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Biollante is arguably an overlooked character in the Godzilla series. Which is a shame, she's one of the more unique monsters and you've gotta admire all the hard work that was done to bring this creature to life on screen.
But she does have her fair share of fans and has been represented in figure form many times. Weather it be from Trendmasters, X-Plus or SH MonsterArts, Biollante is a sought after character from collectors.
Movie Monster Series Biollante looks pretty good. I like the detailing all over her body, it has a great lush and plant like appearance. I especially like how the leaf like spines down her back look.
But as good as it looks, there are a few areas where I feel Biollante could have been designed better.
Her front tendrils look great, but the back ones are a little awkward looking and all scrunched up in the back. This figure would have looked a lot better if the back tendrils where shaped more like the front ones. Also why aren't their teeth painted?
The front tendrils can also be rotated.
Speaking of paint, while the coloring on Biollante is overall good, there are some spotty areas on her head.
Only the front of the tusks are painted and it's weird to look at. As for her teeth inside the mouth, I can't imagine those would have been easy to sculpt or paint and have it look like teeth.
Scale wise, this Biollante is quite smol compared to most figures. Biollante usually towers over most Kaiju in the series, even Ghidorah.
With all that being said, I still think this is a great Biollante figure. As much as some people would want the marvelous SH MonsterArts Biollante, it can be quite expensive and hard to find. I say that if your looking for a Biollante figure to add to your collection, this might be a great alternative.
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So long...
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