Official Bandai (Japan) Thread 2.0

[G1985]

Weren't Godzilla 1991 and the Gamera III figures set to be released in November? I think there's a good chance they'll be revealed any week now.

It'll be a real kick in the teeth if the 1991 turns out to be another lazy reissue of the 1992 Godzilla. Hopefully we get some reveals soon.

I thought the same thing. It's the only reason I've held off on ordering one.

[Creature22]

I thought the same thing. It's the only reason I've held off on ordering one.

Are there orders out for it already? I figured I'd wait until I saw the photo and once HobbyLink or HobbySearch stocked them, but haven't seen them listed anywhere yet.

[Legion1979]

Weren't Godzilla 1991 and the Gamera III figures set to be released in November? I think there's a good chance they'll be revealed any week now.

It'll be a real kick in the teeth if the 1991 turns out to be another lazy reissue of the 1992 Godzilla. Hopefully we get some reveals soon.

I don't believe for a second that's going to happen. Bandai has cut corners here and there over the years, but there's no way they'd advertise a Godzilla figure as specifically being the fan favorite 1991 and then just release the 1992 figure again, something they've released to death over the past 23 years (or 29 years if you count the 8" releases of the mold).

[Creature22]

I don't believe for a second that's going to happen. Bandai has cut corners here and there over the years, but there's no way they'd advertise a Godzilla figure as specifically being the fan favorite 1991 and then just release the 1992 figure again, something they've released to death over the past 23 years (or 29 years if you count the 8" releases of the mold).

Good point. I think at the very least it will probably be a scaled-down and less glossy version of the 8 inch figure, which wouldn't be bad although the sculpt could be tweaked a little.

[Executive Hamster]

I cant see them using such an old sculpt again. Its a great figure but the detail just isnt up to modern Bandai standards. It would be cool however if they scaled down the BIG 1991 and gave it a closed mouth. The details on that figure are much more similar to later Bandai.

[Shenanigans]

Lest we forget that Bandai just released an MMS Jet Jaguar with an entirely new sculpt even though the previous one was perfectly fine. I don't know why this concern about the 1992 figure popping up again is even a thing. Even if they announced an upcoming Godzilla 1992-1994 figure, I would be highly skeptical that we would get that old one again

Hmm, now that I think about it, it might actually be nice if they did announce a new 1992-1994 Godzilla. Always seemed like their "default" Godzilla figure given the sheer amount of reissues/repaints, I'm surprised they never did an improved version.

[Petezilla]

After (finally!) Godzilla 1991 in November, all I personally want and need are 6" MMS versions of Godzilla 1989, 1998, 2001, 2002 & 2003, since those are the only distinct Godzilla suit designs which do not have a BANDAI 6" figure to date. Maybe a newly sculpted (as previously mentioned) 1992/3/4 one, too. All I want is to finally have a complete lineup of ALL (major) Godzilla designs in one coherent lineup to display on my top shelf. I could die being a happy camper then ~

[onerichman]

After (finally!) Godzilla 1991 in November, all I personally want and need are 6" MMS versions of Godzilla 1989, 1998, 2001, 2002 & 2003, since those are the only distinct Godzilla suit designs which do not have a BANDAI 6" figure to date. Maybe a newly sculpted (as previously mentioned) 1992/3/4 one, too. All I want is to finally have a complete lineup of ALL (major) Godzilla designs in one coherent lineup to display on my top shelf. I could die being a happy camper then ~

A Godzilla 1973 would be great too, since we just got a 6 inch Megalon a new Jet jaguar.

[Creature22]

Godzilla 1998 would actually lead itself to a decent 6 inch figure. The Battle Box Zilla is excellent (I guess technically that’s “Zilla 2004”, but whatever). The coloring and sculpt are top notch and scaling it up would be awesome.

But I know that Godzilla 1998 bombed in Japan, to a degree where most people over there barely remember that it happened. It doesn’t have the following that it has in the US and seems to have been mostly forgotten.

