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The 7th annual Toku Toy Box Giveaway has come to an end! With a total of 54 galleries from 2018 making our users eligible for entry, it was anyone’s game to win. As stated with the announcement of this year’s giveaway, we aren’t doing big huge prize packs anymore. Instead we split things up to allow more people the chance to enjoy the giveaway this year. That means that for the 2017/2018 giveaway celebrating our 7th anniversary, we have 7 winners total!!

And for this year, we wanted your prizes to be total surprises. So the winners won’t know what they’re getting, until it arrives! 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 year off right.

Now, without further adieu, the 7 winners of the 7th Toku Toy Box are:

-ARGiammarco
-Switchblade
-Talisman
-decepticusprime
-Golden King
-losondro
-Blade Fang

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 he social media of your choosing. Just make sure to tag us! And of course, CONGRATULATIONS!

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LET’S MORPHIN!

Thanks to our friends over at The Power Scoop, new set photos were spotted online from the filming of the much anticipated Power Rangers Beast Morphers, the filming took place at Spark Arena New Zealand around December 12th 2018.

The photos show what looks to be Beast Morphers Red Ranger wearing a rather peculiar set of armor. For fans of the Super Sentai counterpart: Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, you may know that the team acquires an upgrade called Powered Custom but the armor Red is using doesn’t appear to be Powered Custom at all but something else entirely. In addition, Beast Morpher Silver was also spotted on set.

Unfortunately, not much else is known about this cool new upgrade but it is certainly exciting to see Power Rangers own original take on the Go-Busters power sets, something that the series hasn’t really done outside of Megazord cockpits in quite awhile. 

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“Cattle don’t have dreams.”

Two years on from Neo’s death, Omega is hunted. Crossing the path of an unusual home for children and a man named Midou, a horrifying new iteration of the Sigma Project has been uncovered. As the hunters become the hunted, the man named Midou proclaims himself Amazon Neo Alpha, the one to surpass Jin Takayama and the original madness of the Amazon Cells.

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Neo Alpha is the latest and so far last release from the juggernaut Amazons franchise. A really interesting note to end the line on, Neo Alpha reuses the excellent Neo mold and incorporates new militarized elements to the design. Including a new arm weapon in the form of the Neo Amazon Sweeper, a combination chainsaw & machine gun! Opinions may vary on the Amazons The Last Judgement film, and most will find the Midou/Neo Alpha character to be very hollow, but as far as I’m concerned this figure is another winner from the Armour Zone.

We’ve attached the full 70+ image gallery to this post, but you can also read through our complete review thread by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. As you ring in the new year today, we wish you all the best! We’ll see you in 2019 for the announcement of Toku Toy Box winners and the prizes they will receive!

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“Those who betrayed me are far beyond forgiveness!”

The one and only Game Master returns! Deleted previously by Parad, Kuroto Dan’s data was scattered into the Proto Mighty Action X Gashat and seemingly lost. But thanks to Poppy, Kuroto’s data was recovered and the game master was reborn, as a Bugster! Now imbued with all the abilities of a Bugster, and begrudgingly joining up with the team at CR, Kuroto has returned to stop Parad, Masamune, and anyone else who gets in the way of his path to godhood!

S.H. Figuarts Shin Kuroto Dan represents this reprehensible rider after his rebirth as a Bugster in episode 31 of Ex-Aid. Taking on the moniker Shin (new), Kuroto begins to indulge in some of his wilder tendencies. This figure, while imperfect, certainly does a fair job of recreating the insanity of his character at this point as well. Civilian figuarts still aren’t incredibly common, so the expectations can be big surrounding releases such as this. Couple that with the inclusion of the Continue Pipe the character is infamous for, and collectors had high hopes over this release. So how did it turn out in the end?

We’ve attached the full 50+ image gallery to this post, but you can read our in depth review of Shin Kuroto Dan after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums”. We’ll be back soon with a brand new gallery from Kamen Rider Amazons: The Last Judgement! And don’t forget that this gallery enters you in for a chance to win one of a number of possible prizes in our annual Toku Toy Box giveaway! See that link for more details.

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While the next Super Sentai series, Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger, doesn’t officially begin airing until March of 2019 that doesn’t mean the toys won’t be heavily promoted leading up to their eventual release. Word on the street is Toei and Bandai Japan are going all-in for this series in hopes of turning what has felt like an inevitable tide of disappointing toy sales and show ratings for Super Sentai over the last few years.

Thanks to YouTube user ショウカイジャー we have our first look at some of the new toy offerings on display in a local shop in Japan. Check out the video below to see these glorious items in person (well, as in person as a video can be).

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2019 will see the debut of the much anticipated Kishiryu Sentai Ryuusouger. While many of us are still anticipating a cast reveal, fans will be disappointed to learn that we won’t have news regarding that this year. This is most likely due to the fact that Kishuryu Sentai Ryuusouger will have a late start on March 17th, 2019 at 9:30 AM, this is confirmed via a newspaper article that was posted earlier today.

