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    The Fireman release is out of this world. I live this clear blue variant. The paint masks alone for this figure blow my mind!
     

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    Bumping this to ask if anyone knows of any sort of comprehensive list of releases for these? Specifically Ultraman and Fireman.

    Long term, I'm attempting to get all of them, but I don't even know how many are out there at this point. One up just had an in-store only drop of 20, so it's already going to be nigh impossible, but I'd like to get as close as possible.
     
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    You should hit up Dago, he has tons of them, I don’t know how close he is to complete, but it seems like there are already 100 colorways out there.
     
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    How does this get around a license? Mark says in the post it's fully licensed. Is that some kind of weird code?
     
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    Seems like the only way to sell a Godzilla sofubi here in the States is to cover it up in some Tsuburuya goodness to get around licensing restrictions. I think Marusan (?) did a similar thing by putting a frill on some Godzilla toys a few years ago for Mark's festival at the Japanese American museum.

    Looking forward to finally getting a shot at buying a "shin goji" for retail.
     
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    Even though the original Gomess suit was made off of Godzilla, I don't think this is a Godzilla sculpt. The chest is wrong.

    Gomess is the first kaiju appearing in the Shin Ultraman movie. He gets about 2 seconds screen time. Followed by a few other ultra q kaiju. So I don't think it's the same as selling a Godzilla disguised as Jirass.

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    It would be cool if Mark makes all of ulta q from the movie. They have their own distinctive Shin look.
     
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    Porque no los dos? It looks like they took the original shin goji sculpt and "massaged" it into being a Gomess.



    Art imitates life? (wait it's other way around isn't it...)
     
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    Exactly.

    https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Wikizilla:YouTube/Shin_Ultraman_and_Shin_Godzilla_Connections
    "Gomess, the very first monster to appear in "Ultra Q," was derived from the MosuGoji Godzilla suit. Gomess is also the first monster shown in "Shin Ultraman," and in a nod to the monster's real-world origins, he is now portrayed by a modified ShinGoji model."
     
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    I got this at Kaiju con at the Japanese museum. Is this the frill you are talking about? The thing around the neck?
     
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    For some reason I expected these to be a bit chunkier, but they scale very nicely with Mark's other Ultraman offerings. The amount of detail on Gomes in particular is amazing, you really get lost in it.
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    Just got mine in the mail too! They're pretty fantastic, and while they weren't a 2-pack I really like the pair of them together; the smooth sleekness of Ultraman contrasted with the texture of Shin Gomess. Fun stuff!
     
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    I like the sculpt, seems less stylized than some of the others.
     
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    It looks like King Joe, Pestar, Gabora and :idea:Gyango:idea: are on deck for the Tsuburaya Convention, on Nov. 25

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    A Max Toy Gyango?!? Fuckin' PRAYERS ANSWERED!!! Yessss.
    Looks like six parts, including the ears...
     
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    Although I have been in purge mode lately, I have been ready for the Max Toy Gyango release to make a small new toy exception... but then the pic below hit. (Sorry so small and shitty, couldn't find it anywhere other than in a certain middleman newsletter.) The sculpt looks great, completely dig it, and I look forward to having a well-articulated Gyango in the fun, pocket-size Max Toy Ultra-kaiju scale... but the paint for the first release just leaves me confused. I guess having over 50% of his torso markings done in the same silver as the ears, feet and hooks is... a choice... but to me it just looks weirdly underdone/unfinished. Not sure whether I will grab one of these or sit out until a future release.

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    Also wondering if this guy is six parts, or seven... I'm guessing the former, though it's a little hard to tell from this pic whether there is an actual break at the neck...
     
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    @ungawa222 Did the same certain middleman's newsletter have a Pestar tease?
     
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    Those are on the JP Max Toy’s Insta, not a secret.
     
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    Ah, I always forget they have a JP account... I don't even know if I follow it, offhand. I tried to find a pic on IG this morning searching #ギャンゴ, but of course searching the site w/ hashtags is practically useless now, anyway.

    Yes. What do you think of it?

    Also, anyone know if PicoPico is still the one sculpting all of these?
     
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    I'm going with 8; the ears look like separate pieces too, but I don't actually know.

    Edit: also, hell yeah for that Pestar!
     
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    Shrinky Dinks King Zaurus!
     

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