S.H. Monsterarts Gamera 95

Today's arrival was S.H. Monsterarts Gamera 95. I initially did not plan to get this figure, but once it was released and I saw clearer photos and reviews and saw how nice it looked, I ordered one.

The details on this figure are really fantastic .the eyes and mouth are painted so nice and clean, unlike the sloppy lower jaw paint we got on Gamera 99. His shell is nicely sculpted, as are his arms, legs, torso, etc.

For articulation, his head can look up, down, side to side quite well. His mouth opens wide but when closed, it does not shut all the way. His arms, elbows, wrists, thighs, knees & ankles have articulation. And finally, his tail has several segments, which helps to pose it. The joints are a bit more limited on his legs due to the sculpt.

For accessories, he comes with 2 stands for flying poses, 4 jet propulsion blasts that you can swap out in his arms & legs for his spinning, UFO style flight, and an extra bottom half torso where you plug in his jet streams to make him look like he's flying superman style, and an extra piece to put on his neck to make it look like he's put his head in his body.

Like Gamera 99, every joint is fairly easy to swap out. As far as size, he seems a little shorter than Gamera 99, which seems to be standing in a more upright position, while 95 is more hunched forward. He's still very accurate to the suit, Tamashii Nations did a great job.

Now that Monsterarts have released all 3 of the 90's Gamera figures, maybe next we'll get some kaiju. Gyaos 95 and Irys would be awesome.

I really like this Gamera figure. It's wonderfully detailed, painted and articulates well enough. I'm very pleased with him, and the 90's Gamera trilogy are some of my favorite Gamera films.

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