Since the dawn of the action figure, companies have been making the most of their molds. With simply a different coat of paint, a different accessory, and maybe some slight retooling, you can form an entirely new character or a special variation with the same old parts. Masters of the Universe famously repainted their basic He-Man figure blue and swapped Skeletor’s armor on to it, and BAM, “Faker” was born. Super7 as a company have really maximized this practice across numerous figure lines, creating imaginative and referential variations of their figures to form something (mostly) new. This figure is no different.
For Godzilla Day 2025, Super7 put up a new colorway variation of their SpaceGodzilla figure (this now being the third time this mold has been used) referencing the 1993 Super Nintendo video game aptly titled “Super Godzilla”. Super Godzilla is a transformation Godzilla achieves in that game to battle the evil Bagan. Now for those that don’t know, SpaceGodzilla’s design was heavily inspired by that game. Minoru Yoshida designed both, not wanting that stylish design to go to waste on just a video game. After some slight tweaks, SpaceGodzilla was born. This figure honors that legacy in a practical (and I’m sure cost effective) way.
Speaking on the figure itself, since this technically a SpaceGoji figure, the design is not a one to one of its video game counterpart. The crystalline shoulders are a stark contrast from Super Godzilla’s pauldron-esque physic. Hence why this is simply a Colorway, meaning the paint job is meant to evoke Super Godzilla rather than actually being Super Godzilla.
I’m going to start with the negative, because there’s really just one. This isn’t merely a condemnation of this figure itself, but of ALL the Super7 Godzilla Ultimates I’ve purchased so far. The TAILS are the bane of my existence. Every figure has the tail separated in the box and you attach once you open. I get it, there’s only so much space in the box. But man, oh man, are they a pain to attach. And I mean LITERALLY a pain. You have to constantly stabbed your hands with dorsal spikes (Destoroyah was the worst aggressor) and they don’t attach easily. Brutal.
Now that we have that out of the way, this figure is gorgeous. I know a lot of collectors have been hard on the Super7 figures because they’re not as screen accurate as say FiguArts or Hiya. Well, since this is based on a video game, you don’t really have that problem here. The colors on this thing POP, especially the green. It’s accentuated by some great shading and the blazing red orange eyes. The head sculpts seem slightly different to the other versions, as the iconic “crown” on SpaceGodzilla’s head lays flatter on his head than the others.
The articulation is what I expect from these Ultimates: There’s elbow joints, wrist swivels, the waist turns slightly, both legs move back and forth, pivoting knees, the head is on a ball joint, and the tail (if you survive the pain) is chock full of movement. He has additional hands and an extra, open mouthed, head. It’s nowhere near the range you’ll find with FiguArts or Hiya, but to me that’s not the appeal of the Super7 stuff. They’re BIG, and kaiju fans like BIG.
In conclusion, this figure is beautiful and a loving tribute to a fan favorite design. In a lot of ways, this may be the best Toho Ultimates to date. The paint detail is impeccable, even beating the Trendmasters (uh, I mean “Poster Version”) figure from last year. I know some folks are put off by Colorways, feeling like companies are taking advantage of them with a cheap repaint (and believe me, some of them are). I don’t feel that way with this figure, though. Super7 takes their repaints very seriously, and they feel worthwhile. This may be the closest we get to Super Godzilla figure in this scale, and I think it’s absolutely stellar.
