One of
the first six Godzilla figures released through
Trendmasters, Mecha-King Ghidorah came to the United
States in figure form before its actual movie arrived.
This figure caused much confusion in younger fans
that knew nothing of the Heisei series that was
still in the works in Japan. Many, including myself,
thought that “Mecha-Ghidorah’ (the name
given to the figure opposed to Mecha-King Ghidorah)
was actually a monster that Trendmasters themselves
designed.
The cybernetic hydra stands at four inches and
has, roughly, a six inch wingspan. Unlike the other
figures, but like their King Ghidorah figure, Mecha-King
Ghidorah’s heads and tail can be removed and
attached. No doubt so kids can have fun by having
Godzilla blast its long necks and heads off. The
toy is made of solid rubber with the wings being
a softer type of rubber.
The design and mold for the toy is pretty decent.
The armored pieces look just like the movie version
while the organic heads have the same design as
their Ghidorah figure. The organic heads may not
be a favorable design, but their detail is nice.
Golden scales cover the organic parts, as expected,
while the insides of the maws and eyes of both side
heads are colored red. The mouths even have painted
white teeth. The robotic head is detailed nicely
and has just the right colored eyes of green.
Sadly, however, there are some flaws. The neck
collars on the organic heads and the ends of the
tails aren’t painted and remain golden like
the body. The wings of the figure, however, are
the best aspect by far. Of all the other parts,
the wings remain the most detailed and finely done.
It should be noted that this figure was also released
with a “smooth wing” version. It used
the exact same mold and paint job, but the wings
were smooth as opposed to textured, like the one
I’m reviewing now. Also, like other three
inch figures, there were only a few ways one could
acquire it: get the versus pack that also came with
Godzilla, the first 40th Anniversary Set, or get
the Godzilla Attacks New York Giant Playset. The
figure was often released with a trading card when
packaged with Godzilla.
In the end, this particular release of Mecha-King
Ghidorah is pretty good. He may be somewhat hard
to find now days, but he was sitting on hundreds
of toy store shelves for months in the past. If
one ever gets the chance to pick the figure up for
a reasonable price, I recommend.
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