Be it
one likes the Mothra trilogy or not, you can't deny
that the Mothra designs were pretty neat. With that
out of the way, I can go right into what is probably
the best figure of the original four released through
Bandai America.
As pictured, this figure of the beam-spewing, time
traveling, multi-colored Rainbow Mothra is much,
much better than the Japanese counterpart. Everything
about this figure looks near-identical to the movie
inspiration. The figure is made of hard vinyl and,
while the front two legs can move, the head can
only move a little bit. I'll just get my single
complaint about this figure out of the way now.
While the front legs of Rainbow Mothra are pointed
down, the other four aren't. They're forever molded
and folded on its underside, meaning Mothra looks
rather weird when just sitting. Would it have been
to much to ask for that the other four could also
be pointing downward and also movable?
Moving on, the detail on Rainbow Mothra utterly
blows that of the Japanese release out of the water.
The wings are highly detailed and look much more
like, once again, the movie version's, something
that can't be said about the inferior Japanese release.
Even the jewels (or whatever one wants to call the
things Mothra fires his beams from) are nicely detailed
with blue and white. Going back to the wings, even
the undersides of them are detailed. The legs and
main body of this release are no exception and are
detailed with fine lines to indicate the hair on
the bug.
Getting right down to the point, this release of
Rainbow Mothra is the best most fans will ever get
their hands on. It remains one of the best Bandai
America has pushed out and deserves its rightful
place with the Japanese Cretaceous King Ghidorah.
Recommended more than the Japanese version that
is for sure. Besides the single leg complaint (a
complaint the Japanese one also shares), there's
nothing wrong with this figure.
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