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under General Tokusatsu News, Godzilla

Dread Central has reported that the following King Kong movies will be release on Blu-ray on April 1st this year:

  • King Kong VS Godzilla
  • King Kong Escapes

Synopsis can be seen below:

King Kong VS Godzilla

When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus. Meanwhile, far below the sea, a submarine crew unleashes reptilian terror when they melt a block of ice and release the ferocious Godzilla from his icy lair. When both destructive monsters descend on Tokyo, it’s a fight that holds the future of mankind in the balance in this knock-out film that was the first theatrical release to bring its larger-than-life contenders to the big screen in glorious color.

King Kong Escapes
King Kong, having fallen in love with the beautiful Lt. Susan Watson (Linda Miller), is kidnapped from his Mondo Island home by the evil Dr. Hu (Eisei Amamoto) to dig for precious gems in a mine when the robot MechaKong is unable to complete the task. Soon, though, the machine and the real Kong engage in a tremendous battle that threatens to level Japan.

Read on to check out posters for both.

 

 

under Godzilla

More good news for NECA collectors! The King of the Monsters will be joining their lineup of toys later this year!

Sadly there are no official images of the recently-announced Godzilla figures yet (we’ll have to wait until ToyFair later this month) but the descriptions seem very promising:

*GOJIRA 1954: From one of the most anticipated movie releases this year, NECA announces the relaunch of the classic Godzilla franchise. The first 6″ tall figure is highly detailed and fully articulated and 12” long from head to tail! Over 25 points of articulation and a bendable tail.

*GODZILLA 2014: From one of the most anticipated movie releases this year, the relaunch of the classic Godzilla franchise. This 12″ tall figure is highly detailed and fully articulated, and 24” long from head to tail! Over 25 points of articulation, bendable tail, and sound effects.This classic movie monster has never looked so good in toy form.

Definitely sounds like fun times ahead for kaiju collectors!

 

under General Tokusatsu News

Some new images from NECA’s next “Pacific Rim” release have come online!

This is the Category III Kaiju codenamed “Knifehead” updated in a larger scale and with new battle damage detail. The upsizing brings Knifehead much closer in size to the already-released Jaeger figures.

Knifehead Version 2 has an expected release window of first-quarter 2014 and these in-package pictures suggest that retailers will have this wave in stock very soon.

under Kamen Rider

After seeing a brief glimpse of this set in magazine scans earlier today, we have official images of the Arms Change AC09 Kamen/Armored Rider Kurokage & Tulip Hopper set!

This set includes Kamen Rider Kurokage Matsubokkuri (pine cone) arms and his transforming Lock Vehicle the Tulip Hopper. This set looks like it could be used to represent either Kurokage or the mass production Kurokage Troopers employed by Yggdrasil. The figure seems to strike a balance between the details of both types. Such as the more distinctly brown armor of Kurokage but the richer silver detailing of the Troopers.