Comments on: Gorgo

Haha, sorry about that. I

Nekrodave — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:43:54 -0400

Haha, sorry about that. I know I read that review when you posted it, but when I linked to it, I just looked your profile and copied the link location without clicking it. I forgot you had the box as well.

Man, I'm just not thinking lately!

"This must be settled the way nature intended....with a vicious, bloody fight!"
Onyx Blackman
Principal, Flatpoint High

At least one other...

Sanjeev — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:53:52 -0400

Yeah, at least one other RBS in a box, Dave! ;)

And whaddaya mean "new character" instead of a glow Gorgo!? What's this "new" anyway??? Izzat, like, NOT old or something!? Crazy talk!

--
Sanjeev

Thanks, Roger...

Nekrodave — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:16:02 -0400

...for the clarification. I've got two Rat-Bats (the red and the "Neighborhood" versions) and both came in the box. I could have sworn I'd seen another one in a box as well. But I will defer to your more intimate knowledge.

As much as I'd be happy to see a glow Gorgo out there, a whole new character would be dynamite. :)

"This must be settled the way nature intended....with a vicious, bloody fight!"
Onyx Blackman
Principal, Flatpoint High

Believe me, I've been

Roger — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:32:19 -0400

Believe me, I've been letting him know that the world needs a glow Gorgo since day one. It might happen some time in the future.

Riddle me this, Roger...

Sanjeev — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:51:35 -0400

Any particular reason there's no glow version of Gorgo & son while there are multiple glows of Reptilicus and the Rat Bat Spider? Just wondering...
And, of course, also pining for a glow Gorgo...
And also wondering whether my constant harping on about glowies is getting annoying to everyone... ;)

[great review as always, Nekrodave!]
-- Sanjeev

Reptilicus and the Rat-Bat

Roger — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:38:29 -0400

Reptilicus and the Rat-Bat both had the same packaging in the USA: a folding card around their necks, fastened with glittery elastic string. It was only for the Irisawa release that a box was made for the Rat-Bat. The Gorgo header was produced because Irisawa requested it as well.

Also, the reason there is no folding card for Gorgo is because the Reptilicus and Rat-Bat tags were produced at the same time; Jim wasn't entirely happy with the results from the US printer (a lot of bad tags were discarded). The Japanese printer did a much more consistent job with the Rat-Bat box. By the time Gorgo came around and Irisawa was asking for a header card, he just let the Japanese printer handle it because he knew there would be no quality issues.

Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.