Godzilla Mystery Minis - SpaceGodzilla review

Like we stated previously, all but one of Godzilla's Heisei Era enemies were either returning monsters or somehow clones of Godzilla himself. Like, 1994's Biollante was the result of blending recovered samples of Godzilla's DNA with plant cells; when Biollante was destroyed, some of these hybrid G-cells were ejected into space in the form of spores, where they ended up being pulled into a black hole and spit back out elsewhere, then merged with mineral life forms out in the cosmos, giving birth to SpaceGodzilla. Traveling in the form of a comet, SpaceGodzilla returned to Earth, looking to conquer, but knowing it would first have to defeat mankind's protector, the real Godzilla. Step one: kidnap Godzilla's baby; check. Step two: grow crystals from the ground to power up your telekinetic abilities; check. Step three: DO NOT let Godzilla team up with the humans' giant killer robot to turn your power off; ch....uh-oh!

SpaceGodzilla was designed by Minoru Yoshida, who had also created "Super Godzilla" for the 1993 Super Nintendo game of the same name. Super Godzilla was the same approximate size as the regular character, so we're not talking about a Mario situation here, but he was bulkier and had two tremendous spikes growing out of his shoulders, as well as a crest on his forehead: all features that describe SpaceGodzilla, as well. The biggest difference is that SpaceGodzilla's spikes are crystalline, rather than organic. And he's got more crystals running down his back, instead of dorsal fins. Because of the way this Mystery Mini needed to be assembled, there's a gap between the rocks on his back and the rocks on his tail, but that's easy enough to overlook. His skin is much bluer than regular Godzilla's, and there's a patch of pink airbrushed right in the center of the chest. His teeth and claws are painted white, but all the crystals are left bare, presumably a choice made to suggest they're more translucent. His eyes are red, with a malevolent look behind them.

Like Shin Godzilla, SpaceGodzilla is one of the 1:72 figures, which seems excessive. There are 12 figures in the series and 12 figures in a case, why not just pack them all evenly?