i'll take this with 'a grain of salt', i like how you said ''DON'T MAKE AN ARTICLE''

actually who does get the rights to godzilla after g14, LP or WB

I don't know if Japan has a big enough maket box office wise to really be a huge factor. If you are worried about Toho making more movies, no one can really know if that's in the cards. However, I can say this, if Godzilla 2014 is succesful everywhere BUT Japan (U.S. and China mostly), we will be seing another Legendary (or W.B. I don't know who gets the rights after this film) movie.

i don't think g14 will and wont be allowed to be shown but i'm pretty sure they are allowed and will show toho godzilla figures like this one a twitter user has shown 

Well, if a good portion of people in Japan saw the original (which is actually a lot higher than one would think due to their proportionately larger aged population), then they'll probably influence the rest to see it as well to help it be successful.

From how I understand these toy shows go is that they unveil new things each day. So I'm assuming that tomorrow or the day after we might see somethin else. Its hard to say though. Just keep your fingers crossed that the something else will be Godzilla. 

people complain about complaining because complaining might stop complaing but the more they complain the more the complainers insult teh complainer so who is the real complainer?

kaijugroupie84 Actually, the toys hit shelves in late March, early April

i was wondering this too. we got to see pretty much everything else but i havent heard a single word about this

idk but i did hear about Godzilla 1954 super articulated and the Godzilla 2014 super articulated 12 inch head to tail on tokunation

Well, usually, people are allowed to photograph the toys at the toy fair, now with WB and Legendary's hush-hush, marketing, I'm not sure they'll allow us to see what they look like til they hit shelves in May.

If I find 1 ill give a link.

I actually had the box office numbers for the mothra films in comparison to the Godzilla films a long time ago but I've since lost them. I used to bring them up in conversations garnering my opinion on how Godzilla needed a change if it were ever to be successful as a tokusatsu again.

If I remember correctly though, some of the ultraman movies mopped the floor with godzilla and mothra both, as far as box office figures go. 

But I honestly don't feel like researching it at this moment, as I'm too busy watching toy blogs for toyfair updates!

But that is all anecdotal evidence anyway. 

With a good record of box office numbers to back it up...

I  THINKING THAT GREAT CENTIPEDE VISHNU OR TALAGHAN IS OF A  OLD COMIC BOOK CHARACTER OF GODZILLA  HIS HEAD LOOK'S LIKE A DRAGON NOT LIKE A CENTIPEDE

ask a little girl what she prefers, a butterfly or a lizard. everyone knows mothra is more popular with little girls than godzilla is and for obvious reasons.

I think vishnu is called now TALAGHAN

Honestly, I don't hate anything really about the design, but I'd say its better than I expected.

The face is what sold it on me, there is so much expression there. They didn't go all 'nurr MURICA' and try hard with it. I was so afraid he was going to be this big, toothy, spikey looking mongaloid. 

Am I the only one that thinks this is great?

Its good that there are things like this for kids. I hope we see some godzilla themed cakes and stuff floating around as well.

I like his muscular body, it make him looks more unstoppable and strong. 

I like his new face too.

People forget that Mothra, in the original film, kills more people as she flies across the globe trying to find the shobijin(SP) than Godzilla did in Gojira. 

But that is another point entirely.

Mothra is popular in Japan because little japanese children don't want to spend their one movie night a month at the theater watching a movie where the title character is portrayed as evil (I.E. the Millenium Godzilla films did horribly in the theaters because of this, some had to be doublebilled with more popular films just to make up for the loss)-- either way, children like Mothra more, she is a hero, Godzilla is constantly re-vomitted as a 'metaphor' and children honestly don't care about that kind of crap.

I remember having a japanese friend who said that everytime he'd go to see Godzilla movies in the theater, the kids were always pissed on the way out. He remembered hearing a bunch of kids saying "Why can't godzilla be like ultraman" or "mommy why does the army hate Godzilla?". When they go and see a mothra film, they don't walk out wondering why the military hates Mothra, they walk out knowing mothra just somehow killed a giant three headed dragon.

Oh, and afore-mentioned friend said that the theaters were packed for the mothra films and barely anyone there during the Godzilla ones. 

He also mentioned that films WITH mothra in them, like Tokyo SOS and GMK had considerably higher number of asses in seats.

But that is all anecdotal evidence anyway. 

ebriah and king ghidorah! lol

Really cool sketch. I wonder if the initial wave of MUTO's will be followed by the emergance of their queen. Godzilla might eradicate them leading to righteous vengeance from this much bigger threat. I'm almost certain there will be a creature who can stand toe to toe with the big G based on his described fighting style and this "winged muto" may well be the monster in question.

@Dup004

The problem I see with all those complaints is that most monsters are villains or antiheroes and that gets boring much more quickly since the genre is so used to it. In that sense Mothra being a pure Superman-esque character is a breath of fresh air.

It's not simply that she's right all the time, it's that she's right in a world jam packed with creatures like her that have no ethical standards, no sense of right or wrong and no attitude that is remotely chivalrous. In that contrast, yes she's more interesting because those are odds she's constantly up against:

- Dieing while taking on Godzilla.

- Two newly hatched infants taking on Godzilla.

- Convincing Godzilla and Rodan to team up with her. They refuse at first.

- Taking on King Ghidorah by herself as an infant at first.

- Having the task of attempting to fight off both Battra and Godzilla when she hatches.

- Taking on a much larger and more powerful Godzilla on her own when King Ghidorah is either MIA or down.

