2013 Toys in Review
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:31 pmWell its December and at this point any new announcements will be 2014, so i thought maybe we could start reflecting on 2013 in G Toy collecting.
It seemed very similar to 2012, we got a lot of solid X-Plus releases and some interesting SHMA releases. Marmit and Gigabrain pretty much stuck to repaints of existing sculpts. Marusan had a few low profile releases and CCP put out some great Ultra figures that left some of us wishing they still were putting out Godzilla figures. Ultra fans also got a new line of Bandai figures as well. Not to be forgotten Y-MSF continues its steady march with a flying Hedorah release and Gorosaurus release.
On the downside, while SHMA didnt have any major hiccup in the QC department (like 2012 Ghidorah's wings) some of the glamour began to fade as other fans lamented the "excessive" articulation that some of the later figures featured. X-Plus also graced us with a number of reissues, or resculpts of previous releases..
On the upside domestic distribution is making collecting more accessible as a major distributor put Marmit and X-Plus figures on the shelves of small comic book shops across the country.
Pacific Rim also hit the scene, attempting to bring "Kaiju" into the lexicon of a new generation and the NECA and Sideshow releases have given us a glimpse of what we might expect from G'14 merchandising.
It seemed very similar to 2012, we got a lot of solid X-Plus releases and some interesting SHMA releases. Marmit and Gigabrain pretty much stuck to repaints of existing sculpts. Marusan had a few low profile releases and CCP put out some great Ultra figures that left some of us wishing they still were putting out Godzilla figures. Ultra fans also got a new line of Bandai figures as well. Not to be forgotten Y-MSF continues its steady march with a flying Hedorah release and Gorosaurus release.
On the downside, while SHMA didnt have any major hiccup in the QC department (like 2012 Ghidorah's wings) some of the glamour began to fade as other fans lamented the "excessive" articulation that some of the later figures featured. X-Plus also graced us with a number of reissues, or resculpts of previous releases..
On the upside domestic distribution is making collecting more accessible as a major distributor put Marmit and X-Plus figures on the shelves of small comic book shops across the country.
Pacific Rim also hit the scene, attempting to bring "Kaiju" into the lexicon of a new generation and the NECA and Sideshow releases have given us a glimpse of what we might expect from G'14 merchandising.