[T16skyhopp]

Mechagodzilla is here.

Mini Review!

Good: He is NICE. He looks great. The proportions and scale both seem spot on b/w him and Godzilla. He has a broader range of motion in the arms legs and midsection than Godzilla due to the robotic design being less limiting. He has some die cast parts which are nice as well. They visually matched the plastic perfectly. They add some nice heft to those areas. He has an extra set of hands, base, stand and energy beam, alternate midsection for his grenade weapon, and an alternate neck to allow for flying pose.

Not super good: He feel imbalanced. His metal parts are nice and solid but his plastic parts feel hollow and flimsy. The added weight from the die cast parts drags down on the plastic parts, leaving him with some looser articulation in the hips. I much prefer Godzilla's solid chunky feel. Also, because of this, swapping parts is SCARY. I haven't had anything break but its pretty scary hearing that plastic snap every time you swap anything. I feel I could give Godzilla to a kid and as worst something pops off a ball and you pop it back in. Mecha-G I would be afraid of breakage. The posts on the wrist joint for swapping hands are tiny and thin. The tail and neck have no real articulation points so there is not a lot of play. They snap in and out harshly. Also, while his arms and legs have a better range of motion than G, his neck is only a swivel at the head witha little play in the lower neck and his tail is static. The tail is supposed to be static so I don't mind, but I would have gladly given up a little bit of accuracy in the detail behind his neck to allow for some vertical movement. He can pretty much only shoot his beam at a downward angle unless you lean him really far back.

Again, I like MechaG and if this is your favorite kaiju, he's probably the best version out there. I am a Godzilla fan though, so either way I would like him better. But even given his limited range of movement, I think the regular Godzilla is a better toy, as far as being able to comfortable play with him. If you plan on picking a pose and displaying them they are almost even, with MechaG coming out a head due to more range of movement and more accessories. Wish he was priced closer to 60, or his plastic parts were solid.

I will most likely be sitting out Space Godzilla, though I expect him to be more similar to Godzilla in his build quality and range of movement.