*sigh* The Addiction continues...
I honestly have never had much interest in obtaining either one of these figures...truth be told, I was more than satisfied with Bandai's 8 inch MG 2003 (Sorry, I'm not referring to him as "Kiryu"...worst moniker ever...even worse than "Destroyah". He's
MechaGodzilla damn it).
However, the gold battle damage figure is truly unique and offers a fresh perspective/different kind of figure, so I decided to pick it up for around $60...not a great deal (I've seen this figure many times for cheaper prices than this), but not too expensive either. It's without a doubt my favorite figure of this particular kaiju. As for the regular/standard MG 2003 figure, I had no interest in it...but the dealer said he would throw in it for only $20

For a brand new, unopened Marmit MH figure, that's a steal, so I that's why I picked him up too. Once I got him out of his bag, I warmed up a little to him... he's actually pretty cool...in fact, I'd say he's slightly better than Bandai's MG 2003 figure.
I am still totally bummed about about Gigabrain's Black or Black & Gold Mosu-Goji still illuding me (I spotted the GB Mosu-Goji figure this past weekend...but it was an awful sky blue/purple-ish variant.....DAMN IT!

Talk about teasing...finding the black/black & gold variations of this figure has been so frustrating). But the battle damaged MG 2003 and super cheap standard MG 2003 figure were nice pick ups for the price I suppose...
If Marmit ever gets their act together and starts putting out decent figures again (ie gives us kaiju fans what we want to see, not more "Des-goji" figures or badly sculpted heisei G figures....I'm talking MH Gabara, Mogera, Orga, Godzillasaurus, G Jr, Space G redo, and more showa figures like Magma, the Gargantuas, Kamakuras, Kumonga, Manda, etc.), then I might be tempted to keep continuing on picking up as many Marmit MH/Marusan/Gigabrain figures as I can and eventually sell off most of my Bandai collection...