Comments on: The Godzilla Conundrum

By: CaptainCollector

CaptainCollector — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:06:31 +0000

As I currently understand it, the Octopus & snake may be a 2 pack. There also plans for other smaller characters to be done this way, I’m sure you can guess who. I’ll also have some exclusive images soon of some of their newest offerings. Looks like a plan may be coming together to finally offer the Gargantuas!!! I’ll be back with more news as it’s available to print.

By: Gothneo

Gothneo — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:54:24 +0000

Hey Capt! 1st of all, great to see another article from you! Been checking back on AFI for updates! 2nd, I know imports are a love of yours and it seems like its been forever when you’ve had the opportunity to write an import-oriented article, so I’m thrilled to see this. You turned my on to Tempting Toys and their offerings from Y-MSF years ago, and I’ve never been disappointed with the few Godzilla pieces I’ve picked up from them. In this day and age where SSC charges $90 for a basic 1/6 scale piece, $40-$60 seems like a bargain!

Awesome job on this, and great article!

By: CaptainCollector

CaptainCollector — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:27:13 +0000

I believe they are in the $40-$60 price range, they vary. It’s not hard to understand when they make 100-200 of each figure, the production runs are very small. For a die-hard Godzilla collector such as myself, it’s well worth it. Additionally, there are generally only a few releases per year, so it’s not too hard on the wallet
The model, on the other hand, was limited to 40 castings, and cost over $1000 during the 5 days it was available.

By: Newt

Newt — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:57:41 +0000

It’s a shame most these figures are very, very expensive.

By: Captain Collector

Captain Collector — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:41:32 +0000

@JJJason – you are indeed correct, I painted that one for Y-MSF. I’ve done several paints for them, from time to time, but this one was early on, and wasn’t used for production. As time has gone on, their paint process has become much more refined, like with Kumonga. There have been a few times I have done custom painted figures (like that Kong) by hand in limited numbers (like 5-10 of each) for Tempting Toys’ customers. In the future, if you want a custom one, just ask Tempting Toys when ordering how much for one painted by Steve, and they contact me, no big deal.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:35:15 +0000

Wow, that model is beautiful. Nice work. Need to pick up that goofy Kong!

By: JJJason

JJJason — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:18:28 +0000

Did you add paint to the Kong pictured with Mecha-Kong? He looks a lot better than the one I had.

I’m hoping the recent three-figure repaint wave from Bandai Creation’s Godzilla line will be the first of two for this year, but I’m not holding my breath. I did pick up Rainbow Mothra, though; she’s really nice.

-JJJ