After purchasing the 404Toys Alien Nackle and liking it, I went ahead and purchased their other Ultra villain, Alien Magma. He made his appearance in the first episode of Ultraman Leo. Magma had destroyed Leo's home planet L77, and then came to Earth with his twin monsters Red Giras and Black Giras. While fighting against Ultraseven, Leo, who followed Magma to Earth, arrived in time to save Seven and battle the evil seijin and his kaiju. Magma has a humanoid appearance, dressed in a black body suit with gauntlets around his wrists and ankles, metal briefs, and a cat-like silver face with hair and two protruding ears. He had the ability to transform his hands into weapons, including a hook and a spear called the Magma Saber. He was definitely one of the standout characters from the Leo series. Like the Alien Nackle figure, Magma is constructed of a standard, articulated body, covered in a stretchy plastic body suit. The face is well sculpted and painted, with his hair a light brown,...
Hiya Toys' Godzilla 2002 is based on the suit from the film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla. I was never a big fan of the film. I remember the first time I watched it I wasn't too impressed. I recently watched it again and found it just so-so. Some of the monster scenes were cool, but the story was a blatant rip-off of Megaguirus' plot. I liked the main character Akane, but everyone else was either forgettable or just plain goofy. I preferred the next film in the series, Godzilla: Tokyo SOS, which served as sequel to this one, as well as a sequel to the original Mothra from 1961. Anyway, the suit they used for Godzilla in both these films was a more sleek version of Godzilla 99's suit, with smaller, silver dorsal spines and a smaller head. When Hiya first announced this figure, the promo images looked pretty bad, especially the face, looking very goofy. Thankfully, they resculpted the face and the final release looks much better. Once I saw how nice it turned out, I went...