Friday, February 17, 2017
Neca Godzilla 2014
Neca Godzilla 2014
With Jurassic World, Pacific Rim 2, and an inevitable sequel to 2014s US Godzilla planned, its clear that we are in the midst of a resurgence of the monster movie. I dont know about you guys, but this makes me extremely happy.
Ive already covered a few of the other Godzilla releases that were put out this year (DST and Jakks), so far everything Ive gotten has been pretty awesome, the vinyl bank is a fun piece, the giant-size Godzilla is, well...Huge, and Necas latest release has loads of articulation and great sculpt/paint going for it.
The sculpt on this guy is fantastic! I know some people werent fans of the "stockier" look Godzilla had in the US re-imagining, I personally dig the design. Necas version might not have size on its side, but when compared to Jakks gigantic release its a clear winner in the sculpt, paint, and articulation department.
Zilla has an extremely screen accurate sculpt, Neca did a wonderful job capturing every bump, scale, and crevice. Theres no set pattern to the scales on the creatures design so its clear the person who sculpted this put a lot of work into the figure. Given the dark paint scheme, I feel a lot of the detail might not have been captured with these pictures but take my word for it, the company went all out with this release. Godzilla is dark green but does have a few different washes for added effect, a gloss is done over the mouth and claws to give things a nice shiny look. The kaiju sports 20 points are articulation, enough to get a decent amount of poses out of the king of monsters.
From head to tail Godzilla is a little over 12 inches long and while Im sure this size was chosen to help maintain a price point the figure just looks odd next to a few of Necas other releases. Its a pity as who wouldnt want a nice big Godzilla toy to display next to their Pacific Rim figures!?
While size might be a slight issue for some, I really like Necas 2014 Godzilla. The sculpt and paint are top notch and the articulation takes everything up a few points. A definite "must buy" for fans of the nuclear creature!
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