- Dieing while fighting Godzilla again.

She's the only one in the scenerios whom makes these for the right reasons. No other monster did that initially. Godzilla's growth as a hero in the late 60s and 70s and Gamera's genesis are both products of what was a unique creation. Something more fanciful and less irreverent torward humanity. Mothra's exsistance helped expand the genre. Had Honda pulled another monster like Godzilla, Rodan or Varan with her, it wouldn't have been half as interesting. (Which is, in part, why Varan: The Unbelievable failed.)

Easily a top 5 monster for me.

What about me?

Well, im a bigger Mothra fan than i am Godzilla fan so there is that...

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i am kinda sad he doesn't have the ears, i don't know why but i liked him, i guess it made him stand apart from real animals, other archosaurs(dinos, crocs, rausuchians, etc.) in particular, alongside his spines, size, posture, and of course being nuclear powered

you know what, last night i started thinking, and i realized that the toy sounds like a wierd hybrid of gigan and megalon, and the 8 legged muto sounds like a wierd hybrid of kamucarus and kumonga, hmmmm

what if were getting a bunch of toho monsters that have all been smushed into hybrid monsters, this could allow them to pay homage to several old monsters at once, and maybe, just maybe even avoid licensing issues while doing it. it certainly sounds cool, think anguirus+baragon, rodan+titanosaus, destroyah + idk, maybe space godzilla, varan+manda! idk just a thought

I love the face and the various scale patterns and scaring. He looks pretty mutated and less uniform. Yes, Legendary Godzilla will be one of my favoite designs.

Just makes me think of the Hanna Barbara Godzilla.

What if this movie is like, a homage to godzilla in general? What if like, it doesn't have godzilla in it at all but a new monster that just lookes like Godzilla? What if Batman shows up and flies a nuke out of the city?

#deepstuff

What if TOHO made Godzilla vs King Kong vs Gamera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a little something I did yesterday.

Yes mothra is brave, pure, and always good, but that is 1 of the things that I personally don't like about her. I really think that kaiju should have a more antihero type personality. That's why I like the heisei so much most monster besides mothra and spacegodzilla are not directly evil or good. Sure they all destroy things but they're giant monsters roaming around of course things will be destroyed, it's never made clear that they directly are attacking people, the fact mothra is always good and always in the right takes away from her for me. It's fun seeing a character with different sides. 1 you can hate, disagree with, and want beaten at times but still enjoy. Mothra is sort of the Superman of Toho, for the following reasons, always in the right, always the winner, and never, NEVER see any side that could borderline one maybe slightly bad intentions. That just makes the character boring for me. He says that no1 has done her right, but that's because basically all her movies were repeats of Mothra vs Godzilla which was her best. The heisei era changed it slightly actually having her go through her metamorphis rather than being a moth getting beaten and then having twins beat godzilla, but Tokyo SOS is literally Mothra vs Godzilla with MechaGodzilla thrown into the mix. 

Sure she's the underdog and that's nice to root for, but after her first appearance, was she really? In heisei it was 2v1 and Godzilla was on the backfoot once that was established, in Tokyo SOS, well as I said same thing as Mothra vs Godzilla but throwing MechaG onto her side really made it seem like Godzilla had it worse. 

I do like the contrast between her and Godzilla as for me Godzilla represents destruction that can be created by technology and science while Mothra can represent the spirituality and belief people have. When they collide it sort or represents Science vs Spirituality. Not sure if that was intended but I always associate it

Overall she's an okay character I guess, but that's just because her first appearance in the franchise was soooooo good. I'd never put her on my 5 favorite monsters or anything.

I think you are right. In my honest opinion, I think we are going to see monsters that look very similar to TOHO monsters. Just like the winged MUTO whose appearance sounds like Gigan. I reckon they will pay homage and maybe like at the end of the credits there will be an addition scene showing an orginal TOHO monster. Who cares if they said they don't have the rights to any TOHO monsters besides Godzilla. They could be lying for all we know and if they did, why would they tell us? Maybe it will come as a surprise. Anyway I agree with your opinion :D

The more I see the face the more I like it but truth be told the original's nose and ears made it real distinct. However I LOVE the neck, it's so thick, almost like armor.

Hell Yeah I Live in LA, this is awesome :)

Honestly, even though the guy brought some valid points; I'm still not a major fan of Mothra. Godzilla is and will always be a hero in my eyes. Whenever I see him lose to Mothra, it makes me hate her so much. There are times when I did understand the outcome like Mothra vs. Godzilla. But Godzilla means so much more to me and I hate seeing a beloved hero lose to a freaking moth. Something I dread.

I respect the traits that make Mothra a good character. But I feel Mothra gets too much credit over monsters who deserve it more like Rodan and King Ghidorah. The biggest time I liked her was in Ghidorah the three headed monster, where she convinces Godzilla and Rodan to put their hate of humans aside and work together to save the earth. So I do love it when Godzilla and Mothra work togther to take on a big threat like KG or Destoryah (Rulers of the Earth #4) But I'm still not fond of Mothra and she is not in my top 10 favorite kaiju list.

I really pray Mothra is NOT in the 2014 film. I do NOT want to see Godzilla lose to Mothra in the new film. I want to see Godzilla kick ass and win the fight against the Muto monster, not get his ass kicked. 

I love his new face. Especially with the dust in the trailer it almost looks like a badass dragon skull since you can't see his eyes.