What's next?

Being an SH MonsterArts collector, the news breaking of a Gamera figure is amazing. But, it leaves me asking: Where is the figure line headed? Here are some thoughts as to where I'd love to see it go.

SHOWA
Everyone's waiting for it. Everyone is eagerly hoping each month that the new set of scans will offer up a dynamically posed Titanosaurus, Sanda/Gaira, or Anguirus, and I am right there with you. There is a goldmine of monsters Tamashii hasn't even touched on. The big question is: Why?

Possible answer? The 1964 Godzilla.

And as he trampled, he roared: LOVE ME.

Personally, I really loved the figure and thought it got a pretty bad bashing upon its release. Everyone can agree that it's not the greatest release in the line, but I certainly don't think its the worst. But to a major toy line that has been growing rather rapidly over the last 2-3 years since its debut, a public backlash like that is rather scary. People were DYING for the '64. Then when they got it, they nearly imploded on themselves. I could be wrong, but I think that the fans scared Tamashii away from Showa monsters for at least a few more months. (Or until they run out of obscure footage of Heisei film monsters that they can release.)


SMALLER RELEASES
I'm sure I'm in the minority on this one, but here goes.I'm not a completest collector. I don't need EVERY release in the line. Have I skipped some? Absolutely. I've never been a fan of the Final Wars Gigan (BURN THE HERETIC!) and the sculpt took some strange artistic liberties, so I skipped out. That was 90 bucks I could put towards another release.

The same is true for the Mothra and Battra larvae release. I have never been a fan of Battra. That being said, the Battra larvae figure does look stunning. It's nothing personal with the figure, it's just a lack of interest in character. But I'd love to have a Mothra larvae. I understand the bundle packaging for the larvae, it makes total sense, but I wish they should have made them available separately. The Mothra larvae could sell for the same amount as Little Godzilla. I know I would've bought 2 Mothra larvae if that was the case.


KEEP THOSE GODZILLAS COMING!
One of the things I love about the X-plus line is it's devotion to the monster King. I love that you can get a high quality version of nearly every Godzilla suit through their line and have one cohesive collection. This is what I'd love to see MonsterArts line do. Give us that '62, give us that '68... the list goes on and on. Sure, the Rebirth version is a great release, but was it necessary? That's a Godzilla release that could have been a '54 or a '02. Some may say it's a safe move, but I think that releasing variations of Godzilla would be a smart regular move for the line to take.

Regardless of where the line goes, I'm really excited to see what they do next. Yuji Sakai's sculpts are really phenomenal and make great additions to any collection. Sometimes polarizing among collectors, the S.H. MonsterArts series is far from over.