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Make sure to check all the pages of this thread to see all the merchandise guys! This isn't just about the JAKKS toy! :)

what i truely want is a sideshow collectibles godzilla statue

@madison

hehe, i just like the black hole one, shows how tough godzilla really is.

I ordered the neca painted 12"

12 inch painted, only problem is they dotted the eye too big so it looks cartoony

Seeing the Godzilla from all those angles is really nice.

is the neca 24 inch 24 inches long or 24 inches tall?

@GODZILLA HIMSELF 24in long.

Big figure looks great although I wish they would have made its spines longer, but aw well. I cannot wait for the Neca figure though, looks fantastic along with the 94 one, Hopefully Neca will make a Godzilla 2000 one as well.

There's literally so much I have to make a second comment.

Part 2: 

@KingKaijuGojira

The Godzilla films on iTunes are still distributed by the same companies the distribute DVDs/Bluray. For example, Sony has the North American rights to distribute Godzilla vs. Destroyah. If Godzilla vs. Destroyah is on iTunes, it means Sony put it there.

@Logan's Displaname

The details regarding the legal issues around Godzilla 1984/85 seem to be fuzzy at best. I constantly ask some of the most reliable sources about the details of this problem and they either don't know or aren't allowed to say. All I was told is that the problems regarding its North American release will be resolved "soon". Considering this problem has been going on since before the late 1990s, I don't know how soon you could define "soon" in this case.

THANK TOHOKINGDOM.COM FOR THESE IMAGES!

BANDAI STUFF:

(Too much to label, I'll just post em')

ill be getting the 24inch looks like it has some nice detail on it

those look awesome!

THANK TOHOKINGDOM.COM FOR THESE IMAGES!

NECA STUFF:

24-inch Non-painted:

12-inch Painted:

Alright posting the Bandai and NECA toys now.

fine i am just to excited

MutoMadness, ease up on the bumps, will ya? ;)

8 mins

25 mins i can smell it

update on mine

35 mins awwwwww yeaaaaahhhhh

Surprised by all of the 1998 defenders. Which is a little refreshing actually - folks going against popular opinion. And I think it is a little silly how people still seem to be so personally offended by it so many years later. Time to get over it right?

But...while I respect everyones opinion, m gonna be that guy: In my opinion, Godzilla 1998 was an absolutely terrible movie.

Yes, I hated it when I saw it because I had been waiting a long time for a proper Americanized Godzilla flick - and this was what we got instead. But I went back and watched it recently and tried to judge it on its own merits, and it holds up even worse than I thought.

It all started with the script. It was just lazy: Terrible dialogue. Awkward forced humor. Vapid characters. Contrived plot points that make you groan. Large gaps between action (what little there was). And it just atraignt up stole ideas from much better films.  Frankly - the finished script feels like a first or second draft. 

But it didnt stop there. The acting was bad to mediocre (probably the scripts fault to a certain extent, but everyone seemed to just be phoning it in). The action sequences were poorly shot-especially when godzilla first arrives (though ironically that was the only brief scene in the entire movie that made me feel I was watching a giant monster movie-as opposed to a chase flick)

It was also just plain ugly to look at. Whether it was done for aesthetic purposes or not, the picture often looks muddy and drab. The special effects are very hit and miss - while some scenes looked decent for the era in which it was made, at other times the sfx were outclassed by films made 5-10-15 years prior. The cgi used for the creature sometimes actually looks great...and then the next shot it looks like a cartoon. Very inconsistent.

Not actually being "Godzilla" aside -The creature itself was ok. Little to no personality unlike other memorable movie monsters, but I still think it deserved a better film.

But maybe my biggest complaint is that, when I watched it again for the first time since 1998, I was simply BORED! Not a lot actually happens, and what does doesnt really feel like it has a lot of weight. There is no tension, legit drama, or any scene that sticks out as being very memorable (atleast not for positive reasons). The story felt small.

Many of you compare the quality of the movie to the Hesei era real Godzilla films. The whole point of making 1998 was (or should have been) to bring Hollywood quality filmmaking to a great character that was always a little held back by budget, etc. It should have been MUCH better than the Hesei films because they had greater resources and talent pool. I hold hollywood films to a higher standard - this film didnt meet it.

Anyways, ill stop there. Im glad some of you actually liked it - cuz then that means it wasnt a total waste. But im a big fan of the entire giant monster movie genre - and I dont even own a copy of Godzilla 1998. That says something about just how much I didnt care for Zilla's first and only outing.

Thanks for reading haha.

Oh - and the Madison Square Garden part is one of the biggest fails in big budget action movie filmmaking ive ever seen. It encaptualizes every one of my above criticisms in one overlly long sequence.

Nah it's all good. I'll have 36 images from TohoKingdom.com of Bandai and NECA products for you guys here in about 40 minutes! So stay tuned!

44 minutes till the neca pics!

Disappointed a bit in the final design of Godzilla... though I admit I've become rather cynical of any US vision of a Japanese original product in the past few years.... so it's just my opinion.  However, I'm more leary of an actually GOOD movie over a design that doesn't appeal to me so I will withhold judgement until I see the film.

I do like the head design that we've seen in the trailer.. just not the body shape and tamed down spines on the back.

