1998 Godzilla's Weight

[ZillaJr-KaijuKing]

A lot of people think the 1998 Godzilla officially weighs 500 tons, and the 1998 GODZILLA Fact Book is often cited as the source. It was discovered on Wikizilla that the guide book says no such thing.

http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:113880#4

http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:113880#11

Is there an official source mentioning a weight of 500 tons? There seems to be no basis for this number.

[GigaBowserG]

Odd. Now that you mention it, the one book I do have featuring him lists both 1998 and the Baby Godzilla's weights as "Unknown" (不明). But it has their heights listed - 70m [estimated] (推定) and 3m respectively.

[ZillaJr-KaijuKing]

On the topic of size misconceptions for the 1998 Godzilla, these images popped up on my Tumblr dashboard the other day.

Spoiler:

The picture at the bottom seems to be a size chart comparing Zilla Jr. standing upright to him in the theropod stance.

We know from the Godzilla: The Series style guide's size chart that Zilla Jr. is 60 meters tall at the shoulder in the theropod stance.



In the Japanese promo, Zilla Jr.'s shoulder in the theropod stance is 8 squares high, so 8 squares = 60 m. The top of his head in the upright stance is just over 14 squares high. This means Zilla Jr. standing upright is over 105 m tall.

Pixel-scaling the two side-by-side images shows that the dimensions are consistent between the two pictures (minus the legs, which are more outstretched in the upright stance). Pixel-scaling the style guide's size chart shows that Zilla Jr.'s head + torso + legs are over 100 m long in total, so the charts are consistent with each other.

In short, Zilla Jr. standing upright is over 100 meters tall according to not one but two official size charts, making him as tall as some of the taller incarnations of Godzilla.

Size Does Matter, huh?

[Inferno Rodan]

In short, Zilla Jr. standing upright is over 100 meters tall according to not one but two official size charts, making him as tall as some of the taller incarnations of Godzilla.

Size Does Matter, huh?

No offense, but is this supposed to be some sort of amazing revelation? We've long known his height when he's in his standard horizontal stance, and rule of thumb is you add around two thirds to something's height when it switches from a horizontal to a vertical stance. So even without having to exactly measure I could have told you that he'd be right around 100 meters when standing fully erect like that. But he literally never does that anyway, so what's it matter?

[Demon Lord Gira]

Also, while Toonzilla (and GINO by extension) might be as tall as the 100 meter Gojis when standing erect, he's got nowhere near the mass or the bulk of those Godzillas. He's a stick in comparison to them, so while he might be as tall, he's nowhere near as large as the likes of Heisei Godzilla or especially LPG, so he's still smaller than the other 100+ meter Godzillas. That doesn't excuse his blimp weight, though.

[ZillaJr-KaijuKing]

We've long known his height when he's in his standard horizontal stance, and rule of thumb is you add around two thirds to something's height when it switches from a horizontal to a vertical stance.

I didn't know there was a rule of thumb for that. It didn't help that most size comparisons out there make 1998 look ridiculously tiny compared to the 100-m Godzillas whether horizontal or upright.

But he literally never does that anyway, so what's it matter?

The cartoon one does quite a few times.

Also, while Toonzilla (and GINO by extension) might be as tall as the 100 meter Gojis when standing erect, he's got nowhere near the mass or the bulk of those Godzillas. He's a stick in comparison to them, so while he might be as tall, he's nowhere near as large as the likes of Heisei Godzilla or especially LPG, so he's still smaller than the other 100+ meter Godzillas. That doesn't excuse his blimp weight, though.

???

He's skinny, yes, but he's the second-heaviest incarnation of Godzilla to date (barring Shin Godzilla, who as far as I know doesn't have an official weight released yet). 60,000 metric tons makes him just as heavy as Heisei Godzilla, slightly heavier than Final Wars Godzilla, and currently second only to Legendary Pictures Godzilla.

[Inferno Rodan]

The cartoon one does quite a few times.

No he doesn't. He rears up to varying degrees all the time, but he never stands completely erect like that.

[ZillaJr-KaijuKing]

No he doesn't. He rears up to varying degrees all the time, but he never stands completely erect like that.

Oh, exactly the same pose? Then yeah, you're right, but he does get somewhat close sometimes.