In the late '70s, Shogun Warriors were among the coolest Japanese toys to find their way into the American market via Mattel. I still have my 2' tall Great Mazinga with firing rockets. One entry in their large figure line that I didn't have as a kid (but did get later) was Godzilla (with a shooting fist and a — for lack of a better description — flaming tongue). A couple of years later, Mattel surprisingly released a large scale Rodan, with flapping wings, clutching claws, and screeching beak. I did have one of those as a kid (which I loved, and only decided to sell a few years back when someone made me an offer I couldn't refuse).
So when Super7 released a 3-3/4" scale Shogun Rodan (matching the scale of their small-size Shogun Godzilla which they had released a few years earlier), I had to jump on it. It was initially released as a carded figure, and it's impressive how closely it maintains the look (if not the exact functionality) of the original large Mattel figure.
Come back next week to see another item from my Godzilla collection.
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