{"id":20580,"date":"2012-08-28T03:09:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T08:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=20580"},"modified":"2012-08-28T23:04:58","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T04:04:58","slug":"vault-review-s-h-monsterarts-little-godzilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=20580","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: S.H. MonsterArts
Little Godzilla"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m following up our Reviewapalooza II week with a figure from one of my favorite toy lines, Bandai of Japan’s S.H. MonsterArts.\u00a0 I never expected the line be so extensive that I’d get a Little Godzilla figure.\u00a0 But I\u2019m certainly glad they made him, even if he isn\u2019t entirely perfect.<\/p>\n

Little Godzilla here isn\u2019t technically a regular release in the MonsterArts line.\u00a0 He\u2019s technically the third Tamashii web exclusive, following the Godzilla and Mecha Godzilla effects parts.\u00a0 But unlike those first two, Bandai of Japan allowed Bluefin to import Little Godzilla and sell him on Amazon so that US fans wouldn\u2019t miss out on a new figure.\u00a0 Definitely a very cool move on BoJ\u2019s and Bluefin\u2019s parts.<\/p>\n

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Little Godzilla has an all new sculpt, and it\u2019s just as nicely detailed as you\u2019d expect.\u00a0 His entire body is covered in bumpy scales, similar to Big G.\u00a0 The spiny outcroppings along his back are small and rounded, looking more like rocks than armored plates.\u00a0 Even the bottom of his feet have been given sculpted details.<\/p>\n

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Probably Little G\u2019s most impressive area is his head though.\u00a0 He has similar features of Godzilla, but they\u2019ve all been smushed down into a movie accurate chibi-like look.\u00a0 His mouth only has a single row of teeth along the top and bottom, while his tongue is round and smooth.\u00a0 But it\u2019s ultimately his huge round eyes that give him his childlike look.\u00a0 Out of the various different versions of Godzilla\u2019s kids, Little G here is probably the cutest.\u00a0 Or at the very least, he\u2019s not as disturbing as the others.<\/p>\n

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One of the odd things about this figure is his construction.\u00a0 The different pieces of the figure fit together in a way that looks like a suit over a person.\u00a0 This is a similar construction to the line\u2019s first Godzilla figure, and it makes me wonder how early on Little Godzilla was designed.\u00a0 The biggest issues are his diaper-like crotch and upper chest, which look a bit like boobs because of how they\u2019re sculpted.<\/p>\n

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Like the body design, Little Godzilla\u2019s articulation has its good and bad points.\u00a0 Like the other MonsterArts figures, the majority of his joints are ball joints.\u00a0 Even his lower jaw is attached with a ball joint, it\u2019s forced to move like a hinge through the limitations of his sculpt though.\u00a0 His torso is articulated at the upper chest and waist.\u00a0 His arms have shoulder, elbow and wrist ball joints.\u00a0 But his legs have the most articulation with hip, double knee, and ankle ball joints.\u00a0 The ones in his leg are done so well that he can actually sit down.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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There are a couple of negative aspects to his articulation though.\u00a0 For one, his tail has a ball joint where it meets his body, but it still barely moves because of the limiting aspects of his sculpt.\u00a0 The second problem, and the one I have the most issue with, is that he has no head articulation.\u00a0 This really limits how expressive the figure can get.\u00a0 This also seems like a decision that was made to reflect the range of motion of the person wearing the suit, which was also a huge mistake with the first Godzilla figure in this line.\u00a0 The newer figures have thankfully gotten away from this, but Little G wasn\u2019t so lucky I guess.<\/p>\n

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Little G comes with a few accessories, but they\u2019re not really his.\u00a0 (Although I would have really liked to get an effect piece of his bubbly looking heat blast.)\u00a0 There are four crystals, two large and two small, which belong to Space Godzilla.\u00a0 All four crystals have a really nice jagged sculpt to them and are done in a semi-translucent pearly white.\u00a0 The crystals are made to attach to the two dark translucent stands that also come in the set, but they can actually be used on any of the previous MonsterArts bases.\u00a0 These are nice looking pieces, and they look ok as a trap for Little Godzilla.\u00a0 But I personally think these effects parts look their best when just used as props around Space Godzilla.<\/p>\n

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Giving Little Godzilla head articulation would have made the figure near perfect.\u00a0 But he\u2019s still a good figure, even if he\u2019s not great.\u00a0 He definitely looks nice hanging out with Big G, and there are still a lot of fun scenes you can recreate with him.\u00a0 The crystal pieces are also a nice addition to Space Godzilla, and I wouldn\u2019t mind seeing a few more in future accessory packs.\u00a0 All around I think this set is worth getting if you\u2019re being a completist, but it\u2019s not necessary if you don\u2019t care about Little Godzilla.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m following up our Reviewapalooza II week with a figure from one of my favorite toy lines, Bandai of Japan’s S.H. MonsterArts.\u00a0 I never expected the line be so extensive that I’d get a Little Godzilla figure.\u00a0 But I\u2019m certainly glad they made him, even if he isn\u2019t entirely perfect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[34,10],"tags":[445,1535,543,1673,1672,1475,1476,1276,1674],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/lilgTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-5lW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19896,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=19896","url_meta":{"origin":20580,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: SH Monsterarts Godzilla (Comic-Con Explosion)","date":"July 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I didn\u2019t want all that much from San Diego Comic Con this year.\u00a0 There was the annual Mattel offerings of MOTU Classics (which I got), and Monster High (which I didn\u2019t get).\u00a0 Other than that, my only real target was Bluefin\u2019s SH Monsterarts Godzilla exclusive. 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