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The 9th annual Toku Toy Box Giveaway has come to an end! With a TON of galleries posted in the year 2020 making our users eligible for entry, it was anyone’s game to win. As with previous years, we’ve dispensed with doing large prize packs for a small number of winners, in favor of opening things up so we can split multiple prizes up among multiple winners. That means that for the 2019 into 2020 giveaway celebrating our 9th anniversary, we have 6 winners in total!!

And once again, we wanted your prizes to be total surprises. So the winners won’t know what they’re getting, until it arrives! It’s our way of giving the community a belated Secret Santa each year. The only thing that we ask, as always, is that if a prize is something you already own or do not want, please pay it forward. We’d just ask that you pass the good will along to someone else who could use a little good luck to kick their new year off right.

Now, without further adieu, the 6 winners of the 9th Toku Toy Box are:

– Matrixbeast
– GreenPsychoRanger
– GurrenPrime
– Tokumonkey
– FreshToku
– ShiShiLeo

Each of you can expect a PM shortly informing you of your victory and requesting your shipping address! And please let us know when your prizes arrive with a post in our recent hauls thread or on the social media of your choosing. Just make sure to tag us! And of course, CONGRATULATIONS!

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Here’s a brand new sponsor update from our friends at BigBadToyStore.com!  Check the new pre-orders and new arrivals below and start your new off right – with some new toys from BigBadToyStore.com!

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NEW PRE-ORDERS
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Hasbro and threezero are thrilled to present you Optimus Prime from the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen film as the next figure in the Transformers DLX Collectible Figure Series! From Moon Studios comes a series of robot figures which transform from robots into different types of trains. Collect transforming figures MSO1 through MSO6 and you can combine them to form Radiatron! The next figure from Injustice: Gods Among Us by Storm Collectibles is Ares! Joy Toy’s modern military vehicle series continues with the 09st Legion FEAR (Assault) Mech! Tons of new Banpresto figures are now available from your favorite animes. From Fresh Monkey Fiction comes the newest wave of Amazing Heroes. Wave 6 includes Atoman, Vulcan, Black Fury, Black Cobra, Lash Lightning, The Claw, Captain Tootsie, and The Blue Flame! Mechagodzilla from the Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) thunders its way into the Deforeal series line-up! From Mega Man X4, the protagonist appears wearing the full Force Armor and joins Kotobukiya’s plastic model lineup with a new red coloring in this Force Armor Rising Fire version.
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NEW ARRIVALS
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Rathalos is here! The S.H.MonsterArts Rathalos figure features immense details and several accessories including a pair of interchangeable eyes, flame breath effects, and interchangeable flight parts. Factory Entertainment brings high quality, officially licensed scaled prop replicas as seen in the Masters of the Universe. Hot Toy’s Iron Spider from the 2018 Spider-Man video game features a newly crafted masked head sculpt and a specialized body that allows great realistic poseability. X-Men Marvel Legends Nightcrawler is back in stock! Inspired by the classic animated TV show, PCS Collectibles is proud to present the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1:8 Scale Statue collection! Crafted from the designs of Weta Digital – the visual effects team behind Alita: Battle Angel – this 1:1 scale prop of the Damascus Blade is an exact replica of the weapon wielded on screen.

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2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the legendary Kamen Rider franchise, and a big anniversary calls for a big celebration!

Toei has officially announced that they will be uploading episodes of Kamen Rider to the Toei Tokusatsu World channel on YouTube with official English subtitles. The current plan is to release 1-2 episodes a week, encompassing EVERY Kamen Rider series!

This is a monumental opportunity for Kamen Rider fans to view the franchise in full official detail.

Kamen Rider will be added to Toei Tokusatsu World beginning January 16, 2021!

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“Alpha, Rita’s escaped! Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude!”

10,000 years ago the evil witch Rita Repulsa waged a war against the forces of good, but standing in her way was the mighty Zordon of Eltar! A wise wizard of the light, Zordon and his allies rallied the forces of good for as long as they could, until Rita banished him to a trans-dimensional time warp. Likewise Zordon managed to seal the witch and her henchman away for eternity, almost. Knowing she may escape one day Zordon prepared for her return, taking up watch on Earth from his Command Center with his friend and caretaker Alpha 5. With the original 5 Power Coins in his possession, Zordon would be ready when the time came, to create the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!

Finally the mentor of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and his ally arrive. It’s been 10 years since the last attempt to make Alpha 5 & Zordon in a retail toyline. This go around they come in the collector oriented Power Rangers Lightning Collection in 6″ scale and feature stellar articulation on Alpha and electronic lights for Zordon. Surprisingly Alpha is an incredibly dynamic figure while Zordon is the static piece you’d most likely have expected. The only accessory included in the set is a really wonderful call back to the very first episode of hte series, Alpha’s teddy bear which he holds tightly when finding out Rita has escaped. Overall this 2-pack does everything it sets out to do and gives us a really version of both characters in this line.

