Just a quick note about the spikes on the tail, a couple of them will overlap at times, which looks a bit odd. The tail features a multitude of ball joints that allow for the tail to be very twisty and poseable. There is a hinge in the middle of the foot.The articulation for the legs are as follows: The fins on the back can also spread out. However, the belly-saw has a tendency of coming out of its place when you tilt the figure back. The fins on the back shift up and down to accompany the movement of the abs crunch. The shoulder pads are also on ball joints, which gives the shoulder pads some flexibility to move along with the shoulders. The shoulders are on ball swivels and the elbows are double jointed. It would have been nice if the mandibles were on a ball swivel, so that you could bring them closer to the mouth, as this is something the monster could do in the movie. The mandibles can rotate a full 360 degrees. However, the mouth cannot be fully closed due to the fact that Gigan’s got those chompers that keep the mouth from shutting completely. The neck has a ball joint at the base and where it connects to the head. The 2004 Gigan is probably the most flexible Godzilla toy in this line. Monsterarts aims to achieve a balance between movie-accurate designs and tons of articulation. Since you can see some of the color from under the paint, it is quite obvious they were molded in black and were painted over in white. The teeth are made of a soft plastic and are really the only part of the figure that I thought could have used a better paint job. The whole toy is just very nicely detailed and painted to look very much like its onscreen counterpart. Gigan’s blades, like the other metal parts of this design, sport a nice weathered paint job. The mono-eye of the original is replaced by a sleek, red visor that Gigan would shoot a scattershot beam out of. Every section of this kaiju’s body has some sort of pointy bit sticking out of it. There are protrusions aplenty in the 2004 Gigan. However, I look at it and think, “You really have to cut out some of those carbs, Gigan.” While the 2004 Gigan keeps some of the hallmark features of the original’s design, the 2004 version forgoes the pudgy proportions of the original in favor of a slimmer, sleeker and deadlier-looking design that leaves no doubt in the viewer’s mind that this monster means business. Sure it has blade-hands and a chainsaw belly. ![]() The original Gigan is a comical mix of deadly and rotund. The humans release Godzilla from his icy slumber and the King of the Monsters is ready to take on the cyborg-kaiju. But things don’t go according to the Xilien’s plans. As the film progresses, a new alien threat, the Xiliens, awaken Gigan and use it to subdue their soon-to-be-cattle, the humans. The earth’s scientists are baffled as to how a monster from thousand years in the past could be part machine and part organic. In Final Wars, Gigan first appeared in a dormant/mummified state. Gigan and its most recent appearance was in the last Toho-produced Godzilla film, Godzilla: Final Wars. Gigan’s first appearance was in 1972’s Godzilla VS. ![]() Gigan is a fan-favorite kaiju that has appeared in several Godzilla films and even in Toho’s Zone Fighter TV series. Gigan appears thanks to Bluefin Distribution.
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