To bad about the dead eyes. Looks good otherwise, although I was expecting the silver to be more shiny.

The Manga Ultraman looks good, but a bit more rounded than I would have liked, when you look at the manga the suit has very sharp defined edges but here things like his shoulders blend into a more organic shape.

Overall though I'm still looking forward to this guy, especially as the only alternative is like 12,000 yen.

Probably the absence of better lighting is decisive, this was one of the first images of the figure:


Apparently the eyes were painted with a less noticeable color…


compared with the prototype that they showed:

Yeah the eyes look awful, completely dead. Is that even how they look in the manga?

Why not use a translucent blue, like they did with the crystal-thing yon the chest?

In the colored drawings from the manga his eyes look like a couple of spotlights:


I agree, they had to elaborate their eyes just like in the Ultra-Act figures, using a translucent material and thus obtain a better appearance.

I hope that in own hands the figure look better, this one deserves at least well painted eyes like in the prototype.

Can someone post pics with Noa holding Ultimate Zero's arrow/shield?

It does bug me that the eyes on the Manga Ultraman figure are not painted. At least the rest of the body looks pretty good though.

Photo review at Shishioh:


And images of a retouched figure from Toysdaily:

Finally picked up Astra and a second Taro. I'll be pretty much done when I find Zoffy although there are still a couple of Showa Era Ultras (80, Joe, Mother and Yullian) I need to be complete.

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Latest additions:

Is anyone else doubling up on some of their Ultras?

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My Heisei Era Ultras aren't in this picture but yes, I do have a few of them as well.

I finally have a Zoffy. I now have all my favorite Showa Ultras but it would also be cool to finish off that era.

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If you count the Mebius version of Zoffy, I have two of him, but that's it.

I also just realized I still have to open the Tiga two-pack lol.

So, finally got around to opening these guys!

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Ultraman Manga is nice. Some of the first few in-hand pics with the flat-looking colors concerned me, but in-hand the silver is still pleasing like your average Ultra. The barely-white eyes though? Not so much. Even in good lighting, you can barely tell they're painted. They really needed the brighter white used in earlier promo pics. It's not a backbreaker though. I am curious how people that complained about SHF Wizard's feet will look at Manga's actual clown-looking feet (longer and much more slender than the average SHF or Ultra-Act). It's not a bad thing either, and he can balance pretty well. The forearm gauntlets are also easy to swap out.

My only nitpicks are the molded detail in the hips prevents the legs from raising as high as the usual Ultra-Act, and the stumpier fists not being easy to remove because there's less plastic to grip while removing them.

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Zoffy Mebius Special is almost a straight re-release of the original Zoffy figure with some new (bigger) accessories. The only real difference I can tell between the original and Mebius Special are the original has yellower eyes while Mebius Special are a plainer clear plastic.

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Accessory-wise, the effect parts appear the same (Mebius Special's might be slightly different shades of blue, but that could also be my eyes). This release swaps out the Converter and Beta Capsule accessories for the Ikazuchi and Final Meteor. Thankfully, a (plain) Tamashii stand is thrown in. I wish two display poles were included so you could display both simultaneously, but at least the stand is included (looking at YOU, Gaia V1!). Final Meteor is nice but I think I'll forever leave it in the box; it's not something I'd want to see take a dive off a shelf, and there aren't many great places to get a good grip on it to plug the display pole in or remove it without feeling like you'll snap something off with too much force.

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The Tiga two-pack is something I've left unopened for almost two months, and I kind of feel bad about it since it's also a decent release. I must not have paid much attention to preview pics or the actual box pics when I took a look at it in July, but I was surprised to see Tiga Sky Type is purple rather than blue (haven't watched Tiga, misremembered promo pics being blue).

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Hands are kind of a pain to pop on and off (Power's made an actual popping sound when I got the fists off), but wrist joints aren't showing signs of breaking. The effects look good but feel a little repetitive for each figure (though Power's NBA Jam flaming basketball-looking thing is great).

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The two-pack also comes with the Gutswing and a Tiga Tamashii stand. Again, YAY for the included Tamashii stand. (Sorry, but it's a major pet peeve when flying things that really need a stand don't have one included. It can be plain like the one thrown in with Zoffy MS, just include the damn thing Bandai.)

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Overall, this probably inches ahead of the Dark two-pack as a slightly better release, but still lags behind the Zero two-pack for me, which remains my favorite Ultra release of the past couple years. Admittedly, Tiga isn't my favorite Ultra design and I love Zero's, but despite that I still like this set.

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Lbsammills51: as always thanks for these cool reviews man!

Photo review of Ultraman Mebius Mebius Burning Brave at Shishioh:

Thanks! Just opened up my Burning Brave as well!

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The silver looks a smidgen darker compared to normal Mebius?

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The Burning Mebium Dynamite effect pieces are thankfully not heavy and peg together & unpeg easily.

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And thankfully, as Shishioh's pics also show off (much better LOL), a Tamashii stage is also included. I'm very happy we've had a string of Ultra-Act releases with those stands included.

Overall, it's not wholesale different from Mebius as other forms are (I do hope to see Phoenix and Infinity forms someday), it's nice and the effect parts make it a bit more exciting than normal Mebius.

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Also, since I finally just dusted my shelves & rearranged some things, here's pics of my Ultra collection.

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After seeing this image I think so.

Great and awesome collection!

Looking to sell a loose Astra w/o Leo's mantle. Pm me if interested.

I was lucky to get a second-hand original release Belial off ebay for a reasonable price. I'm so glad he still hold up well against the new ultra act bodies.

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Ultraman Mebius Phoenix Brave will be released in March:


Source: TAG Hobby.

Oh come on Bandai, announce X already!

Source: Toysdaily.

Well that sure is one fine looking leg...

LOL

I wonder why the scans have been so slow to come out. I saw this image on Twitter over the weekend and was assuming the full version would've made its way out there by now. Nothing yet though (same with more Figuarts scans too)...

More than a leg ;), here the official images:


Source: TWS.

Good lord that looks awesome!!

So pretty.

I wonder how many other Mebius forms we'll get after this one.

I'm really curious how they're going to handle the Momsarmor for X.

Memory's a little fuzzy but the outside of his regular form, Burning Brave and Phoenix Brave the only other one he had was in his first movie, infinity I think but don't quote me on that one.

Right?! I am ready to spend money I don't have for the UltraMan I love the hell out of!

He looks nice and I love Mebius, but I'm not really interested in buying every super special form of a character. Ah well.

Really? I want everything!!!

Images from the Akiba Showroom:


Source: toho.seesaa.

Burning Brave Mebius & Hunter Knight Tsurugi are here!http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...psykx24oui.jpg
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Nice pictures GreenLanternPrime!

Photo review of Hunter Knight Tsurugi at Shishioh:

Thanks, Orbital Frame! I highly recommend those figures especially Hunter Knight Tsurugi!

So there's going to be a second release of the UltraActxSHF Manga Ultraman. It's the exact same figure except it comes with an unmasked head and new effect parts.

Link with pics

Maybe they fix the head this time since a lot of people where unhappy about the last release.

When I started reading that first sentence, i got my hopes up manga Seven was up next.

Then I read the rest of the sentence.

The new effects and stand are nice though.

That's kind of sucks for people that already bought the first release.

And that great looking stand. Kinda annoying really, manga Ultraman wasn't the best figure ever but I'd have been happy to fork out the extra to begin with for all these bits. As much as I love that unmasked head I'm not really sure now.

It's strange that the webshop put up the page for it last night and then suddenly took it down though.