I hope this is the right place to ask a question such as this.
just got a Marusan Grand King, the crystal version, I notice on the sculpt there seems to be some really rough grainy pitted areas, the worst being right below the shoulder guns, and some on the chest and lower belly too. sort of the same thing going on with the back and tail fins too. is this intentional and part of the sculpt? battle damage or rust or something? on the back fins it almost looks like it could be, but the parts under the shoulder guns definitely look like some kind of damage or defect. does anyone else own one of this sculpt? any help would be much appreciated.
awesome toy othewise

Can you please post a picture? I am curious to see what a clear version looks like

Super7 has one in the store:

http://super7store.com/store/detail.php?item_id=13505

Saw it this weekend- it's REALLY cool. Sorry- don't have an answer about the damage.

Thanks for the link Akum6n
I just hope my bronchitis will clear up, so I can go to Super7 this weekend (still feel bad about missing the trade fest last weekend ). I'll try to see if the store toy has the same "defects" you described Crystalglowchrome.

They all have these spots in the same place so I assume there are intentional or at least considered. Josh and I can't really tell if this was intentional or are problems with the sculpt that caused the marks.

the bumpy, rough areas on the figure are either the sculpt, or a defect that shows itself indentically across multiple figures and versions. kirkland has images of the clear red version where you can see the same texture in the same place -

http://toybotstudios.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -king.html

From the pics on Toybotstudios it definetly looks like sculpted in "battle damage".
Kirkland's red/blue version is awesome.

I noticed the same areas when I purchased a clear red Marusan Grand King from Kaiju Taro a while back. In response to my inquiries then, KT confirmed that these rough battle damage areas are sculpted in.

Yup mine has em too, couple of the fins on the back and both shoulders, as well as a spot or two on the lower torso area.

Whoa, what is that black beast on the left?

Marmit -Vinyl Paradise "Magura" if I'm not mistaken. (added)= It's actually the very first kaiju toy I bought so it has alot of sentimental value.

if Joe's asking, it must be hard to find...

so what is it? looks cool...

It's a really nice piece. Spikey.

Thanks everyone! especially the pic of the red one answers my question perfectly, that looks the same as mine exactly it would bother me if it was only on this version, or only on mine, but changes my mind about it knowing all are like this. Thanks for the great help