King Joe was sent by the Pedan aliens
as their main weapon to conquer Earth. Arriving on Earth in the form
of 4 ships, the Pedan's ultimate weapon laid siege to a naval fleet
until they garnered the attention of the Ultraseven crew. By the time
they arrived to provide a counter-attack, King Joe was long gone and
on to it's next target. As the four ships arrived at a U.N. Embassy they combined to reveal King Joe's full form, a giant frickin' robot
with some strange protrusions (ie- giant electrode tits on his head,
a rainbow window chest and what I can only describe as bongos on his
ass and hips.) Even with the countermeasures hidden at the embassy,
King Joe seemed near indestructible.
(pretty decent scenes)
Ultraseven soon showed up to save the
day but couldn't seem to breach King Joe's Pedantic Armor. Soon
after exhausting a good deal of his energy, Ultraseven found himself
pinned to the ground and became the recipient of some absolutely
viscious bitch slaps, courtesy of King Joe. At this point Ultraseven
decides the best thing to do is pass the fuck out and hope this alien
quits pummeling him.
As King Joe turns his back to
Ultraseven, the hero lunges forward and knocks King Joe on his
glorious golden ass. Incapable of getting back up again(most likely
due to his bongo ass), King Joe splits into the four ships and flees
with Ultraseven in pursuit.
It was then revealed that the reason
for King Joe's attack on the Embassy was due to a scientist who had
found a chemical that is highly reactive with Pedantic Armor, which
also explained why the Pedan Aliens have come to Earth as well. King
Joe returns, arriving in Tokyo Bay where it trashes a few oil tankers
till Ultraseven shows back up. King Joe once again totally owns
Ultraseven in a pretty decent fight, even though his weakness is
getting knocked on his ass. But Ultraseven has a WMD full of that
Pedantic reactive chemical which he shoots at King Joe,
short-circuiting and destroying the robot once and for all.
King Joe is in my top 5 favorite
Ultraman bad guys (in no particular order Baltan, King Joe, Dada,
Pestar and Red King). As the Ultraman story evolves, so do his
villains but this version of King Joe is my favorite. No techno
cannon, no monotone paint scheme, just very true to the original
design. Simple and slick looking with the perfect shade of gold on
his suit and a rainbow effect through the “honeycomb” on his
chest. The main thing I like about the figure is it's huge! Over 12
inches tall and with some serious weight to him, I've been impressed
and desired this figure for years and was finally lucky enough to
acquire one through Planet Retro Gallery care of my wife for
Valentines day.
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