{"id":5234,"date":"2013-03-04T05:23:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T13:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2014-09-29T10:27:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T17:27:25","slug":"strange-toys-i-have-known-sole-of-godzillas-gang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/04\/strange-toys-i-have-known-sole-of-godzillas-gang\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Toys I Have Known: <br \/> Sole of Godzilla&#8217;s Gang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Godzilla's Gang\" href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/godzillasGang1.jpg\" rel=\"gojigang\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/godzillasGang1.jpg\" alt=\"Godzilla's Gang\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A while back I brought <a href=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/?p=4985\">Nokogirin and Godzilla&#8217;s Gang<\/a> to your collective attention. What I didn&#8217;t mention is that Nokogirin was not the only of the series I&#8217;d managed to round up. Minus the eponymous member, I have managed to &#8220;collect them all!&#8221;\u2122<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now, despite the fact that this series represents a downsizing of an already cheap toy and a wider distribution model (brought from Japan to America by Mattel), it still displays decent workmanship and even some unique and careful detail. In particular, the feet.<\/p>\n<p>While the soles of most vinyl kaiju are either flat or embossed with a maker&#8217;s mark, this series is notable for having distinctive treads sculpted into the feet of each character. The maker&#8217;s mark &#8211; Popy &#8211; has been relegated to an otherwise unremarkable expanse of flank, butt, or belly.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, I give you the tootsies of Godzilla&#8217;s Gang (click a foot to see an expanded image):<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Godzilla's Gang - Bemustar\" href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bemustar.jpg\" rel=\"gojigang\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bemustarF.png\" alt=\"Godzilla's Gang - Bemustar\" width=\"65\" \/><\/a> Bemustar <a title=\"Godzilla's Gang - Eleking\" href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/eleking.jpg\" rel=\"gojigang\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elekingF.png\" alt=\"Godzilla's Gang - Eleking\" width=\"65\" \/><\/a> Eleking <a title=\"Godzilla's Gang - King Joe\" href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/kingjoe.jpg\" rel=\"gojigang\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/kingjoeF.png\" alt=\"Godzilla's Gang - King Joe\" width=\"65\" \/><\/a> King Joe<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Godzilla's Gang - Micras\" href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/micras.jpg\" rel=\"gojigang\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/micurasF.png\" alt=\"Godzilla's Gang - Micras\" width=\"65\" \/><\/a> Micras <a title=\"Godzilla's Gang - Muruchi\" href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/muruchi.jpg\" rel=\"gojigang\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/muruchiF.png\" alt=\"Godzilla's Gang - Muruchi\" width=\"65\" \/><\/a> Muruchi <a title=\"Godzilla's Gang - Nokogirin\" href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokogirin9.jpg\" rel=\"gojigang\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nokogirinF.png\" alt=\"Godzilla's Gang - Nokogirin\" width=\"65\" \/><\/a>Nokogirin <a title=\"Godzilla's Gang - Icarus\" href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/icarus.jpg\" rel=\"gojigang\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/icarusF.png\" alt=\"Godzilla's Gang - Icarus\" width=\"65\" \/><\/a>Icarus <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I brought Nokogirin and Godzilla&#8217;s Gang to your collective attention. What I didn&#8217;t mention is that Nokogirin was not the only of the series I&#8217;d managed to round up. Minus the eponymous member, I have managed to &#8220;collect them all!&#8221;\u2122<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[596,597,582,408,222,598,581,599,600,583,233,5,43,7],"class_list":["post-5234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-toys","tag-bemustar","tag-eleking","tag-godzillas-gang","tag-japan","tag-kaiju","tag-king-joe","tag-mattel","tag-micras","tag-muruchi","tag-nokogirin","tag-popy","tag-sofubi","tag-ultraman","tag-vinyl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Strange Toys I Have Known:  Sole of Godzilla&#039;s Gang<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/04\/strange-toys-i-have-known-sole-of-godzillas-gang\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Strange Toys I Have Known:  Sole of Godzilla&#039;s Gang\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A while back I brought Nokogirin and Godzilla&#8217;s Gang to your collective attention. 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