That is one that is really going to hurt. I have still not gotten over not being able to grab one when they came up, and the thought of it has been haunting me. Although I am really excited to see pics, it is also going to cut even deeper. Congrats on getting one, my favourite by far, I am so glad they did the traditional colour. (sniff, no really, I am)

Pics?

that gigantic tower is the stuff of dreams. i hope i'll be able to come across one some day

Received this 450 Ultraman Dark about a week ago. Love the metallic paint job on him.

I have never been that much a fan of metallics strangely enough. I guess I just like simple things for my personal collection, but I still admire the other stuff a lot.. He looks amazing though, and is certainly growing on me. Amazing paint execution.

i also brought this Ultraman
but i prefer its in solid black...

This would be great! I hope Marusan would continue churning out the other unpainted/painted black 450s.

That smoky Ultraman is simply gorgeous!

my two Marusan 450's...

Gorgeous!

You may have started a mysterious creature sighting rumor where you're at.

The King Joe 450 should be out soon. Kaminaga-san mentions on his Marusan blog that it's mold in 2 vinyl colors. Grey and red. Also he mentions these are hand painted without using any masking. So any paint imperfections such as not perfect paint lines are to reflect the original Showa standard 350 size as being nostalgic to that period as they were also not painted with a mask.

Yeah, I think what he means is that the 'antennae' part are made from separate pieces, cast in red vinyl. It is more clear on some of the mixed blanks. This guy looks fantastic by the way, if I didn't say so already, and the hand painting makes it worth every yen.

Thank you Captain Obvious.

Also here is a picture of the antennae being cast is grey vinyl. But the final decision not to go with the process of painting it red and just casting it in red vinyl.

Yeah, I know, I know. Just trying to clarify it for people who might not know about the construction of the figure. Wasn't trying to imply lack of knowledge or contradict your statement. You remain a god among toy men Anthony.

I was only busting your balls Steve. I rarely bust anyone's ball on SB for the fear of them going ape shit on me. But I knew you can take it.

Back to toys. Did anyone get the 450 MechaniKong tower set or pink or black unpainted yet? Still waiting for those to come in. Also still need the unpainted brown lucky bag if anyone comes by it.

Haha, you got that right; there isn't much that gets to me; especially in the toy world.

Here is a little database I have been working on for a while. While it is far from being complete for all of the 450 series, I thought it would be worthwhile for a lot of people for reference to see what has been released so far. I think there are still some variants and newer versions I need to add, and all of the pics have been borrowed from various sources, so I will try and improve on it when I can. Any feedback is welcome of course.

Ultra Q

Garamon
-metallic painted red


-metallic painted orange


- GID blank


- flesh vinyl blank


- black blank


- red blank w/ cream limbs


Goro
- first release unpainted grey test shot


- original colour painted brown


- metallic blue painted
- tribute to vintage prototype toy
- SuperFestival exclusive


- flesh blank


Pagos
- unpainted grey test shot


Ultraman

Ultraman
- regular version, gold eyes, light blue chest crystal


- 'LG' blank eye version, dark chest crystal


- GID vinyl


- friends of Marusan edition
- silver body paints


- dark metallic version


- silver 'souvenir' poly version


Dodongo
- normal painted version, yellow/green on flesh vinyl


- dark painted version, black/gold on flesh vinyl


- metallic gold/green


- cream vinyl blank


Red King
- gold/blue on cream vinyl


- cream vinyl blank


Aboras
- unpainted grey test shot


Ultraseven

Ultraseven
- normal 'Always' version
- grey armour/grey head


- 45th Anniversary version
- grey armour/silver head, red chest section
- possible limited to 45 run


- Marusan Friends version
- silver painted head and chest armour


- Hawaii v.1, dark grey armour/light grey head, red chest section, orange-ish vinyl, yellow eye lining
- Ultrseven anniversary edition
- limited release to Fukuoka Mitsukoshi department store


- Hawaii v.2 (possible variant)
- exported version
- same as above but with gold eye lining


- red illusion version, light silver paint on red
- homage to vintage prototype figure

King Joe
- standard painted
- from Ultraman paired set


- test paint scheme (grey antennae)


- first release grey unpainted


- pink w/ black antennae blank


- black blank


- black w/ pink antennae blank


Toho monsters

'Century' Godzilla
- 'Always' version, similar to Bullmark colour scheme


- red/black painted on GID vinyl


- 'Immortal' metallic blue on dark paints


- 'Immortal' metallic teal on dark paints, w/ GID fins


- black blank (M-POP)


- red blank (M-POP)


Mechanikong
- original grey unpainted test shot


- flesh blank


- black blank


- pink blank


- red blank


- GID blank


- brown blank


- silvered spray on brown vinyl


- blue spray with red painted accents on brown


- original Bullmark colour scheme
- came with optional Tokyo Tower accessory

Damn you to hell, Steve, for showing me all those pictures of toys I now want the hell outta!

Seriously...I'm off to Y!J to find me a Mechanikong! LOL

Great quick job on that database.

Better picture of the flesh vinyl first release.


Official grey vinyl release from the Lucky Bags.

Bravo, Steve! Extra points for separating the pretties by license... as it should be!

The fake bootleg Ultra makes me so happy:

Great, thanks for the extra images Anthony. I'll add them the next go round. I am still working to try and get it to look presentable now. Since I grabbed them from various sources, some of them are definitely not great, but I really just wanted to get something down to know what was there in terms of variants. This actually started because I have been obsessing over the U7s, which seemed to have a lot of versions, so then I just compiled the ones I have IDed together.

Steve, stop it!!!!!!!! Youre killing me, there are a few that I passed on that I regret now that I cant look at this thread anymore!!!!! Im going to have to just stick with the Ultra Q monsters from now on, but no Garamon. I never thought Id say this but I cant buy every Garamon toy anymore. I even passed on recent M1GO toys, blashpemy!!!!!

I send out universal apologies to everyone. Know only that you do not suffer alone. If I could just go back in time, I would set so much money aside to make sure I had at least one of every figure covered. They are all fantastic, and the best line to come along recently for classic kaiju toys.

Nice job whipping that up Steve. I have some pics of the of the Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi x Marusan 45th Anniversary versions ( blue phantom and red illusion prototypes):

Thanks Chris, I had the red 'illusion' one listed there, but now I see the link for the pic goofed. Don't know how I spaced on the darker guy, since they came out at the same time, and hench are almost always next to each in page images. I am not sure why U7 [seemingly] had all the special limited releases, but I guess mainly for the 45th anniversary.

Since I have only see these in photos, there may be further subtle differences I have not yet noticed, such as with certain figures that were released in sets or on their own. I have a feeling there may be some other variant '66 Ultras.

Thanks Steve, you have put an excellent photo reference together!
Here's another Marusan Red King 450 which isn't listed. (I put my figure back in it's bag to photograph it so it would match the other photos):