Now this is a giant Gojira

120,000 yen
about 40" tall x 81" long

 

they might as well have made it into a child-size suitmation kit!

 

u can put a small kid in there!

 

That thing could eat a Final Premium!

 

I like the inherent contradiction between the expression on her face
& the way she's touching it's tail.

Hawt.

 

That is the Kaiyodo vinyl model kit scuplted by the great Yuji Sakai. I think it came out around 1996 and had a price tag of around $1000 , and came in 2 boxes. It was just re-released a few years back and was going for around $1500 with shipping. An awesome piece when you see it in person, definitely a shelf hog!

 

I think it looks great overall, but we were trying to figure out if Goji's tail was ever actually that long in a film. It looks too long by a bit.

 

It was originally released in 1990. It will be re-release by Kaiyodo in October 2011 for 120,000 yen. Pre-orders are being accepted now from them until end of July.

 

Without sounding to geeky, It is based on the 89 suit design, Godzilla vs Biollante. The Heisei Godzilla suit designs did have extra long tails. Sakai's sculpts are pretty spot on, so I am sure the tail is right.


And thank you for the release update Chimpley, I never get my dates right. Did not realise it was released that long ago.

 

Thanks for the info. I haven't made it to much of the Heisei era stuff yet.

 

Look at the teeth on that guy. Great figure, glad it's still out there.

 

Ya know what i'd love to see? A matching Hedorah! Gimme a 40" tall Hedorah and I'll be a happy man

 

i never realized godzilla had multiple rows of teeth.

is this kit similar to the giant kanegon one where you have to fill it with expanding foam or some other weight-bearing core?

 

Does it come painted?

 

@Ultra - looks like this is the kind you can take a heat gun / hair dryer to and warm it enough to fit together, however with the size of the beast I'd probably say that some form of stabilizer would be needed, or at least a bit of an armature.

@Living Dead - the last photo looks like it's unpainted, although I don't know if there is an option to buy a pre-painted version. Prolly not though.

 

I bought one back in 1990. I kept it around for years. Even asked several people for help assembling but got nowhere. It was overwhelming for me (not being a model kit builder to begin with). I finally traded it for an assembled Marui 6ch remote Godzilla89 plus a 2ft latex G89 by Ogawa Studios (correct me if I'm wrong on that), he came with a display base and an extra head mounted for display. Both of the 89s came in original boxes and ready to display and play with.
The Kaiyodo kit is huge and you really need a large room to display it or at least a half of a room with not much else in it. I think its recommended to put in a filler weight but it really isn't necessary as the tail has a lot of weight to it. It would depend on where you would display it and if someone might knock it over.
No one in my family really wanted to give up that much space for him except me, cie la vie.

Forget the hairdryer method although you will need one at some point but this is a rough kit with lots of flashing to be cut away and a tremendous amount of gluing and milliput putty work.

 

Well that doesn't sound all that fun! Was he painted or unpainted?

 

I remember putting one together with a friend for Kimono My House years ago, we ended up using wood screws to put it together and you would need a few cans of putty to fill the gaps. The vinyl is so think you will never get it to fit that tightly when gluing it. I think we ended up only painting the details on the face and the spines, its alot of area to do. But that thing rules, I wish I had the space to do one right and display it.

And Gojigirl is right, cutting off the flash was BRUTAL.

 

I need a light up, blow molded figure for my lawn, sort of like the old Christmas nativity sets.

 

Now that is what we all need