Ricsan Custom Toys Gem Goji

Ricsan Custom Toys decided to take a shot at producing their version of Gemstone Godzilla. It looked pretty cool, so I placed a preorder. It was delivered earlier this week.

Gemstone Godzilla is a version of the famous kaiju from a series of short films that were produced by the Japanese company GEMSTONE. He has a similar bulky build to the Legendary version, with a thick body, large thighs and small head. The figure is sculpted in black, with red on the insides of the mouth, white on the teeth, finger and toenails, and the dorsal spines which are various shades of off-white, red and black. The eyes are white with black and red pupils. I noticed that his right eye has a bit more red in it, so it almost looks like he has one red eye and one black eye. The sculpt is very bulky, with his torso, shoulders, thighs and tail being quite thick. The dorsal spines are also thick, with the bigger ones on his back being the thickest. The sculpt also does a nice job of capturing Gem Goji’s cat-like face.

Containing string joints, the figure contains 16 points of articulation on the body, with more on the multiple segments of the tail. The jaw on this figure is quite snug, no looseness at all. His head and neck can twist up, down and to the sides, his torso can spin and tilt side to side, with a bit of an ab crunch. His shoulders can move up, forward, out, with his forearms bending in and out, and the wrists can twist and move up and down. The thighs can kick forward, backward and out to the sides, the knees can bend and twist, the ankles can twist and pivot. The multiple segments of the tail allow it to twist and curve. Like the rest of Ricsan’s figures, just move everything carefully so as not to stretch the string too far so that it doesn’t wear out and loosen.

Gem Goji is another nice release from Ricsan Custom Toys. I like that he’ll produce rarer kaiju to help pad out your collection of highly articulated characters. His newest figure that he’s making is the dinosaur from the British film The Giant Behemoth, about a giant Paleosaurus that emits a radioactive pulse that kills everything that comes in contact with it. It’s a fun creature feature flick, reminiscent of other black & white monster bashes like The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms and The Giant Claw. I already went ahead and ordered that one. Can’t wait to get it. As for Gem Goji, he'll fit right in with my other Godzilla and kaiju figures from various companies.

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