-C

Alright guys I'm locking this thread, the only purpose this topic serves now is a set of policies people can read at any time. Thanks again for your cooperation!

ok thanks for now i shall crave my cravings with the trailer

I really liked the movie and zilla design. Sure they called it godzilla and for that it cops alot of critism but other than that it was a great movie. I thought the whole 'asexual' idea was different ,but a good different. The way they portrayed zilla being scare & confused was realistitic. The only thing i didn't like was the amount they underpowered zilla.

@MERCUS Almost here! Only a little bit longer! (An hour at most) But as of right now we got the JAKKS toy.

where is the neca toy

Ahem

Well, I like the movie too, but the concept used for the monster was so far from the original Godzilla so it might be seen as a totally different creature than Big G to really enjoy the movie. But something I found in wiki indicates that maybe the approach that Roland Esmedrich used was Toho fault: the developers wanted to use the kaiju battle formula as we know in most of Godzilla movies; but Toho people forbade them to create another monster from their own, and if the new Godzilla was to battle it will be against another Toho creation like Mothra or King Ghidorah, the ones they offered for the deal.As you may guess, the budget was limited and the licenses over the other characters were outrageous high, so Roland and company needed to create a plan B. Indeed, the license cost is the main reason I highly doubt more Toho kaiju may appear in the upcoming film

You shouldnt be afraid of getting hate for liking the 98. Me on the other hand is most likely get it thrown in my face for what im about to say; Yes. Yes it was.

I dont like it, and its hated with good reason. And i really hate the "Oh its not that bad, it just shouldnt be called Godzilla" exscuse. Because newsflash, it doesnt change the fact the movie was called Godzilla. 

But not being Godzilla is only one small flaw. This movie manage to get Matthew Broderick(An actor i highly respect) thrown down in the slums of boredom. And the rest of the actors arent even trying. And i couldnt get immersive in the story or characters. Even TOHO`s Godzilla movies managed that.

But the movie did have a few good things;

The Intro was omnious. The music also incredible. And the angle shots of Zilla had such potential(Him going past the window, him shown from above and him chasing the chopper had GREAT angles).

But beyond that, yes, the movie was horrible. If you want to like it, do so. I cant and wont stop you. 

Happy St. Patricks Day, dude! :)

Wow, I cannot believe the responses to this post! I thought for sure it was going to get a ton of hate, but as I read the comments, I find that almost everyone's opinion is pretty positive. That shocks me, to be honest.

@THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS

You were so brave to come and post your opinions here. You made it clear you expected hate for it, but you still came out and said what you wanted to say. I back that 100%.

So now, let me tell you what I think about the movie.

I loved it. I think Zilla's design is really cool, and I own the movie. I have the Trendmasters 'Living Godzilla' action figure along with the 'Combat Claw' figure. To be honest, he's one of my favorite monsters in the whole world. I didn't know people hated him so much at first (I'm about to be sixteen. I had owned the movie for years until my parents had a yardsale and I lost all my VHS movies. Therefore I hadn't seen the movie again until about one to two years ago, and I was completely unaware of all the hate for it). So when I got online and read the reviews, I was pretty surprised.

Seeing people hate on Zilla always saddens me to be honest. I like Final Wars, but the Zilla battle annoys me. I grew up watching this movie (being that I was born in 1998), and I loved it just as much as I loved the real Godzilla. I will always enjoy watching this movie.

I even continue to buy Zilla stuff that I find for cheap on ebay- I've been trying to build a bit of a collection.

Don't get me wrong, guys. I am a HUGE fan of the actual Godzilla. I always have been. But I like Zilla just as well, and no amount of hate is going to get me to think otherwise. I understand that he's not Godzilla. But that doesn't mean he's not a really cool monster.

So dude, I agree with you 100%!

@Everyone else:

Good job with your answers and not being hateful. I'm pleased to see that a lot of you actually do like Zilla like me and THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS. :)

@TRUE AMERICAN GODZILLA This isn't actually the merchandise thread. It'll be made in a little bit before the embargo ends, I'll make sure to lock this thread once the merchandising thread is up don't worry! :) This thread is merely a warning and insurance in case someone complains we "never said anything". Those are some excellent finds though! You should definitely add it to the thread once it arrives!

I personally liked the 1998 Godzilla film. Sure the American Zilla wasn't Godzilla, the cartoon counterpart achieved this much better (though why it's a guy when asexual reproduction basically clones the female adult I don't understand). Yes the US Military being portryed as stupid wasn't a smart play for the movie makers.

As a general monster movie it's fun and enjoyable. I was disappointed that it wasn't Godzilla, though this was America's 1st attempt at a "realistic" monster. It failed, which paved the way for the True American Godzilla coming this year.

I love the idea of Godzilla and the other kaijus being portrayed realistically. In fact, I think this is the first film that tries to go great lengths to make the monsters as plausible as possible.  Most giant monster films have the creature being a mutation, usually into unrealistic sizes (plus adding new featurs that radiation wouldn't do).

This movie has the Godzilla species from long ago back when Earth had loads more radiation, slowly making them bigger and stronger. How many films can you name that takes these kinds of measure to make their monsters as real as possible? It adds to that "this could really happen" feel and I love it!