Ultraman (ウルトラマン Urutoraman) is a Japanese tokusatsu science fiction television series created by Eiji Tsuburaya. Ultraman is a follow-up to Ultra Q, though not technically a sequel or spin-off. The show was produced by Tsuburaya Productions and was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) from July 17, 1966 to April 9, 1967, with a total of 39 episodes (40, counting the pre-premiere special that aired on July 10, 1966). After Ultraman premiered on TBS, it topped the average set by Ultra Q and kept climbing each week, marking the show as a success.
Although Ultraman is the first series to feature an Ultraman character, it is actually the second installment in the Ultra Series, with Ultra Q being the first. In fact, Ultraman opens with the Ultra Q logo exploding into the Ultraman logo. Ultraman, and its titular hero, became a major pop culture phenomenon in Japan, spawning dozens of sequels, spin-offs, rip-offs, imitators, parodies and tributes.
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This is the Bandai Gundam No.07 SSSP Exclusive Vehicle Ultraman Mecha Plastic Model Kit from Bandai.
- Snap together kit requires no glue
- Molded in silver and black
- High-Quality Waterslide Decals
- Pictorical instructions written in Japanese
- Bandai Mecha Collection Series # 07
- 2016 Tooling
- MSRP: $6.99 USD
- Street Price: $5.29+ USD
This is the recently released Bandai Mecha Collection Series Chevy Corvair from Ultraman. Being a 4 door sedan version I will go on a limb and say it is a ’64 so connoisseurs, please feel free to chime in and correct me if I’m wrong. The kit is not big so don’t be too excited (as I was). It is a 1/64 plastic model kit which is pretty much as big as a Hot Wheels.
As we have grown accustomed to lately with Bandai, this kit it is small but packs a punch on surface detail. No interior however but the detail on the car body and chassis is very crisp and decals are of good quality. I painted this one with Mission Models NEW MMM-005 Duraluminum and sealed with MMA-006 Clear Gloss Coat also from Mission Models. The trims and other specific areas were done with a 10/0 brush and Molotov Chrome.
Bandai will be releasing other kits in the same Mecha Line from Ultraman during June/July 2018. You can pick up this one as we speak at your local hobby shop or favorite online retailer.
