Thanks to a legal nightmare of copyright confusion surrounding the monster, Kong, despite his role as Godzilla's perhaps most iconic foe, is a rather elusive character across the otherwise vast MMS lineup; appearing only once before his MonsterVerse incarnation(s), with the exceedingly rare Godzilla Collection 1962 Kong - not even receiving a figure for his first MonsterVerse appearance, Kong: Skull Island. Which is really too bad - I'd love an MMS SkullCrawler, or Sam Jackson.
Moving at three points - both arms, and waist - Kong's limited, but takes the usual "humanoid" articulation seen across MMS; see characters such as Jet Jaguar, the Xilien, or Gabara. It's typical enough, but not very inspiring - there's a bit of life to the sculpt, though nothing all that exciting overall, only one or two poses in 'em. The personified, and agile kaiju he is, I feel like at least leg joints, or maybe even a head turn ought to have been warranted.
Godzilla Vs Kong's "Special Set" home media release featured two unique variants of Godzilla and Kong, with (somewhat subtly) new decos; Kong even receiving something of an accessory - his Godzilla spine battle axe, sculpted into his freshly reworked fist (one of the only examples I can remember of an MMS figure featuring any sort of accessory, even though it's part of the mold). I definitely think this version, rare as it is, is the one to go after - just so cool.
Godzilla's famed rival turned sidekick, and an icon in his own right, Kong's one of those must-haves, and, really, is serviceable as a representation of the character; especially seeing as we'll probably never see a 1962 Kong again. I can't say he's anything more than that - a pretty solid, standard take - but hey, what you see is what you get; it's Kong. Big Gorilla. Check!
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