Jakks Pacific Giant Size Godzilla 2014

First thing to note is the obvious. This thing is LARGE!
This is actually the second largest Godzilla figure that I have. It’s a bit shorter that the Bandai “Super Premium” 1994 Godzilla, but it is larger than the Bandai “Great Monster Series” 1964 Godzilla.
It is also larger than the 1998 “Ultimate Godzilla” figure by Trendmasters.

The price is fantastic too. When I heard there was going to be a 24” figure, I immediately started thinking $150+.
I was originally seeing that people found this figure for $44.99. I found it at $49.99, though I see they have since raised the price to $59.99.
I still think the figure is worth it.
The price also amazes me, not just because of the size of the figure, but the fact that it basically costs the same as the “Ultimate Godzilla” did, back in 1998.
That’s 16 years ago. GI Joe figures have like tripled in price since then.

This figure may be larger than the Trendmasters “Ultimate Godzilla” figure, but it is probably close to half the weight of it. This is actually a good thing in my opinion.
The Trendmasters figure was VERY heavy, which could help make it a bit unwieldy, and on mine the stress from the weight of its right arm, broke off one of the tabs in the shoulder that hold the arm in tight.
I definitely don’t see this being a problem with this new figure.

The figure is made of a few different types of plastic. The torso is more of an ABS plastic, similar to the plastic used on Joe vehicles. It seems very light, and a bit thin. After taking the figure apart, I found that the plastic isn’t as thin as I originally thought, just by handling the figure, and it seems to have a decent amount of flex to it, to make it pretty durable.

The head, hands, feet, and tail are made out of a soft vinyl type of plastic. The head and main part of the tail are hollow, while the hands, feet, and back part of the tail are solid. It was a really good choice of material for these parts, as there is absolutely no fear of the figure breaking a fingernail, toenail, or the tip of his tail if he is dropped.

The legs and arms are made out of a harder vinyl type plastic that actually reminds me a lot of the vinyl used on the 1977 Shogun Warriors Godzilla figure’s legs, arms, and tail.
Again a great choice of material. Rigid enough to support the figure, with some flexibility, making it very durable feeling.

The spines on his back are a rubber material, no doubt due to safety regulations, to keep kids from poking out an eye with them. They are mostly hollow so they flex very easily, but they still hold their shape with no worries.

Articulation

The figure isn’t going to win any awards for pose ability, but it is one the most, if not the most, pose able Godzilla figure at this scale.
It has swivels at the shoulders, wrists, hips, ankles, and neck, with a hinged jaw. He has the “swinging tail” gimmick hinge, that really doesn’t mess with the figure’s sculpt much at all. It also has two swivels further down the tail.
It is obvious that there was originally going to be a sound feature to this figure. He has the speaker holes in the front of his waist, and when you attach the tail to the body you can see the battery door, which is permanently held closed with a plastic peg instead of a screw. When I had the figure apart I could also see the attachment points for the components inside the body.

Definitely worth noting that the tail is not only removable at the torso, no doubt designed this way so you could replace the batteries, but you can also re-separate the tail at the second assembly point too.
This is great for storage, and for display, as you can essentially adjust the length of his tail to fit your display area. My display figure has the end of the tail removed to fit on my computer desk.

It took a little while for this design to grow on me, but I’m really liking it, and this is a very big, very good, representation of it.

Enough with the blah, blah, blah and on to the photos.

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Godzilla vs Voltron.

It MUST happen!

Best use of this Godzilla is here:
http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-c ... ost4638899

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Where did you get gigantic original Godzilla and how much was he?

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Awesome review. I've yet to see it in stores, so this is really helpful.

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Which one?
The one a little shorter than the new Godzilla, is the "Great Monster Series" (GMS) figure, based on the 1964 Godzilla. The one that is a little taller than the new figure is the "Super Premium" figure, based on the 1994 Godzilla.

I got both of them on eBay, back around 2000. The GMS figure was around $300, the "Super Premium" was about double that.


Glad it was helpful for you. Especially since I feel like I kind of shafted you on the review of the Shogun Bender figure.
I never did the requested review, because I never got the figure.
I preordered it on a whim, but they delayed it long enough for me to think twice about it.

I do have an angry version of the 24" Stay Puft figure that will be getting a review, once it comes out, though.

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For those who may be interested in such things, there are two different boxes for this figure.
It's not just a difference in the outer pack, but the way the figure is secured inside as well.

I found both versions (at different times) at the same TRU.
I found the one on the right first, back in March, and the one on the left just yesterday.

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