Stoopid_Sandwich
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Hey all. I figured it was time to start a new thread for the SHMA line since a few releases have come out over the last year since this board went live and it was high time we started talking about them. I’ve picked up a few here and there and here are my thoughts on those releases thus far
Jet Jaguar (1973)
This figure is pretty nice over all. The details are pretty simple but they do a nice job of representing the giant robot from Godzilla vs Megalon. The articulation meets my expectations but it doesn’t preform as well as even some of the Godzilla figures or other mechs can. Overall I think this one is a solid B-.
Gigan (1972)
This figure was one of my all time most requested monsters since the line began and overall I’m pretty pleased. Gigan is one of the largest Showa figures yet and is very well detailed. He looks great next to the other 1972 releases we’ve seen thus far from Godzilla vs Gigan including Godzilla, Anguirus and the upcoming King Ghidorah will sure be a spectacular way to complete the set.
Godzilla (1972)
As stated above, this figure is also really nice. The articulation works perfectly, I love the extra inclusion of the battle damaged head that can be incorporated with Gigan but I have to deduct points because it doesn’t come with a beam effect piece which should be a standard practice by now. Especially given how expensive these figures are. Still it’s one of my favorite suit designs for Godzilla, despite how deteriorated it had become by 1972.
Anguirus (1972)
This figure was one of my most highly anticipated pieces in this line. For years I had been quasi-content with simply owning the Revoltech Anguirus but that figure was out of scale and too brightly colored to fit in with the rest of the SHMA line. Especially for a 1972 Anguirus. The SHMA version is well articulated and designed in spite of being a quadrupedal figure. And it’s absolutely enormous. I’m not sure if it’s just the fact that my perspective has been skewed since I’ve intentionally kept a smaller scaled version of the monster in my display, but the SHMA version genuinely feels like a 1/10th scale figure. This figure dwarfs the bootleg 1964 King Ghidorah figure that came out a few years ago when it comes to how broad Anguirus is. He is super nice and a worthy addition to the collection. He doesn’t come with any accessories but it’s not like he needs them.
Godzilla Final Wars (Reissue)
This final wars Godzilla was a definite improvement over the first edition. His skin has a more bluish tint compared to the original, he has a corrected dot matrix paint job on the eyes and most importantly, his eyebrows are no longer squished on one side. The only downside is that his dorsal plates have a weird ivory tint and I don’t know why. They should have stuck with the grey/ blue tint of the first release with the white accents. I ended up customizing my copy since the charcoal blue skin texture mixed with the yellowish ivory was too jarring. Overall a fun figure but no beam affect in either blue or orange is a bit of a letdown
Godzilla from Godzilla vs Megaguirus. (2000)
Oooh boy this is a fun figure. I’m really enjoying this guy. He just arrived today and he’s probably a figure of the year contender. And that’s saying something because I never expected to have an SHMA figure at the top of that list, let alone the G2K suit.
This figure is superior to the previous release in every single respect. For one thing, his suit is based on the actual film design by Shinichi Wakasa, however it is still sculpted by hand by artist Yuji Sakai, who incidentally released the first SHMA G2k figure nearly 10 years ago, albeit that figure was based on Sakai’s conceptual design that would not make it to film, and only exists as a maquette that has been reproduced as both action figures and vinyl models. (Also this is just my personal opinion, but the new G2K figure is so good it makes the previous release look like some kind of horrible, deformed clone…
As far as the rest of the design goes he features all new articulation created by Bandai which give this figure a wider range of movement in the neck, head , abdomen, arms and legs. His tail was also completely redone, featuring up to 30 pts of articulation in the tail alone and has even greater range than the recent Hiya Toys Hokkaido 1991 Godzilla figure. The paint detail is also nice. His skin is painted in a mottled green black with rose colored accents on the tips of his dorsal plates. His skin is also very sharp and the scutes are well defined. The eyes are once again printed in a dot matrix format as is the standard for most SHMA figures in the modern era. And he’s also one of the taller, bulkier Godzilla figures in the millennium series thus far, almost reaching the same height and girth as the GMK Godzilla. I’m honestly so over the moon with this release I think I’m back on the SHMA train if this figure is expected to set the standard for new releases and characters going forward. And I think a lot of fans who purchased the first “G2K” figure will be extremely pleased with this new releases. I suggest you buy him while he’s still in stock because he will most likely sell out quickly. This figure is 100% the new gold standard for the line and deserves all of the high marks and praise across the board.
So those are my reviews for some of the pieces I’ve picked up over the last year. I would love to hear what other members think of their recent hauls from this line. And of course let’s keep the discussion going with the upcoming figures that are due to hit in the next few months like King Ghidorah 1972, Megaguirus and any other future Monsterarts releases.
