Marusan GRAND KING

The Ultraman Story (ウルトラマン物語 ) is a 1984 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju movie directed by Koichi Takano and produced by Tsuburaya Productions. Just like most Ultra shows in the 80s, monsters had always played a big part in shows for me.
Here's one of my faves, the one and only
GRAND KING

Produced by MARUSAN and offered as an 2004 internet exclusive for the fans, this the closest to the 9 inch vinyl glory you get for this Kaiju.

Quite a nice mold, true to the actual monster from the movie in alot ways, though not much articulations ( head, arms and legs), Grand King makes up for size and details, theres small burn marks all over this body, just make it look old and metal-like.

The price is quite hefty price ( $170 usd ) for this piece but to fans its well worth it, Bandai could have done a Chogokin of this, similar to the 1975 Mecha Godzilla. Oh well, we just have to settle for Marusan.

They also released a clear phasing pink and clear version. Both were available through KaijuTaro.