The "Dark Shinkansen" is unveiled! Plarail "Shinkansen Transforming Robot Shinkarion Z Dark Shinkarion" goes on sale on Saturday, August 7, 2021!

TOMY will release "Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z Dark Shinkarion" (9,350 yen, tax included), a new product in the "Plarail" series of railroad toys as a related toy to the TV animation "Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z" at toy specialty stores, department stores and mass retailers nationwide from August 7, 2021 (Saturday). The product will go on sale from August 7, 2021 (Saturday) at toy specialty stores, department stores and mass merchandisers nationwide, as well as at online stores, Plarail specialty stores "Plarail Shop" and Takara Tomy's official shopping site "Takara Tomy Mall", etc.

Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z" is the original character content from JR East Planning, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, and Takara Tomy, and has been broadcast as a TV anime since 2018, winning first place in the "Best Anime Ranking of 2018 Broadcast" in the Animate Times in 2019. It is the second TV series of "Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion," which was popular among a wide range of people, from children to adults, and was ranked No. 1 in the "2018 Best Anime Ranking" by Animate Times in 2019. Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z" is the second TV animation series after a one-and-a-half year absence, and features a new transformation and combination system for Shinkansen and conventional trains. The Takara Tomy Group offers a wide range of products in various categories, centering on Plarail, gacha, toys, and others.

⇒ Shinkansen and conventional train combine? A new transformation and combination system is now available in toys! Plarail "Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z" series will be sequentially released from April 2021!
⇒ " Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z" will start every Friday night at 7:25pm starting April 9! Main casts are Minami Tsuda, Akari Kito and Jun Fukuyama!

⇒Click here for the list of anime for Spring 2021.

The new product in the "Plarail" series of train toys, "Shinkansen Transformable Robo Shinkarion Z Dark Shinkarion" (9,350 yen, tax included), will be available from August 7, 2021 (Saturday) at toy specialty stores, toy sections of department stores and mass retailers, Internet stores, and Plarail specialty stores "Plarail Shop" nationwide, It will go on sale on August 7, 2021 (Saturday) at toy specialty stores, department stores, mass merchandisers, Internet shops, Plarail specialty stores " Plarail Shop" and TOMY 's official shopping site " TOMY Mall ".

The mysterious "Dark Shinkansen" that appears in the TV anime "Shinkansen Transforming Robot Shinkarion Z" has been unveiled today as "Dark Shinkarion. The "Dark Shinkarion" features the volume of a five-car train and, for the first time in "Shinkansen Transformers: Shinkarion Z," it can change form in four different modes.

In addition, Nagoya-based entertainment group "BOYS AND MEN" (a.k.a. "Boyz and Men"), which sings the theme song for the "Shinkansen Deformable Robot Shinkarion Z" TV animation, will serve as "Shinkarion Z Toys" will be the "Toy Ambassador". As PR ambassadors, they will serve as MCs for the YouTube program "Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z Information Bureau" and will promote the Plarail Shinkarion series and other toys and provide information about the series from today until March 31, 2022.

Product Information

The five-car train is a large volume, with an unprecedented four-stage mode change!
A new enemy, Shinkarion, equipped with a new transformation gimmick!

The five-car "Dark Shinkansen" transforms into two robots, "Dark Shinkarion" and "Horse Robot Dark Horse," and can also be mode-changed into two forms, "Centaur Mode" and "Devil Mode," for a total of four modes.

＜Dark Shinkarion/Dark Horse

The Dark Shinkansen transforms into Dark Shinkarion (transforms into two cars) and Dark Horse, a horse-shaped robot. Dark Shinkarion can also straddle Dark Horse.

＜Dark Shinkarion Centaur Mode

Dark Shinkarion and the horse-shaped robot Dark Horse are combined.

＜Dark Shinkarion Devil Mode

Dark Shinkarion transformed into five vehicles.
Can be combined with Z Combination with Zyliner (sold separately) or with Shinkarion Z.

Combination example:
Shinkarion Z E5 Hayabusa + Dark Shinkarion Devil Mode
⇒ E5 Hayabusa Devil Mode

The "Z Combined Collection" series of palm-sized collectible figures will also be available in August!

