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Joining along side Kamen Rider 1 and Takeshi Hongo for our December Tamashii Pick-Up, we have S.H.Figuarts Ultraman Orb Spacium Zeprion, first shown at Tamashii Nation Shanghai sometime ago.
Price for this piece is currently unknown, but the image gallery does show he’ll at least include one effect part.
Bandai Namco’s Kaiju Survival game City Shrouded in Shadow is finally gearing up for release, a new preview teaser for the game’s been released where we finally have a look at the gameplay.
City Shrouded in Shadow will see a release October 19th 2017 in Japan, the trailer and previous magazine scans have confirmed the inclusion of the anime Mobile Poilice Patlabour into the already bizarre mix of Kaiju, Ultras, and Eva. An English localization for this game has yet to be confirmed as of this writing.
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Tamashii Nations World Tour makes its next stop in Shanghai China, and a plethora of new S.H.Figuarts releases from Ultraman Orb have been revealed at the event, with photos courtesy of users from Weibo.
Kicking us off, we have S.H.Figuarts Juggulus Juggler and Spacium Zeprion being the only two that have a confirmed price and release date: Juggulus Juggler will retail for 6500 yen slated to come out in January 2018, while Spacium Zeperion will come out in December for 5500 yen. It is unclear whether or not the pair will be mass retail release, or some exclusive to some site or storefront.
In addition, Ultraman Orb’s other forms: Burnmite, Hurricane Slash, and Thunder Breaster were also on display but with display only labels, so it is unclear if those three will ever see release to the public.
We’ve seen both on display recently at the Tamashii Nations Akiba showroom as well as the Tamashii Nations World Tour. Now both of these new figures are slated for actual release! Thanks to a handful of new magazine scans we can confirm both.
S.H. Figuarts kamen Rider Drive Type Special, Drives unique movie from from Surprise Future, is set for release in November. Type Special will be a Tamashii Web Exclusive and retail for 6264 yen.
S.H. Figuarts Dada or as he was originally known Agent #271, is an infamously weird villain from the original Ultraman TV series. While not as prolific as Baltan this Kaiju is definitely looking good as Bandai continues their productive line of Kaiju figuarts. Dada will be released in November for 7344 yen.
Last year, Bandai Namco Games announced City Shrouded in Shadow: a game where you survive a giant monster attack was in development and we’ve finally been given an update thanks to Famitsu magazine with translation courtesy of Silconera.
City Shrouded in Shadow will feature characters from Ultraman, Godzilla, and Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise and while we won’t see them crossover the game will generate scenarios based on one of those series each will be generated one stage at a time. Here’s a list of who we know will be in the game thus far:
Giant Shadow 1
Ultraman
NisUltraman
Alien Zarab
Giant Shadow 2
Godzilla
King Ghidorah
Giant Shadow 3
Evangelion Unit-01
The Fourth Angel
Giant Shadow 4
Gamera
Soldier Legion
Players will be able to choose between a male or female protagonist everything from clothes, hairstyle, and even job title can be changed. The game will also have multiple dialogue choices, some of which can affect your relationship with your significant other.
While no solid release date was given as of yet, we do know that the game is currently 75% completed and will come out Fall 2017 in Japan for PS4 and PS3 consoles The Vita version has sadly been reported as canceled.
In a surprising bit of news this month’s Figure Oh scans have revealed a previously unknown figuart from the Ultraman franchise. None other than S.H. Figuarts Dan Moroboshi!
The human form of Ultra Seven, Dan is looking pretty magnificent in figure form. Recreated here in his signature Ultra Garrison uniform, Dan is looking pretty sharp. He includes an alternate helmetless head, the Ultra Eye transformation device, and the Ultra Gun, as well as presumably several sets of hands. Dan is set for an October release, seemingly at retail, for 6264 yen.
We’ll update this story as more information becomes available. The biggest question raised by this surprise reveal though, what does this mean for the prototypes of Retsu Ichijouji (Gavan) & Takeshi Hongo (Rider 1) that we’ve seen previously? Let’s hope it’s something good.
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Bandai Tamashii Nations continue their line of show-accurate Ultraman S.H. Figuarts figures with the announcement of the Ultraman Type A Suit! This figure is based on the character’s appearance in the first 13 episodes of the original series, sporting a slightly leaner build, more muted red accents and an alternate show-accurate head. Currently the figure’s only known accessory is a Specium Ray effect part, likely along with a number of alternate hands.
Ultraman Type A suit will be released in September, for the price of 5940 yen.
“I am Orb! I light the darkness and strike at evil!”
After a teasing reveal last month Bandai Tamashii Nations have now updated their website with images of the forthcoming S.H. Figuarts Ultraman Orb Origin and Ultraman Orb Origin The First figures! The first modern Ultra hero to join the S.H. Figuarts line, these figures are based on the hero’s ‘true’ appearance in both Ultraman Orb and the Amazon Prime-exclusive Ultraman Orb: The Origin Saga prequel series.
A mass release figure due for release in August, Ultraman Orb comes with the Orb Calibur weapon, a replacement colour timer and a number of alternate hands. Meanwhile Orb Origin The First will also be arriving that month, but will be sold exclusively through Amazon.co.jp. He comes with replacement hands, colour timer and a number of attack effect parts. Both figures cost 5940 yen each.
Preorders for Ultraman Orb Origin are scheduled to open on April 3rd, with Origin The First presumably the same day or shortly afterward.
As a further tease Tamashii Nations have also confirmed a third figure in the Ultraman Orb lineup, however it’s identity is currently unknown.
Will you be adding this Ultra Hero to your collection? Check out the full selection of images after the jump!
A little while ago, Bandai announced it’s first S.H.Figuarts Ultraman Orb releases with Orb Origin and Origin The First coming out of the woodwork.
Since then, official images of the pair have been released online giving us a much cleaner look at the two!
S.H.Figuarts Ultraman Orb Origin will be a retail release with a price tag of 5500 yen.
While S.HFiguarts Ultraman Orb Origin The First will be sold exclusively on Amazon Japan(which does offer international shipping for toys and action figures now) for the same price as Orb Origin. Both will see release August 2017.