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“50th tactic”

Thanks to the Gashat Gear Dual Beta, Taiga Hanaya has attained a new level of power! It’s time to simulate some bang bangs, sink some battleships, and give new meaning to what Kancolle is with S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Snipe Simulation Gamer Level 50!

Snipe Level 50 is now our third outing with this mold and I have to say, it may be my favorite yet. While the new Simulation Gamer armaments may seem bulky and obtrusive, in reality this figure is every bit dynamic to me as the previous two Snipes. Maybe even more so. Snipe Level 50 has gained two new battleship halves in lieu of fists, and two sets of shoulder mounted cannons/turrets to round out his arsenal. These surprisingly articulated parts go along way to selling me on this release far more than I ever imagined. While lite on accessories (just one), Snipe Level 50 is a fantastic addition to any Ex-Aid collection.

We’ve attached the full 80 image gallery to this post, but you can also read up on our full length review after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’ll be back soon with more new galleries from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, Kamen Rider W, and more!

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The Uchu Sentai Kyuranger finale has come and gone. Was the series popular and successful? It’s probably too early to tell but we tuned in every weekend to watch the show. Our finances also took a hit over the year purchasing all the mecha and various kyutama that released.

In celebration of the finale and in its potential to be the next season of Power Rangers, we’ve hand-picked over 500 screen captures of the last episode! So consider yourself lucky – haha! – and take a gander! Enjoy all 500 screen captures of the Kyuranger finale by clicking the title of the story!

AND – just for fun – check out this little “what if” video we made below!

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As Power Rangers: Shattered Grid draws ever closer, the anticipation for Boom! Studios’ forthcoming comic book event grows higher and higher and thanks to IGN, we have a number of new covers and concept art pieces to tease what the story has in store for fans.

First up are the latest sentries to join the evil Lord Drakkon’s growing army – the Zeo and Samurai Sentries! Much like the previously seen sentries these soldiers have augmented versions of preexisting ranger powers. The Green Zeo Sentry is equipped with a mech suit that can use a variety of weapons, whilst the Blue Samurai Sentry sports a more armoured version of the costume together with twin arm blades and red eyes glowing through their visor.

The third piece of concept art for the event is of a new villain from Drakkon’s timeline – Finster Five. Go Go Power Rangers writer Ryan Parrott pitched the character as a version of a cyborg version of Rita’s chief monster maker that has been augmented using parts from Alpha 5.

Rounding off the images are the covers for Power Rangers #27 and Go Go Power Rangers #9, each of which show off some new faces to the Power Rangers comic universe. Power Rangers #27 shows the Mighty Morphin Red Ranger protecting RPM’s Dr K from Grinders alongside the female Red Samurai Rangers, while Go Go Power Rangers #9 has an even bigger surprise in store. This issue is set to debut a brand new Power Ranger, who writers Ryan Parrot and Kyle Higgins tease is a “new ranger with a familiar face”.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise, Power Rangers: Shattered Grid kicks off in issue #25 of the main Power Rangers comic, which will be released on March 21st. You can check out the full gallery of covers and concept art after the jump, as well as share your thoughts on the upcoming event.

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Ahead of leaks for the 2nd Quarter toy catalogs for this exciting new series, Bandai’s B-Boys site has just streamed two new full length trailers for Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger!

Each trailer approaches the series from either team’s perspective and gives us some insight into their motivations as well as a first look at their full transformation sequences. We also get a solid look at all 6 of the VS Machines in action as well as the Goodstriker, and the combined Lupinkaiser and Patkaiser!

Side By: Lupinranger!

Side By: Patranger!

Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger begins on February 11th!

under TokuNation, TokuNation Spotlights

As the years go by and Tokunation grows, we have made many featured articles, galleries, and changes to help connect to the tokusatsu fan community. With this being Tokunation’s sixth year being live, as well as the one year anniversary of our Customs Corner segment we here amongst the staff have decided to make a special showcase gallery of our works! Dive into the gallery to see the customs of our very own Den-O, Sentai Tamashii, Kiryu, KamenRiderOOO  and ZeoRangerV and take a read at how they created their pieces in this discussion thread! From Minipla to custom S.H. Figuarts to a Gundam, there is no shortness of unique customs!

We hope you all enjoy what you see and thank you all for your continued support!

Be sure to give them all follows on their Twitter pages; @DenO_Tokunation, @SoulinkChu, @DK_Zer0, @TrueKROOO and @Ajax_Ranger!

