Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

Is it even worth bothering to get into these if I don't have thousands of dollars lying around?

Kiryu -Goji went up for presale last night on HLJ. They have already put an order stop on the figure today, it basicly sold out in 24 hours.

Dorsal fins!

Next MonsterArts release is another exclusive, another Shin: frozen version from the end of the movie.

Anybody get MG 74 yet?

The appropriate amount of articulation for frozen Shin Godzilla is 0 points.

Bandai is just milking that Shin mold and yet they still won't sell the thing in the US.

The fact that they are repainting it as the statue version is just so damn stupid. I can't wait for them to release the knocked out version from the dentistry scene.

What do you mean? The 54 Godzilla MonsterArts has been collecting virtual dust on Amazon. I've had him (and GMK) in my cart for more than a year waiting for him to drop to $50 or below.

As for MG74, I was all excited, but after watching Diego Doom's review, I can't justify $90 on it. I'll also wait for a price drop. $60 I will definitely do.

Sadly, because of Bluefin's incompetence (sorry, I don't see how they can suddenly have licensing issues for the movies from Final Wars and before) I had to preorder Kiryu Goji at AmiAmi.

G54 is now OOP on Amazon and I had to go through a third party seller.

Licensing stuff post G14 is up in the air now.

Looked at some of the older figures on E-Bay for the first time and cannot believe it! Are people actually selling these for the prices asked? Over a grand for Biollante? High hundreds for King Ghidorah? Guess I should be happy I got what I did, when I did...

I'm surprised nobody mentioned the few SHMA news pieces that have dropped over the past couple of weeks. Bluefin was able to work out a deal to release G02 here stateside and to coincide with it's release Tamashii announced another Kiryu figure based on the first Kiryu. This one comes with a battle damaged arm, and eye piece as well as a beam effect for the AZC.

^That thought hadn't crossed my mind but I bet you're right

So earlier this week I decided to open my Spitfire Godzilla 14 and it's probably my least favorite figure because it feels like its made of a cheaper material than the other figures and as per my luck I got hit with major QC issues. Most notably a huge gap between the main body and where the tail connects. Plus on top of that mine looks like it has a permanent lean to the right. I'm just thankfully my Shin Awakening figure has minor QC issues mainly just paint spots on the feet where toes should be.

It seems like almost every SHMA I get has major QC issues with it. Hell I had to return my MKG three times to Amazon before finally giving up on the figure.

On top of that I still haven't gotten my G54 figure yet and that shipped over two months ago. I'm 90% certain the seller either never shipped it or it got lost in the mail and with out tracking info there's no way to be certain. I guess if it doesn't show up by the middle of May I'll try reordering it again. I'll have some extra money from house sitting for my aunt.

These guys showed up today:

KiryuGoji is pretty awesome except he has derpy eyes. How the hell is this still a thing in 2018? It's not like the line hasn't be out for 6 years. Anyway, that aside, he rocks. Love that the tail stays in position due to having nice tight joints.

Next figure is a mass-release and out of left field: Gamera 1999! October release, 10800 yen MSRP.

http://tamashii.jp/special/pickup/201810xagr/