Figure Review: NECA 12 inch Head-to-tail Godzilla 2014

I know, I know... there are tons of figure reviews out there of this figure. But I'm going to be doing another! Let's dig right in, shall we?


Love it, hate it, or "meh" it, Godzilla 2014 happened and really revitalized the global recognition of our favorite monster King. Recently being released on Blu-ray, most of us now have this new era of Godzilla in our homes stacked between gems like "Terror of Mecha-Godzilla" and "King Kong Escapes", and personally, I feel like this new Godzilla fits right in.
But where does that leave us as far as figure collecting? Well, it leaves us in an awesome spot if you're a fan of the new Godzilla design. NECA's 12 inch Head to tail (Not to be confused with the 12 inch TALL NECA Godzilla...) is an awesome release.

SCULPT:

A really solid Godzilla stance, way to go NECA.

NECA really did a great job with this figure. Godzilla's silhouette is really fantastic. Regardless what you think of the design, it's hard to argue that he is undeniably Godzilla. The detailing along his back and dorsal plates are really impressive for NECA. On the subject of his dorsal plates, NECA made the decision to use a softer plastic on the plates, giving them this sort of bendy/rubbery feel. Not that that's a bad thing, but definitely a unique choice on their part. Speaking of unique choices, let's talk about the tail. Godzilla's tail is half awesome-half meh. The second half of Godzilla's tail is an attached piece of bendy wire-based plastic. Yet again, not a bad thing, but definitely a strange choice. Oddly enough, I feel like the feet are a huge highlight in the sculpt. They're solid, detailed, and ready to stomp. One of the biggest sculpt flaws? The head. I'll get back to that soon.

I give the sculpt a 4/5.

PAINT:
The paint job on this figure is fairly good. Nothing to gawk over, but good. Being a flat grey color with some brown detailing, it's a great representation of the film's design color. The inside of his mouth has a great paint job and his teeth, although slightly bucked, have a decent paint application.

Now a interesting topic keeps popping up with this figure, as well as his larger companion, and that is the blue paint application. Personally, even if it is showing up in my pictures, there is no visible blue paint in person. At least not with my figure, that is. Regardless of that, if it does or doesn't have a blue tint, I can't see how that can hurt the quality of this figure.

I give the paint a 3/5.



FILM ACCURACY:
This is where I think it gets tricky. Is this figure 100 % film accurate? No. But, I do think it is a great representation of the Legendary Godzilla design. There are some slight proportion problems with his head (going back to sculpt for a moment, told you I'd get there.) I think it's kind of obvious his head is too small for his body, in comparison to the film. Also, the figure has this odd crease running directly down the snout. Is that a big deal? No. It's really not a big deal at all. What does bother me, is the face sculpt up front. Is it terrible? Not at all. Maybe I was just too excited with that still (That wasn't even used in the film... sigh...). Bottom line is, I'm being really picky and it's wonderful that we have such a great figure to be so picky about.

I give the film accuracy a 4/5.

PRICE:
Ah yes, price. I type this with a manic smile on my face. To get such a great figure of the new Godzilla with a great sculpt, solid paint job, and an overall great representation of the new design, I'd expect to pay MonsterArts prices. Not with NECA. $20.
Let me repeat that.
TWENTY DOLLARS.

I give price a "IF YOU DONT HAVE ONE WHY ARENT YOU ON YOUR WAY OUT TO GET ONE RIGHT NOW!?" rating.


FINAL THOUGHTS:
I love this figure. It's not perfect, it's not the greatest Godzilla figure out there, but it is a fantastic Godzilla 2014 figure on the market right now.  You can't beat the price either. Now, I'm waiting on my S.H. Monsterarts version to ship right now. Will it top this figure? Will it let me down and put me into a hopeless spiral of Goji-depression? Perhaps. But I guess that's a topic for the next review.
                                                         
                                                               OVERALL: 3.5 out of 5