Gamera says hi.

The Godzilla here (specifically since they include the Godzilla vs Mothra title card) is neither goofy nor a superhero. He's still firmly entrenched in his role as daikaiju villain at this time.

The next film (Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster) is where he makes his turn to the side of the angels. Admittedly it is the same suit for the most part, but this toy captures the original Goji's last outing as a heavy.

Anyway, this is a no brainer, must buy for me. Of this there is no question. Godzilla has always been my biggest fandom since I was 4 years old, and this suit is iconic and legendary in the history of daikaiju.

The Heisei Gamera had story telling to back it though. He had an exact origin, his life was shared with a human's, and it worked.

Godzilla was created by the atomic bomb, and thus, is just a walking a-bomb with no remorse for life.

Gamera also had 2 films as either a straight bad guy, or at least an unfriendly monster. The original, of course, and then Gamera vs Barugon/War Of The Monsters. Yes, he fights Barugon, but Gamera is no savior -- the first scene of the film is him attacking and destroying a dam in order to restore his power. He fights Barugon mainly because he is attracted to all the carnage he is causing.

Gamera vs Gyaos cements Gamera's role as "friend to children everywhere," but like Goji he started out as a heavy.

Oh I agree with you, I was simply proving a point that giant monsters should have "no remorse for anyone or anything" as you put it.

I'm well aware of that. But the hero portrayal is both the one that's popular and the one that's stuck.

You'd be surprised the number of people who do NOT know that. I've talked to an alarming number of tokusatsu fans who assume that Gamera was always the Friend To Children Everywhere.

Anyway, the same would be true for Godzilla. His depiction of a hero clicked with the world at large and made him the long running star that he is.

Daikaiju are like the gods of Greek myth -- fickle. They can change their moods for reasons we humans cannot truly understand. One day they might be our doom, the next day our salvation. Just how they roll. :D

(Of course someare just plain mean...)

That's a shame, because the first Gamera movie is pretty good.

War of the Monsters is even better in my book. The human story of that one is the best in any of the Showa Gameras by far. But yeah.

So, what's the over-under on Mothra being the next Showa era Monsterarts toy?

Hopefully high, given they haven't done the Heisei Mothra (or Battra) yet either.

While reading this conversation has been informative. I will still always prefer my Godzilla as a hero.

Not that I don't enjoy him in full on rage beast mode. I understand those are his true origins.

As for Mothra! Yes please. The more Showa the better.