The king
is here! Before the notorious 1998 remake, Godzilla
was brought to the United States toy shops by the one
and only Trendmasters. Aiding him were five of his
fellow co-stars: Rodan, Mechagodzilla, King Ghidorah,
Mecha-King Ghidorah, and Mothra. Godzilla was also
given a new "form" called Super Charged Godzilla,
this version however, was just a repaint of the mold
and was colored more closely to the movie monster than
the normal, whom was colored green. The release I'm
covering right now is for the basic, green-colored
Godzilla. This particular release was also released
with sound, but this review is for the basic version
without the sound.
Unlike other figures, Godzilla stands just a hair
over four inches, allowing the likes of Ghidorah
and Mechagodzilla to be in proper scale with him.
The monster king's main body is made of hard plastic
while the end of the tail, head, arms, and legs
are all made of hard rubber. The mutation's arms
and legs can rotate, and as can the beast's head
and tail end. Sadly, how the tail was designed,
looks rather weird when in use. Instead of the
entire tail moving, just the mid-section does.
Not surprisingly, Godzilla is based on the fan
favorite Heisei incarnation. This is particularly
evident in the larger legs, ears, and feet, and
face. Unfortunately, Godzilla also suffers from
shrinkage of the limbs, a deadly disease that seems
to have also invaded the bodies of most other six
inch scaled kaiju. The arms of Godzilla are, quit
frankly, tiny. Like Mechagodzilla, Heisei Godzilla
was never known for large arms, but nor for very
tiny ones like this release has. Another shrinkage
aspect comes in the creature's spines which are
scaled more to look like they'd belong on Godzilla
Junior. The tail is also rather short, but not
as short that I could actually make a large complaint
about.
Details wise, Godzilla is fairly decent. He sports
no less detail than any other Trendmasters figure,
but the green coloration is getting rather old.
The silver spines, touched in with some green here
and there, looks rather nice, and he sports a nice
looking snout. As a kid, I kind of wished the mouth
would have been molded open so he could bite other
kaiju, but there's not much you can do about that
or complain about.
Like other figures, Godzilla was released with
a trading card that has a decent picture of him
(once again green...) with better proportioned
arms and spines. The back of the card show cases
a short, but accurate history of the monster king and
gives some stats that lists a rather funny running
speed: 40 miles per hour. The image of the bulking
Godzilla running 40 miles per hour just makes me
snicker. Sadly, while the card also lists his trademark
atomic breath, it leaves out the all mighty nuclear
pulse.
This was one of the first Godzilla toys released
in the United States during the 1990s and remained
such until the American remake of the classic film.
While Godzilla sports some faults here and there,
and continues the rather annoying use of a green
hide, he isn't such a bad toy to have. In his hay
day, he's faced everything from other kaiju and
the aliens line of toys, and I'm sure,
as the toys get passed down, he'll continue to
do battle with the forces of evil.
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