That said, lets take a look at the new 1995 Godzillas just released by CCP. This company has been seriously hit and miss with me. I really like some of their stuff but I feel most of it misses the mark more often than it hits it. It's obvious they're going for a Bandai-like approach to sculpts and designs but they don't seem to have the quality control and the talented sculptors that they need to pull something like that off.
One positive thing I will say is that most CCP figures are really well painted. This is especially true of the black version of the 1995 Godzilla. The matte finish vinyl looks great and the subtle paint job really works on the finger and toenails. I also like the lighter color dusting over the feet. And honestly CCP pulls off some of the most well painted dorsal fins I've ever seen on any Godzilla figure. The "meltdown" 1995 Godzilla could have turned out really weak color-wise, since it's a color scheme I've already seen several times before on "Burning Godzilla" figures from Bandai and Marmit. But what brings this figure up a notch are the lights inside the figure that flash when you smack it around a little. The lighting effect isn't perfect but it's nice that they tried. Another plus is how sturdy and solid these two figures feel. You could actually hurt someone with the black version.
But the sculpts leave a lot to be desired, at least in my opinion. What Godzilla is this sculpt based on? It's impossible to tell because of how nondescript the sculpt is. And even that wouldn't be so bad if the proportions weren't so out of whack. The arms are far too large and bulky and the legs are much too squat. It's a shame because everything is detailed really nice on it's own but the entire package just didn't meet my expectations. Again, I wouldn't be saying this if it wasn't obvious that CCP wasn't trying to be as realistic as possible with these figures. And I hold firm on my opinion about the faces on these figures. They're all wrong and they just look really goofy. I think that may have to do with the way the eyes are done. The yellow, glossed over eyes and tiny black pupils make Godzilla look like he's high. It doesn't work.
And I still want to know what is with CCP and those tails that refuse to touch the ground.
Next up is Marmit's Superfest exclusive 1994 Godzilla figure. And - surprise surprise - it's actually not as bad as I initially thought it was going to be. As it turns out the entire figure is a new sculpt from top to bottom. It's similar to the Burning Godzilla from last year but nothing has been recycled, which is what I believed everyone actually assumed. Like many of Marmit's translucent color-injected exlusives, this one comes off better in person than in photos. I especially like the blue and green glitter embedded in the vinyl. It's subtle but it appeals to me.
They definitely were going with the bulked up look of the Godzilla suit that was seen in Godzilla vs Space Godzilla and in that respect the body sculpt looks fantastic. But it's that tiny head that throws everything off and the open mouth could have been detailed much more than just painting a solid chunk of vinyl red. On the other hand, the actual head sculpt appeals to me more than the CCP heads do and I like the point of articulation at the base of the head, which mirrors the way the head of the Godzilla suit actually moved in the movies.
Do I like this figure? Yes. Could it have been better? Definitely. Is it horrible? No.
Finally, here's the new Marmit Biollante sculpt. I've exhausted myself talking about the Godzilla figures so I wont say much here. I don't think I have to. What this figure loses in size (it's nowhere near a huge as the version from 2006) it makes up for with a better overall sculpt and two extra tentacles. I love the colors chosen to paint the figure but I'm not wild about the base vinyl color being of the flesh variety. I'd love to see Marmit reissue this guy with a darker vinyl color but that's not something I'm getting my hopes up about. Still, this figure is cooler than the Bandai toy...but that's no big feat.
And I haven't even come close to getting MH Manda anywhere). So I just gave up and settled for this new figure of Biollante. Oh, it's true that it's a better figure than Bandai's Biollante figure. But...eh....I don't know....I am still just bummed about not getting the larger MH Biollante, which I believe is the end all of Biollante figures. Why did they have to make this variation smaller...what was the point of that??? 
:dunno: Nevertheless, it's my first Monster Heaven figure I have purchased in 2 years, so I'm still happy to finally have a decent figure of Biollante that's not the Bandai stump or some tiny capsule tube figure. It's a spiffy sculpt too.
