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X-Plus is releasing the Ultra New Generation Five King Lighting Version, and Eleking Version 2, Five King is a Ric/Bandai Premium exclusive, Eleking a Ric exclusive (Eleking can be purchased from the US Ric site). Five King features light up eyes, back, and left arm "eye", it is 29cm tall and will retail for 22,680 yen. Eleking is 26cm tall and will retail for 14,580 yen ($121.67 US). Both can be pre-ordered now with release for Eleking scheduled for Jan 2019, and Feb 2019 for Five King.
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X-Plus has announced two Ultraman Ric figures the Real Master Collection Plus Ultraman Great, and the Soft Series Astromons. Ultraman Great RMC+ resin figure features a light up gimmick for eyes and color timer, and a logo battery base. It stands 27cm tall and retails for 19,980 yen ($166.73 US). Astromons is a Soft Series figure (squishy soft vinyl), it stands 24cm tall, and retails for 13,500 yen ($112.66 US). Both can be pre-ordered now from both the Japanese and US Ric sites with release scheduled for Jan 2019.
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JAL (Japan Airlines) is releasing the X-Plus Ultraman Spectium Ray Pose JAL Color Version figure, the third JAL X-Plus Ultraman figure. It features JAL colors (red and white instead of red and silver), has a JAL base with stand, and a special window display box. This figure stands 23cm tall and retails for 10,800 yen. It can be pre-ordered now from the JAL Store and is scheduled to ship Nov 5th
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Medicom is releasing two figures as Ultraman Store (pop up store) exclusives, Skeleton Baltan (luminescence) and Skeleton Antlar (Black). Baltan is a glow in the dark figure, Antlar is black, both feature a skeleton head under their regular one. Both stand 25cm tall and retail for 13,704 yen, they will be available at the Ultraman store (Seibu Shibuya branch B 5th floor) Nov 3th.
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Bandai/Tamashii has announced four upcoming figures for their S.H. Figuarts line of Ultraman figures, Ultraman Belial, Ultra Seven Special Color Version, Ultraman Blu Flame, and Ultraman Rosso Aqua. The last two feature reverse color schemes from the original figure colors. No release date or other info was given yet we will update when we have that info. Pics from Dengeki Hobby. Update: a fifth figure was shown Ultraman R/B(?) (bottom) no details was give on this figure either.
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Studio Tanaka is releasing the G Works Ultra Series Gomora Arrangement Version resin kit, a stylized version of the Ultra kaiju. This kit is 26cm tall when complete and retails for 32,400 yen. It can be pre-ordered now from the Studio Tanaka website with release in Dec 2018.
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Art Storm is releasing the Big Scale Magma Riser Ultra Guard Tank in both statue and kit forms. It is 40cm in length, has movable drill head (front), a light up gimmick for headlights and cockpit, movable muffler (hides switch for lights), and removable roof of the cockpit. The statue retails for 98,000 yen, the kit retails for 64,800 yen, they can be pre-ordered from Art Storm, with release scheduled for May 2019.
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Benelic is releasing the Ultraman Tiga Premium Lighting Figure Statue, Benelic runs the Ultraman official shop. This poly resin statue is 51cm tall, 45cm wide, and 21cm deep, it features a light up gimmick for the eyes and color timer, and has a base. It will retail for 38,000 yen, and can be pre-ordered from the Ultraman official site now with release scheduled for May 2019.
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X-Plus has announced their exclusive for Super Festival Osaka 5, the Large Monsters Series Dinosaur Tank Soft Vinyl Assembly Kit, this kit will also be available at Super Festival 79 and web lottery after both. The kit in molded in a luminescent vinyl for the dino and brown vinyl for the tank. It will be priced at 8,000 yen with 30 available at the Festival. Super Festival Osaka 5 is Nov 4, Super Festival 79 is Dec 16, click this link for full Super Festival info.
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Bandai is releasing the Ultraman 2 Super Move Candy figures, the second set of this series of small but very articulated figures. As with the previous assortment this assortment includes both figures and accessory sets. This assortment includes a Ultraman R/B, Ultraman Orb, Ultraman Taro, and three different accessory sets including buildings, roadways, and weapons (along with chewing gum with each). Each figure is approx 10cm tall (approx 4 inches) and a 10 piece assortment case (including at least one of each) will retail for 5,400 yen (approx $48 US). They can be pre-ordered now from the Bandai website with release scheduled for Jan 2019.