It's still underwhelming in both modes.
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I guess there’s only so much you can mod the Grimlock mold. But still, even the base Grimmy figure wasn’t really retooled, which is weird considering it is supposed to be Godzilla.
DNA does improve it, a bit. But not as much as it kinda needs. I don’t want to want it, but I kinda do, which is frustrating.
DNA does improve it, a bit. But not as much as it kinda needs. I don’t want to want it, but I kinda do, which is frustrating.
It's weird, right? Both Godzilla and Grimlock are steeped in the same antiquated, tail-dragging paleoart DNA, but they are different enough that you can't really make Godzilla by just painting Grimlock the right colors; the DNA set goes a long way towards fixing that, but still doesn't quite give an adequate Godzilla shape.
That said, I have enough nostalgia for my childhood "Godzilla", a black rubber "t-rex" with a hole in its belly, that I could almost justify the Megatron figure if it wasn't $70. I could maybe swing half that price for a nostalgia buy, but I still couldn't justify the DNA kit add-on.
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The t-rex-ish figure in this set is the one my brothers and I had as a stand-in for Godzilla until the Trendmasters figures came around. Megatron almost pushes that "close-enough-but-not-really" button. Maybe if it goes on sale...
That said, I have enough nostalgia for my childhood "Godzilla", a black rubber "t-rex" with a hole in its belly, that I could almost justify the Megatron figure if it wasn't $70. I could maybe swing half that price for a nostalgia buy, but I still couldn't justify the DNA kit add-on.
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if the head were smaller and the neck shorter, It’d probably give better Godzilla vibes. Most Gojis are kind of pinheads. Not sure why this kit made them so big when the stock head and neck assembly are removed. Thighs are also nowhere near large enough. Goji has them THICC thighs.
I’d have liked any kind of change to the robot mode. The shins are more or less unchanged between modes so some blue spikes there in robot mode would do a lot towards making it less Grimlock. That said they have to work with the base figure and there probably aren’t many good attachment points.
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I'd be down for the mechagodzilla kit, if it had the flight pack wings from that design.... there's also zero attempt to use the trailer... for the money they should have put in the parts they made for the mold already to ape the old maketoys trailor missile pods. Its almost as half ass as the base figure.
On one hand, it's a mediocre set for an awful attempt at Kiryu. On the other hand, the colors and new weapons are just generic enough to be used with the other versions of the mold.
Eh, I'll buy Jet Jaguar and call it a day. This Godzilla collab was a miss overall.
Eh, I'll buy Jet Jaguar and call it a day. This Godzilla collab was a miss overall.
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It’s a fun add on to make Laser Prime more battle tanker-y. However, yeah, it can’t really do anything to fix not-MechaGodzilla Laser Prime. I am kinda tempted to pick this up for my Prime or Toxitron.
I do want Jet Jaguar.
I do want Jet Jaguar.
Reportedly, Toho’s licensing is really hard to work with but if the end result is a markup on Nemesis Grimlock and prototype Laser Optimus, I don’t know why Takara bothered.
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Toho has a bits-and-pieces model of licensing. You want Godzilla? Sure! Oh you wanted his roar? That costs extra. Oh you wanted any other monsters? That costs extra. Making Mechagodzilla a truck probably saved money even before counting tooling costs. I don't know why Takara bothered either.
Ha! That’s the best way to look at these. Nemesis Grimlock and Proto Laser Prime.
Hugging Ninja Turtles of all things have a better Godzilla collab.
TMNT got a Godzilla collab too?
Oh wait. Multiverse travel and Rita, right. No, sorry, that’s PR/Godzilla. Oops.
Also, how has TMNT gotten a full on Power Rangers collab, yet Hasbro never jumped on a TF/PR collab. Zordformers could be cool.
Oh wait. Multiverse travel and Rita, right. No, sorry, that’s PR/Godzilla. Oops.
Also, how has TMNT gotten a full on Power Rangers collab, yet Hasbro never jumped on a TF/PR collab. Zordformers could be cool.
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SDCC revealed a toy collab and a comic. Toys are turtles cosplaying as monsters. Leo as Goji, Mike as Ghidorah and Raph as Rodan. No Don yet on the slides but that's inevitable.
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Hong Kong has an event going on this weekend and Flame Toys is showing off stuff like their Furai model kits and…
BLACKARACHNIA TOTALLY HAS NIPPLES!
BLACKARACHNIA TOTALLY HAS NIPPLES!
Their MegaDragonzord has to be a joke.
Ah, TMNT as the monsters, much like they did for the Universal Monsters.