Playmates: Godzilla/Kong

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Managed to cop the Playmates 6 inch Mechagodzilla from Walmart at a town I frequent on occasion. Happy to have found it at MSRP since it is going for so much in contrast online.

Anyone have recommendations for custom painting the figure. Not sure if I want to go all out and repaint red accents, but definitely considering a metallic/silver repaint for the main body. If anyone has recommendations for paint to use, I am all ears
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Got the cocaine Antarctic Kong today, directly from Playmates. Going to be doing a review for TK shortly, but man... Talk about a weird repaint.


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Got my 56 Rodan in the mail, and I really dig him! I am curious though if his gold highlights (Which I get are references to/stolen from the 80s figure, but I still find distracting) can be removed with some rubbing alcohol. Or will that also just wash away the red/brown paint?
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MaxRebo320 wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:47 pm can be removed with some rubbing alcohol. Or will that also just wash away the red/brown paint?
I do not think alcohol will do anything but maybe dull it. Not sure what type of paint it is. Try a little paint thinner or nail polish remover. Just a little at a time. You could take off some of the base color.
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Finally tracked down a Gorosaurus at Target. The only Gorosaurus left, actually, alongside many Jet Jaguars, Burning Godzillas and others. I'm very impressed with it, though he looks best when viewed from the side versus from the front. It's like it was sculpted by someone who never looked at Gorosaurus head-on and just assumed how the snout is supposed to look. Still, far and away Playmates' best.

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I feel for everyone who hasn't been able to track one down yet (keep looking, they're always stocking shelves), but I'm also glad its selling so well and so hard to find. Hopefully this will motivate Playmates to continue making obscure characters like those who Bandai never touches (not unless they win a poll at least).

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I have issues with the Playmates figure, but it looks A LOT better than the Y-MSF.

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Gorosaurus came in the mail yesterday. It is by no means a perfect figure but I am very happy to have a representation of Gorosaurus in my collection that scales with my 6-inch figures. You can find some pictures I took in the link below, where I compare Gorosaurus next to a bunch of figures. Having a full Destroy All Monsters diorama is getting pretty close. I am tempted to buy some YMSF figures to get closer to a full realization of the final battle.

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Luminous is reporting that the black "Battle Mechagodzilla" is starting to pop up in the US, finally. Took long enough. I hope the mini figures can make their way over here too at some point.

To date, I have never seen the regular Mechagodzilla in a store. I caved and had to pay twice retail to get him online (which I don't regret, he's easily the best of the GvK line, IMO). Doubtful I'll ever see this one either. Thanks scalpers.

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Well this was a surprise! I was out "Black Fridaying" for some stuff yesterday and just happened to check the toy aisle at a Meijer store of all places and found this on an endcap! 😮
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I had already got Rodan earlier at Target. But I did snag the Gorosaurus! I just never expected to find these at a Meijer store (my local Meijer store doesn't carry them yet). Pretty cool regardless!
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Found Antarctic Kong and Proton Scream Mechagodzilla at the Walmart in Salem, MA. Got the last MG, but there was one Antarctic Kong left.
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http://ir.playmatestoys.com/eng/reports.php
Click the 2021 report
"Consumer demand for our Godzilla vs. Kong movie product line has been strong
since its launch in Fall 2020. We will also continue to offer products inspired by the
movie as well as the broader MonsterVerse and Toho’s Classic Monsters in 2022."

Yeah, sure. Make a six inch MUTO set. Make a posable Behemoth. Go ahead Playmates.
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Moth wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:42 pm http://ir.playmatestoys.com/eng/reports.php
Click the 2021 report
"Consumer demand for our Godzilla vs. Kong movie product line has been strong
since its launch in Fall 2020. We will also continue to offer products inspired by the
movie as well as the broader MonsterVerse and Toho’s Classic Monsters in 2022."

Yeah, sure. Make a six inch MUTO set. Make a posable Behemoth. Go ahead Playmates.
Hopefully the whole monsterverse gets made into toys as well has the kaiju from the monsterverse books. I would like them to try to get video games toho monsters too.

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playmates could make a killing if they make articulate versions of the other titans. Imagine they recreate the bowing scene from KOTM to show off their next showings. If they can get the molds from Jakks Rodan only needs minor improving and Ghidorah needs his size increased.
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OGMechaMothra wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 9:56 pm
Moth wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:42 pm http://ir.playmatestoys.com/eng/reports.php
Click the 2021 report
"Consumer demand for our Godzilla vs. Kong movie product line has been strong
since its launch in Fall 2020. We will also continue to offer products inspired by the
movie as well as the broader MonsterVerse and Toho’s Classic Monsters in 2022."

Yeah, sure. Make a six inch MUTO set. Make a posable Behemoth. Go ahead Playmates.
Hopefully the whole monsterverse gets made into toys as well has the kaiju from the monsterverse books. I would like them to try to get video games toho monsters too.
Oh yeah. I hope they will release some minor monsters that other companies will never be interested.

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vastatosaurus wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:11 am
OGMechaMothra wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 9:56 pm
Moth wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:42 pm http://ir.playmatestoys.com/eng/reports.php
Click the 2021 report
"Consumer demand for our Godzilla vs. Kong movie product line has been strong
since its launch in Fall 2020. We will also continue to offer products inspired by the
movie as well as the broader MonsterVerse and Toho’s Classic Monsters in 2022."

Yeah, sure. Make a six inch MUTO set. Make a posable Behemoth. Go ahead Playmates.
Hopefully the whole monsterverse gets made into toys as well has the kaiju from the monsterverse books. I would like them to try to get video games toho monsters too.
Oh yeah. I hope they will release some minor monsters that other companies will never be interested.
Other MV figures gives me more hope for Behemoth, Skylla and, of course, those damn Mutos.


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Those little PVC-style sets have been showing up in Canada. Maybe there's a chance they'll show up here.
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Moth wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:42 pmWe will also continue to offer products inspired by the
movie as well as the broader MonsterVerse and Toho’s Classic Monsters in 2022."
...But will they improve distribution? MUTOs or Ebirah won't matter if no one can find them online or in stores.

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Rody wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:18 am
Moth wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:42 pmWe will also continue to offer products inspired by the
movie as well as the broader MonsterVerse and Toho’s Classic Monsters in 2022."
...But will they improve distribution? MUTOs or Ebirah won't matter if no one can find them online or in stores.
Remember that we've spent a good chunk of this pandemic suffering through a supply chain shortage. In my area I can't find Gatorade, some varieties of Doritos and Special K. And it just seems to be getting worse. I'm sure toy companies can only do so much right now.

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Not being on store shelves wouldn't be a problem if other retailers offered them beyond Target and Meijer. If I could buy these on Amazon (yeah Rodan's on there but I consider that an outlier), that'd be great. Even Gamestop or BigBadToyStore would be great, just any means to get these beyond a single store and its website.
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I just hope I eventually see the tiny Skull Crawler in the dollar stores. I just wanted one as an alternative 'two legged lizard' to go with Illustrated Kong. Then I found that for just the cost of the one minifigure I wanted off ebay I could get an entire Beasts of the Mesozoic expansion set, which went a lot further in improving my attempt at a Skull Island shelf:

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