I am definitely in for a Blood Suckers Edition, will look great next to R&M.

Yep, secured my BSE Ultraman via Chris at Kingpin! Now the celebration and wait begins

Call a distributer, you get extra Customer Service, get locked in on a game, no stress of the slow shop page and you get to support Spooke and a Distro.

I secured my UM BSE and moved on with my day already .

Email Chris over there. I had a feeling the shop would crash so I just made arrangements through Kingpin and am sipping coffee, watching the new Loki and comfortable in the knowledge that my UM BSE is in the queue.

Make that at least 3, got a Ultraman BSE ordered through Kingpin!!!

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That trim is AMAZING! Plus I wanted my BS to match my R&M BS edition.

I would minded I ordered the BSE partly because of the amazing trim.

I looked around online and didn't have a lot of luck until I realized you need to look for "The Trials of Ultraman #4: Mystery Variant". Sometimes they show the BG image on the ads but more often than not it just says "mystery variant" and doesn't have an image. I was able to snag a copy on Ebay for $9 including shipping.

I think the comic book people have gotten wind of us looking for this issue, there aren't a lot left at face value. Here is one I could find: ebay.com link: itm

Like how GNR let's your play music videos and songs in attract? That would be amazing, I've been really enjoying the old Ultraman episodes lately.

I picked up Ultraman's ship over the weekend. Lots of glue and water decals later I've got a ship for my BSE playfield when it shows up.

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Just ordered the Bandai kit from the local hobby shop. They have a BUNCH of really cool sculpts for Ultraman. You can get his car, most of the monsters and figures of the various versions of UM himself. Since the UM topper didn't "stab" like the HWN one, plus the MUCH nicer powder coat on the BSE convinced me to go that route. I am also big on making my OWN toppers, like a diarama or something, for my games. I am working on one for my Goldeneye with a bunch of models I bought, made one for my Meteor with a bunch of ICBM models and fire LEDs. Have an idea for Breakshot but still need some ideas for Xenon besides just going with the hologram topper.

Yes, you need a few items to put it together. You need nice long tweezers to deal with the decals, model glue to keep the pieces together and some very fine grit sandpaper to remove excess plastic tabs etc. I didn't do the decals on the bottom since you won't see the bottom. For this kit I did not need paint, but I have a huge supply from past projects. Models are fun for those of us that like small finicky details, for the rest of you there are "die cast" versions available that have no assembly required.

Here is a link to the kit on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017JT76TC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00

Matt Frank, the artist behind the new UM pinball game and the cover of "The Trials of Ultraman #4" is doing an AMA on Reddit (r/ultraman) this Friday (23rd).

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultraman/comments/on9t2a/matt_frank_will_do_an_ama_this_friday_here_on/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

For me it was really that blue trim on the CE, I am not into that at all, especially when the BSE comes with that beautiful hologram powder coat. I have the "toy" they added to the CE, so don't need that. Finally, the topper was not appealing either, it seems like the same as R&M, I would rather build something with models etc.

I have resigned myself to not getting my BSE UM for at LEAST a year. Would I like it sooner? Hell yes! But, IMHO it is worth the wait for the model I WANT. Fortunately a good friend will have a HWN very soon so I can play the table in the interim.

Really, Ultraman is a black hole of merch, it would be really easy to go broke buying all the cool stuff. With that said I ordered that issue to display as well as some others in the "Trials of Ultraman" series, but before you frame it up make sure you read it, it is a good comic too (and I am not a "comic book" guy).

Our Rick and Morty had major issues with the last software iteration, I installed the x-spacers sold on Pinside and they made a world of difference even after the code update. Do you know if they ever did put shorter bushing on R&Ms from the factory? The single wound coild controlled by software coupled with the excess space between the flipper bad and PF made for a bad combo. With the spacers and new code they work better than my Sterns and Williams games.

Yep, got my number, I am in on a Bloodsucker edition and as I understand it fairly early in the BS run, and I have number 423 coming. I would guess at least 400 of the UMs are CEs. Good news is by the time my game is shipped all the bugs will be worked out, mods will be widely available, and they will probably be on v3 or v4 of the software. Apparently I will also have a VERY rare game . At least I will get to play Halloween in the near future because a friend is getting a very early CE.

I am good with that! I would not be surprised if there are less than 50 Ultraman BSEs made. There has to be at least some SEs ordered too and they will probably be even more rare, like a Rick and Morty SE.

I bet they are working their butts off over there trying to get us Gameplay video. I don't think Bug actually does the video editing, and there are licencing approvals to consider. They WILL get us gameplay as soon as possible. Luckily for them all the games are already sold and they have time till they start shipping to us

I am just 5 machines ahead of you. I expect between 14 and 16 months before I get mine. Luckily a few CE UM and HWN are coming to friends here in CO so I will get to play it sooner than next fall .

A good friend will have one of the first off the line (in the first 50 that Spooky "reserves") so I am hopeful I can get my hands on that one in a few weeks at most.

I ordered the BSE specifically because there are SO many amazing sculpts and collectibles for UM. I'm planning to build a diorama topper using some demolished buildings, some of the kaiju and a UM figure. So much cool ultraman stuff!

Yes, I put mine together a week or so ago. The decals are waterslide decals. Get a shallow saucer or bowl and put a small amount of water in it, like half an inch deep. Then, using some tweezers (I used my ESD tweezers from my electronics kit) put the ONE decal (cut them out and only do one at a time) into the water and hold it under (like you are drowning it) for like 30 seconds to a minute, at some point the sticker/decal will come loose and you can CAREFULLY pick it up off the paper or take the entire piece over to the model and slide the decal only into place,the second method is much simpler. There will be excess water, if you leave this it will take a while to set and dry so WAIT before you do the next one or you may mess up the alignment of the previous decal. Alternatively use the very corner of a paper towel to soak the excess water and it will dry quicker. For video instructions look up "Putting On Waterslide Decals" on YouTube. Good luck!

Edit: when you are done and everything is dry you should spritz the model with some clearcoat, I just used matte Krylon clearcoat and a very thin layer.

It will mostly stay together with snap only, the little turret on the top was the only part I had any problems with. But, it is IMPORTANT to never use super glue on a model. Super glue will melt the plastic in a bad way. You should use Model Glue, you can get it at Target or any hobby shop for less than $5. I did end up taking a few parts back apart and gluing them before I cleared it. After doing all this I realized the clear would probably hold the turret on though.

Looks like the back glass art is also featured on the blu-ray collection of Rise of Ultraman. I don't have a blu-ray player but pretty cool do see his art out there.

The Birth of Ultraman Collection [Blu-ray] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08SWXWTXG/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_YR7K1SNMV65AP5NNEGAG