Your History with Godzilla?

The Legend of Brian
MemberBaragonJuly 05, 2017(Photo originally posted onto reddit by ArkadiusBear. https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/4pabtu/the_many_faces_of_godzilla_throughout_the_years/)
As we edge closer and closer to Godzilla: King of the Monsters, I started thinking how for many Western audiences, Godzilla 2014 was the first Godzilla movie many of them had seen and how King of the Monsters will be the introduction to the classic kaiju Mothra, Rodan and King Ghidorah. Of course for all of us here, these are classic characters, many of us have been fans for decades. So I just wanted to ask you guys a question, I apologize if it's been asked here before. What is your history with Godzilla?
This is my first time posting, so I'll give you my background. My personal history goes back for as long as I can remember. The first three VHS tapes I owned were the double pack of Godzilla 1985 and Godzilla vs. Megalon, along with Godzilla 1998. Then one day my dad brought home two other VHS tapes, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (the 1956 one with Raymond Burr) and Godzilla vs. Monster Zero. These were the two movies that really made me a fan. I still consider these two within my top three Godzilla movies and watch them regularly. It also helped that these were the VHS tapes that had those badass illustrations on the front of them. Slowly over the years, I would sometimes buy a DVD, but it wasn't that regular.
My family moved a lot, so it was always a tradition to go to Blockbuster and "rent" a movie before we left. That's actually how I got a lot of the Godzilla movies I own and I still have the DVDs to this day. It wasn't until I got my first job and figured out online shopping that I completed my collection.
Godzilla was always something I enjoyed and continue to enjoy. I think now is a better time to be a Godzilla fan than ever before, and I can't wait to see what comes next. How about you guys? Where did your history with Godzilla start? Is it exciting to think that so many are continuing to discover Godzilla with the Monsterverse and could become fans of the franchise like us?