whats your favorite godzilla toy ?

Goldkobeca · Jun 11, 2024

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Marusan Godzilla 1966

Over fifty years old and the victor of countless childhood battles, this toy has managed to survive intact without a single loose joint, crack, or bent limb. The original vinyl color is a light turquoise blue, but the decades of paint deterioration, dirt, exposure, and wear on the ultra-heavy coverage of dark green paint have dyed the exterior multiple shades of green. This is especially noticeable on the inner arms down to the underarms which are unpainted. Although most vintage Marusan gojis retain a red paint color for the hand-painted eyes and mouth, which sometimes are delightfully over-sized and sloppy, this paint run displays a flame orange which nicely offsets the greens. The paint might now look orange from aging or exposure, or perhaps it was originally selected in the factory along with the green sprays. I enjoyed discovering a couple drops of the orange paint also landed on the lower left leg just above the ankle. I feel this kind of factory imperfection provides a fun wabi-sabi vibe. The soft and thin vinyl in these early “green” runs is not the greatest quality with millions of tiny air bubbles just under the surface waiting to open up and collect dirt particles. This beast arrived with some of the fiercest paint rubs and embedded dirt that I have seen. Although I have other examples in much better condition than this dirt-encrusted warrior, I felt this much-beloved and war-scarred KingGoji repeatedly fought Kong and so many other kaiju outside in the 60’s and 70’s that he is now a bit crusty and filthy. I have been waiting to contribute to this thread for years, and this finally feels like the one. It's so old and worn that even the original owner's marker ink has almost faded away:

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amazing piece, thank you for sharing

Goldkobeca · Jun 11, 2024

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The Pilot Ace King Goji is very nice

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