{"rewrite":{"id":"r_602a3bfed5e59fdb82d55609","clusterId":"c_82b27937e19aa268e77168dd","slug":"plex-opens-lottery-for-frog-tree-red-king-gaioh-sofubi","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"PLEX Opens Lottery For Frog Tree Red King Gaioh Sofubi","summary":"Dengeki Hobby Web reports that PLEX will sell an Ultraman kaiju soft vinyl figure reworked by Frog Tree, a sofubi artist focused on Japanese style. The figure, UKVA Red King Gaioh, is inspired by Red King and layers on yokai imagery, including the Gashadokuro. Lottery applications run on Premium Bandai from October 11, 2026 at 12:00 to October 26, 2026 at 23:00, one per person. It stands about 28 cm tall, 30 cm long, and costs 40,000 yen including tax. Winners are announced in late October 2026, with shipping in November 2026.","whyItMatters":"A lottery-only, four-figure sofubi by an artist known for Japanese-style work shows the Ultraman kaiju art line is being positioned at collectors who follow the artist rather than the character, with quantity capped and no first-come ordering.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe figure comes from ULTRA KAIJU VINYL ART, a PLEX project that brings sofubi artists to Ultraman kaiju, and it returns to the P-GARAGE Tsuburaya Store special pop-up sale. Frog Tree reworked Red King with yokai motifs: spirits, oni, and the layered detail on the torso and arms that reads as the Gashadokuro, the yokai said to be born from the corpses of battle. The mouth is open with bared fangs, and the musculature is pushed into a silhouette that reads beyond a standard kaiju. PLEX lists it at about 28 cm tall and 30 cm long, big enough for an adult to hold.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Frog Tree's Red King Gaioh borrows the Gashadokuro, a yokai assembled from battlefield skulls, to render Ultraman's Red King as accumulated grudge rather than a single monster.","twitterPost":"Frog Tree pulls the Gashadokuro into Red King Gaioh: the kaiju becomes a pile of grudge rather than one creature.","threadsPost":"PLEX is selling Frog Tree's Red King Gaioh by lottery, and the design borrows the Gashadokuro, a yokai built from battlefield skulls. That turns Ultraman's Red King into accumulated grudge rather than a single monster, which is a different reading of the character than a standard sofubi recolor.","newsletterBlurb":"PLEX will sell UKVA Red King Gaioh by lottery on Premium Bandai, with applications from October 11 to October 26, 2026. Frog Tree reworked Red King, the Ultraman kaiju, with yokai imagery including the Gashadokuro. The figure is about 28 cm tall and costs 40,000 yen including tax, with winners announced in late October and shipping in November.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Dengeki Hobby Web\",\"url\":\"https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/3188646/\",\"title\":\"Inspired by the Gashadokuro, a manifestation of grudges! \\\"Red King Gaioh,\\\" created by sofubi artist Frog Tree, will be sold by lottery on Premium Bandai!\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4464,"outputTokens":734,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791338839,"createdAt":"2026-10-07T02:03:14.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-07T02:06:11.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T02:06:11.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_82b27937e19aa268e77168dd","canonicalTitle":"怨念が具現化したガシャドクロをイメージ！ソフビアーティスト・Frog Treeによって創造された「レッドキング 骸王」がプレバンにて抽選販売！","representativeArticleId":"a_71516d943834643bd4c62899","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Ultraman\",\"ULTRA KAIJU VINYL ART\"],\"studios\":[\"Tsuburaya Productions\"],\"people\":[\"Frog Tree\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"figures\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-07T01:16:05.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-07T01:16:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T02:06:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Dengeki Hobby Web","url":"https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/3188646/","title":"怨念が具現化したガシャドクロをイメージ！ソフビアーティスト・Frog Treeによって創造された「レッドキング 骸王」がプレバンにて抽選販売！"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Ultraman","ULTRA KAIJU VINYL ART"],"studios":["Tsuburaya Productions"],"people":["Frog Tree"],"type":"release","domain":"figures","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}