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The month of July cannot get here quick enough for some of us Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger fans. Tamashii Nations recently revealed the release information for the upcoming Soul of Chogokin Dragon Caesar (July 2018 for 17,280 yen). For fans of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Dragon Caesar is the Japanese name for the Dragonzord. This beautiful collectable is able to combine with the previously released Soul of Chogokin Daizyujin (Mighty Morpin Power Rangers’ Megazord). Does this mean in 2019 we’ll see God King Brachion (Titanus)? Only time will tell.

The Soul of Chogokin page for SOC Daizyujin has been updated with all the information for Dragon Caesar, including design schematics. It is quite a marvel to see how this thing was designed. We’ve mirrored the images here and you can see them all by clicking the title of the story. You can see the product page itself by clicking here.

We won’t even ask if you’re going to buy this. Of course you are. So instead of sounding off on whether or not you’ll buy it, let’s sound off on how we’re going to display this thing and in what mode!

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“Riderrrrrrrr, henshin!”

While this release just barely made it’s way out at the end of 2017, it’s already set the bar very high for where figures for 2018 should be. After 10 years of S.H. Figuarts, and numerous releases in one form or another of this character, Tamashii Nations has finally made the definitive figure of Takeshi Hongo’s heroic rider form. We thought it only appropriate that on today, what would have been Shotaro Ishinomori’s 80th birthday, we share our gallery of S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider 1!

From the ground up, Seihou Rider 1 is the ultimate representation of this character in 1/12 scale form. Faithfully recreating Kamen Rider 1’s most iconic look in his “Shin” costume from later in the original TV series, this appearance is how Hongo has appeared for nearly all of his appearances since it’s debut well over 40 years ago. Elevating the engineering of figuarts once again, this Shinkocchou Seihou release manages to capture the wonder of this costume perfectly and translate it’s essence into a dynamic action figure any collector should be proud to own.

We’ve attached the FULL 100 image gallery to this post, but you can also see our extensive review in the thread linked below. Just click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” below to see the entire gallery thread for S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider 1!

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We’ve only just begun reporting our findings from London Toy Fair 2018, but unfortunately the entire Bandai Power Rangers display is currently under a photo ban. Which is pretty typical for these events and held true at last year’s London Toy Fair as well. However, someone at the show was apparently daring enough to snap at least one picture., and this is kind of  a big one. Now we have our very first look at the Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ Red & Blue Psycho Rangers!

TokuNation user thedangerranger was kind enough to share this image on our forums. From what we can gather, these figures are not in a prominent area of the Bandai UK display space. Given that they aren’t even standing up properly, it’s even possible they may have been totally overlooked. From what we can see though the sculpt looks on point for both and each appears to include their appropriate weapon as well, Red’s Psycho Sword & Blue’s Psycho Axe. When and if a better look at these figure from the event becomes available we hope to be able to share it with you!

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It’s coming.

Revealed through magazine scans shared by @_Erasu on Twitter, we have Soul of Chogokin Dragon Caesar (the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Dragonzord) release date, more images, and the combined form with Soul of Chogokin DaiZyuJin!

Soul of Chogokin Dragon Caesar will release in July 2018 for 17280 yen. Check out the images of Soul of Chogokin Dragon Caesar by clicking the title of the story.

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“Henshin!”

For the last 47 years, Japan & the world have been safe guarded thanks to the selfless actions of heroes known as Kamen Riders. Among their ranks, one stands above as the most iconic character the franchise has ever produced. The original Kamen Rider himself, Takeshi Hongo! After 10 years of various Kamen Rider 1 S.H. Figuarts releases, Tamashii Nations has finally released what is sure to be a centerpiece for many collections with S.H. Figuarts Takeshi Hongo! 

Joining Dan Moroboshi & Retsu Ichijoji, Hongo is the first civilian form Kamen Rider figuart to be released. Based on one of Hongo’s more iconic looks in his dashing black suit, this figure features the stunning likeness of actor Hiroshi Fujioka circa 1971. To replicate Hongo’s transformation into Kamen Rider 1, a really unique effect sheet is included, as well as several sets of hands. This release may seem a bit lite on accessories, but it’s honestly just right. Bringing to life the early days of Kamen Rider like this is just really refreshing as well. I love buying my modern riders too, but seeing the Showa era continue to receive this level of love is wonderful.

We’ve attached the full 70+ image gallery to this post, but you can also read up on our full review of Takeshi Hongo as well by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’ll back next time with a brand new gallery of the hotly anticipated S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider 1!