This is a collection figure series with a height of approximately 65mm. Despite their miniature size, they can be posed with movable arms, legs, and hips, and can be combined and reassembled for fun.
Three types of figures, E5 Yamanote, E6 Nex, and E7 Azusa, will be released on Saturday, August 21, at a price of 880 yen each (tax included).

BOYS AND MEN" became "Shinkarion Z Toy Ambassadors!

Entertainment group "BOYS AND MEN," which sings the theme song for the TV anime, will become the "Shinkarion Z Toy PR Ambassadors" to promote the Plarail Shinkarion series and other toys and provide information.

As a PR ambassador, she will serve as MC for the "Shinkarion Z Information Bureau," a program that will be distributed on Takara Tomy's official YouTube channel from July 2 (Friday), as well as participate in the "Summer Vacation Store Manager" project at the Plarail Shop, a specialty store for Plarail toys, and other activities. Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z" through such activities as "summer vacation store manager" projects at the Plarail shop.

About the YouTube program "Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z Information Bureau
Start of distribution: Friday, July 2, from 7:25 pm (10 times in total, irregular distribution)
Distribution site: Takaratomy's official YouTube channel "Takaratomy Channel" and others
First broadcast: ##

Other major activities as "Shinkarion Z Toy Ambassador
Summer Vacation Manager at Plarail Shop*: The members will make announcements at the Plarail Shop, a specialty store in Tokyo and Osaka, for a limited time only. (*The members will not visit the store.)

Exhibit at events featuring "BOYS AND MEN": Plarail Shinkarion and other products that the members have transformed and posed will be on display.

Publicity activities using SNS, etc.
As soon as the schedule, period, and other details are decided, they will be announced on the official SNS of "BOYS AND MEN" and the official SNS of "Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z", etc.

Comments from the members (video available)
Thank you very much for appointing us, BOYS AND MEN, as the Shinkarion Z toy ambassadors! We are very honored because we have been singing the theme song for the previous Shinkarion series and we are "friends who have been shinked together"! All of us enjoy using the Shinkarion toys, transforming them and recreating scenes from the anime, so we will do our best to convey the appeal of the toys to as many people as possible as ambassadors!　BOYS AND MEN members

<Inauguration comment video

BOYS AND MEN Profile
BOYS AND MEN" is a unit formed in 2010 by members born and living in the Tokai area. Wearing their trademark school uniform, they are an entertainment group that not only sings, dances, and acts, but also performs musicals. They have a number of regular TV and radio broadcasts in the Tokai area and elsewhere, won the Newcomer Award at the 58th Japan Record Awards in 2016, and completed a solo live performance at the Nippon Budokan in 2017 and at the Nagoya Dome in January 2019.
NewSingle "New Challenger" was released on Wednesday, July 28. (Theme song for the TV animation "Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z")

Product Outline

Plarail "Shinkansen Transformable Robot Shinkarion Z Dark Shinkarion

Suggested retail price: 9,350 yen (including tax)
Release date: August 7, 2021 (Saturday)
Contents: Shinkarion Z Dark Shinkarion (5 cars) x 1, weapons x 2, label x 1, instruction manual x 1
Product size: approx. W 230 x D 130 x H 240 (mm) (in robot form)

＜Product Introduction Video

Shinkansen Transforming Robot Shinkarion Z Z Combination Collection

Suggested retail price: 880 yen each (tax included)
Release date: Saturday, August 21, 2021
Product Contents:
　E5 YAMANOTE ... E5 YAMANOTE body x 1, E235 YAMANOTE arms left and right x 2, weapons x 1
　E6 NEX ... E6 KOMACHI main body x1, E259 NEX lower body x1, weapon x2
　E7 Azusa ... E7 Kagayaki body x1, E353 Azusa arms left and right x2, weapon x1
Product size: approx. W 60 x D 40 x H 65 (mm)

Common information
Ages：3 years old and up
Where to buy: Toy specialty stores nationwide, toy sections of department stores and mass merchandisers, etc., Plarail specialty stores "Plarail Shop", Internet stores, etc., Takaratomy's official shopping site "Takaratomy Mall" takaratomymall.jp, etc.

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