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Jet Jaguar (1973)
This figure is pretty nice over all. The details are pretty simple but they do a nice job of representing the giant robot from Godzilla vs Megalon. The articulation meets my expectations but it doesn’t preform as well as even some of the Godzilla figures or other mechs can. Overall I think this one is a solid B-.
Gigan (1972)
This figure was one of my all time most requested monsters since the line began and overall I’m pretty pleased. Gigan is one of the largest Showa figures yet and is very well detailed. He looks great next to the other 1972 releases we’ve seen thus far from Godzilla vs Gigan including Godzilla, Anguirus and the upcoming King Ghidorah will sure be a spectacular way to complete the set.
Godzilla (1972)
As stated above, this figure is also really nice. The articulation works perfectly, I love the extra inclusion of the battle damaged head that can be incorporated with Gigan but I have to deduct points because it doesn’t come with a beam effect piece which should be a standard practice by now. Especially given how expensive these figures are. Still it’s one of my favorite suit designs for Godzilla, despite how deteriorated it had become by 1972.
Anguirus (1972)
This figure was one of my most highly anticipated pieces in this line. For years I had been quasi-content with simply owning the Revoltech Anguirus but that figure was out of scale and too brightly colored to fit in with the rest of the SHMA line. Especially for a 1972 Anguirus. The SHMA version is well articulated and designed in spite of being a quadrupedal figure. And it’s absolutely enormous. I’m not sure if it’s just the fact that my perspective has been skewed since I’ve intentionally kept a smaller scaled version of the monster in my display, but the SHMA version genuinely feels like a 1/10th scale figure. This figure dwarfs the bootleg 1964 King Ghidorah figure that came out a few years ago when it comes to how broad Anguirus is. He is super nice and a worthy addition to the collection. He doesn’t come with any accessories but it’s not like he needs them.
Godzilla Final Wars (Reissue)
This final wars Godzilla was a definite improvement over the first edition. His skin has a more bluish tint compared to the original, he has a corrected dot matrix paint job on the eyes and most importantly, his eyebrows are no longer squished on one side. The only downside is that his dorsal plates have a weird ivory tint and I don’t know why. They should have stuck with the grey/ blue tint of the first release with the white accents. I ended up customizing my copy since the charcoal blue skin texture mixed with the yellowish ivory was too jarring. Overall a fun figure but no beam affect in either blue or orange is a bit of a letdown
Godzilla from Godzilla vs Megaguirus. (2000)
Oooh boy this is a fun figure. I’m really enjoying this guy. He just arrived today and he’s probably a figure of the year contender. And that’s saying something because I never expected to have an SHMA figure at the top of that list, let alone the G2K suit.
This figure is superior to the previous release in every single respect. For one thing, his suit is based on the actual film design by Shinichi Wakasa, however it is still sculpted by hand by artist Yuji Sakai, who incidentally released the first SHMA G2k figure nearly 10 years ago, albeit that figure was based on Sakai’s conceptual design that would not make it to film, and only exists as a maquette that has been reproduced as both action figures and vinyl models. (Also this is just my personal opinion, but the new G2K figure is so good it makes the previous release look like some kind of horrible, deformed clone…
As far as the rest of the design goes he features all new articulation created by Bandai which give this figure a wider range of movement in the neck, head , abdomen, arms and legs. His tail was also completely redone, featuring up to 30 pts of articulation in the tail alone and has even greater range than the recent Hiya Toys Hokkaido 1991 Godzilla figure. The paint detail is also nice. His skin is painted in a mottled green black with rose colored accents on the tips of his dorsal plates. His skin is also very sharp and the scutes are well defined. The eyes are once again printed in a dot matrix format as is the standard for most SHMA figures in the modern era. And he’s also one of the taller, bulkier Godzilla figures in the millennium series thus far, almost reaching the same height and girth as the GMK Godzilla. I’m honestly so over the moon with this release I think I’m back on the SHMA train if this figure is expected to set the standard for new releases and characters going forward. And I think a lot of fans who purchased the first “G2K” figure will be extremely pleased with this new releases. I suggest you buy him while he’s still in stock because he will most likely sell out quickly. This figure is 100% the new gold standard for the line and deserves all of the high marks and praise across the board.
So those are my reviews for some of the pieces I’ve picked up over the last year. I would love to hear what other members think of their recent hauls from this line. And of course let’s keep the discussion going with the upcoming figures that are due to hit in the next few months like King Ghidorah 1972, Megaguirus and any other future Monsterarts releases.
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