The cybot Godzilla skeleton in all her glory

"That monster will never forgive us."

The Return Of Godzilla/Godzilla 1985 Gallery - Godzilla 1985 By Bob Eggleton

Godzilla 1985 (1984), poster by Noriyoshi Ohrai

Constructing the 1984 Godzilla suit.

My kaiju obsession is pretty well-known at the library, and one of my coworkers got me this delightful postcard when she was on vacation in Japan recently. (She missed the opening of Minus One, but had the privilege of witnessing the Godzilla Attack Truck.)

Toho has launched an official US-based web store for Godzilla. It carries exclusive items, including these majestic shirts featuring Godzilla and Little Godzilla skreeonk-ing at the moon. They're $25, and you can save 15% on your first order with the code KAIJU15.

Let's put this to bed:

For some reason, there's a rumor going around online that the suit from Godzilla (1984) was stolen and to this day, nobody knows what happened to it. I don't know how this started or where it came from, but it's wholly untrue. Firstly, there were two Godzilla suits made for the film. One for the main shooting, the other for "stunts" and water scenes and such. One of these suits was taken by Teruyoshi Nakano to North Korea and transformed into Pulgasari for Kenpachiro Satsuma to act in again. How it started: https://becominggodzilla.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Return_1984_Screenshot_03.jpg How it ended: https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pulgasari-span.jpg The other suit was at some point sent to America to do a publicity tour for the release of Godzilla 1985. Svengoolie (then, "Son of Svengoolie") even did a show back then with the suit on hand! https://64.media.tumblr.com/c8236ab23914497cf118f8eb312ba504/6bbc7811252ac46b-d8/s1280x1920/e1b8d137ed6755413b7a76d05aefa093fcdc87a0.jpg https://64.media.tumblr.com/f3e50da5f2a184a518b76946f6d460dc/6bbc7811252ac46b-3c/s1280x1920/c5cef9f0d70d59675b6304020fdad67675e7b2e8.jpg https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd9a7a33db0b3174f18c1186b67b58c2/6bbc7811252ac46b-64/s1280x1920/6209fdef0043a0d37820ec0fbb38a156a70421a7.jpg After that was over, the suit was sent back to Toho where it was used in several commercials. Since nobody's ever mentioned it, I presume Pulgasari was left over in North Korea where it eventually rotted away. The only Godzilla suit ever actually stolen was the 1989 Biogoji, refurbished and used again in 1991. It was somehow swiped in mid-1992 just before shooting of Godzilla vs. Mothra began. Koichi Kawakita fully intended to use the Bio/Gidogoji suit yet again for the entire movie, even with its aging, floppy plates. But when it was stolen, he was forced to have a new suit made. The effects staff were relieved when the suit was stolen because there was some kind of problem with it and they didn't want to deal with it anymore. The suit was eventually discovered discarded in a ditch, probably because the damn thing was just so unwieldy (keep in mind, the lightest Godzilla suit for shooting ever made was still like 100 pounds). Kawakita ordered it repaired and it was used as like a stunt suit in vs. Mothra, which would be the final onscreen appearance for it.

Godzilla vs Super X

The Return of Godzilla was released on December 15, 1984(Japan).

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I think about him daily...

It breaks my heart that he malfunctioned :(

And the 84 suit got stolen and I don't think they ever found it.

I would gladly have this thing in my house.

The Return Of Godzilla Gallery - Godzilla 84/85 By Bob Eggleton

THE RETURN OF GODZILLA (1984)