I was looking for something unique to add to my new lamp (that I found on the street as I did the table) as a centre piece to hang over my 1/6 Iron Man and LOTR/THT figures that stood out for all the right reasons; I was going to get the HT PC game version of the Iron Spider to do this (probably still will ) but decided he would still blend in too much with all the Iron Man red and gold on the table. Then I saw this guy, only one I could find for sale so perhaps a limited release? I'm not interested in the character himself (he's an alien who fights the new "Iron Manesque" Ultraman and occasionally sides with him) For info on him go here:
https://ultra.fandom.com/wiki/Bemular_(ULTRAMAN)#Manga
Personally I just love the aggressive design of the suit and how it appears to hover rather than stand (although it can do both with no issues), while being unique it also has an aesthetic style that coincidently shares attributes in design with my Iron Man collection below on one side AND with my 'The Hobbit' custom built Ring Wraiths and Sauron himself, which creates a 'bridge' between the two collections.
Quick quality and feel overview: Heavy, very heavy! (I've used braided wire fishing line to suspend him as I didn't have confidence in regular fishing line for his weight). His clever locking stand (take notes Hot Toys!) will support his weight but I'm not sure if I'd trust it on a glass table or high shelf, you wouldn't want this sharp metal infused heavy figure landing on your head and this is coming from a guy who lives surrounded by exposed live sword blades suspended all over the house, (seriously over 100!).
All the joints are great except the head won't tilt back very far unlike their version of Ultraman ( also reviewed here:https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t1426-much-lighter-faster-loading-pics-now-1-6-ultraman-7-3-armoured-figure-in-hand-reveiw-w-weapons-pack-die-cast-parts?highlight=ultraman). Nearly every piece of armour on this figure is articulated on a hidden ball joint, all the leg segments and shoulder armour in particular, there are also opening vents for propulsion ports similar to an Iron Man or Warmachine figure just a little underwhelming in comparison, these are located on the chest, the shoulder blades and 3 on each calf armour. The electrics are very basic and simple to get at on the figure, pull off the top of the helmet and press a switch, undo the clavicle armour (clips into chest and is articulated on a small ball joint) and pull off the chest armour and behind it is the PCB with batteries and switch, the supplied batteries literally died within a few minutes and I haven't got around to changing them, pretty much the same story with every Hot Toys figure I own too!
The accessories are plentiful a great but no articulated hands which is a bummer, there are however plenty of posed ones to choose from pair of: fists, gesturing (that can also hold the smaller beams just by luck and not design I think), splayed with pegs for attaching all accessories and a single right hand with permanently attached big flat translucent blue energy beam coming out of the bottom of the palm at a weird Ultraman specific angle that limits is use in posing a lot. There are two sets of translucent red beams, small and large (thin and fat), the large ones don't like to stay on if faced downwards which has kind of ruined the pose I want him in as he now has the small ones instead; I think the peg system should have been reversed, there's obviously a reason why every other toy company on Earth plug a beam into a hole and don't do it this way. All the effects parts are L&R specific too as the pegs on the hands are 'keyed' and the shape of the effect is matched to either L or R hand including the Energy Ball attachment pieces which is why there are two but only one hole in the ball itself. The ball itself has plenty of LEDs that light it up nicely by tapping on it once you've put the batteries in which is shown in the instructions, it lasts for about 10 seconds pulsing and diming towards the end and at the beginning I think. I say I think because mine has stopped working properly, the motion activated switch is a bit dodgy on my figure, probably got some rust in the switch's contacts as I found rust on the battery contacts, I guess their supplier of electronic components is a bit dodgy too! Easily fixed I imagine but haven't got around to it yet.
Lots of pics to do the talking now, including comparisons with the HT IM MK45, the HT Ultron Prime and my customised Ultraman figure turned into Pepper Potts' Rescue/First Aid comic's armour. I'm thinking of this guy as Marvel's Black Knight as he was an enemy of IM but also an ally at times, he has the corrupted blood red sword from when he and his ancestors fell to the bloodthirsty curse of the magic sword, he also has what could pass for the Shield Of Darkness absorbing power (the energy ball in this case) and the Sword Of Light (the blue beam effect) which were used in concert with each other; the shield feeding the sword energy. He could also fly in the cartoons with a rather daft rocket sled with horse's saddle.... I like the idea of him being self propelled personally... info on The Black Knight here although I had been thinking of the cartoon version in 'Iron Man: Armoured Adventures':
CLEVER STAND CLAMP LOCK, A PIECE CLIPS IN BLOCKING THE HINGE
VENTS
HIDDEN/SUBTLE ARTICULATION
ELECTRONICS
CROPPED AND BLOWN UP 400% SORRY.
