Musings of an Inkd Geek

My latest kaiju figure purchase is the Titanosaurus made by Ricsan Custom Toys. I own and love the Varan & Gabara, so of course I had to preorder this one when it was available. He was delivered earlier this week. This kaiju hails from the last Godzilla film of the Showa era, 1975's Terror of Mechagodzilla. The Black Hole aliens are back, rebuilding their robot in another effort to take over the planet. They enlist the help of an ostracized Earth scientist named Mafune and his daughter Katsura, who are able to control an aquatic dinosaur named Titanosaurus. They plan to use both kaiju and mecha to attack Japan. Titano was a cool monster, with his tail that opened into a fish fin, and he would use it to create whirlpools in the sea, and high winds on land. I'm hoping that S.H. Monsterarts makes one for the 50th anniversary of the film, but when I saw this Ricsan Custom version, I couldn't pass it up. Titanosaurus (called the Kyōrū Kaiju), comes in a white box, with its n...

One of the figures that I’ve been most anticipating this year has finally arrived. It is none other than the OG Jet Jaguar from the Godzilla series. This is one guy that I’d always hoped would get a highly articulated release. For his 50th anniversary, Bandai finally delivered him to us, in all his goofy, awesome glory! Jet Jaguar hails from the 1973 film Godzilla vs. Megalon. By the time this movie came out, Godzilla had gone from being a threat to Japan’s hero, always appearing on cue to save Tokyo from the latest kaiju threat. Megalon is one of the goofiest entries in the entire series. With a lower budget than their 60’s heydays, the flick turns into a long wrestling match, as the underwater kingdom of Seatopia declares war on the surface world after nuclear tests threaten their peace. You would think an aquatic civilization would  have a fish-like monster as their defender, but no. Megalon is a giant beetle with drill hands. After a bunch of silly but fun shenanigans, the robo...