Received a major GRAIL piece today. Ever since I first saw it, I wanted the Godzilla DVD collection with the '54 bust, and in general, I've just thought it would be cool to have a Godzilla bust roughly like having a replica of the head from a film costume. There aren't a lot out there though, the DVD '54 and I've seen an '89 bust out there, I know SilentSurfer here has it. They go for a lot, usually the '54 and DVD set goes for like $1000+ if it's even sold. I managed to snag it for a lot less than that off eBay, just the bust, but that's all I ever really wanted, Japanese DVDs aren't much use to me and I would never put them in the display tray anyhow as it's a waste of space.
This thing is HUGE, it's just plastic, but it's really solid, nicely painted, and I think very close to how big the costume head was back in '54, I can imagine my head fitting inside a neck coming off this thing. It's so faithful too, and I didn't realize, but it was sculpted by Fuyuki Shinada, who apparently designed the G suit for GMK, which is really cool. It looked decent in the official promo shots.
And the final piece looks even better, the mouth and paint on the teeth look even cooler.
I've turned my full shots to black and white to present it as we've all come to know it, but wanted the detail shots to show true color.
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