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michael
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 kazuo umezu ultraman series http://artstorm.co.jp/umezu_ultraman_series.htma database of whats been coming out, ultraman figures designed by umezu. pretty gnarly
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8gid8
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Re: kazuo umezu ultraman series whoa! i like this take on the ultra kaiju. zarab and baltan are awesome. i wish the zeton's eyes stayed wonky though.
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Clone666
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Re: kazuo umezu ultraman series Cool manga take on Ultraman! Kinda Reminds of the animated style Kikaider.
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VELOCITRON
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Re: kazuo umezu ultraman series These are cool, and the sculpts are awesome but they are made in China so the vinyl quality isn't so high. Some pretty nice paint applications, though...
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Re: kazuo umezu ultraman series PAINTED?!?!?damn, I have the WF version that wasn't painted up too much. this thing KILLS 
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Re: kazuo umezu ultraman series This Baltan kicks total ass:  Question...maybe a dumb one: What is Baltan's relationship to Galtan? Is that just a play on words? Or does -altan mean 'He of the claw hands' or something?
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Zaaier
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Re: kazuo umezu ultraman series VELOCITRON wrote: These are cool, and the sculpts are awesome but they are made in China so the vinyl quality isn't so high. Some pretty nice paint applications, though... Yeah no Japanese vinyl but the paint applications are amazing, especially when using metallics.
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Grizlli
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Re: kazuo umezu ultraman series jhateball wrote: This Baltan kicks total ass: Question...maybe a dumb one: What is Baltan's relationship to Galtan? Is that just a play on words? Or does -altan mean 'He of the claw hands' or something? im pretty sure Baltan and Galtan, got the ole recycled costume treatment, like when godzilla dawned a frill to fight ultraman. BUT im not positive
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Shirahama
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Re: kazuo umezu ultraman series Baltan is a real character and Galtan is a rip-off character someone made to cash in on the kaiju boom many moons ago. And I think that the Galtan was only shown on menko cards, it wasnt until recently with the pachi craze now that someone made a toy, actually 2 companies have made toys now. Alot of the monsters made now are from menko cards or are monsters created for kids comics and kaiju books from the 60's and 70's.
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VELOCITRON
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Re: kazuo umezu ultraman series Galtan fun fact: his component parts are Antlar's body, Baltan's arms and an unidentified skull (most likely swiped from a Toho movie still or poster). That's why he's got four arms and his head's so big! The name Galtan is an amalgamation of gaikotsu (skeleton) and Baltan.
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jhateball
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Re: kazuo umezu ultraman series Thanks a bunch for the awesome info, guys. It sounds like Galtan definitely started his life as 'part of the problem', but now he seems sort of like an honorary member of 'real kaiju'. Or something.
Anyway, Baltan and Galtan both rule, and this series of toys kicks ass too.
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