Back in 1997, Bandai issued these two really cool sets, of 20 kaiju each, which loosely translates to the title I've given here. The boxes were identical, except for a tiny "A" or "B," which made it a little tricky for us English-speakers. They came with twenty highly-detailed rubber monsters, some of which you had to assemble (it is still tricky to this day getting the right tail on the right Godzilla), as well as a large card showing eight small pictures of Japanese Godzilla movie posters.
Today we are going to look at Set A, which is mostly black and silver, with a couple of light blue monsters thrown in for no apparent reason.
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| The Japanese characters after the "A" apologize for taking all of your money, while laughing at the buyer at the same time...weird, huh? |
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| Set "A" group photo! |
I have never found the perfect way to display these awesome little guys--by the way, I should mention that they are all around an inch-and-a-half tall. With that in mind, we will now look at them a bit more closely, so on with the show...
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| Four Godzilla suits--notice that one has four toes, and the rest of these, three! |
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| Mecha-King Ghidorah, original Rodan, original Mogera, and poor, overlooked Magma! We haven't forgotten you! |
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| Hush, kids! Don't disturb them! It's a mama and two babies! |
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| "Death Ghidorah" from the first 90's Mothra movie, Water Mothra from the second, Spacegodzilla, and Ebirah! |
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| The ever-faithful and amazing Angilas, Mechagodzilla II, and Varan, who we also haven't forgotten! |
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| The 90's version of MOGUERA, Battra, and Little Godzilla! Awww! |
Well, that's all twenty, because the two Mothra larvae count as one, apparently--but thanks, Bandai, for giving me twins, so I can re-enact the ending of what we call GODZILLA vs. THE THING! Next time we will look at set "B," so stay tuned.
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