For the SH MonsterArts line, 2015 seemed to be the year of the Re-paints. 2016, on the other hand appears to be the Year of the Godzilla's.So far the year has seen many surprise figure reveals. Among them are the original 1954 Godzilla, the new Shin Gojira and a weird looking Evangelion colored Godzilla.
But to start off the new line, we have a new figure based on his 2001 appearance from the film 'Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'
One of the more interesting and somewhat controversial designs of the Big G has been captured beautifully.
Starting from the top, the head looks great. The sculpt is spot on and the details stand out very well, the ghostly looking eyes in particular. The inside of the mouth is painted very nicely with some great looking teeth and a nice looking tongue, which can slightly move side to side and you can get it to move up and down, just be careful not to force it.
In addition to the typical movement to the left and right, this Godzilla can look pretty far down and really high up, I think this figure can look higher than any SHMA Godzilla previously could.
The arms can rotate and twist at the shoulders, he has a nice bend at the elbows and the hands can rotate at the wrist and move about.
The hands came out looking good, but something to bring up is that the claws on my figure have a slight grey shade starting at the bottom before turning white and if you look carefully, you'll notice hints of brown shading throughout the figure. I don't think much of this but I thought I'd point out that some figures may look slightly different then others.
The legs are nice and big, they can move out pretty far and there is a bend at the knee. The feet can bend up and down and can pivot around for posability. The toe nails have the same coloring issue that the claws had.
I've heard stories of some other people who've purchased this figure and have had the head, hands and torso spontaneously pop out while being moved around. On mine however, the only issue I've had with parts coming loose are the hands, which can easily be popped right back in.
Moving on to the dorsal plates, I think they came out looking pretty good. I love the rough, bumpy texture that they have and I also like how some of the tips are curved in several different ways. Though some of them do overlap over others.
Godzilla does have 2 points of waist articulation and while the gap between the plates does look odd it's still not as distractedly wide as the 1964 figure.
The same overlapping spines issue can be found on the beginning of the tail. Other then that though, the tail looks nice and the movement is nice and fluid.
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| This Godzilla stands just a hair taller than your average SHMA Godzilla figure. |
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| I don't have a Baragon figure. =( |
One last thing to mention, aside from the weird color choices and the issue with the hands, I think the price for this guy is a little too high. Considering the average SHMA Godzilla figure costs between $60-$70, $82 seems a bit steep. Especially considering the lack of any accessories. But ignoring those gripes, I still think this is a great offering from Tamashii Nations. If you can get it for a good price, pick it up!
Till next time, I have been your host Gryphon
and I hope you've enjoyed your time here in my lair.
So long...
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