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S.H. Figuarts Shin Mefilas


The latest figure from the Shin Ultraman film that I got is alien Mefilas. Similar to the star, this character also had a sleek, lanky design. He was the 2nd alien antagonist in the film, after Zarab. Similar to the original 66 show, his fight with Ultraman ended in a standstill. The figure turned out pretty cool.










Shin Mefilas comes with 4 pairs of hands (fists, open palm, relaxed, and split), an extra left hand that holds the Beta Box Igniter, another right hand that shoots his grip beam, a small Beta Box, and an extra right hand for Shin Ultraman to hold it. Both the box and igniter are highly detailed, despite their tiny size. The grip beam has a translucent yellow, zigzag design, and the fist that shoots it has yellow in the fingers instead of red like the regular hands. All the hands are black on the top with silver on the insides of the palms. His face has a thin blue line that’s supposed to be his eyes, and yellow for his mouth. The other colors on him besides black are silver, including his face, elbow spikes, a thin line running down his torso, and spikes on his back, and red stripes that run down his feet and in between each of his fingers. The paint is very clean, and the sculpt is accurate to his unique design.














The articulation is great. The front part of his face is attached to a ball joint and moves out and to the sides just a bit. He has ball jointed shoulders and hips that extend out quite far, with shoulder pads that are an extra piece that are attached to the shoulders. Bicep and thigh swivels that turn a good amount. His waist is on a ball joint and can crunch forward and twist side to side. Double jointed elbows and knees, ball pegged wrists, swivel hinge ankles and toe hinge. Due to such great range in his arms and legs, he can achieve a variety of expressive poses.














S. H. Figuarts Shin Mefilas is another winner from Tamashii Nations’ Ultraman line. He looks great, moves smoothly and quite well, and comes with a decent amount of extras. He’s a figure that I had a lot of fun with, posing and taking plenty of photos. His design is unique, and he was one of the standouts in the film. In action figure form, he’s comparable.








 

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