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“It’s Morphin’ Time!”

It’s been a while since we’ve tackled a Legacy release from Bandai, and with their time with the Power Rangers license coming to end, we thought it appropriate to take a look at one of their last high end releases. Making it’s way out to retail currently at Toys R Us (as they go our of business themselves) is the Legacy Zeonizer!

It’s  unfortunate that this collector’s piece is heralding the end of the line, and a retailer, but we wanted to take a look at it while we could. The Legacy Zeonizer is the latest in Bandai’s line of high end prop replicas, and frankly it may be their best effort. A wonderful recreation of the morpher used in Power Rangers Zeo, this collector’s piece features a number of built in light & sound gimmicks including unique Morphin’ call outs and specific colors for each ranger. Of course the icing on the cake is it’s best feature, the ability to play the entire Power Rangers Zeo Opening Theme!

You can check out our full 40 image gallery of the Legacy Zeonizer as well as a full review and breakdown of it’s features by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’ll be back next time with a gallery from Kamen Rider Kabuto!

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If you haven’t had much luck finding the recently released Power Rangers Legacy figures then you have another option available. Today, GameStop.com put up Legacy Power Rangers Zeo Figures Pre-Orders for all six of the Zeo Rangers. We’ve already known that Zeo Yellow and Zeo Pink were exclusive to GameStop, but now we have pre-orders available online for these as well as the other four figures.

Click here to pre-order your Legacy Power Rangers Zeo figures.

These are being sold at $19.99 and have a release date of 07/29/2018, a couple of weeks earlier than the in-store availability pre-order. Specials thanks to @IamKneeGrow for the heads up!

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This year’s Power Morphicon exclusive, a Legacy Lord Drakkon figure, has had its first images shown to the public. This figure is produced by Bandai America exclusively for the Power Rangers fan convention Power Morphicon, and is available for purchase by attendees.

Featuring an all new mold, Legacy Lord Drakkon comes with both the Dragon Dagger and Saba Sword. Lord Drakkon is the alternate reality version of Tommy Oliver, who instead of joining the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as the Green Ranger and 6th member of their team, voluntarily chose to remain with Rita Repulsa and conquered the Earth instead. Lord Drakkon is featured prominently this year in the BOOM! Studios comics Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Go Go Power Rangers during the Shattered Grid event.

To register for Power Morphicon and to order your Legacy Lord Drakkon figure, click here.

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Awhile back some fans discovered that GameStop will be the future home for the upcoming Power Rangers Legacy Zeo Pink and Yellow female figures. Fans has been speculating for months the future of these female figures with the lack of information regarding their release and the subsequent removal from their respective series of figures.

Up until today fans were able to pre-order these figures from GameStop with an early March 2018 release. Unfortunately the date has been changed as of today to August 20th 2018. We reached out to Bandai America but have not received a response. We’re also awaiting details on when and where the Power Rangers Legacy Dino Thunder Yellow Ranger will release.

Stay tuned for more news as it breaks. Thanks to Joshua Kelley, posting on the Facebook group The Ranger Store, for the initial heads up on the change of release dates.

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Get ready Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fans – the upcoming Legacy Green Ranger helmet is available now in Australia meaning the release in the United States is coming very soon! Thanks to @powerrangerstoyau and @bboybananabread on Instagram, we have our first in-hand images of this highly anticipated item.

Check out all the images by clicking the title of the story. Do you plan to pick one up? Let us know in the discussion!

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Quite the interesting entry has been discovered on Amazon.com. Found by @PowerRangerTalk on Twitter, there is an Amazon listing for a Power Rangers Legacy Super Zeo Gems Collectable Set. The description of the listing is as follows:

  • Harness the power of the Zeo Rangers with the Power Rangers Legacy die-cast Super Zeo Gems set
  • Each gem has been masterfully replicated with high quality die-cast parts so you can relive epic moments from the show
  • The set includes all 5 of the Power Rangers’ gems
  • Hold a piece of Power Rangers history in the palm of your hand, show it off in its display packaging, or combine it with the Power Rangers Legacy edition Morpher (not included)
  • The Power Rangers Legacy die-cast Super Zeo Gems set is an essential addition to any Power Rangers collection!

