The then "grand finale" to Godzilla as a franchise - and, to this day, the last Godzilla picture created using traditional suit effects - 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars is certainly among the series' most controversial, yet iconic installments - beyond it's many faults, an infinitely memorable explosion of Kaiju madness, redefining many classic characters for the modern age, while dutifully sending off the storied and celebrated King of the Monsters... least, for a good ten years, or so.
With a solid, striking base pose, Godzilla features five points of articulation; though he's mostly tied to that base stance, he's reasonably agile, and, again, fun. I always dig elbow swivels, let alone neck - adds lots of personality, which I find the figure is very rich in.
In 2006, American Bandai counterpart, Bandai Creations, released their own take on G'04 as part of a Final Wars themed wave of figures. To keep things brief, as we'll dig deeper in his dedicated review; while there are certain nuances to the design I find the BC figure captures more effectively than the MMS... the MMS is just better. Still, a cool alternative.
In 2023, an updated version of the MMS G'04 was released, featuring an ever so slightly different, or otherwise, modified sculpt; most identifiable by its purple, rather than red, tongue. It's hard to explain exactly what's different between the two, without having both in-hand; but, I'd definitely say the original is the one worth hunting - of course, they're nearly the same, so it doesn't make a huge difference, but something about the initial version just looks that much nicer.
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