Now I'm envisioning Eleking with a blingy EGOT necklace...Birdman wrote:He already is iconic. Eleking has won awards.
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I don't know, I would have to go back in time and have the episode he premiered in rewritten. Plus, that would mean I'd have to wipe out all of my other top favorites from the show.LegendZilla wrote:You know, re-work him a bit to match your taste and make him worthy of being an iconic Kaiju.Kaiju no Kami wrote:What do you mean?LegendZilla wrote:
How would you re-imagine the character?
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Eleking has won awards for WHAT? Godzilla has won awards, but no surprise there. I wasn't aware that Ultraman kaiju had won awards for anything...
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Eleking won the Japanese Best Monster Award for Ultraseven.
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No time travel is nessesary. Let’s say you made an Ultra series of your own and were given the task of revamping the character. What would you do?Kaiju no Kami wrote:I don't know, I would have to go back in time and have the episode he premiered in rewritten. Plus, that would mean I'd have to wipe out all of my other top favorites from the show.LegendZilla wrote:You know, re-work him a bit to match your taste and make him worthy of being an iconic Kaiju.Kaiju no Kami wrote:
What do you mean?
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I honestly don't know. My issue isn't with Eleking's design or anything, it was just the episode he was featured in itself.LegendZilla wrote:No time travel is nessesary. Let’s say you made an Ultra series of your own and were given the task of revamping the character. What would you do?Kaiju no Kami wrote:I don't know, I would have to go back in time and have the episode he premiered in rewritten. Plus, that would mean I'd have to wipe out all of my other top favorites from the show.LegendZilla wrote:
You know, re-work him a bit to match your taste and make him worthy of being an iconic Kaiju.
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Eleking is just simply a unique design, it somehow has this special-ness. A black 'n' white electric eel mixed with a snail equipped with limbs and a super long constricting tail featuring a robotic-looking 'mouth' that shoots energy waves. Not to forget his rotating antlers! What's not to love there?
I believe he also ranked high up in some kind of 'most popular' Ultra Monster survey they held a few years back, with Zetton, Gomora & Baltan being the top 3. Eleking was re-envisioned for Ultraman Max in '05 and later ('08...?) even played a heroic role as Gomora's sidekick in the Ultra Galaxy TV series. He also got that EX-powerup transformation which only a handful other strong or memorable Ultra Kaiju like Gomora, Redking, Zetton & Tyrant ever got. You see, somehow Eleking managed to get way up there!
I believe he also ranked high up in some kind of 'most popular' Ultra Monster survey they held a few years back, with Zetton, Gomora & Baltan being the top 3. Eleking was re-envisioned for Ultraman Max in '05 and later ('08...?) even played a heroic role as Gomora's sidekick in the Ultra Galaxy TV series. He also got that EX-powerup transformation which only a handful other strong or memorable Ultra Kaiju like Gomora, Redking, Zetton & Tyrant ever got. You see, somehow Eleking managed to get way up there!
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^ Don't forget the antlers...
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Fixed ~MandaSaurus wrote:^ Don't forget the antlers...
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My only issue with Eleking is that his roar sounds like a playground roundabout in desperate need of WD-40. Makes my ears bleed.
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Thankfully these types of toys don't come with sound...
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So... you dislike Ebirah's roar too then, I assume.Poe Ghostal wrote:My only issue with Eleking is that his roar sounds like a playground roundabout in desperate need of WD-40. Makes my ears bleed.
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I do, but you also hear it less. Or at least I don’t notice it as much.MM Raids Again wrote:So... you dislike Ebirah's roar too then, I assume.Poe Ghostal wrote:My only issue with Eleking is that his roar sounds like a playground roundabout in desperate need of WD-40. Makes my ears bleed.
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Eleking has no eyes. It's roar is probably like a bat's radar...Poe Ghostal wrote:My only issue with Eleking is that his roar sounds like a playground roundabout in desperate need of WD-40. Makes my ears bleed.
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Eleking's roar is literally Kamacuras' roar.
Well, that's certainly a thing.
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I believe my last post here was me being upset that belial hasn't gotten a new figure yet. Well, in those months since, not only has he gotten a new figure announced, but my baby boy Black King as well? What a time to be alive!
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The last of the New Gen Ultras!
(Unless Grigio, Gruebe and Ginga Victory also get Figuarts)
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Oh no, more New Gen reveals from a New Gen event!
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I hope there's some new Seven reveals.
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Only Zero-R/B stuff is being shown at this event. Sorry.Kaiju no Kami wrote:I hope there's some new Seven reveals.
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But there's Ginga stuff shown...Birdman wrote:Only Zero-R/B stuff is being shown at this event. Sorry.Kaiju no Kami wrote:I hope there's some new Seven reveals.
That's lame though. Come on Bandai, you were doing so well balancing out old and new and now you've started to shift it over to solely new.