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"Vinimates 1954 Godzilla Figure" "Diamond Select Godzilla Mini Figure" "Diamond Select Godzilla Figure" Up for sale is the "2019 Vinimates 1954 Godzilla Figure" AKA "2019 Diamond Select 1954 Godzilla Figure". This "65th Anniversary Diamond Select Godzilla Figure" is new in box. Box has some slight rubbing, be sure to look at all pictures closely. This "Diamond Select Gojira Figure" stands about 4 inches tall and is part of the "Vinimates Godzilla Series 1 Collection" It is made of vinyl and has an articulated neck according to the manufacturer. Sculpted in the "Minimates Godzilla block-figure style". These are inspired by the "Godzilla Minimates Figures". If you like this "65th Anniversary Godzilla Mini Figure", Please visit our store for more rare Godzilla and other action figures. Manufacturer Description: Godzilla 1999 Vinimate The King of All Monsters is now the King of All Vinimates! Godzilla and Mechagodzilla headline the first series of 4-inch vinyl figures based on the classic Godzilla films! The black-and-white Godzilla of 1954 and full-color Godzilla of 1999 team up against their robot doppelganger. Each Vinimate features an articulated neck to customize their pose. Each comes packaged in a full-color window box. Designed by Barry Bradfield! Godzilla (/ɡɒdˈzɪlə/ god-ZIL-ə; Japanese: ゴジラ, romanized: Gojira, pronounced [ɡoꜜʑiɾa] (listen)) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, in Toho Co., Ltd.'s eponymous media franchise. Debuting in the self-titled 1954 film, directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda;[1] the character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films produced by Toho, five American films and numerous video games, novels, comic books and television shows. Godzilla has been dubbed the "King of the Monsters", an epithet first used in Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), the American localization of the 1954 film. Godzilla is a prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. With the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Lucky Dragon 5 incident still fresh in the Japanese consciousness, Godzilla was conceived as a metaphor for nuclear weapons.Others have suggested that Godzilla is a metaphor for the United States, a giant beast woken from its slumber which then takes terrible vengeance on Japan. As the film series expanded, some stories took on less serious undertones, portraying Godzilla as an antihero, or a lesser threat who defends humanity. Later films address disparate themes and commentary including Japan's apathy and neglect of its imperial past, natural disasters, and the human condition. Godzilla has been featured alongside many supporting characters. It has faced human opponents such as the JSDF, or other monsters, including King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla and Gigan. Godzilla sometimes has allies, such as Rodan, Mothra and Anguirus, and offspring, such as Minilla and Godzilla Junior. Godzilla has also fought characters from other franchises in crossover media, such as King Kong, as well as various Marvel Comics characters, including S.H.I.E.L.D., the Fantastic Four and the Avengers. Godzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira)[b] is a 1954 Japanese epic[c] kaiju film directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the first film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata, and Takashi Shimura, with Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla. In the film, Japan's authorities deal with the sudden appearance of a giant monster, whose attacks trigger fears of nuclear holocaust during post-war Japan. Godzilla entered production after a Japanese-Indonesian co-production collapsed. Tsuburaya originally proposed for a giant octopus before the filmmakers decided on a dinosaur-inspired creature. Godzilla pioneered a form of special effects called suitmation in which a stunt performer wearing a suit interacts with miniature sets. Principal photography ran 51 days, and special effects photography ran 71 days. Godzilla premiered in Nagoya on October 27, 1954 and received a wide release in Japan on November 3. It was met with mixed reviews upon release but was a box-office success, winning the Japanese Movie Association Award for Best Special Effects. The film earned ¥183 million in distributor rentals, making it the eighth-highest-grossing Japanese film of that year. In 1956, a heavily-re-edited "Americanized" version, titled Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, was released in the United States. The film spawned a multimedia franchise that was recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest-running film franchise in history. The character