08/28/05- I recently got the Ultraman Tiga DVDs that were released in the last few years by FUNimation-- 8 DVD's worth of 30-minute episodes. Uhhhhnnn... My brain's not bleeding, but it is numb ... and I've still got another 2 DVDs to go.

Anyway, in one of the episodes, I was impressed by the head design of the alien "Kiliel". I sketched it, made a few modifications, then set about trying to make something of it in doll form. So, like the Fearmu doll, this is an "inspired-by" thing. It's a little "Predator"-ish and "Guyver"-ish, but my intent was simply to make a tough, armoured nemesis for Ultrawoman Lulu.

Since I'm more interested in making female whatevers than male whatevers, the concept of a hypothetical "Ultrawoman Lulu" series just naturally developed. No, I'm not doing stories-- but the concept is useful for directing the creation of these monster/alien women. Naturally, if I were actually doing such a series, it wouldn't be for kids, but for the fringe demographic that appreciates catfights-- it would be sort of like the infamous "Tastes Great/Less Filling" commercial meets Cutey Honey, maybe with a touch of "Kill Bill". No more fight-ending Ultra beams and exploding aliens (Didn't Indiana Jones show us the futility of the Ju-Jitsu stuff when you can just whip out the artillery?).

Come to think of it, maybe the concept would be much better if you ditched the funky monster suits altogether...