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Godzilla vs. Hedorah (a.k.a. the Smog Monster)
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As far back as the early 1970s, I had amassed a pretty huge collection of
daikaiju movie memorabilia, including the then-available plastic monster
models from Aurora — Godzilla, Rodan, and King Ghidorah. And in the
early-to-mid-1980s when I lived in Chicago, I did a lot of modeling, primarily
military aircraft, giant mecha from various anime franchises, and... daikaiju!
Inspired by my good friend and roommate, Bill Gudmundson, I put together a few
Japanese monster resin kits, brought to us by Mr. Miyawaki, who owned Kayodo
modeling company, and scratch built a handful of my own. After the 1980s, I
pretty much quit collecting, well, anything.
Relatively recently,
however, I took a shine to some of the available daikaiju figures from Japan.
All too many of them are way beyond my price range, but I have occasionally
picked up some of the less-expensive figures and customized them a bit. And
these can be fun to pop into some composited digital scenes, which I'm
including here just for the hell of it.
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MechaGodzilla, Angilas, King Seesar, and Godzilla from
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla
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Gigan from Godzilla vs. Gigan
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Godzilla vs. Angilas from Godzilla Raids Again (No, I don't care
what Toho has done, I will not spell it "Anguirus"; Angilas was good for
a lot of years, and it's perfectly proper.)
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Baragon from Frankenstein Conquers the World
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MechaGodzilla 2, Titanosaurus, and Godzilla from
Terror of MechaGodzilla
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Gorosaurus from King Kong Escapes
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Godzilla and MechaGodzilla from Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 2
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Hedorah 1971 vs. Hedorah 2004
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