Was surfin through Art Storm's website and came across this upcoming trio set release/pre-order. Needless to say I'm stunned by the colors and sculpt. I'm only familiar with their Fewture Ex-Gokin line so can anyone shed some light on these along with Art Storm's vinyl qualities? Doesn't seem like it's been discussed around here but I've always found them rather impressive through website images. http://artstorm.co.jp/umezu_ultraman_zarabdadakemull.htm 楳図かずお版ウルトラマンシリーズ フィギュア王誌上限定版 ザラブ星人・三面怪人ダダ・ケムール人 楳図カラーver. 製品仕様：塗装済みソフビフィギュア 原型製作：薄井 利光、藤原 辰弘、佐藤 和由 材質：ソフトビニール 商品サイズ：約260mm～305mm 価格：14,000円(送料・代引き手数料込) 申し込み受付期間：2008年10月24日～2008年12月1日 商品発送時期：2009年4月末予定 お申し込みについての詳細は、2008年10月24日発売の ［ フィギュア王 No.129 ］をご覧下さい。 楳図かずお氏×円谷プロ×FEWTURE MODELSによる究極 のコラボ企画「楳図かずお版ウルトラマンシリーズ 楳図カラー ver.」にザラブ星人・ダダ・ケムール人が仲間入り！！実写版 のイメージに囚われない、楳図氏ならではの極彩色の怪人達 はこの機会にしか手に入らない逸品です！！お見逃し無く！！ ※実際の製品は仕様が異なる場合がございます。
Great find! 9-10" tall standard size kaiju. Not sure about vinyl quality. I think it says they are painted by Kazuo Umezu of Fewture Models in collaboration with Tsuburaya. Release in December.
oops, that can't be right because Kazuo Umezu is... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Umezu Edit: Well, I think Kazuo did create the colorways on these. Very cool!
Those figures are based on designs from Kazuo Umezu's Ultraman comic from the 60's. Those are the Umezu paint version, so I think he designed the paint job (although they're not HP by any stretch). Art Storm has great sculpts and I love the Umezu designs, but all of their stuff is made in China so I'm a bit biased against their vinyl quality. Its a hard, plastic-ey vinyl that shows off the sculpt well but doesn't add anything texture-wise. Paint apps are usually solid, though. Also, Art Storm stuff is usually made in large runs (50-100 or so), so these might not be too hard to score even after the pre-sale.
Thanks for the informative input. I can thoroughly accept made in China vinyls provided that they're of Eyezon quality or better. It's great to know that the paint app is solid which was what intrigued me in the first place.
Those things will not get the F outa my head. I have visited this thread a few times already just to look. Those are crazy pieces, so cool.
I got one of the first pieces from this series, Fuji, and was pretty disappointed with the chew-toyish, matte Chinese vinyl. However, as mentioned above, the sculpt and paint are the star here.
