In the
wake of Godzilla:
Tokyo S.O.S., Bandai released three “Battle
Sets.” The first featured Godzilla with Kiryu
2, the second with Godzilla and Mothra, and the
third featured Kiryu 2 with both Mothra Larva. The
last one, dubbed "Mechagodzilla X Mothra (2)",
is the subject of the review, in particular the
Kiryu figure. Furthermore, there are some neat features
about this particular release, so pay attention.
Before I begin, however, let me cover the basics.
Kiryu is made of vinyl and sports moveable arms
and tail. The legs and head are all molded to the
body. The upper and lower torso can also move around
one another, a feature this Mechagodzilla lacked
in the movie.
Unlike most other releases of Kiryu, the mech doesn't
just have his additional weapons, but his Hyper
Maser Cannon is also opened and ready for battle.
However, despite this neat feature, Kiryu does have
some flaws, namely the paint job.
The mold of Kiryu is pretty decent, not the best,
but not the worst either. A flaw does come in its
paint job, as said. Overall, he's painted
a nice color of silver, but the black parts the
machine had in the movie remain unpainted and silver.
That's actually rather surprising considering
Kiryu's tear lines are painted red, and that's
a much smaller aspect of the robot than its black
parts.
For collectors out there, this release isn't
all that expensive, even to this day. He does look
great with the rest of the line released and he
even scales well with Trendmasters figures of the
same size. He has his share of flaws, but he isn't
a bad figure at all.
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