First up is the Marmit Wonderfest giant black Mechagodzilla. Jet black vinyl figures are always awesome, and they're even better when they're 14" tall. I may have liked it a little more without the silver highlights but it's still a really nice looking toy. Marmit hasn't announced any new figures lately, but I hope they keep the giant figure line going.
And here's the figure next to last years giant Mechagodzilla. As nice as the black MG is, I still like the original better.
Boy I really don't know what the guys at Marusan are smoking. A lot of their stuff is just plain bad, at least in my opinion, such as that creepy-looking Varan they released earlier this year. But then they can turn around and put out fantastic stuff like their Yog kaiju. So that brings us to their latest release - the Mysterians version of the giant robot Mogera. Now Marusan already put out a Mogera in 2005. That figure was a somewhat crude representation of the maquette model that ended up in posters and publicity shots for the Mysterians. This new figure is based on the actual suit, and it's a really nice representation. Now most people will probably favor Bandai's Mogera figure over this one, and that's perfectly understandable. In my opinion, the two figures are very similar, and honestly I think the Marusan figure gets the proportions better than the Bandai figure does, and I like the sculpted eyes that the Bandai figure doesn't have. I guess it's all a matter of personal taste.
And here's a group shot of vinyl Mogeras. From l to r: Bandai, Marmit Vinyl Paradise, Marmit Para Baby and Marusan
Last and certianly not least is the orange and teal version of Marmit's fantastic Burning Godzilla figure that was released at the Tokyo Superfest last month. There's not really much more that has to be said here. It's just an amazing figure, and while the plain orange version was incredibly cool, the extra blue coloring makes the other figure that much better. I can't imagine how Marmit plans to follow this up.
