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This is all surprising, good on all of you for letting everyone know your real opinion. I'm a fan of the 1998 version also as this was my introduction to godzilla and the only one I saw for the first 6 years of my life (I'm 14).granted the creature did not resemble godzilla at all but the more agile and lean design was quite cool. I don't know...It just doesn't  deserve all the hate it gets but they are people's opinions so I respect them, they are entitled to them etc etc. thanks for reading...and happy st.patricks day ðŸ€ðŸ€ðŸ€ðŸ€

@EVAN123 Nothing is under lock anymore, the embargo is gone! From here on out, any Godzilla merch that remain unseen/hidden are the merchandising company's decision and not because Warner Bros. want Godzilla's stuff to be kept a secret. So if the Sideshow sculpts don't show for a while it's Sideshow's personal decision; I believe that's how it works now.

But yes, there'll be plenty more stuff to come; no more secrets

Thanks....are they going to show sideshow sculpts or anything more soon or will they be under lock and key until later. Just so curious sorry

@EVAN123 But of course! This thread is for everything Godzilla 2014 merchandising from here to the end of time! Find something, wanna show us your review, etc. do it here! And remember merchandising accounts for everything from T-shirts, to key chains, to backpacks. etc. ;)

Thanks Gojira89, one of the mods just recently reminded me to add it to the main post.

Is there more to come still?

I feel like this topic has been done to death. But the short answer is yes, it is really that bad. As a Godzilla film it's unrecognizable. As a Hollywood blockbuster it's a bottom feeder. There are so many incoherent elements that don't work to create anything unique or outstanding, but clash to make something visually boring and cinematically forgettable.

Even if there are technically "worse" films in the Godzilla series, (which if there are, it's a very short list) those films at least have more cinematic merit for their unique styles, strong directorial visions and persistant resourcefulness-- all of which are attributes that are completely absent in this movie.

KAIJUJIRA i know i just cant wait for it! its gonna be too epic

Yeah the 24inch Neca toy looks pretty sweet, can't wait to see its final painted form.

those neca toys look AMAZING, I am gonna get the 24 inch. I want to see what it looks like painted though.

MGZILLA it is in Production still.

The NECA figure looks incredible. It's going to look great next to the 1994 NECA.

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!