2012 X-Plus Vinyl Figures Discussion Thread

[GCrusher]

I think Baragon and Gorosaurus are cool B cast monsters, but Titanosaurus is probably gonna fall into the category of not necessary for me to own. If it goes on clearance, I'll think about it. I'm not sold on it.
Detail looks good, including the antenna, I dunno.

[ZillaMaster91]

I understand that.

I bought Titanosaurus because he's one of my favorite kaiju, and I wanted him. Sure I have the 6" Bandai version, but I want a figure that takes advantage of its scale, and is a noticeable piece when someone looks at my collection. The X-Plus Titanosaurus will certainly succeed at that. However, I think I'll be done with the 30cm line after Titanosaurus for now.

[Planetxman]

I think it looks great !

[ZillaMaster91]

For those who own the 30cm Rodan 1964, I have a question.

Have you guys ever had any issues with displaying him? I only ask because mine has this bad habit of falling under its own weight. The right wing, which is one of its balance points bends under the weight causing the figure to fall forward. Mine was displayed over one of my cabinets in my room and it fell onto the floor. Fortunately there wasn't any damage to the figure, and only a few minor scratches in the paint on its back (the figure fell forward and flipped on its back before landing on the floor), nothing highly noticeable. This design flaw kind of makes me REGRET buying Rodan now, because it's hard for me to display him without knowing that it's going to keep falling on its own weight.

For those who have this issue, or had an issue like this, how can I fix this?
At this moment, I feel as if I flushed $240 down the toilet with this figure...

Perhaps when I return home to Guam, I'll display Rodan behind my two 25cm figures, Gigan and MechaGodzilla '74. Hopefully by doing that, if Rodan tips forward again, the two figures will catch it and prevent it from falling all the way. Still, I'm upset at this flaw...

[ebirahsmeg1]

Wow, so much for the paint job improving this figure.

Sorry, but this is one very lackluster Titanosaurus figure. If the price was the same as a normal Bandai/Marmit, then maybe this *might* pass as tolerable (I still think both the Bandai and Marmit's MH figure blows this away), but for the high cost, this kind of subpar figure is simply unacceptable for a line supposedly touted for it's "realistic/accurate" figures at premium prices.


Now, onto another completely different topic regarding Xplus.....GAMERA.












I recently bought a new Marmit MH figure. While I was picking it up, I came across a bunch of Xplus Gamera figures that were released in Toys R Us (Japan only) back around 1999-2000. Overall, they looked very nice and they were rather cheap (2000-3000 yen each). They had Gamera showa/heisei figures as well as Guiron, Jiger, and Baby Iris. They seemed rather nice looking figures. I never really knew of these figures' existence until I ran across them today...Any collectors here who own them? And if so, how would you rate them? Are they worth picking up, or should I just pass? How hard are they to usually find?

[RedZillaKing]

Is it just me, or should the colors be more... muted? The yellow looks... I don't know. Gaudy?

[godzilla898]

Is it just me, or should the colors be more... muted? The yellow looks... I don't know. Gaudy?

Considering the amount of Gamera/Gyaos variants they released (Clawmark Toys has a couple), I doubt those are the only color schemes they're in.

[Benagon]

Is it just me, or should the colors be more... muted? The yellow looks... I don't know. Gaudy?

Considering the amount of Gamera/Gyaos variants they released (Clawmark Toys has a couple), I doubt those are the only color schemes they're in.

I think he's talking about the Titanosaurus.

I agree the colors could be a little more washed out looking on him. The belly looks pretty good.

[RedZillaKing]

Yeah I was. And to be fair I agree about the belly. Though the word I'd use is "fantastic". I was hoping the pant would have improved it to the point that I'd want it.

[Benagon]

Belly does look great. I bet the bright colors could be fixed very easily with a simple black wash or some other kind of painting technique. I'm not too keen on altering such an expensive figure, though.

[Planetxman]

[Godz]

For those who own the 30cm Rodan 1964, I have a question.

Have you guys ever had any issues with displaying him? I only ask because mine has this bad habit of falling under its own weight. The right wing, which is one of its balance points bends under the weight causing the figure to fall forward. Mine was displayed over one of my cabinets in my room and it fell onto the floor. Fortunately there wasn't any damage to the figure, and only a few minor scratches in the paint on its back (the figure fell forward and flipped on its back before landing on the floor), nothing highly noticeable. This design flaw kind of makes me REGRET buying Rodan now, because it's hard for me to display him without knowing that it's going to keep falling on its own weight.

For those who have this issue, or had an issue like this, how can I fix this?
At this moment, I feel as if I flushed $240 down the toilet with this figure...

Perhaps when I return home to Guam, I'll display Rodan behind my two 25cm figures, Gigan and MechaGodzilla '74. Hopefully by doing that, if Rodan tips forward again, the two figures will catch it and prevent it from falling all the way. Still, I'm upset at this flaw...

I've got mine posed with the X-Plus Minya and Godzilla '68 from the same line, and they help 'support' him. Yes it is a pain to keep standing, but, so far its worked.

[ZillaMaster91]

For those who own the 30cm Rodan 1964, I have a question.

