(2015)

As I've mentioned in previous uploads, SpaceGodzilla is my favorite kaiju (I mean, Godzilla himself is, but he's there by default). I took one look at the Godzilla Wars packaging and thought, "Whoa, that guy kinda looks like an evil Godzilla!" Then I saw Space Godzilla's image on the back, and he instantly became my favorite. I know people like King Ghidorah as Godzilla's arch nemesis, or Destoroyah as Godzilla's penultimate villain, But I've tended to see SpaceGodzilla in that position. Godzilla's worst enemies have always seemed to be "himself" in some shape or form, and SpaceGodzilla IS Godzilla, and then some. It's like if Luke Skywalker had to fight a Sith version of himself instead of Darth Vader; it's one thing to be related to your foe, but to have your arch nemesis actually BE you is something else entirely.

Trendmasters definitely took some inspiration from the Ohrai poster for his color palette. He's a much more "icy" blue, and the splash of yellow, green, and red for his torso (which kinda grossed me out as a kid, it kinda looked like his guts were exposed) was lifted from the Ohrai poster. In terms of design, he was slimmed down a tad and appears a bit more flexible than his on-screen appearance.

Now as much as I dig the blue-with-white-crystals hellbeast from the far side of the cosmos, I gotta say - I ADORE the black-with-red-crystals from the 40th Anniversary variant set. I've nicknamed it the "Revenge" color scheme due to him looking utterly enraged and looking to settle a score with Godzilla. And it's almost as if he's declaring himself the King of the Monsters, sporting imperial black and red.