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Godzilla Attacks!

Godzilla ( ゴジラ Gojira) is a fictional Kaiju (monster) first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd.. The character has appeared in numerous other medium incarnations including video games, novels, comic books, and television series. A 1998 American reimagining was produced by Tri-Star Pictures (the title monster of which was renamed to Zilla by Toho in 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars), while a second American version by Legendary Pictures is set to be released in May 2014. The character is commonly alluded to by the title King of the Monsters, an epithet first used in the Americanized version of the original 1954 film. 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. As the film series expanded, som...

Godzilla Attacks New York Playset

Godzilla, King of Monsters!

posted from Bloggeroid

McDonalds Happy Meal Paper Toys

Cut from the McDonalds Happy Meal box -- a panda and a penguin! I think it's pretty neat they're using the box as part of the whole promo rather than just a package.

Wash

Chewbacca, Dejarik Champion

From Power of the Jedi Collection 2 posted from Bloggeroid

501st Clone Troopers

Squads of 501st legion clone troopers in Phase II armor with blue markings. The troopers of the 501st fought in many battles, such as the Battle of Teth and the Battle of Coruscant, becoming one of the most well-known legions. In the Grand Army of the Republic created during the Clone Wars, a standard clone trooper squad consisted of nine soldiers, led by a commanding sergeant, while the elite clone commandos of the Special Operations Brigade operated in squads of four, such as Delta Squad or Omega Squad, with five such squads forming a troop. I've swapped out the shorter blaster carbines with the longer blaster files and am looking for a suitable heavy blaster for the squad's use.