Have you guys ever had any issues with displaying him? I only ask because mine has this bad habit of falling under its own weight. The right wing, which is one of its balance points bends under the weight causing the figure to fall forward. Mine was displayed over one of my cabinets in my room and it fell onto the floor. Fortunately there wasn't any damage to the figure, and only a few minor scratches in the paint on its back (the figure fell forward and flipped on its back before landing on the floor), nothing highly noticeable. This design flaw kind of makes me REGRET buying Rodan now, because it's hard for me to display him without knowing that it's going to keep falling on its own weight.

For those who have this issue, or had an issue like this, how can I fix this?
At this moment, I feel as if I flushed $240 down the toilet with this figure...

Perhaps when I return home to Guam, I'll display Rodan behind my two 25cm figures, Gigan and MechaGodzilla '74. Hopefully by doing that, if Rodan tips forward again, the two figures will catch it and prevent it from falling all the way. Still, I'm upset at this flaw...

I've got mine posed with the X-Plus Minya and Godzilla '68 from the same line, and they help 'support' him. Yes it is a pain to keep standing, but, so far its worked.

Thanks. I'll try that with my two 25cm figures.

[Brad Simmons]

For those who own the 30cm Rodan 1964, I have a question.

Have you guys ever had any issues with displaying him? I only ask because mine has this bad habit of falling under its own weight. The right wing, which is one of its balance points bends under the weight causing the figure to fall forward. Mine was displayed over one of my cabinets in my room and it fell onto the floor. Fortunately there wasn't any damage to the figure, and only a few minor scratches in the paint on its back (the figure fell forward and flipped on its back before landing on the floor), nothing highly noticeable. This design flaw kind of makes me REGRET buying Rodan now, because it's hard for me to display him without knowing that it's going to keep falling on its own weight.

For those who have this issue, or had an issue like this, how can I fix this?
At this moment, I feel as if I flushed $240 down the toilet with this figure...

Perhaps when I return home to Guam, I'll display Rodan behind my two 25cm figures, Gigan and MechaGodzilla '74. Hopefully by doing that, if Rodan tips forward again, the two figures will catch it and prevent it from falling all the way. Still, I'm upset at this flaw...

I've got mine posed with the X-Plus Minya and Godzilla '68 from the same line, and they help 'support' him. Yes it is a pain to keep standing, but, so far its worked.

Use a putty on his feet. I bought some from Home Depot, it's used for knick-knacks and it doesn't harm the figures. It can be rolled off very easily. I used it for action figures though, not sure if it'll be strong enough to prevent an X-Plus from taking a dive. Still, it's worth a try. The stuff I bought was called Ticky Tack I believe and it was yellow. Failing that, try a hobby store and ask for museum putty.

[GCrusher]

Translated from the X-Plus Titanosaurus page..
"If you sleep Torikakara also concluded the Showa finally ready for "Mekagojira 2" ..."

Are we to take this that M2 is on the way?! I'll take him with the robot brain please.

[RedZillaKing]

Something on your mind planetxman?

[ZillaMaster91]

For those who own the 30cm Rodan 1964, I have a question.

Have you guys ever had any issues with displaying him? I only ask because mine has this bad habit of falling under its own weight. The right wing, which is one of its balance points bends under the weight causing the figure to fall forward. Mine was displayed over one of my cabinets in my room and it fell onto the floor. Fortunately there wasn't any damage to the figure, and only a few minor scratches in the paint on its back (the figure fell forward and flipped on its back before landing on the floor), nothing highly noticeable. This design flaw kind of makes me REGRET buying Rodan now, because it's hard for me to display him without knowing that it's going to keep falling on its own weight.

For those who have this issue, or had an issue like this, how can I fix this?
At this moment, I feel as if I flushed $240 down the toilet with this figure...

Perhaps when I return home to Guam, I'll display Rodan behind my two 25cm figures, Gigan and MechaGodzilla '74. Hopefully by doing that, if Rodan tips forward again, the two figures will catch it and prevent it from falling all the way. Still, I'm upset at this flaw...

I've got mine posed with the X-Plus Minya and Godzilla '68 from the same line, and they help 'support' him. Yes it is a pain to keep standing, but, so far its worked.

Use a putty on his feet. I bought some from Home Depot, it's used for knick-knacks and it doesn't harm the figures. It can be rolled off very easily. I used it for action figures though, not sure if it'll be strong enough to prevent an X-Plus from taking a dive. Still, it's worth a try. The stuff I bought was called Ticky Tack I believe and it was yellow. Failing that, try a hobby store and ask for museum putty.

Well, there aren't any hobby stores on Guam, but at least we have ONE Home Depot. When I get home in August, I'll take a look there for some Ticky Tack too. If you say it doesn't harm the figures, then it's worth a shot.

[Jomei]

Is it just me, or should the colors be more... muted? The yellow looks... I don't know. Gaudy?

This was my first reaction, too. Overall the figure looks very nice--and it might just be dirt/faded film--but this figure looks much brighter, especially that mustard yellow, than the monster in film.

I got some flack for saying so on another discussion board, so I was waiting to see if anyone else thought the same thing before I mentioned it here.

And this looks awesome.

[Brad Simmons]

I feel the fins are too bright of a yellow. The body coloring looks fine. The yellow stripes across the eyes sort of bug me too, but I'll still be buying one. lol

[Jomei]

I feel the fins are too bright of a yellow. The body coloring looks fine. The yellow stripes across the eyes sort of bug me too, but I'll still be buying it. lol

The fins don't bug me as much, but you're right, the ratio of red to yellow is a bit off. Minor point there IMO.