Important question for everyone here.
Do you allow for Ryu to flick the Dragon Sword/other weapons clean after a fight? Or, do you carry a dirty weapon around until the end of the chapter like a monster?
Do you allow for Ryu to flick the Dragon Sword/other weapons clean after a fight? Or, do you carry a dirty weapon around until the end of the chapter like a monster?
Long work day + Master Ninja run = Fury.
It is astonishing that you can get your hands on a full blown Windows 11 PC that can and will run professional applications, power a secondary monitor, run a fair amount of current gen, graphically intensive games, emulate whatever you want to emulate, yet can be used on the couch, in bed, on the plane etc., all for around $300 or so now. The potential of the Ally is absolutely enormous, even still in 2026. Even a year and half of ownership, this thing blows my mind with how good it is when everything clicks and is firing on all cylinders. Like, having a slew of games from the PS2 era, to the PS3/360, Xbox One/PS4, and current gen… All on a handheld PC? The future is here, now, folks.
With how tumultuous hardware prices are due to the RAM crisis and AI boom, there’s nothing else out there that comes close to the level of performance, and overall hardware and software experience you get from the Ally, and at the price you can find one at now. PC quirks aside, it genuinely feels like you’re getting a race car for the price of a used Corolla.
What a monster. I adore my Z1E!
The way this figure just absolutely explodes in color when the tiniest amount of light hits it is something to behold. Joint tolerance has been nothing short of exceptional, and the paint on my copy is really really solid. The only niggle in that regard that I can give, are down to the front most teeth having too much paint globbed on, to the point where it looks like Godzilla has bunny teeth when looking at it straight on. A minor issue for what is an overall stunning looking figure.
Interestingly enough: due to I’m assuming the nature of MGP Awakening being made entirely out of translucent plastic, it feels a bit lighter than my G-Store color Shin Godzilla. Not by much that MGP feels “cheap”, but an interesting little note nonetheless. Awakening still feels lovely to handle, and the tail alone adds a fair amount of heft to the overall figure. A lack of effect part accessories aside (the MGP line having a different direction and all that), Awakening Shin is just fantastic, and it’s so nice to have that version of the character on my shelf, without needing to have paid $500 or so for the honor.
G-Store is still, to me, the best Shin Godzilla figure ever created, but MGP Awakening is a glorious entry. The purple is gorgeous, and once again, under even a sliver of light, the entire thing just comes to life in a way that needs to be seen in person to fully appreciate.
Well done, Bandai!