Musings of an Inkd Geek

  The first articulated version of Sevenger (or Sevengar), that loveable robot from Ultraman Z, is here. It is a Minipla Plastic Model kit that you put together. I've never been into model kits, even though I enjoy being creative, but this was fairly easy to assemble.  He came with an instruction sheet, four sheets of plastic parts that you break off and snap on together (no glue required), a sheet of stickers, a cardboard with photo of his hangar on it to use as a background, and a small piece of gum. The stickers are for his 3 pairs of eyes and his black panels on his upper torso. Honestly, those stickers were probably the most challenging. I peeled them off with tweezers and carefully placed them in their designated location, though a few of the panels I put on slightly crooked, and one of his "mean" eyes didn't get perfectly centered, but I guess I didn't do too bad. I've always been fairly good at assembling furniture, so I managed to put him together in

 Tamashii Nations had announced a new Godzilla 1989 figure sometime last year, when they also showed photos of their release of a repainted Biollante figure. The Godzilla is smaller and in scale with their other figures, and is sculpted and painted accurately. Official photos have been released and it looks great. It will be up for pre-order soon. The face, body, eyes and proportions seem to be very accurate to the '89 suit. MonsterArts had previously released a larger version of 89 that had light up dorsal spines. This one does not have that feature, it's simply the figure. But it's still gorgeous. In other news, I recently acquired the 2012 San Diego Comic Con exclusive burning orange Godzilla. I was able to find him at a decent price through one of the Facebook Godzilla figure groups. It's the same sculpt as MonsterArts very first Godzilla figure, only with a translucent orange sculpt. The only color highlights on the figure are his eyes, which are a darker orange, a