[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by TheRaizin

Huh. I thought it was always just the main ultra as the retail, the rest being exclusive. Big shame on the lack of a beam effect, though. This being a P-Bandai would make one think they'd put some effort into it. 7.5k yen and only coming with the Z-Lance is damn pricy. Especially comparing other figuarts in the same price point.

Admittedly there isn't too much precedent for cocurrent series having more than that as they only started with Geed, and of course Ultraman very rarely dabbles in more than one Ultra per season; but there's still a few examples to point to -- R/B being the biggest, having not just Rosso and Blu but even their Wind and Ground forms respectively at retail. That's a whole four retail releases for the season! Geed also had base Zero and Belial at retail though for obvious reasons it's a bit hard to count those; they didn't even come out until after Rosso and Blu.

Looking beyond that though, Ultraman's SHF line had a really good track record of releasing a lot at mass retail. Orb Origin, Dan Moroboshi, a metric ton of Kaiju, A-type Ultraman... hell, every single SHF Ultraman release in 2016 was mass retail, and then only four in 2017 were exclusives; two of which were just special versions of retail figures! And beyond that, the releases tended to be really well priced and came with a very satisfying amount of accessories; including beam effects. It's just sad to see those positives completely stripped away now.