Year in Review: 2012

[king_ghidorah]

[Timz]

What's your favorite figure of the year?
Hmm I would say kaiju related that it would be Ultra-Act Ultraman Ace.


What's the worst figure of the year in your opinion?
HAHA I would say MonsterArts King Ghidorah. Wings breakage was a big surprise to a LOT of people.

Things I've liked seeing:
The SH Figuart line did some nice releases, especially in Kamen Riders. Another plus was that at long last Bandai did release Earthron as a cool vinyl.


Things I haven't liked:
King Ghidorah wing issues.

[TripMasterMunky]

[king_ghidorah]

[Baltan II]

This has been a weird year for toku toys. Yeah, some cool and very big releases happened this year, yet I try to think back on it and few new releases barely stand out, and only some for the wrong reasons!

Things I've liked:
- Bandai UMS Earthtron!
- Wide range of X-Plus releases, closing in on DAM cast
- MonsterArts makes Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla relevant
- Gigabrain King Ghidorah

Things I haven't liked:
- Pointless, overpriced 4" X-Plus Ultraman line
- MonsterArts King Ghidorah woes
- Almost nothing else from Marmit/Gigabrain
- Is it 2014 yet???

Favorite NEW figure: MonsterArts Little Godzilla. Holy "OH GODZILLA! WHAT TERRIBLE LANGUAGE!", I never thought I'd be so in love with any figure of the little goober. Maybe the world is coming to an end...

Favorite NEWLY acquired figure: Trendmasters Doom Island Varan. I never thought I'd buy a Trendmasters toy in 2012, let alone one as rare as Varan for a price so low, but 2012 has been good to Trendmasters. Shame 1998 wasn't!

Least favorite NEW figure: Ultra-Act Red King. At least the arm articulation and the rocks redeem him. All those sacrifices for articulation otherwise, Y U NO ARTICULATE WELL???

Least favorite NEWLY acquired figure: I think every other Godzilla toy I've bought this past year has been a newer one, so... can I say Red King again? Seriously, "OH GODZILLA! WHAT TERRIBLE LANGUAGE!" you suck. I expected so much more after the fantastic job that Bandai did on Golza.

[klen7]

Love them or hate them, 2012 was the year of SH Monsterarts

Things I've liked: New stuff being released. Good Showa releases from X-Plus, Good Heisei figures from SHMA

Things I haven't liked: Not a lot of love for characters from the Millennium series this year. Also not much new from Marmit, M1Go, CCP, etc

Favorite NEW figure: X-Plus 25cm Gigan

Favorite NEWLY acquired figure: (excluding the above) Marmit Orga

Least favorite NEW figure: I don't remember, but it was probably something forgettable

Least favorite NEWLY acquired figure: IDW Comics Godzilla Ongoing Issue #4

[TripMasterMunky]