MOTW- Pigmon

 

Poor Pigmon.  In his first two appearances he gets smashed or crushed or killed by the enemy monsters, Red King and Geronimon.  He is pretty cute, so of course he eventually returned in other series.  He was also in Ultra Q under the name Garamon, but was a giant threat in those two episodes.  He must be pretty durable, though.    A different version of the creature was an actual member of the Science Guard Party in The* Ultraman cartoon series.  I think it was a robot, actually.  Pigmon literally comes from the portmanteau of pygmy and monster.  He was helpful and friendly towards humans, and warned the Science Patrol about the threat of Geronimon. He was a valiant and noble ally.I actually got a plastic model of the monster back in the 80s, when information was far more scarce than it was.  This was the Garamon version.  I am not a very good model builder, and I don't remember what happened to it.  It's hard to believe how much we treasured oddball toys and stuff from Japan back then.  Who knew they would become so common place and easy to purchase?