Mezco Godzilla Toys
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Their style just feels plain and bland with this license. Again the Hasbro Sentinel and Galactus were under 450 smacks. Light up features and sounds, more articulation, and bigger than this.
If people have the income to buy it then you should, it'll probably go up higher in value.
As for me, easy pass even if it's my favorite suit ever.
If people have the income to buy it then you should, it'll probably go up higher in value.
As for me, easy pass even if it's my favorite suit ever.
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Mez-flair? Oh man. That got a physical reaction out of me. Cartoonish and bland both pretty much nail it. Very “toy” looking overall. Maybe that’s what they’re shooting for.
I also agree on the whole Hasbro thing. Sentinel is like 26” tall and costs less than this guy.
I also agree on the whole Hasbro thing. Sentinel is like 26” tall and costs less than this guy.
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Mez-Flair
The bastard son of Ric Flair.
Wooo, wooooo.
The bastard son of Ric Flair.
Wooo, wooooo.
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Stylin’ and profilin’, limousine ridin’, jet flyin’, kiss stealin’, wheelin’ dealin’ son of a gun!
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So I just actually bothered to read the product description. The tail is “highly” articulated but it doesn’t clarify exactly how. Sounds like it could be a rubber skin of some sort. They really need to put out better info (and some clear, non-shopped photos).
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I mean, we have a whole year to speculate. For all we know, they may fine tune the heck out of this figure by September 2022.
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Regardless of Mez Flair or whatever, I think they MOSTLY nailed 89. Its no monsterarts or even Bandai in terms of looking accurate, but its FAR better than anything NECA would have done.
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The Haslab stuff might be taller, but the 18" Godzilla will have at least as much plastic in it. He chonkygoji89 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 4:20 pm Their style just feels plain and bland with this license. Again the Hasbro Sentinel and Galactus were under 450 smacks. Light up features and sounds, more articulation, and bigger than this.
If people have the income to buy it then you should, it'll probably go up higher in value.
As for me, easy pass even if it's my favorite suit ever.
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I'm the Goji '89 expert here and he is not even close to being that specific suit. It looks generic in it's execution and quite frankly I feel insulted that they even call it the G89.Executive Hamster wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 6:09 pm Regardless of Mez Flair or whatever, I think they MOSTLY nailed 89. Its no monsterarts or even Bandai in terms of looking accurate, but its FAR better than anything NECA would have done.
They should have asked me to sculpt it, I sleep with the KKK G89 figure every night.
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I actually dont think they even called it G89. I couldnt see that mentioned anywhere.
Regardless, yes of course its not Sakai levels of accuracy but I still think it looks pretty close. It looks strikingly similar to the old Bandai figure, which yes is a 1991 but they are the same suit so Im counting it.
On a scale of accuracy, it definitely beats out Neca and most of the old Xplus 89s that looked god awful. It also looks considerably better than the Mondo statue. But its not on par with SHMA or the Yuji Sakai 89s.
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They definitely didn’t outright say this was ‘89. I think a lot of people are just trying to connect the dots and make sense of it. Mezco is just calling it “Ultimate Godzilla”. It’s pretty much an amalgamation of the Heisei era.
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That is definitely the 1989 Godzilla. The face isn't a great likeness, but it's more like the '89/'91 costume than any of its successors. The dorsal arrangement is clearly from the 1989 suit as well.
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It doesn’t look as good as any of the X-Plus ‘89s, aside from maybe the original 30cm. Not sure what you are smoking, but I’ll take some. It does look similar to the mondo. Which, if you want to buy, hit me up.Executive Hamster wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:53 pmI actually dont think they even called it G89. I couldnt see that mentioned anywhere.
Regardless, yes of course its not Sakai levels of accuracy but I still think it looks pretty close. It looks strikingly similar to the old Bandai figure, which yes is a 1991 but they are the same suit so Im counting it.
On a scale of accuracy, it definitely beats out Neca and most of the old Xplus 89s that looked god awful. It also looks considerably better than the Mondo statue. But its not on par with SHMA or the Yuji Sakai 89s.
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This is literally why I bought the Mondo 89. Still, I think it’s more of a generic Heisei than a clear ‘89. The 20cm Kaiyodo, for example, destroys this in terms of film likeness. I usually love DP sculpts, but not feeling it here.canofhumdingers wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 4:14 pm In their superhero lines I’ve seen the term “Mez-flair” used to describe the artistic liberties they like to take with their figure designs.
Over all I’d actually argue this is pretty accurate to ‘89. It’s just not entirely “realistic” (if you can use that word to describe a giant radioactive dinosaur). Like, there’s a subtle cartoonish-ness to the sculpt or something.
Still, the more I look at it the more I kinda want it…. I keep looking at my 1/4 scale Batman figure from Neca and trying to imagine a Godzilla that big. And in my imagination it is awesome.
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God no. Many of the X Plus 89s look horrendous. Just look at these absolute derps. Mezco has them beat by a landslide.shadowgigan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:02 pm
It doesn’t look as good as any of the X-Plus ‘89s, aside from maybe the original 30cm. Not sure what you are smoking, but I’ll take some. It does look similar to the mondo. Which, if you want to buy, hit me up.
Thats the main reason why I couldnt get into Xplus. Outside of the Yuji Sakai and the gigantic figures most of them just look bad. Well sculpted and well detailed sure, but the sculpts themselves always look off, never super accurate.
It also looks far better than Mondo, not similar in the slightest. Mondo is closer to NECA quality when it comes to utterly failing to capture the suits likeness.
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"Most of X-Plus outside of Yuji Sakai just look plain bad"
"Always look off, never super accurate"
Lol, no. You can tell yourself that if it makes you feel better, but that just isn't fractionally true.
"Always look off, never super accurate"
Lol, no. You can tell yourself that if it makes you feel better, but that just isn't fractionally true.
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When it comes to Godzilla sculpts, it kinda is true. X-Plus has always done really well with other monsters, but most of their early Godzillas (and even some of their later ones) look terrible. I remember when Sakai first hopped on board - the standard of quality skyrocketed.
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I guess I should have clarified that yes, I was referring to specifically to figures of Godzilla himself, that's on me for not stating that. I've seen a lot of them and they look off to me. Mostly older ones, I imagine, but even some new releases like the 1993 just...aren't quite right.
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You misunderstand me. I'm not ignoring the face. Maybe I didn't word it as well as I could have, but I was trying to say the face sculpt is flawed, but it's definitely more like the '89/'91 face than any of '92-'95.shadowgigan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:02 pm“Aside from the face, it’s clearly Biogoji.” Ok, but you can’t just ignore the face.
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I feel like the face actually is a good likeness from certain angles...others, not so much. My biggest issue is the eyes. They have too much white visible.
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I saw wait until actual production pieces start coming out before everyone can truly judge it or compare it to MonsterArts or Xplus. It might look better than the initial pics...or it may look worse. Who knows.