the sphinx
2/26/25
GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS/RODAN Video Store Retail Flyer (Vestron Video, 1983)
2/24/25
Godzilla Vintage Radio Spots Recap & Updates: The News Is Good!
After our recent MEGALON discovery, and two different leads to explore that were pointed out to me by kind readers, we can now re-assess the situation when it comes to vintage Godzilla radio spots.
The good news is, all that remains to be located are three of the five GIGANTIS spots, and whatever exists for GODZILLA 1985--official or merely locally-made!
As pointed out to me, two GIGANTIS ads were played in the commentary track of the 2007 Classic Media DVD, and those have been extracted by me and added to the masterpost (links below). The cool website https://www.zomboscloset.com/ also contains several of the radio spots that we were completely missing*, so those have all been linked to as well. In short, both parts of the masterposts have been completely updated, so check them out! Maybe soon we will live in a world where 100% of these formerly-lost treasures have been located, and collected together in one place!
Godzilla Vintage Radio Spots: PART ONE
Godzilla Vintage Radio Spots: PART TWO
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At Last...The GODZILLA vs. MEGALON Radio Spot! (1976)
If you've been around here very long, you may have seen me state one of my mantras: "some mysteries will be solved, but others will be created." Well, today it's time to solve one!
This mysterious, hastily-labeled box holds a rare treasure that it's been waiting for decades to give to the world!2/10/25
Godzilla King Of The Monsters MAGIC ROCKS (Craft House Corp., 1995)
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INCLUDES: Display Tank, You-Know-Who, Instruction Sheet, Paints, Foil Insert (goes on bottom of tank), Magic Rocks, Magic Solution, Paintbrush |
1/31/25
YOG MONSTER FROM SPACE Theatre Solicitation Flyer (American International, 1971)
Here is another cool 2-sided flyer, this time for the classic YOG MONSTER FROM SPACE (which is now only known as SPACE AMOEBA). It's also printed on heavy, textured stock, but this time measuring slightly larger--in fact, it's 8 & 9/16 by 11 & 1/8 inches, just larger enough than a regular piece of paper to cause problems, which is weird.
Some people deride this movie, but I love it. You'll also hear it called "the end of the Golden Age of Toho kaiju movies," and there is some truth to that I suppose. I think it's a ton of fun.
The reverse side of the flyer gives us promotional photos and another complete synopsis that would of course spoil the film for the uninitiated!
1/29/25
GODZILLA vs. THE SMOG MONSTER Theatre Solicitation Flyer (American International, 1972)
Here is a very nice and very rare piece. This is a two-sided informational flyer that American International sent out to theatre owners in promotion of GODZILLA vs. THE SMOG MONSTER in 1972. It is printed on heavy, textured paper that is pinkish in color, and measures 8.5 by 11 inches.
The back is reminiscent of the International flyers that Toho sent out at the time, which makes complete sense. It has some great promotional photos, and gives a FULL synopsis of the movie (hence the "Not For Publication") that is almost so matter-of-fact, it nearly betrays the amazing psychotronic-ness of the film itself (which is one of my top 5 Godzilla films, by the way).
I recently bought a small pile of lovely stuff like this, so there is much more to come; stay tuned!
1/6/25
Video Game Board Games [part 4]: PAC MAN MAGNETIC MAZE (Tomy, 1984)
12/31/24
McDonaldland Citizenship Certificate (1975)
I don't go around flaunting it, but I am an honorary citizen of McDonaldland, and now you can be too! This half-sheet-sized certificate, printed on heavy, fancy stock, comes from 1975, and was designed to be given out at birthday parties and special events.
Signed by Mayor McCheese, and Ronald himself, it's worthy of a frame in your home or office, and shows everyone that you are entitled to fun and happiness forever. It doesn't get any better than that!
Join along with me in missing the fun and specialness that McDonald's once held, rather than just the gray box of sadness that it has turned into today.
12/22/24
THE GODZILLA LIVE Complete Set (Banpresto, 1993)
Here is a set of small plushes that have been on my want list for many a year now! THE GODZILLA LIVE is a series of 5 plushes (each around 6 inches tall) made by Banpresto in 1993, as "UFO Catcher" (claw machine) prizes.
Before we look at them in detail, here is the tag:
First up is Rodan, who in the above card art is the smallest, yet in reality dwarfs his bandmates!
This one must've been quite difficult to win and hook with the claw (unless you grabbed him by the drums, maybe). He has a giant, bulbous head, and a stern expression, showing he takes his rhythm-keeping quite seriously. It's very difficult to find an example of him today that has the drumsticks; they are prone to breaking loose. His bass drum has the logo for the band:
12/11/24
Godzilla: DESTROY ALL MONSTERS Vidpro Card (Super Nintendo, 1995)
If you recall what the videogame section at TRU looked like, games were in racks or shelves, akin to some video rental stores of the time. When a title ran out, there would be a placeholder card at the back, showing that the title needed to be re-ordered. These were produced by a company out of Dallas, Texas called Vidpro, and are quite rare today. We have looked at one other several years ago--for the GameBoy GODZILLA game.
What we are looking at today is such a card, but for a game that was cancelled! GODZILLA: DESTROY ALL MONSTERS, the game we never got.
Announced in NINTENDO POWER in May of 1995, nobody seems to know why this game was suddenly withdrawn. It was a port of a Super Famicom game from Japan called GODZILLA: GREAT MONSTER BATTLE, so it does at least exist, and can be tracked down and played today. Here is what the box art looked like:
12/9/24
GODZILLA vs. MEGALON Complete Set of Color Stills (Cinema Shares, 1976)
This is an update of an old post, because I just this week completed this set of 8. MEGALON had 8 x 10-inch "color stills" instead of lobby cards, but they are super cool, with lots of great promotional photos. Sort of like giant trading cards. Here are all 8 in one lovely post!
