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Just like the Fan Art thread but for official designs.

To start things off, here's a best: Gabara from Singular Point!
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Cryptid_Liker wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:26 am Just like the Fan Art thread but for official designs.

To start things off, here's a best: Gabara from Singular Point!
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Wow. Fucking love him. So damn cool. Speaking of Singular Point and being damn cool...

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For me personally,the best is the 2019-21 Image Legendary have treated this Godzilla as respectful as possible in not just in design but the personality, abilities, durability are a great addition to this incarnation.
The worst is 1998 or G.I.N.O no surprise
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It’s like that Sony or Roland Emmerich said how can we make this Godzilla not “Godzilla” the design is awful as Godzilla design, his abilities... WHAT ABILITIES ?!?! he can dig underground and that it, really?!?! You can’t even include his atomic breath because you wanted to be “realistic” , how can it get worse his durability he dies from missiles... I done here
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Thatguy4683 wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:24 pm For me personally,the best is the 2019-21 Image Legendary have delivered a fantastic design
The worst is 1998, no surprise
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Read my mind. Odd how America has simultaneously produced the best Godzilla/Kaiju redesigns and the worst :lol:

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Cryptid_Liker wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:26 am Just like the Fan Art thread but for official designs.

To start things off, here's a best: Gabara from Singular Point!
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Also, technically that isn’t Gabara. It’s official name is ”Salunga”
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In terms of the American redesigns, more often that not I feel they’re towards the middle or on the lower end of the spectrum. The only one I’d consider to be fantastic is Mothra. Godzilla and Rodan are meh, GINO is horrible and Ghidorah is very bland and boring.

Is this thread just for recent redesigns? If not, I’d say MosuGoji and BioGoji are the best kaiju redesigns of all time.
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Jermobooka wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:36 pm
Thatguy4683 wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:24 pm For me personally,the best is the 2019-21 Image Legendary have delivered a fantastic design
The worst is 1998, no surprise
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Read my mind. Odd how America has simultaneously produced the best Godzilla/Kaiju redesigns and the worst :lol:
I kinda find it funny G.I.N.O is a good monster design as his own but not as Godzilla
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Voyager wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:45 pm Is this thread just for recent redesigns?
I'd say strive away from Showa era because aside from Godzilla, their kaiju never really changed.

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Jermobooka wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:36 pm Also, technically that isn’t Gabara. It’s official name is ”Salunga”
I'm aware. I just called him that for people who don't wanna be spoiled.
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Jermobooka wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:36 pm
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Cryptid_Liker wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:26 am Just like the Fan Art thread but for official designs.

To start things off, here's a best: Gabara from Singular Point!
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Also, technically that isn’t Gabara. It’s official name is ”Salunga”
Wait wat?
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Thatguy4683 wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:16 pm
Spoiler:
Jermobooka wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:36 pm
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Cryptid_Liker wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:26 am Just like the Fan Art thread but for official designs.

To start things off, here's a best: Gabara from Singular Point!
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Also, technically that isn’t Gabara. It’s official name is ”Salunga”
Wait wat?
Spoiler:
OH. Sorry for the slight spoiler, heh. Thought everyone knew by now
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Jermobooka wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:49 am
Thatguy4683 wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:16 pm
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Jermobooka wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:36 pm
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Also, technically that isn’t Gabara. It’s official name is ”Salunga”
Wait wat?
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OH. Sorry for the slight spoiler, heh. Thought everyone knew by now
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It ok dude I forgive you, people make mistakes all the time
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I'm not sure if this is official but Yasushi Torisawa made some really good redesigns for his art.
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Man, I hate 19/21.
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IMO Legendary King Ghidorah design is the best redesign of King Ghidorah
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the reason why is because not only the design looks great, but also his different personality for each head is a fantastic addition to Ghidorah

The worst is the anime trilogy... Go figure
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Oh anime trilogy, you were just a waste of so much potential, there’s so many reasons Why does redesign doesn’t work, first it’s just three heads granted the heads looks cool but the body it’s never to be seen other than a shadow in a hallucination, Second he doesn’t have any personality, it just goes in without reacting to anything and attacks Godzilla then when Godzilla get the upper hand he retreats and that’s it, The third and worst reason is potential, you could’ve done so much more with this and you decided to give us 3 noodle necks, but there’s one thing I like, the Lovecraft element I really do like and he’s like a god from a different dimension I’d like too, But it’s not enough to like this, like seriously who came up with the noodle necks? And you already have the full body and surprisingly it looks decent,
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Why didn’t you use it?!??! All right enough for the rant that I sped out, if you really want to see this redesign with the full body at it full potential, have a look at this mmd animation
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Voyager wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 12:52 pm Man, I hate 19/21.
Any particular reason?

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Voyager wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 12:52 pm Man, I hate 19/21.
Yeah, don’t really like 1921 either. Pretty bad year all things considered
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Jermobooka wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 2:51 pm
Voyager wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 12:52 pm Man, I hate 19/21.
Yeah, don’t really like 1921 either. Pretty bad year all things considered
Hey at least in 1921 The stock market didn’t crash unlike in 1929
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Jermobooka wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 2:51 pm
Voyager wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 12:52 pm Man, I hate 19/21.
Yeah, don’t really like 1921 either. Pretty bad year all things considered
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Okay, it's about time I put bad redesigns in. In my opinion, the Heisei designs of Rodan and Mechagodzilla are horrible. Like, one looks like a deformed seagull and the other is literally just a dinosaur but chrome.
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There's no redeeming qualities about either of them and the fact that they were picked over concept artwork that's near-perfect makes things way, way worse. In fact, I'd say these two abominations are the worst thing about the entire Heisei/VS series.
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Final Wars Redesign of Hedorah, King Caesar and Anguirus.
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Cryptid_Liker wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:41 pm Okay, it's about time I put bad redesigns in. In my opinion, the Heisei designs of Rodan and Mechagodzilla are horrible. Like, one looks like a deformed seagull and the other is literally just a dinosaur but chrome.
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There's no redeeming qualities about either of them and the fact that they were picked over concept artwork that's near-perfect makes things way, way worse. In fact, I'd say these two abominations are the worst thing about the entire Heisei/VS series.
I do agree with you on mechagodzilla, in the movie he looks so stiffed and can’t move arm and legs, his fights are just beam attacks, isn’t as bad as Mechagodzilla City but I digress
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