The latest kaiju figure I received (via DHL) was the Ricsan Custom Toys GMK Giant Horn Monster (aka Baragon, who's name can't be used due to copyright issues). It's based on the lovable, floppy eared guardian monster from the 2001 Toho film Godzilla Mothra King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, or GMK as most fans refer to it. It's my personal favorite film of the Millennium series, and one of the best Godzilla films ever made (at least I think so).
The figure is molded in resin and painted brown, with red, off yellow and black highlights, including along his back, belly, his eyes, teeth, horns and nails. Baragon is easily recognizable due to his big Dumbo ears, nasal horn between his eyes, and accordian-like scales running down along his back. He basically resembles a dinosaur dog. As usual, Ricardo of Ricsan Custom Toys put out a highly detailed sculpt of the kaiju.
As for the paint job, these figures sometimes have a few spots here and there that need touch ups. The eyes on my copy were painted black. Not sure why they ended up like that. I went ahead and repainted them red with black pupils, to capture his look from the movie. I also added a fresh coat of bone white to the nasal horn as it had a few scratches, and touched up the fangs a bit. Since the eye sockets are much bigger, repainting them was much easier than it was with the Final Wars Anguirus figure.
Like all his other kaiju, Baragon utilizes string articulation. This allows movement in his neck, head, torso, shoulders, thighs, elbows & knees, ankles and wrists, and several segments in his tail. His mouth is on a hinge and can open and close. He can look up, forward, twist his head side to side, twist his torso a bit, lift his front legs forward and up, bend all 4 pairs of legs, and curl the tail. He can be posed on all fours or standing on just his hind legs. While he's in the 1:12 scale, Baragon is a little shorter than standard SHMA and NECA 1:12 Godzilla figures, as the kaiju was a bit smaller in the film.
This turned out to be another nice release from Ricsan Customs Toys. Baragon now makes the 7th kaiju figure I've purchased from this seller. He offers articulated versions of some of the less popular kaiju that have not been produced by any other line, at a pretty decent price. As long as he keeps putting out these nice figures, I will continue to buy them. Ricardo recently asked on his Instagram page what kaiju we would like to see from his line in the future. I said Gezora from Space Amoeba (aka Yog, Monster From Space). I'd love it if he gave us a Showa Kamakuras, Ebirah, Guilala (The X From Outer Space) or Gappa. I'm looking forward to seeing what other kaiju he puts out in the near future.
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