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Mothra Larva
Mothra larva’s an interesting piece because the legs have to be applied separately. I’m sure that there are other figures where this is common place, but for me, it’s rather new. The front legs are on a plastic piece (for lack of a better term), which you can pull off and put into the corresponding slot holes. They do seem to fit in perfectly but it's a little weird to be pulling them off the plastic piece. The included instructions are extremely helpful and very easy to follow.
Do be mindful of the small size of the legs, however. While doing this review, one of the legs fell into the grass where I was sitting while taking the photos. I felt the leg hit my leg but I never found it and it was lost in the grass. So, while looking at Mothra, try to imagine her with all her legs intact.
The legs don't seem to stay on very well, either. I didn’t attempt the hair dryer trick but chances are, that will work.
As a sculpt, Mothra is very nice to look at and she’s in a very cool, dramatic pose. Paint wise, mouth looks a little odd because it's just a white circle. There's a nice brown color with bits of black for detail on the back of the sculpt, and the brown paint has a cool glaze which I like. The eyes are black with bits of a electric blue which looks really cool. Two of the legs act as peg holes that fit into the slots of the included mate. The base is a bit of a rock formation which, while not in the film, provides a nice little stand for the figure. It’s nowhere near as cool as the volcano Rodan has, but it does have a cool mix of grey/black for detail.
Adult Mothra
Adult Mothra is a straight up dud because of a design flaw (which I’m told by Art Spirits that it will be fixed in a future re-release) when you try to attach the wings. The wing tips are actually male and female ends. So what you have to do is, when you insert one wing, the other wing with the male end on one side and the female end is on the other interlock in the middle. In my attempts, the pieces did not meet whatsoever and not even the hair dryer trick - which was suggested by Art Spirits when I inquired - worked. I've heard of people actually just gluing the wings on to the figure and calling it good.
Mothra’s paint is very subdued yet colorful. The wings are generally Mothra’s centerpiece and here the colors are very dull. The mix of orange, yellow, and red are in there, but it just looks lifeless. There’s also a layer of blue paint in a sort of stenciled design which looks ok and looks nice on the outer wings, but it’s nothing special. Sculpt wise for the wings, they have a lot of grooves and bumps that make them feel like wings, which is great.
For Mothra herself, the sculpt is very detailed and her legs give the illusion that they’re very sharp and deadly, which is a great effect. Her sculpt has two smaller wings which have the same grooves to and bumps that the attachable wings have. I really like the sculpt detail on the body as well.
For her body’s paint, it's got a nice a light brown on the top and underneath has some sort of grayish color that extends to the limbs which is blended nicely. The head itself seems to be painted independently and the piece doesn't match the rest of the figure at all, which is a bit distracting. While the paint is still dull, the design on the wings looks pretty neat and the blue paint actually looks better here because it’s put into uniform sections rather than how it’s applied on the attachable wings. I do wish more of an attempt to make the paint be more eye catching was attempted, it would have made Mothra really pop in the set.
Overall
Overall, I like this set quite a bit and they're a great addition to any display by themselves or in a collection. Art Spirts has done a wonderful job here and while they shine in bigger sculpts like Gigan, the same amount of care extends to these smaller pieces. Highly recommended, but wait until the re-release for a fixed Adult Mothra.
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