ready for a fight


balancing act #2, balancing act #1

Arh! Such great sets, and your photos make the pain of missing out on them that much harder to bear. Two of the best Red Kings (and friend) made. Something seems a bit awry though.

Speaking of Marmit, did anyone grab the orange Zampa that was available on Mandarake recently? It seems I narrowly missed that guy - was after him for his classic orange 'Skywalker' jumpsuit. The pink guy is not too shabby either though. Although this is yet another space creature kaiju, I really love him for his classic 'pulp alien in spacesuit' look.

I missed both on Mandarake

Does anyone have any of the Monster Heaven Orga releases that was introduced in September 2011? Photos of any of the releases you could share? I've been drooling over this guy lately and I think I am about to start the hunt for one. Any idea how hard he is to come by? Thanks!

of course, now i want all the Marmit Crustaceans . . . .


Zanika and Zabami by The Moog Image Dump, on Flickr

Marmit Fubugirara 雪男超獸 from Ultraman Ace EP43-1

This pic is such a great example of the difference in style of the various Marmit lines.

The parababy line is so great.

That Fubugirara is pretty amazing! I've never seen that kaiju before, but he definitely wins in the Best Name category!

This guy might seem kind of plain, but Dogora is one of those B-list kaiju characters I always loved for its weird but classic sci-fi terror. Not quite as film-accurate as the M1 sculpt, but really cool and fun. A classic Vinyl Paradise figure for me.

New friends.
Marmit "Monster Heaven" "Vinyl Paradise" Ultraman Gubira Gubila "Mummy Man" Mummy Kemular Tsuburaya

An amazing trio. I have come across that Mummy just once - a figure I have been dying for other companies to have a go at; even a Bandai would do - and I have regretted not being able to buy it ever since. Such a great character. And with those two friends along, what is not to love?

Man, I flipped when I first saw a pic of that Mummy Man sculpt! Been after one since that very instant.

Pretty stunned that I was able to find my favorite colorways of all three at the same time. The fact that I was able to scoop them all up in a trade makes me worry that something very bad is just around the corner! File under too good to be true.

Great shot and score. The guy in the middle rules. Don't question a good thing, just enjoy it.

I thought the recent Ryo deserved a place in this thread. Kazumitsu Akamatsu is my idol, the man is an unstoppable force. IMHO his recent figures have completely reinvigorated the Marmit line (at least for me). He is just doing some amazing shit for Marmit. I could gush on and on, but I will just let the work speak for itself.

Nice figure man. Marmit makes some of the most detailed vinyl versions of old MG. I am really trying to find one of the larger sized ones; Ian's collection of them makes me so jealous.

Yeah, I'd like a big one too, kicking myself for not buying The red and black from Super7 when they were half price :/

Also, very mad that this one didn't come with the small flying MG

Ah damn, that is too bad, he is really one of the coolest omakes. I love this guy's rotateable hands too. Extra articulation like that is always a lot of fun.



This guy also has a really great post I like. Very 'action' oriented, like he is ready for a face off. Although the boxey robot look works for a lot of the Mechagodzillas too, I like having some variety, and this is a really cool and fun version. He also has kind of a chubby look to him, which makes it seem like he is a little kid MG, I can't stop smiling over that.

The great wrist articulation reminded me of this super Marmit toy which I guess I never posted here - one of my all time favourites, and I think one of the best Baltan sculpts ever done. I really love his roughness, and the arm twisting ability just throws it over the top. Throw in some extra fantastic paint and vinyl colour, and it is bordering on an ideal toy for me.

That Baltan really is superb, Steve. I might have to agree that that's one of the best sculpts I've seen of him. For me, I think it's just about tied with the M1:


M1 Go Hyper Hobby exclusive Baltan by w1ngnut0, on Flickr

Also, that Parababy(?) MG1 above is great.

I still hope to one day find the Marmit Baltan you posted above in GID to go with my Glow Marmit Ultraman Steve. It's been a fruitless 6 years looking but then again they were sort of event limited.

Damn you Sanjeev, you have found my weakness! The way I resolve these kind of serious moral conundrums is by breaking down the Baltans into menacing alien sculpts and cutesy toy sculpts. While there is some crossover, it allows me to have great guys like this on the same level as ones by Bullmark and M1.

The glow is a real treasure, I can see why anyone would hunt after it. I have seen this one come up a couple times in the past, but that one never. Strange how some of the Marmit guys are like hen's teeth, compared to the numbers I think they produce for most of them.

Since we are on that subject, I have been hunting that glow Ultra with the bendy arms you've got in your collection too for years. The grey one is nice too, but I love the contrast with GID vinyl on Ultra characters.

There are only 100 of those Marmit Glow Baltan's around. 50 in each color for the Ultraman 40th Anniversary:



Probably explains why. For the record I'm looking for the purple/green one

Actually a lot of Marmit event only toys are hard to come by. I know I searched for the GID Baragon forever till Sanjeev put me out of my misery.