I’ve seen Xenon before and always assumed he was Mebius’ predecessor or dad or something :lol

Man Xenon needs some action. Hope he makes a cameo in Absolute Conspiracy

Indeed, Ultraman Xenon is a really nice design and I remember when(myself included) was thinking that he was gonna be the next Ultraman for 2006. Of course we ended up getting Mebius and it was great, but yeah, the design is too good to leave as a small role character. On a side note, ever since Z was a thing I have finally decided to consider Ultraseven as my pick for GOAT Ultraman from the Showa era alongside Ultraman 80.

Well Ultraseven is basically the Batman of Ultraman when you think about it. And Ultraman is obviously Superman.

Hal Jordan and John Stewart perhaps? I mean the Superman and Batman comparison works too, but if we consider how they function Green Lantern Corps seems right up their alley.

Sofubis are the cornerstone of Ultraman merch. So what if they released a dedicated sofubi lineup of human characters? Who would you like to have? R/B fans are obviously this dude.
https://i.imgur.com/Adr0CK1.png

Human people are hard in sofubi because the lack of paint apps. They really get by on low cost manufacturing and "Efficient" paint apps. I've seen some human ones and they... do not look good.

True, but what if it was still a thing though? And not to downplay sofubis or anything but that sense of limitation is kind of its charm I think. Plus, imagine a Tamashii exclusive two-pack set with Aizen and Orb or Bako from Z with that tuna. :lolol

Oh yes, I absolutely love the clever workarounds that sofubi and other vinyl toys have to employ to capture the characters.

I've actually worked with a vinyl toy group before and they compete with each other to use the least possible resources, paint apps, mold points, etc.

Had a watch of the Ultraman: Towards the Future (aka Great) episode recently uploaded on youtube.

It was, ah. An interesting attempt at telling a story and having convincing acting! Can’t fault em for trying. Standout moment for me was Great looking around all confused after beating the kaiju like he’d lost his mum at the shops.