Godzilla vs Jet Jaguar vs Gamera

 Godzilla vs Jet Jaguar vs Gamera

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Big, lumbering, man-in-suit monsters don't necessitate modern action figure articulation.  The old as dirt toy practice of rotocasting does the job just fine.  Head and arm movement is about all you need anyway, but sometimes they throw in waist, leg, and tail swivels.  

Big, dumb toys from a big, dumb concept...I like the idea of Godzilla more than his movies.  The "Mystery Science Theater 3000" Godzilla episodes are the only ones I can stomach without getting bored or falling asleep.  I'm sure there are purists out there that hate the MST3K treatment of their beloved movies, but, c'mon...Jet Jaguar?  He deserves to be "poo-pooed" by robot puppets.  

Is he worth $15?  Not at all!  He's got permanent karate chop and waist twist action, but without the action features!  And he's got no movement below the waist.  He's just dying to take a Godzilla-tail leg sweep to the floor.  Still, the robotic Jack Nicholson grin is so ridiculous, I just couldn't pass him up.  He would go on to inspire Rainbow Brite's wardrobe and the Green Goblin's mask before falling back into obscurity. 

Speaking of obscurity, I tracked down the Oreo to Godzilla's Hydrox:  the flying space turtle who is friend to all children, Gamera!  Gamera may be a knock-off, but he's way better in that I don't think anyone involved with him ever took the concept too seriously.  Kind of like how Jason Voorhies was a cash-grab on Michael Myers, but ended up being a lot of fun in his own right?

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I mean, his company was cool with letting MST3K celebrate his awfulness in a full-blown collector's tin, boxed set!  Godzilla on the other hand?  His handlers pulled the rights to previously released DVDs and refused to allow a few other MST3K episodes see the light of day again.  Hoity Toity, Toho!  C'mon, Universal is fine with us forever poking fun at the Metaluna Mutant...get over yourselves!

Again, not a huge fan of the Kaiju genre outside of what Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot have to offer, but I'm always going to take Gamera over the competition.  I assume he's the inspiration for my favorite Pokemon, Blastoise...who you should always choose over the boring, cliche, fire-breathing Charizard.