[Lbsammills51]

Received my Ultras and mantle this week! Pic spam ahoy!




Taro's pretty damn cool - his collar thingy's pretty easy to swap on and off (which really comes in handy regarding posability), as is his right hand. His left hand is a little weird in that the ball joint piece it pops on to tends to come with it when you remove the "standard" left hand and then it doesn't feel like it pops back in all the way so the hand/effect part feels easy to knock off (though the weight of it probably helps, but still, it feels less secure than any other Ultra I own). That's the only problem with mine. Minor nitpick - he doesn't have many other left hands to use anyways - his only gripping hands are right hands rather than left.

Ultraman/Hiyata's pretty cool; his hands are a bit harder to pop back on than Taro's or other recent releases, but not Mirror Knight-level hard. I love the dash effect parts he comes with. There is a piece in his back that's supposed to cover the gap between the top and bottom parts of his abdomen but it's loose so it just flops around and you can see the gap anyways. Removing the back piece to clip the Mantle in was fun - not because it was hard to remove but because it shot off across the room.

The Brother Mantle is interesting and thankfully (like Father) these guys can balance so they don't need a stand to stay upright despite becoming much more back-heavy. I'll be tempted to pick more up down the road, but for now I'm good with the one I have.





My Ultra-Act collection's nearly tripled since March, from four to 11. Pretty sweet. Can't wait for Zoffy and Nexus Junis Blue at the end of this month.