FUNKO POP! MOVIES RODAN | Figure Review

Ah, Funko Pops, the Beanie Babies of our modern age. I have no strong feelings against them other then if it's from a series I like and there isn't much in terms of modern collectables, I'll pick some of them up. I still love my Pop figures for Wayne's World and The A-Team. Of course, I have a few of the Godzilla ones (Yes, I have the Gigan one, why do you think you need to ask me that?!) New figures continue to come out even amidst rumors of Funko going bankrupt, such as the figure I'm going to talk about today, our favorite giant monster of the sky: Rodan!

Most Pop figures have a certain sameness to them, but when it comes to non-human characters, that's when the sculpts are allowed to be a little more creative, as is the case here.
Despite being essentially chibified, this is still a great looking figure.

You can easily look at this and think "Yup, that's Showa Rodan."
The colors look great, you could even say it makes this figure...pop.
Wait! Please don't leave!

I especially love all the little details on this figure. All the bumps, creases and folds located throughout gives this Pop figure some real character. I've always appreciated Funko going that extra mile with their Godzilla figures. 

Unlike most Pop figures that usually have a rotating head, the Godzilla figures usually don't have articulation and are regulated to being basically statues, Rodan included. 

One thing that throws me off about Rodan is that he seems to be a bit smaller than the previous Godzilla and even basic Funko Pops. I think Rodan should at least be the same size as Godzilla. 

So, I really do like this Rodan figure and I would say go out and pick one up if you do collect Pop figures, but you can't as of right now. They sold out within an hour of them going live, I'm lucky to have one at all because Funko, for whatever reason, decided to make this specific Pop figure be a limited elite edition and only make 7500 of them. 
And to be perfectly honest, I have no idea why they made this decision. I could maybe understand if it was something like Bagan or even a special exclusive color version of a character. But excluding that, why Rodan of all characters? He's one of the Toho Big Five, he should be a standard release. But no, almost every character has to be exclusive to somewhere. Ghidorah can only be found at Gamestop, Gigan is a web exclusive, Destoroyah can only be bought at Amazon, etc...
This honestly puts a damper on the prospect of wanting to collect Godzilla Pop figures and I shudder to speculate on the aftermarket prices for Rodan.

Also, if there are only 7500 of these things, how come there's not a "-insert number here- out of 7500" anywhere on the box?

Yet another missed opportunity. 

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