While browsing at Target, I came across this cool little figure from NECA. Based on the retro Ben Cooper Halloween costumes, it's a little kid dressed in one (The Metaluna alien from This Island Earth). Since I simply love Halloween, I had to get it. It comes in a cool box with retro artwork on each side, showing various drawings of famous monsters, such as Wolfman, Creature from The Black Lagoon, Dracula, Frankenstein, etc. The back shows other figures that are available in the series. This one is a girl wearing a plastic mask and costume of the big-brained alien creature from the 1950's sci-fi movie This Island Earth. The mask is attached to the face. There are holes for eyes and she has her hair in pigtails. The costume is red and has an illustration of the Metaluna Alien on the front. The outfit attaches at the back via velcro. I remember wearing a few of these cheap style costumes as a kid for Halloween, including a vampire and an ape. It's always been a running joke a...
One of the figures that I've been anticipating for months has finally arrived: S.H. MonsterArts Godzilla 1975. This is the suit used in the film Terror of Mechagodzilla, which was a fitting end to the Showa era (though technically, Godzilla 84 was the last film of the Showa era). In addition to being one of my favorite Godzilla films of the 70's, the '75 suit is one of my favorite Godzilla looks. While he was very similar to the 1974 suit, the most noticeable difference was that his face and eyes looked meaner. The first thing to note about the sculpt of the figure is that it's not 100% accurate to the suit. However, it comes close enough. It still captures his mean face, with a few elements of the 1974 suit, such as slightly bigger eyes. At certain angles, especially looking straightforward, he's undeniably the 1975 suit. They did a fantastic job of accurately sculpting his bigger dorsal spines. Over the years, they became bigger and less jagged. The body is painte...