UPDATED 02/19/14 with new photo of the Diamond Select King Ghidorah Vinyl Bank! – & now a shot of the S.H. Monsterarts Display! UPDATED 02/18/14 with photos of NECA’s Godzilla […]
UPDATED 02/19/14 with new photo of the Diamond Select King Ghidorah Vinyl Bank! – & now a shot of the S.H. Monsterarts Display!
UPDATED 02/18/14 with photos of NECA’s Godzilla line & another shot of Diamond’s X-Plus 30cm Varan reissue!
Howdy, all and Happy Monday! Jon @ UnCannyhere.
This week will be full of news, so get excited! Right now the NY Toyfair is raging, and it looks like a blast. NYTF is full of distributors toting new Godzilla merchandise – Some is photo-allowed, and others are not. Yet social media has brought forth some pretty interesting images from the event, and some of it is coming out of nowhere! Godzilla Minimates? Who would’ve guessed?
The NYTF features a lot of excellent items from Diamond Select, as well as a ton of merchandise for the upcoming Legendary film. Expect a ton of G-related merchandise to be hitting store shelves during the Year of Godzilla – which is now, by the way. 2014. Its a damn good time to be a fan!
Photographs of new merchandise will be trickling in over the coming days, and I’ll be compiling them all here. Check out whats been revealed so far:
S.H. Monsterarts has officially announced (with the graphic above) that they will indeed be producing a highly articulated Bandai of the Legendary Godzilla 2014 design. Thats going to be one chunky hunk of plastic! Expect him to hit after the movies released in May.
Here’s one out of left field – Godzilla Minimates! The company has produced hundreds of characters underneath this brand name, and now Godzilla is joining the fray. So far, Gigan, Showa Godzilla, Titanosaurus, and Mothra have been confirmed for a “Winter 2014” release.
Here we have a “Birthday Party Napkin” design for Legendary’s GODZILLA, which will hit store shelves to coincide with the movie. Expect these in April/May.
Same deal, but these are the oh-so-exciting “Birthday Party Plates”! These are, of course, for Legendary’s GODZILLA, which will hit store shelves to coincide with the movie. Expect these in April/May.
Here we have some pretty great looking vinyl banks from Diamond Select, all of which will be distributed within the U.S. marketplace. As promised, Diamond Select will be releasing two lines of banks, “Busts” and “Full Body”.
This shot reveals the impressive full body DesuGoji vinyl bank, and a new Showa Mecha Bottle Opener – which I will be getting. Expect these to hit this Spring.
NEW Image of the Diamond Select Heisei King Ghidorah Bust – Sculpted by Gentle Giant!
Here we have a shot of Diamond’s US X-Plus releases! G’64, Varan, and Minya are all available for preorder now at local comic shops and plenty of online stores – and are scheduled to ship at the end of March. The Mothra larva is part of this summer’s wave, which will ship late summer/July.
A better look at Diamond’s Varan Re-Release, this picture suffers from less flash and shows a more flattering side of the sculpt/paint job. Due for release at the end of March.
This lovely figure here is the big to-do for today. Toho Kingdom received this image as an exclusive, its NECA’s “Classic Godzilla ’94” articulated figure. I’m not sure at this point if it is vinyl or plastic, but I’m going to go with plastic by the looks. The sculpt is pretty great, but I believe it will be just what they intend for it to be – A poor man’s S.H. Monsterarts. Which is not a bad thing at all, because the SHMA figures are highly overpriced. Expect this guy to hit late Spring, with a $20-$25 retail.
This is another image of NECA’s G’94. They’ve also revealed to Toho Kingdom that they will be releasing a Godzilla 1984 figure of the same style, which is pretty great. Thats a suit that doesn’t get enough love, whereas the ’94 gets too much. Also, you can see a glimpse of their G’14 beneath the “Warning” sign. Expect a better look once the embargo has been lifted! You can also see a large array of teased Legendary’s GODZILLA merchandise on the boards below these figures.
A friend of Kaiju enthusiast James Babbo attended the Toyfair and posted this photo of Bandai’s S.H. Monsterarts display. This shot gives you an idea of just how massive the Biollante figure really is.
SKREEONK! 
Here’s another one: http://cristacristalowlow.tumblr.com/post/77034988231/its-neca-godzilla-1994-figure-with-a-pretty-nice
Have it added! Check the gallery for a much better shot of the figure.
Thanks for reading!
Jon