Captain Action Enterprises, LLC has announced a partnership with Medicom Toy Corporation to produce the lost Ultraman outfit. The uniform set was originally planned to be part of the superhero’s costume line for the 12” Captain Action figure. An image of the outfit appeared once in Shonen (Magazine) in the 1960s, designed as a prize for contest winners. This image came as a surprise to some modern fans who did not know that it existed.
“For Captain Action’s launch in Japan, Nippon Ideal made plans to give Captain Action an Ultraman costume. However, events conspired to prevent the Ultraman costume from becoming a reality, but not before pictures of it had appeared in articles about Captain Action in several issues of Shonen (Magazine) [Boys Magazine]. For decades, fans of both Ultraman and Captain Action have looked at those few grainy pictures and wished that the Ultraman costume had been released to toy stores,” James Long, a Japanese Anime and Tokusatsu Historian and fan of Captain Action said.
The Ultraman costume will be released in conjunction with Captain Action’s 50th anniversary. Additional plans for the anniversary are scheduled to be announced later.
“Captain Action is an international brand with both modern day and nostalgic fans, especially in Italy, Canada, Mexico, France, the UK, the Philippines and Japan,” Ed Catto, a Retropreneur at Captain Action Enterprises, LLC said.
“Once only a ghost from the pages of old magazines, the lost Captain Action Ultraman costume is finally a reality! At last Ultraman joins the other legendary Captain Action heroes, thanks to Medicom Toy and Captain Action Enterprises!” Long said.
Medicom Toy and Captain Action Enterprises are working together to create retro-style packaging to match the style of the original 1960s line.
The Medicom Toy Premium Club will accept orders from January 24, 2016 until March 5, 2016 and shipping and sales are planned for June 2016. More details can be found at www.medicomtoy.co.jp.
“After almost fifty years, we’re thrilled to be making this long-lost costume set available. For Captain Action fans, it’s not quite the Holy Grail, but it’s pretty close!” Joe Ahearn, a Founding Partner at Captain Action Enterprises, LLC said.
