The latest kaiju figure I received (via DHL) was the Ricsan Custom Toys GMK Giant Horn Monster (aka Baragon, who's name can't be used due to copyright issues). It's based on the lovable, floppy eared guardian monster from the 2001 Toho film Godzilla Mothra King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, or GMK as most fans refer to it. It's my personal favorite film of the Millennium series, and one of the best Godzilla films ever made (at least I think so). The figure is molded in resin and painted brown, with red, off yellow and black highlights, including along his back, belly, his eyes, teeth, horns and nails. Baragon is easily recognizable due to his big Dumbo ears, nasal horn between his eyes, and accordian-like scales running down along his back. He basically resembles a dinosaur dog. As usual, Ricardo of Ricsan Custom Toys put out a highly detailed sculpt of the kaiju. As for the paint job, these figures sometimes have a few spots here and there that need touch up...
More stuff was revealed at the Tamashii Nations 2024 Event, and look at what it is…. None other than the Godzilla 2000 film suit. S.H. MonsterArts had released a G2K, but it was based on the concept art, and not what the actual suit ended up looking like. For years, fans have been wanting MonsterArts to give us an accurate screen version of G2K, and finally, here it is! These photos show G2K in all his large headed, purple-spiked glory. What I find particularly interesting is that this comes a few months AFTER Hiya announced and put up for preorder their Godzilla 2000, which is set to drop during the 2nd quarter of 2025. I went ahead and preordered that one, since I honestly didn’t think SHMA would ever give us a screen accurate G2K. And yet, here we are. It looks like Hiya’s increasingly nice releases have lit a fire under SHMA’s ass, causing them to up their game. Nothing like a little friendly competition, eh? I will most likely purchase SHMA’s G2K as well, as it will be more in sca...