COMPARISONS
ULTRAMAN HEAD
FREESTANDING ON FEET
HANGING FROM THE GIANT LAMP I FOUND, THE ARC OF THE LAMP STAND NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT FORWARDS A BIT BUT i HAVE YET TO TIGHTEN IT UP UNDER THE BASE WHICH IS VERY HEAVY MARBLE
BTW I TOOK ALL THESE PICS WITH CRAZY HIGH RESOLUTION THEN SHRUNK THEM DOWN TO 480X640, I DON'T THINK THEY LIKED THAT, LOST LOTS OF DETAIL, THIS IS AN ORIGINAL UNSHRUNKEN PICTURE, I'M STILL EXPERIMENTING WITH MY NEW PHONE CAMERAS...
https://ultra.fandom.com/wiki/Bemular_(ULTRAMAN)#Manga
Personally I just love the aggressive design of the suit and how it appears to hover rather than stand (although it can do both with no issues), while being unique it also has an aesthetic style that coincidently shares attributes in design with my Iron Man collection below on one side AND with my 'The Hobbit' custom built Ring Wraiths and Sauron himself, which creates a 'bridge' between the two collections.
Quick quality and feel overview: Heavy, very heavy! (I've used braided wire fishing line to suspend him as I didn't have confidence in regular fishing line for his weight). His clever locking stand (take notes Hot Toys!) will support his weight but I'm not sure if I'd trust it on a glass table or high shelf, you wouldn't want this sharp metal infused heavy figure landing on your head and this is coming from a guy who lives surrounded by exposed live sword blades suspended all over the house, (seriously over 100!).
All the joints are great except the head won't tilt back very far unlike their version of Ultraman ( also reviewed here:https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t1426-much-lighter-faster-loading-pics-now-1-6-ultraman-7-3-armoured-figure-in-hand-reveiw-w-weapons-pack-die-cast-parts?highlight=ultraman). Nearly every piece of armour on this figure is articulated on a hidden ball joint, all the leg segments and shoulder armour in particular, there are also opening vents for propulsion ports similar to an Iron Man or Warmachine figure just a little underwhelming in comparison, these are located on the chest, the shoulder blades and 3 on each calf armour. The electrics are very basic and simple to get at on the figure, pull off the top of the helmet and press a switch, undo the clavicle armour (clips into chest and is articulated on a small ball joint) and pull off the chest armour and behind it is the PCB with batteries and switch, the supplied batteries literally died within a few minutes and I haven't got around to changing them, pretty much the same story with every Hot Toys figure I own too!
The accessories are plentiful a great but no articulated hands which is a bummer, there are however plenty of posed ones to choose from pair of: fists, gesturing (that can also hold the smaller beams just by luck and not design I think), splayed with pegs for attaching all accessories and a single right hand with permanently attached big flat translucent blue energy beam coming out of the bottom of the palm at a weird Ultraman specific angle that limits is use in posing a lot. There are two sets of translucent red beams, small and large (thin and fat), the large ones don't like to stay on if faced downwards which has kind of ruined the pose I want him in as he now has the small ones instead; I think the peg system should have been reversed, there's obviously a reason why every other toy company on Earth plug a beam into a hole and don't do it this way. All the effects parts are L&R specific too as the pegs on the hands are 'keyed' and the shape of the effect is matched to either L or R hand including the Energy Ball attachment pieces which is why there are two but only one hole in the ball itself. The ball itself has plenty of LEDs that light it up nicely by tapping on it once you've put the batteries in which is shown in the instructions, it lasts for about 10 seconds pulsing and diming towards the end and at the beginning I think. I say I think because mine has stopped working properly, the motion activated switch is a bit dodgy on my figure, probably got some rust in the switch's contacts as I found rust on the battery contacts, I guess their supplier of electronic components is a bit dodgy too! Easily fixed I imagine but haven't got around to it yet.
Lots of pics to do the talking now, including comparisons with the HT IM MK45, the HT Ultron Prime and my customised Ultraman figure turned into Pepper Potts' Rescue/First Aid comic's armour. I'm thinking of this guy as Marvel's Black Knight as he was an enemy of IM but also an ally at times, he has the corrupted blood red sword from when he and his ancestors fell to the bloodthirsty curse of the magic sword, he also has what could pass for the Shield Of Darkness absorbing power (the energy ball in this case) and the Sword Of Light (the blue beam effect) which were used in concert with each other; the shield feeding the sword energy. He could also fly in the cartoons with a rather daft rocket sled with horse's saddle.... I like the idea of him being self propelled personally... info on The Black Knight here although I had been thinking of the cartoon version in 'Iron Man: Armoured Adventures':
CLEVER STAND CLAMP LOCK, A PIECE CLIPS IN BLOCKING THE HINGE
VENTS
HIDDEN/SUBTLE ARTICULATION
ELECTRONICS
CROPPED AND BLOWN UP 400% SORRY.
COMPARISONS
ULTRAMAN HEAD
FREESTANDING ON FEET
HANGING FROM THE GIANT LAMP I FOUND, THE ARC OF THE LAMP STAND NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT FORWARDS A BIT BUT i HAVE YET TO TIGHTEN IT UP UNDER THE BASE WHICH IS VERY HEAVY MARBLE
BTW I TOOK ALL THESE PICS WITH CRAZY HIGH RESOLUTION THEN SHRUNK THEM DOWN TO 480X640, I DON'T THINK THEY LIKED THAT, LOST LOTS OF DETAIL, THIS IS AN ORIGINAL UNSHRUNKEN PICTURE, I'M STILL EXPERIMENTING WITH MY NEW PHONE CAMERAS...