A pretty solid description for items shown only once in Power Rangers Zeo! Either way it is nice to see the Legacy line of Power Rangers continue to tread past the days of Mighty Morphin. Check out the listing on Amazon by clicking here. There is no release date or price at this time.

For those unfamiliar with the item – when Trey of Triforia passed the Gold Ranger powers to Jason, he left the Power Rangers Zeo with a gift – the Super Zeo Gems! Zordon had assumed they were lost forever (and that was the end of their lore) and was excited that they were back. Jason, using the Golden Power Staff, was able to reactivate the Super Zeo Gems to activate the brand new Super Zeo Zords which would combine to form the Super Zeo Megazord.

If the Power Rangers Zeo Legacy Super Zeo Gems comes to be will it be joining your collection? Sound off in our discussion thread!

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The next series of the Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ figures have been found! Brandon E. posted on the Power Rangers Buyers, Traders, and Sellers Facebook page that he had found Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ Dino Thunder Black Ranger and Zeo Blue Ranger at his local Meijer store in Ohio.

The Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ Zeo Red Ranger has been spotted in a case refresh pack of Series 04 figures and is most likely in this new case assortment as well.

Still no word or sighting of the missing female figures. Power Rangers Legacy 6.5″ Zeo Yellow Ranger was listed as Series 04 but as Series 05 is now hitting the shelves, we have yet to see her appear yet. As soon as something pops up we’ll let you know.

Have you spotted new Power Rangers Legacy toys? If so, post about it in our Sightings Forum, which has threads broken down for each state and for countries outside the United States too!

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NOTE: The list of closures includes Babies’R’Us stores but are not specifically notated in the list provided. Please check the address of the store(s) closing in your area to determine if it is a Toys’R’Us, Babies’R’Us, or a combination location.

We all knew this was coming. And at times like this it’s best to just rip off the bandaid rather than make it slow and painful. Toys’R’Us announced today through court filings regarding it’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy that it will close 182 stores across the United States.

If you haven’t been following the story regarding Toys’R’Us and it’s ongoing bankruptcy issues, the holiday season was not a strong one for the embattled retailer. Overall sales for the classic toy store were down anywhere from 10% to 20% of projections which helped lead to the decision to cut ties with under-performing stores or stores with unfavorable leases.

As if a punch to your gut wasn’t enough – these are labeled as “initial” closings. Some of these stores may be turned in to Babies’R’Us and Toys’R’Us combo stores while other stores may end up on the chopping block as well. There is a slight chance that a few of the stores listed for closure will remain open if leases with landowners can be restructured.

How does this have any relation to a website about tokusatsu, you ask? Bandai America has partnered with Toys’R’Us to be their primary exclusive retailer option, where the Power Rangers Legacy line first premiered and has continued to offer exclusive offerings (namely every Megazord released thus far). One of the primary reasons for the Toys’R’Us Chapter 11 bankruptcy was due to the fact that Toys’R’Us was unable to pay the toy companies (especially Mattel and Hasbro) for the product that they ordered to carry in their stores. That inability to pay caused less than projected profit numbers for toy companies in Q4 of 2017. Some fans speculate that the lack of any new Power Rangers Legacy Megazords (looking at you, Legacy Shogun Megazord) is due to the fact Toys’R’Us is currently involved in these Chapter 11 bankruptcy dealings. Hopefully we will have more information on that specific item, and future Legacy Megazord items, at next month’s Toy Fair New York City.

For a full list of stores closing in the United States, please click “Read More”. For our friends in Canada, there are currently no plans to close any Toys’R’Us stores in Canada.

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London Toy Fair 2018 has concluded for the day! But more pictures of the Bandai UK booth have been posted online courtesy Instagram user @SimplePeetDoodles. Check out some more up close pictures of the upcoming Legacy 6.5″ Psycho Rangers as well as the Legacy Zeo Golden Power Staff, Legacy Mastadon Zord, upcoming Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Dino Thunder 6.5″ Legacy figures, and some Pop-Up Power Rangers based on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

If any more images show up online we’ll share them with you. Join in our discussion on the forums! Which items are you excited for? Which ones are you NOT excited for? Sound off!