Musings of an Inkd Geek

After getting the new Future Factory Action Figure Mirrorman and seeing how great it was, I went ahead and purchased the company's other tokusatsu hero, Redman. He hails from the 1972 series of the same name, produced by Tsuburaya Productions. Each episode was like a 5 minute short that was featured on a children's variety program on Nippon TV. Redman was a man-sized hero who would fight with various kaiju from the Ultra series. The show was crudely shot, basically taking place outdoors in a field, and many of the Ultra kaiju costumes looked worn & goofy. Despite its amateur production, Redman has gained fame amongst tokusatsu fans. Episodes can be easily found on YouTube. Redman is, you guessed it, red, with silver boots, gloves, belt buckle, upper chest, neck and lower portion of his face. He sports a pair of silver antenna where his ears would be. Future Factory did a fine job capturing his simple but cool appearance. The vinyl he's made of is quite soft and flexible...