Just when I thought NECA couldn't improve on their 2014 Godzilla figure, they made it BIGGER!I absolutely knew that I had to have this figure, especially given the price of it. Upon release it was only about $60. I really thought it was going to be about $100 with how big it was and it's other special feature.
Needless to say, my expectations for this figure were high. But did it live up to the-YES! It did.
Everything I loved about the 12" figure is magnified with the 24" figure.
(To clarify, the measurements are from head to tail.)
Godzilla has a beautifully sculpted head that looks great from any angle and with the mouth open or closed.
It is pretty surprising that the teeth issue from the last figure has carried over to this larger sized figure where you'd think sculpting smaller teeth wouldn't be an issue.
Because of it's larger size, more of the finer details of this Godzilla stand out. Godzilla's scales, hands, chest and feet all look amazing. Even his gills are more pronounced.
The paint is more or less carried over from the 12" figure, it even carries over the blue paint wash. To be perfectly honest this stands out even more on this figure and I find it distracting. Especially since it only covers half of the legs.
I gotta say, if this figure didn't have the wash and was just a solid charcoal grey color, it'd be chef's kiss perfect.
My previous views on the dorsal fins still apply here. They look great, but I feel like they could use more texturing to them. That and the tips of the fins look distractingly round. They could have been a little more pointy.
Upon getting this figure out of the box, the fins will be curved due to the way it was packaged. A simple fix with a hair dryer.
Also keep in mind that this figure has some weight to it. Always handle your figures with care.
Godzilla's articulation remains more or less the same as the 12" figure, but with one major exception.
The tail.
Not only does it look great but it has an astounding 12 points of fantastic movement.Remember that special feature I mentioned? Well if you insert 3 LR44 batteries into the pictured area in the tail and press a certain button cleverly disguised as a fin, this figure can let out a mighty roar!I cant demonstrate it here since I don't do video reviews, but believe me when I say, the roar sounds amazing. Unfortunately, the roar on mine doesn't seem to work anymore and that makes me very sad.
But even with the odd paint, rounded fin tips and a non working roar, I still feel comfortable in making this bold claim:
This is hands down, my favorite NECA Godzilla figure.
If there is one thing that makes me the most salty about NECA losing the Godzilla license, its the lost potential of seeing more 24" figures. I can't find the picture but I specifically remember seeing a post on Twitter where NECA expressed interest in making a 24 inch 1954 figure, which I'm pretty sure would have sold like amiibo's in 2014!
Also imagine a Shin Godzilla figure in the same scale!
As long as I am a collector of Godzilla figures, this one will always be a prominent display piece of mine! I could gush about this figure all day honestly, it obviously gets a high recommendation from me.
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