What's
this? I get to review the first Mothra toy? Oh joy,
just what I want to do: admit that I played with
Mothra as a child. This review for Mothra, while
she is in the six inch line of figures, isn't for
her electronic version, but instead the basic version.
Before I start this, I do have to say it. I can't
help myself, but if I don't, this review with have
me spewing it out non-stop. Damn, Mothra got real
ugly. Indeed, the Trendmasters release of Mothra
could very well be the ugliest version the giant
insect has ever had.
With a length of four inches and a wingspan of
six inches, Mothra sports the likeness of her Heisei
incarnation, despite her overly ugliness. The wings
are made of a hard rubber and can flap, while the
legs are made of a softer rubber and can only bend.
The head is also made of hard rubber and can rotate.
The main body of Mothra, however, is made of hard
plastic. And now, with that covered, I can begin
my disection of this ugly figure.
Starting with the head, I just have to ask "Why?".
True, the Godzilla toys were aimed at boys, but
what exactly was the point of releasing Mothra
if one was going to make her look mean and savage...
and ugly. Also, like Ghidorah suffers from too
small of limbs in almost every category, so does
Mothra. Her wings are way too small and look as
if they couldn't even lift her off the ground,
let alone let her fly at super sonic speeds. The
abdomen is too short and fat, and the head, well,
I can't really grasp what it is, but the head just
looks too big for the body. No doubt because Mothra's
entire length is too short and gives off the appearance
as if she's pregnant with a massive egg.
As stated, Mothra is based off of her Heisei design
and sports the wing pattern of the 1990's with some
minor changes, no doubt to fit all the patterns
in the overly small wings. Mothra's eyes, despite
looking angry, are colored just the right shade
of blue. Miraculously, Trendmasters got most of
the rest of the detail correct, but for whatever
reason, added ridges to her abdomen. I can imagine
this may be so her rear can act like an accordion
when pushing out that beast of an egg. One weird
thing to bring up is that, while this figure isn't
the sound version, it retains the holes in the abdomen
where sound would come from. I think I tried finding
the sound activator about a million times as a kid.
Yet another rather bad redesign by Trendmasters,
Mothra ranks up as one of my least favorite figures.
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