We do, however, have new details regarding the show. We do know that the show’s head writer will be Junpei Yamaoko, his previous works include various J-Dramas and this will be his first Tokusatsu project.

Lastly, the show’s tagline will be “Five Swords to serve justice” and while Black And Green’s mecha are called Needlesaurus and Tigersarus respectively.

 

UPDATE:

Toei just launched the official website for 2019 confirming that the official spelling is Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger

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Iori Izumi was born into the head Oni family of the Kanto region. A prodigy driven by loyalty to his family, and to his duty to defeat the Makamou, Izumi fully abandoned his human identity and fully became the Oni of the Izumi family, Kamen Rider Ibuki! After nay years of waiting, this master Oni of Breath arrives blow away any Makamou that stand in his path. For the first time ever, Ibuki makes his debut in the S.H. Figuarts line as a Shinkocchou Seihou!

Kamen Rider Hibiki finally joined the S.H. Figuarts line for the first time over 4 years ago, as only the 2nd Shinkocchou Seihou release, which set the bar fairly high at the time. After a long wait Hibiki’s secondary rider has arrived, so what can you expect? Well Ibuki shares the same physical body as Hibiki, just with new cosmetic changes to the armor. Decked out with brass styled pipes mimicking the Ongekikan Reppuu instrument he uses to destroy Makamou. Much like Hibiki this figure is packed down with accessories including his transformation whistle Onibue, and 3 disc animals. It’s really the full package.

The full gallery is linked below, just click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” to be taken to the complete review. Remember, this gallery qualifies you for entry in our annual Toku Toy Box giveaway as well! As the upcoming holidays allow us, we’ll have at least a couple more new galleries for Toku Toy Box as well. Look out for Garo, Amazons, and Kamen Rider Ex-Aid content headed your way!

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The Super Sentai franchise is taking an unusual turn!

Following the conclusion of the current series Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger a special commemorative series known as the Super Sentai Strongest Battle will air in the normal timeslot, featuring 160 Sentai heroes facing off in a unique tournament to determine the strongest warrior in all of Super Sentai!

The tournament will be arranged into 35 teams with 5 members each. And a number of familiar faces will be returning for the featured team:


*Zyuoh Eagle/Yamato
*Gokai Red/Captain Marvelous
*Akaninger/Takaharu
*Sasori Orange/Stinger
*Toq 5/Kagura

And perhaps more Super Sentai veterans will drop in for the occasion!

This special tournament will begin February 17 2019!

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“Flame, Please.”

Haruto Soma was the only survivor of a dark Solar Eclipse ritual which saw the creation of a legion of monsters known as Phantoms. Assuming the likeness and identities of those humans they emerged from, Phantom’s invade the world of humans and use magic to wreak havoc. Only one man can stop them, the one who faced despair head on in the light of the eclipse and emerged to gain the power of magic from his hope. Haruto Soma became Kamen Rider Wizard!

FINALLY, after languishing for 6 years with one of the worst S.H. Figuarts ever made, the Shinkocchou Seihou renewal line has finally tackled the rider of hope! Kamen Rider Wizard Flame Style is possibly one of the most stunning and astounding figuarts I’ve ever handled. A magnificent recreation of a dynamic suit design, this stylish figure is everything that Wizard fans have ever wanted. Interchangeable Wizard Rings, a multi-mode WizardSwordGun, and fully poseable Wizard Robes(!), make this one of the nicest Seihou releases to date. But don’t just take my word for it, see 100+ images in our full gallery thread!

The full gallery is linked below, just click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” below to be taken to the complete review. Remember, this gallery qualifies you for entry in our annual Toku Toy Box giveaway as well! We’ll have another Toy Box gallery coming up this week to, as we revisit the Oni Riders of Kamen Rider Hibiki in over 4 years!

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For those of us that are just tuning in and missed the big announcement: Kishiryu Sentai Ryusouger was announced  as the 43rd Super Sentai series proceeding the currently airing Kaitou Sentai LupinRanger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger. Clearer versions of the initial toy catalog scans have been trickling out since then, and thanks to some new pages that have been uncovered we have some new details regarding this forthcoming series.

It’s been rumored for quite some time now that Super Sentai will be going on a bit of a break in February, that rumored break is now confirmed via these new scans. Kishiryu Sentai Ryusouger won’t be airing till March until then Toei will be releasing historical Super Sentai videos throughout February on YouTube. Rumour has it that Captain Marvelous/Ryota Ozawa of Gokaiger will be hosting hese videos, though nothing official has been confirmed regarding these videos, so please do take this with a grain of salt. 

In addition to that, clearer scans of both the roleplay toys and mecha were also released. The scan shows us a glimpse at how Ryusouger will transform and it seems like the team will perform some sort of dance before initiating the change, an element very reminiscent of Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.

There’s still a lot we don’t know about the new Sentai on the block, so stay tuned and we’ll keep you up to date as new info becomes available. In the meantime, make sure to hit the jump and join us in the discussion thread.