{"id":5722,"date":"2010-05-21T04:40:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T09:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=5722"},"modified":"2010-08-25T22:21:35","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T03:21:35","slug":"vault-review-baragon-sci-fi-revoltech-004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=5722","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Baragon (Sci-Fi Revoltech #004)"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may not know Baragon, but he\u2019s important. He fought (and lost) to a giant Frankenstein in Frankenstein Conquers the World (I have no idea why Frankenstein was huge). Later on, Baragon would return to fight Godzilla in Destroy All Monsters. He\u2019s also appeared in five video games dating back to Nintendo\u2019s 1988 Godzilla: Monster of Monsters. Not bad, but that\u2019s not why he\u2019s important either. Baragon is important because he\u2019s the first Godzilla character in Revoltech\u2019s new Sci-Fi line.<\/p>\n

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When I was a kid, I liked dinosaurs. I liked to draw them. I had books about them. Dinosaur was one of the first \u201cbig\u201d words I learned to spell. I loved Dino Riders. I even wanted to be an archeologist so I could dig them up. You could say I was obsessed. That love culminated one afternoon when my mother brought me home a movie from the video store: Godzilla 1985. A giant indestructible super-dinosaur wrecked Tokyo, and there was nothing Raymond Burr could do to stop it. It was my new favorite thing. Regular old \u2018saurs wouldn\u2019t become cool to me again until Jurassic Park. Those old hat lizards were replaced by city-destroying monsters powered by the nuclear age. <\/p>\n

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There is one thing that has always thwarted me in my love for Godzilla though. There have never been any decent toys. Sure, there\u2019s tons of Godzilla merchandise out there. There\u2019re plenty of models and some action figures. But those toys never satisfied me. Each line had something wrong with it. Sometimes it was the poor character selection. Other times it was lack of articulation. No matter what, there was always something wrong, until now. The great folks at Revoltech have stepped up to the plate and are producing a line dedicated to sci-fi characters, and the Tokyo destroying monsters are part of it. Not just Godzilla either, Gamera is coming up next month. Thank you, Revoltech!<\/p>\n

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The one thing I have to say about this toy is that it looks like it could be a guy in a rubber suit. I love that. Baragon\u2019s got these great detailed folds and creases, mostly on his arms and legs and neck that look realistic. Realistic here means two things. It could mean rubber suit, or giant monster skin folds. Whatever you want. Baragon also has that same look in his eyes. They could either pass for monster eyes, or costume eyes. Either way it\u2019s good. It\u2019s what any line of Godzilla toys should be shooting for, that fine line between realism and realistic. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n


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Baragon\u2019s paint job is subtle, but good. He\u2019s molded mostly in the brown color he should be, but there\u2019s also a nice darker brown and black wash over him to highlight his scales, warts, and muscles. His claws have a metallic, harder look to them, the way claws should. One thing I really like is the horn on his head. It\u2019s difficult to capture in photos, but it\u2019s actually a translucent yellow. This gives it a nice glowing look in person.<\/p>\n

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For such a squat little guy, he\u2019s packed full of articulation. Baragon\u2019s got a hinged jaw and ears. His upper neck, lower neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, and tail are all the ball-jointed revolver joints. On top of that, his tail is bendy. All these combine to give him a pretty large range of movement. His arms and legs can be positioned to stand on two and four legs, which the character does regularly. Plus, the double neck joint allows him to look straight forward when on all fours. There are a couple problems though. Because of where some of the joints are inserted, his articulation is limited by his body in certain places. This isn\u2019t that big of a deal because it keeps him from posing in unnatural ways, but it does limit a perfectly good ball joint.<\/p>\n

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Since Baragon is a lesser known Toho character, they\u2019ve given another reason to buy him: his accessories. He comes with an A-frame house, a horse with stand, a large tree, a smaller tree, and a name plate, along with the usual orange accessory box and 10-coin. The trees, horse, and building all make appearances in Frankenstein Conquers the World. Baragon is seen destroying the house, and later on chowing on some livestock. The house is as nicely detailed as the monster. It\u2019s got a rundown look to it with crooked steps, broken glass in the window, and the door falling off its hinges. The horse is also good, although it\u2019s perpetually stuck in a running-for-its-life pose. One nice thing about the horse is that he can be removed from his little base and plugged into the base that the house sits on. I love it when companies throw in those little details. One of the silly things about his accessories is the little orange box that\u2019s meant to hold them. This is a normal thing for Revoltechs to come with, but it\u2019s kind of a waste here. Only the horse and his stand fit into the box, everything else is too big.<\/p>\n

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Being an import, Baragon\u2019s is on the expensive side. If you can pick him up for under $30, you\u2019re doing well. Personally, I think that\u2019s a fair price. I really enjoy his accessories. And even though I didn\u2019t know who he was until recently, the figure is pretty nice also. It gives me good reason to look forward to the future of this line with Gamera and Mothra just down the road. I can\u2019t wait until they show us Godzilla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may not know Baragon, but he\u2019s important. He fought (and lost) to a giant Frankenstein in Frankenstein Conquers the World (I have no idea why Frankenstein was huge). Later on, Baragon would return to fight Godzilla in Destroy All Monsters. He\u2019s also appeared in five video games dating back to Nintendo\u2019s 1988 Godzilla: Monster […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5725,"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":[542,543,27,541,116],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/barTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-1ui","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6336,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=6336","url_meta":{"origin":5722,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: Gamera(Sci-Fi Revoltech #006)","date":"June 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"When I was young, I was a huge Godzilla fan. 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