You can check out the full gallery & review of the Power Rangers Lightning Collection Alpha 5 & Zordon Set in the thread linked below by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. And remember, commenting in this gallery thread will qualify you for one (1) additional entry in our annual TOKU TOY BOX giveaway! Offical rules HERE.

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Bandai Japan has released some official images for the first pieces of merchandise from the 45th Super Sentai series, Kikai Sentai Zenkager!

This is the DX GearTLinger, the main weapon and henshin device used by the Zenkaigers. The GearTLinger is powered by Sentai Gear– containing the energies of the previous Super Sentais.

The DX GearTLinger comes with two Sentai Gear- #45 Zenkaiger and #16 Zyuranger. Currently this DX item is scheduled for release on March 6 2021 with a price of 4950 Yen.

A Gear Holder will also be released, featuring three more Sentai Gear- #25 Gaoranger, #29 Magiranger & #30 Boukenger. This release is priced at 2750 Yen.

OR, a special release consisting of the GearTLinger, Holder & five Sentai Gear will be released for 7700 Yen.

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You now have zero excuses not to watch Garo.

To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the original broadcast of Garo, the Tohokushina Film Corporation has released the remastered version of the series with English subtitles on YouTube with no restrictions – meaning anyone in the world can watch Garo!  On top of that there is now an English, Thai, and Chinese language version of the Garo-Project website.

Currently only the first two episodes are available but we imagine the rest will be released over the course of the next month.

Click here for Episode 01 and click here for Episode 02.

More and more tokusatsu continues to become accessible to the rest of the world.  What series or franchise will be next?

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LET’S ROCKET!  

 

New solicitations have been released from our friends at BOOM! Studios, among them, is an all-new comic one-shot focusing on the Princess of Darkness, Astronema herself!

Titled Power Rangers: Unlimited Heir to Darkness, the book will cover Astronema’s untold origins, the events from this book will tie directly into Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers books themselves.

Power Rangers Unlimited: Heir To The Darkness will be available on March 31st, 2021.

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A new challenger has appeared in the world of Kamen Rider Saber and our latest round of Magazine scans showcases a brand new Rider that will be entering the fray: say hello to Saikou, the Swordsman of Light!

The main gimmick with Kamen Rider Saikou is that the sword itself is sentient. The suit is just a shadow, conjured up for the purposes of wielding the sword itself while in battle but can be wielded by other Riders as demonstrated by Saber in the magazine scans. Further details pending, but we’ll be sure to notify you once any more updates become available.

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Details for the latest Super Sentai series: Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger are beginning to trickle in and after several leaks, we finally have our first set of magazine scans making the rounds online. These latest scans give us another look at the Kikanoid suits in more detail; each Kikanoid will have his/her own personal sidearm inspired by the mecha that they are based on.

 

In addition, the magazine scan gives us a look at the GearTlinger, the personal sidearm of Zenkaiser, and how the Gears will interact with it. Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger is scheduled to air on March 7th, 2021, there’s still much we don’t know about this exciting addition to the Super Sentai family so be sure to check back with us at TokuNation, and we’ll be sure to update you with more info becomes available.

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“All that’s left is your obsession with Amazons!”
“That was there from the very beginning!”

Continually hunted by 4C, Haruka Mizusawa stumbles onto the darkest secret yet in the history of the Amazon Cells. In a quiet mountain village children are cared for until they can find new homes. At least, that’s the cover story. In reality this is a farm for growing meat. Young Amazons are grown and sold to wealthy humans as livestock, eaten as a delicacy. Darker still, these children are bred from the blood of Jin Takayama, miraculously still alive. This horrific new iteration of the Sigma Project brings Amazon Alpha & Amazon Omega together for their final climactic battle. The Final Judgement is here.

It’s been a long time coming for me to review this set. Having collected every other release from Kamen Rider Amazons, I simply couldn’t pass up on this one any longer. Based on the Amazons film The Last Judgement, this set recreates Kamen Rider’s Amazon Alpha & Amazon Omega in their final blood splattered appearances. Remolded and repainted with copious battle damage, these two look live they’ve been through hell, and they really have. While they may seem like superfluous releases to many, they’re absolutely necessary to me. Check out our comprehensive list of Amazons related gallery below to catch up with everything we’ve reviewed for this series:

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha (2nd Season Version)
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Omega
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon New Omega
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazons Alpha & Omega The Last Judgement Set
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Sigma
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Neo
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Neo Alpha
S.H. Figuarts Mole Amazon
S.H. Figuarts Crow Amazon
S.H. Figuarts Jungraider Gallery
S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Amazon

You can check out the full gallery & review of the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazons Alpha & Omega The Last Judgement Set in the thread linked below by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. And remember, commenting in this gallery thread will qualify you for one (1) additional entry in our annual TOKU TOY BOX giveaway! Offical rules HERE.