[Legion1979]

After (finally!) Godzilla 1991 in November, all I personally want and need are 6" MMS versions of Godzilla 1989, 1998, 2001, 2002 & 2003, since those are the only distinct Godzilla suit designs which do not have a BANDAI 6" figure to date. Maybe a newly sculpted (as previously mentioned) 1992/3/4 one, too. All I want is to finally have a complete lineup of ALL (major) Godzilla designs in one coherent lineup to display on my top shelf. I could die being a happy camper then ~

If they're doing a 1991 I don't think they're going to turn around and eventually do an '89. The heads are slightly different but they're still the same suit. I don't think there's really too much Bandai could do to differentiate them enough to justify it. Once this one comes out I really hope they eventually do get to the GMK and Kiryu versions. A shelf with all major suit variants lined up together in 6" scale would be really cool.

[Rando Yaguchi]

I think most people would be happy with reissues of the Memorial Box Godzillas, and maybe scaled down versions of GMK and KiryuGoji. Those are all really nice sculpts.

[Legion1979]

Yeah if they do those two Godzillas I see no reason they couldn't just downside the 8" versions.

I dont think the Memorial Box figures will ever be reissued though.

[canofhumdingers]

I dont think the Memorial Box figures will ever be reissued though.

I don’t see why not. Of the 20 figures in that set, only 9 were brand new sculpts not seen before. Of those 9, at least 4 that I’m aware of (‘55, ‘68, ‘75, ‘84) have been reissued in some form since then. Even including a regular tagged release of the ‘68 sculpt. I don’t see why they wouldn’t reissue the other sculpts at some point given they’ve shown they are willing to do it. But of course there’s no guarantee they ever WILL. I just don’t see any evidence to say they absolutely won’t, while there is evidence to suggest they MIGHT.

[Legion1979]

Except for the 68, the other figures that were reissued were put out as limited releases, the 84 being ridiculously rare. The 1968 Godzilla (again, the only one released as a standard tagged figured) came out 16 years ago. Bandai seems determined to keep everything else restricted to the Memorial Box. As someone who owns one, I'm kind of glad for that.

[canofhumdingers]

Bandai seems determined to keep everything else restricted to the Memorial Box. As someone who owns one, I'm kind of glad for that.

I almost hate to go down this rabbit hole, but why? Why does it matter if they reissue figures you’ve already got and enjoy? You’ve had 16+ years of “exclusivity” for whatever that’s worth. Why does it matter to you if they reissue them now or in the future to give other people a chance at them?

[Executive Hamster]

I can see why someone might think that, but I doubt any memorial box rereleases will have the same green colors so they will likely still be exclusive in that sense.

[Legion1979]

Bandai seems determined to keep everything else restricted to the Memorial Box. As someone who owns one, I'm kind of glad for that.

I almost hate to go down this rabbit hole, but why? Why does it matter if they reissue figures you’ve already got and enjoy? You’ve had 16+ years of “exclusivity” for whatever that’s worth. Why does it matter to you if they reissue them now or in the future to give other people a chance at them?

Keeps to box feeling special and unique. Why shouldn't this set meant to commemorate Godzilla's 50th be full of stuff you can't get anywhere else? To me seeing all this stuff reissued elsewhere takes all the fun out of it.

But I don't need to worry, because I don't think it's ever going to happen anyway.

[Creature22]

I doubt that we'll see reissues of every Memorial Box Godzilla sculpt, but it's not unreasonable to assume that one or two might trickle out in the future. I've noticed that Bandai tends to release their figures in pairs (in some cases), so I could definitely see them putting out a new monster figure and reissuing an already-tooled Godzilla to accompany it. If Bandai were to give us a 6 inch Ebirah, for example, I would not be surprised if they also reissued Godzilla 1965, albeit with a different deco to make it stand apart from the Memorial Box version.

Godzilla 1991 appears to be by itself, unless there are plans to issue King Ghidorah in the future as well.

[Legion1979]

Wasn't Mecha Ghidorah put out again recently? If so, that's already available to pair Godzilla '91 up with.

[LSD Jellyfish]

Wasn't Mecha Ghidorah put out again recently? If so, that's already available to pair Godzilla '91 up with.

...I sometimes forget that MKG is the "final antagonist" of the 91 film. For whatever reason, the pairing between it and MKG just doesn't fit as well. But yeah, you're right.