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JDeck:
http://sp.tamashii.jp/item_brand/shmonsterarts/   check this out!! I know its not Star Wars related, but I think they're really cool.  SH Monsterarts is just like the Figuarts but, well you guessed it they're monster figures. They make a lot of cool figures from many franchises, including Alien, Predator, King Kong (2005), Gamera and of course Godzilla. They all stand about 6" or so. The Godzilla figures are the crown jewels of this figure line.  They make several variants from 1964-2014, including Godzilla Jr. and MechaGodzilla, as well as many of his iconic foes, including Mothra, Rodan, king ghidorah and many more. In my humble opinion dollar for dollar the Godzilla (1995) birth version is the best bang  for your buck. It has a great sculpt and very realistic articulation, I saw a stop motion promo using these figures, I'll try to find it again and share it , but it was awesome. Another cool thing is they make diorama accessories including damaged buildings, jets, tanks, helicopters and different flame/radiation streams sold separately.

JDeck:
Sweet I found the SH Monsterarts Godzilla promo video. these things are so cool!

Tamer:
Oh, I gotta take that video and this review to the pages.

JDeck:
  I'm definitely getting the Godzilla (1995) Birth version or The GZ (1964) very tough decision. The 2014 GZ and King Kong is pretty cool too, I might have to get them one day. The rest are cool, but way over my price range, like over the moon and across the galaxy. Although I've been known to spend more on total crap, so who knows. I just think it would be the coolest thing ever to make a Godzilla diorama. The diorama accessories they make for these are great but I kind of want to use model train buildings just because I'm a detail freak. Z scale (1:220) I think would work but N scale (1:150) is too big for 6" Godzilla. 2014 Godzilla is huge he's more like 1:700 scale.

JDeck:
I went ahead and ordered the Godzilla (1964) emergence version. I found out some interesting things about it. A couple of  years ago SH Monsterarts released the Godzilla (1964) Mothra version as an online exclusive thinking no one would want the old version as opposed to the newer versions. To their surprise the sold out relatively fast. So since they weren't allowed to re-release an online exclusive, they gave him a dusty weathering, hence the "emergence" from Godzilla vs. Mothra. They also gave him a white radiation stream, that the first edition did not have. The emergence edition released in Japan Oct.22 but in U.S markets its available in late Nov. So I ordered mine from a third party seller in  Japan, but pre-orders are available on BigBadToystore.
     http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=BAN16417&mode=retail
         

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