Geranda

Geranda (ゲランダ - Geranda) is a monster that appeared in the film, Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of The Star of Light.

Subtitle: Space Winged Bone Beast (宇宙有翼骨獣 - Uchū yū tsubasa-kotsu-jū)

Powers/Weapons

 * Flight : Geranda is capaple of flight thanks to his retractable wings. His speeds can reach Mach 9.6 in space.
 * Fireballs : Geranda can spit red fireballs from his mouth.
 * Bone Armor : The bone-like armor that makes up Geranda's body is strong enough to withstand Dyna's Solgent Beam without receiving any damage.

History
Geranda was a monster sent by the Monera aliens as a decoy in their attempt to conquer Earth. Geranda was their first part in their plan and was seen in battle against Super GUTS. The battle between Geranda and Super GUTS was evenly matched until Ultraman Dyna arrived to stop the monster, taking the battle to the Moon's surface. Both monster and Ultra seemed evenly matched in strength and abilities, until Geranda was destroyed by the TPC's new weapon (secretly under the Monera's control): The Neo Maxima Cannon.

Toy Release Information
Geranda was released three times by Bandai for their Ultramonster Series. As seen in the photo, the first (1998, leftmost) and the newest one (2009, rightmost) are almost identical with the cleaner paintjob and metallic body on the 2009 ver. The 2000 edition (center) was a bit stranger, since it consisted of a milk-white vinyl as a base color. All three are nicely detailed, but all are, as a complaint, too short (5 inches) and does not go in scale with and of the 6 inch Ultras.

Trivia

 * Geranda's roar includes those used by Ghostron and Eleking.