Godzilla has since become an international popular culture icon. The film and Tsuburaya have been largely credited for establishing the template for tokusatsu media. The film received reappraise in later years and has since been regarded as a cinematic achievement and one of the best monster films ever made. The film was followed by Godzilla Raids Again, released on April 24, 1955 The "ShodaiGoji" (初代ゴジ) is the Godzilla suit design used in the 1954 Godzilla film Godzilla. The original onscreen design for the character, the ShodaiGoji heavily inspired all designs that followed and remains one of the most popular looks for Godzilla. To create the rubber skin of the ShodaiGoji suit, a block of raw rubber was soaked overnight in water so that it became soft by the next morning. It was mixed with a batter of vaseline, clay, and gypsum. The rubber skin was then heated and dried at a temperature of 250 degrees Celsius in a special baking kiln created by arranging infrared lamps inside of it. The rubber material was stated to be very expensive. Kanju and Yasuei Yagi, brothers who had experience as craftsmen working on amusement park attractions, applied the rubber skin to the No. 1 suit in a papier-mache technique, with hard-kneaded rubber applied to the surface to create folds. However, the rubber was initially not sufficiently kneaded and as such the skin tore as soon as the suit moved. After much trial-and-error with kneading the rubber, the No. 1 Godzilla suit was completed and was extremely hard, weighing over 150 kilograms. The suit fell over immediately during filming, and it was impossible for the actor to get back up. According to Kaimai, there was no urethane foam or sponge material available at the time, and so the interior of the suit was sewn with cotton stuffed inside a cloth bag, which further increased its weight. A hook was used rather than a zipper on the back of the suit, and during filming the back was closed and tied shut with fishing wire. Rather than boots, the actor in the suit wore clogs. The eyeballs of the suit were created by the woodworking department, who modeled small egg-shaped wooden balls. The eyeballs and mouth were connected by brake wire from a motorcycle, which ran through the suit and exited through the back of the tail, where an external apparatus was used to move them. The fangs of the suit were made from rubber, as they were said to not appear convincing when made with wood. The dorsal fins were created by placing paper over a wire mesh core and applying rubber over this. The suit's left arm was joined with the body at the elbow, reflecting the clay prototype for both suits and making it impossible for the suit actor to move this arm. A prototype model was created for reference when modeling the suits. It had a very large head, walked upright on two legs, and featured a crocodile-like round face and and snake-like scales over its body. The appearance of this prototype was very different from the finished suits, featuring simple raised dorsal fins and three-fingered hands. Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ishiro Honda, and Eiji Tsuburaya wanted Godzilla to appear as a living organism, and so many changes were made from the prototype model, such as the keloid-scar-inspired burned skin. Aspects of gorillas were also adapted into the design, in combination with existing inspiration from reptiles and amphibians. As such, the final Godzilla suits looked more mammalian than the prototype model.[3] Katsumi Tezuka, a former professional baseball player, was persuaded by Ishiro Honda to serve as Godzilla's suit actor. However, Eiji Tsuburaya replaced Tezuka as Godzilla's main actor with Haruo Nakajima, an actor who usually played bit roles in Toho's films. The actors' field of vision inside the suit was very narrow, and they could only see their feet. Tezuka shined a flashlight on Nakajima's feet to guide him when he wore the suit. While filming in Toho's special effects pool, a power cable under the water accidentally leaked, shocking Nakajima and causing him to faint. Tsuburaya taught Godzilla's roar and movement to Tezuka and Nakajima every day with direct gestures. Tsuburaya encouraged the men to "learn to walk again" in order to convey Godzilla's different method of movement. Nakajima stated that he based Godzilla's walk on the intimidating presence of a lion, the upright movement of a bear, and the leg movement of an elephant at the zoo. 48 years later, in 2002, a reproduction of the upper half of the ShodaiGoji suit was created for a flashback sequence showing the original Godzilla's demise at the hands of the Oxygen Destroyer. This partial suit was modeled by Shinichi Wakasa's company MONSTERS, and worn by primary Godzilla suit actor Tsutomu Kitagawa.