Pestar has appeared in 2 episodes of
the Ultraman saga, this figure represents his debut in Ultraman: the
Ultimate Hero or as it's referred to Ultraman Powered. The stories
are fairly similar with only a few barely noticeable changes. In
Ultraman Powered Pestar is an aquatic monster that's staked out a
prime oil tanker shipping route as his home and has become very
territorial and hungry for the sweet Texas Tea carried on those
vessels. The WINR at first tried to pursue and the monster using a
high tech submarine called the "Barricuda" but they didn't
take into account how huge Pestar was and after a decent undersea
battle, it escapes. The WINR warns the shipping companies of the
dangers of that particular route, which is brilliant if they planned on
luring the beast out of the ocean for round two.
(do forgive the awful song in the background. Feel free to leave hate messages on that person's youtube page, it's deplorable.)
The very next night Pestar shows up
again and goes straight for an oil refinery to satisfy it's thirst
for oil, but sure wasn't expecting Ultraman Powered to show up.
Caught off guard, Ultraman Powered makes short work out of Pestar by
tossing that big boy in the air and firing his Mega Spectrum Ray at
the monster. Destroyed in true Ultraman fashion (e.i lots of cheesy
sparkles and stock explosion noises) the ocean is safe again.
(Patrick's big brother heard you talkin' shit. Oh, you're awfully quiet now.)
Some of the main differences between
the first introduction to Pestar and the Ultraman Powered version is
the whole body has been redesigned. The edges of the body are covered
in suckers and Pestar's head looks even more menacing, like a bat
mixed with the Predator. Also the end fight is slightly better, as in
the fight lasts a whole 90 seconds longer and Pestar actually gets a
few good hits in.
(here at Raging Nerdgasm, we like big butts and we cannot lie.)
Pestar, to me at least, turned out
really cool in figure form. Leaps and bounds better than the Marusan
edition, Bandai really did an amazing job capturing how cool the
character's design is. He's a big, bulky bastard and while he may not
offer any articulation whatsoever, he makes up for it with sheer
attention to detail and texturing. The paint job is spot on, even the
light metallic flake on Pestar's backside does a great job at
highlighting his bumpy exterior. Displaying a figure as wide as
Pestar is becomes the only peeve, just because there isn't much room
left on a shelf when he takes up residence. Originally, the figure
was more expensive that other basic Ultraman figures upon it's
initial release in Japan which has translated to an often higher
price on the secondary market.
(I'm gonna eat your face!)
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