And so we finish our trip back through time with the monster who started it all. Okay, technically The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms would be 
the monster that started it all, but Godzilla is the originator of "kaiju" as an entertainment genre: he's a Japanese creation, and has an individual personality rather than being "just" a big animal; like, nobody would consider 1954's giant-ant movie Them! a kaiju story, would they? No. And it's also why when we refer to characters like King Kong, Paul Bunyan, or Clifford the Big Red Dog as "American kaiju," they have to be have that adjective in front to specify that they're not "real" kaijus, the same way Superman would be "American tokusatsu." So Godzilla may not be the first giant monster in movies, but he's the first from Japan, and thus he's the world's first kaiju.
There are two Godzillae in this 70th Anniversary Mystery Minis series: one, logically available in a 1:6 ratio, or twice in every case, is the typical green-skinned Godzilla everyone wants; the other, in the same 1:36 ratio as Destoroyah, is a true throwback 
to the creature's origins, being done in greyscale. They're the same mold, a wide-armed stance with his tail curling around the left side to his front, identical in every way but the paint. The sculpt is less exaggerated than the Science Fiction Mystery Mini was, with more distinct legs and thinner arms. Instead of being entirely covered in scales, he has more selective spotting that leaves some areas smooth. The eyes are painted with pupils, not left bare, and the spines on his back are sculpted to look more layered than they actually are. The grey and the green are so tonally similar, the easiest way to spot which one you have is to look at his mouth: it's red on the color version, but obviously not on the monotone chase figure.
The Godzilla 70th Anniversary Mystery Minis were a fun, cute little line, and it's nice to see Mystery Minis returning after a period where there didn't seem to be any being made. Obviously we're part the anniversary year now, but Godzilla has enough enemies - and enough alternate looks - that we'd really like to see Funko do at least a second series to swell the ranks even more. Or better yet, expand it beyond Godzilla, so we could get Gamera and his weird foes, too.
