Y-MSF Megalon

This figure was delivered earlier this week. Y-MSF is a company that started producing Godzilla figures some years ago. What sets them apart from the standard Bandai figures is that they are producing kaiju that hadn't been released by Bandai, such as Ebirah, Manda, Kumonga and the Gargantuas. I was recently able to purchase a new Megalon from their Instagram page. 

Megalon has always been one of my favorite Godzilla monsters. A giant insect from the undersea kingdom of Seatopia, he sports colored wing plates, a star-shaped horn on his head, and his "hands" are silver drills. His abilities included flying, burrowing with his drill hands, emitting energy beams from his horn and shooting napalm rocks from his mouth. Godzilla vs. Megalon is a personal favorite; it's nothing more than a goofy wrestling tag team filled with stock footage, funky characters, cheesy music and the beloved fan favorite cyborg, Jet Jaguar. In 2004 I got to watch a restored print on the big screen for Godzilla's 50th anniversary celebration in San Francisco, and the audience was cheering and clapping the entire time. Great memory.

The figure is wonderfully detailed and sculpted, accurately capturing the insect kaiju's look. He's molded in dark grey with silver highlights on the drills, horn, mandibles, toes and tail spikes. His eyes are gold, and his wings have a yellow painted pattern among very detailed membranes. There is sculpted patterns on his "shoulder" areas that are painted red. He has scale like patterns on his arms and legs, and his drills are smooth on the inside and have jagged rows on the outside. Looks-wise, Megalon is spot on. The only issue I had was with the head and "neck". In the top left hand corner of the above photo, it shows what the neck looked like under the head. The issue was with the extra piece that stands up. Due to the shape of the head, when placed on it, it caused it to not fit securely on, the extra piece pushing the head upward and easily falling off when moving it. I fixed it by cutting off the extra piece and gluing it to the front of the neck, so now the head rests more snugly on the neck without popping off.

As for articulation, his neck can turn all the way around and pivot slightly. His arms can turn around fully, his thighs can turn forward and backward, and his tail can turn all the way around, with an extra cut in the middle that can pivot slightly left and right. He's not super articulated, but all the basics are covered. Y-MSF also sells one with an open mouth, I opted for the closed mouth version.

I own several Megalon figures, including the original Bandai, a Bullmark Reproduction and a Marmit Parababy. I picked up this figure, because, apart from loving this kaiju, it's also the most accurate vinyl representation of him as far as sculpt AND paint (with the exception of the X-Plus). The Y-MSF is also in scale with my Tamashii Nations' figures.

Y-MSF Megalon is great figure that sports accurate, detailed sculpt and paint work. He's the best Megalon figure in the 6 inch scale. I also own a Y-MSF Gabara and Hedorah. I may pick up a 68 Manda when it's released (the promo photos of both versions of it look great). As for Megalon, i'm very pleased with the Seatopian menace and had a lot of fun posing him in photos.