Which figure should I buy: Xplus, Marmit, or Bandai?

[Cimmerian Dragon]

Nope, I voted for it because it's by far my favorite suit design, and I think X-plus did a decent job on the sculpt. The pose is nice, and the exceptionally serpentine tail comes off very well. Much as I love stylized figures, I'm usually not satisfied with the length and fluidity of the tails.

That said, the Marmit Godzy isn't a bad choice either. The Anguirus is a wonderful sculpt too...but I just hate the design. He looks like an inflated pit-bull with a carapace.

[kkawachi]

Now I know you are not a fan of the X-Plus base, but the pose it allows is pretty awesome. Like it was mentioned the tail and the stride forward are really captured well. The face is a little thin, while I preferred the chunkier look of the 30cm, we all know that the Mosugoji suit had some adventures in the filming and featured both looks. I have it displayed where I can only see the right side and it looks dynamite, Godzilla powerfully and confidently advancing toward his unseen target.

[ebirahsmeg1]

Quick update: I'm very busy today, so I may not make it to Akihabara today to pick one of these up Instead, I will most likely head out to Akiba on Wens. evening after work. Hopefully these figures are not gone by then (and that has happened to many *MANY TIMES*, let me tell you ) Thanks for all the comments and advice so far, and until then, please keep the votes and advice coming!

[Jomei]

I really regret that I wasn't collecting when I was in Japan last time. I was diddling around in DenDen town, probably overlooking all kinds of things I'd love the chance to buy now. Next time I'm over I'm going to need an extra suitcase for loot. LOL

on-topic: MARMIT! MARMIT! MARMIT!

[ebirahsmeg1]

Well here's hoping business is slow there until you show up.

Ok, sorry for following up late on this, as I wasn't able to make any purchases due to work (it's busy season right now).

Anyways, the figure that I ended up purchasing was....

*DRUM ROLL*...































Thanks everyone for your feedback and participation. This will make a fine addition to the family. Basically, my choice came down to several factors. First of all, I am different from most collectors on here in that I don't collect a particular line; instead, I'm solely concerned with getting whatever I feel is the best *figure* of each particular Godzilla-related kaiju, regardless of toy company or style. That's why I lovingly refer to figures as my "rag tag collection", as I have a mixture of both stylized and realistic figures standing hand in hand with each other.

In this case, I feel that the Marmit MH is the best representation of FW Angilas in 8 inch scale. Bandai's FW Angilas is a fine figure and certainly more "realistic", but for whatever reason, Bandai has *always* made their Angilas figures a tad bit on the small side. When I first got the 8 inch FW Angy figure, I honestly wasn't sure if it was suppose to be 6 inch or 8 inch scale, and it looked tiny next to the GFW-Goji figure. Likewise, their classic 8-inch Showa Angilas figure remains one of my favorites, but it's also rather small compared to Bandai's other 8 inch figures and doesn't scale all that well with others in the 8 inch line. Finally, I just don't see this particular Marmit figure that often (I've only seen it once before, and that was 3 years ago in a rather ugly yellow-ish variant).


The Mothra Figure is a Bandai figure that's not that difficult to find in Japan (once I actually started looking out for it, I easily found it several places). The MH Gira-Godzilla figure is nice and I might buy it later on if it's still available, but I already have the excellent MH G2k figure and don't feel an urgent need for yet another figure of a suit that's not really one of my favorite suits to begin with. Finally, the "stand" thingy completely turned me off from buying the otherwise excellent Xplus figure. I really don't understand why Xplus does stupid sh*t like this...there is so much damn potential in this line. I really want to love and fully embrace this line, I really do...but they're too inconsistent with silly nonsense like this. Besides, as Legion pointed out, I already have the outstanding Gigabrain Mosu-Goji figure, and that more than suits me just fine.

Once again, thanks everyone for your comments and advice. I might do this again in the future as it was quite fun

[Jomei]

A good choice. Looks pretty cool. This would have been my second recommendation since, as you say, you already have a MH Miregoji.

[Primevalgodzilla V2]

That's a fine sculpt. But I take it your camera messed up the paintwork again.

[ebirahsmeg1]

That's a fine sculpt. But I take it your camera messed up the paintwork again.

Paintwork looks fine and dandy to me, flash or no flash (with no flash, you would have most likely bitched that it was too dark...can't please everyone)...

[RedZillaKing]

Sigh. I'm now officially jealous. That thing is even better than the Club Tokyo pictures suggest.

[kkawachi]

Still think ur making to big a deal out of the X plus base...but that Anguius is awesome. A great sculpt and paint scheme!

[Captain Aktion]

Congrats Ebirahsmeg; I agree, if you have to have a FW Angy, that would be the one to choose. EDIT: NM, I'm an idiot.