The first of my double box delivery from Ricsan Customs Toys was this Storyboard Kaiju, based on the storyboard concept art for the 1954 Godzilla. These are some photos I found online that depict the concept art they used for the storyboard. They gave Godzilla a fish-like tail, with his face resembling ancient paintings of yokai from Japanese mythology, and smaller dorsal spines. As we all know, the look of the actual 54 suit turned out different, with a more menacing, imposing appearance. Ricsan Custom Toys decided to try his hand at doing a figure based on these early concepts (he's already done a Godzilla based on Stan Winston's unreleased design). The result turned out nice, with a very creepy face. The details of the sculpt are quite nice. His face has that yokai Goblin appearance, with big eyes in the front, and ears on the side of the head (one of the details that made it to the actual 54 suit). The mouth is filled with large teeth, the arms are medium size, with the bod
Last night’s Tubi double feature started with this: a mid seventies crime thriller about a serial killer stalking the San Francisco Bay Area, loosely based on the crimes of Ted Bundy Sgt. Vince De Carlo (James Luisi), is frustrated when the body of a young female hitchhiker is found. It seems she’s the latest victim in a string of murders that have been plaguing the area. He’s getting heat from his boss to solve the case fast, and is also paranoid about letting his young daughter go out by herself until the killer is caught. He eventually figures out that all the victims frequented a local public swimming pool, so he begins to stake it out, determined to identify and catch the killer before he strikes again. The movie was pretty decent, showing the killer stalking his victims in a van, wearing a series of disguises to hide his identity. It plays like a typical 70’s crime thriller, slightly gritty, with various characters introduced throughout the film. It reminded me a bit of the mid