the TK-O1 Drive figure that was revealed earlier today.

Discuss what you think on our forums in the ongoing Drive Rumors & Speculations thread. We’ll be sure to update you with more and better images as they become available.

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Great news Power Rangers fans! The reboot movie of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers now has a release date – and that date is July 22nd, 2016! Join in our discussion of the movie reboot and what you want to see! If you use social media, please use #PowerRangers to share your excitement! We are happy to confirm this news through Saban Brands.

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Bonjour!

Bandai is back at it again with the second release in their Premium Arms Change line! ACPB02 is none other than Kamen Rider Bravo! And today we’re here to take an in depth look at Mister Dangerous himself, in more ways than one.

As always seems to be the case with Arms Change figures Bravo is yet another home run. More than a simple repaint/remold Bravo features extensive retooling of the Baron/Gridon/Duke base body. But more importantly he comes with his brand new Durian Arms and his signature weapons the Duri Nokos! If you thought Bujin Gaim was a premium release then allow Bravo to redefine what Premium really means for Arms Change. This figure is beautifully painted and detailed, despite being from what was originally just a mass retail gimmick line. This militant pastry chef mercenary nutjob will sit proudly on a shelf with the rest of your Arms Change collection and look incredibly good while doing it.

After the jump we’ve assembled a full 80 image gallery of this wonderful figure including more than a few fun ones. Also included is as many Arms Changes as  you can make with EVERY figure in the line right now thanks to Bravo! But before you check out our selection of images by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” be sure to look bellow for another wonderful video review by the one and only Baltmatrix! We’ll be trying to coordinate in the future to bring you more of these timed gallery & video pairings as well!