While looking at kaiju and action figure reviews on YouTube, I came across these Spectrum Animation Ultra figures. They are 3rd party action figures, and after seeing a few videos, I thought that Ultraseven looked the best, so I scored myself one from ebay. The figure is much larger than the standard S.H. Figuarts Ultras. He stands at about 7". The sculpt is pretty good, managing to capture Ultraseven's appearance without looking too cartoonish or odd. The proportions are good. He's painted in red and silver, with the paint on the head and face being quite shiny. His dark orange eyes also stand out amid the shiny silver, as does his green head lamp, where he shoots his Emerium Beam from. His accessories include 5 pairs of hands (fists, karate chop, open palm, 2-finger pointing, and a holding pair to hold his Eye Slugger; the curved spike on his head). He also has one extra flat hand with his translucent Wide Shot Beam attached to it. There's also a base and stand, and ...
While browsing at One Piece Card Game store, I came across the latest variant of Godzilla 1954 from S.H. MonsterArts, the movie graphic plus version, so I decided to snag it. Out of all the movie graphic plus figures they've dropped, this was the one that appealed to me the most. It's the same sculpt and mold as the original 1954 release, only with a different paint job. The body is a few shades darker, but the biggest difference is the white shading in the mouth and on the translucent spikes, to duplicate how he'd look if he were shooting a blast of atomic breath. Unlike the brown colored movie poster version that came with a beam and a small plane, this release comes with only a cardboard cutout display with 2 different sides. One side features a duplicate of the movie poster, the other has a black & white photo of Godzilla. Another thing about this release that I like is that the eyes are more aligned. The reissue of the original release and the colored movie poster ...