Imperial Godzilla

This is the Imperial Toys Godzilla monster from about 1965.

He is 13 inches tall.

And 14 inches long.  He has arms and legs that move but not the head, jaws, or tail, which is fine.

The paint job is pretty good for a 60 year old toy.

Imperial Made in Hong Kong.

1965 Toho Co, LTD.

I want a Godzilla figure, of the 1954 Godzilla, that is comparable to this one.  Minimal articulation, and at least 24 inches tall.  Figure companies keep making more and more Godzilla figures but they are often ridiculous, have multiple parts, multiple heads, alternate hands, all of which runs up the price and provides rather limited value, in my opinion.

We need a 24 inch tall 1954 Godzilla that costs less than $250 dollars, is strong, reasonably detailed, and has good play value.  I am waiting for one that will fill the last major hole in my collection of movie monsters.
 

Rhedosaurus Parts

The monster was very well packaged, although the exterior box was crushed, the model box and the model are in perfect condition.  It also arrived a couple days early.

The instruction manual is one sheet of paper, but the kit seems pretty straightforward.

It's made by a company called Star Ace, which I never heard of before, but they seem to make lot of monster kits.  This is a limited edition of 400.  I only need one. 

The exterior box was in rough shape.

The interior was well packaged and there was no damage to the box or the model thanks to plenty of bubble wrap. 

  

With the bubble wrap removed you can see the parts of the model. 

 The individual parts are sealed in plastic.

I guess Rhedosaurus meat spoils easily so they have to be packaged like this.  The parts all seem flash free and pretty sturdy. 

 

 

I don't really know what these parts are supposed to be.  Maybe eyes?  

 

 

Body, jaw and tongue.  

  

 

The main body part.  I think they did a good job of designing the model, full pieces rather than body and leg halves which would make the model much harder to put together. 

The Beast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtxijEqm-b4  The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is one of my favorite monster movies ever.  And I have seen about most of them!

The Rhedosaurus is a very cool monster, sort of a dragon, but sort of a tyrannosaurus combined.

He is older than Godzilla and is a stop motion monster, so the animation is excellent.

I first saw this movie probably 60 years ago on television.

This kit came by mail order through Amazon, from Japan.

The monster is 30cm tall, which is a foot high.  So it's a nice size for 1/72nd scale wargames.
 

Blob Monster Attacks

Blob monster moves down the main street of the city.

Past a casino as people flee ahead.

Men trying to get away.

The view from a block away.

The monster is relentless.

The crowd flees.
 

Lizard

A lizard from Dollar General.

Without his name tag.

The flip side of the ticket.  I don't think I will retain it!

Front view.  The surface detail is great.

The colors are very nice I think.

His feet fit the ground pretty well.

Pretty good lizard, Irwin Allen would be proud.

Dispute

 The SEAL team drives their mini-subs up onto the hard surface beach.

Who disturbs my beach?
 

 The SEAL team disputes the claim of the lizard that it's his beach.

The SEAL team wins the argument.

Lizard

A lizard suns himself on a rock.

Wait, what's that noise?

Is it danger?

Or is it dinner?

Medical Team

The other nice Marx accessory is the medical kit.  I like the two tone plastic camouflage or weathering technique.  It's done by dropping two colors of plastic beads into the injection molding machine and injecting them before they mix much.

The detail on the box is amazing, the instruments, the little drawers.

I always use it with my Tim Mee medics.

Having the plasma is handy with all the wounded coming in.

Of course, the whole blood can bring other problems.

So keep a jar of garlic powder handy.