This version of Mechagodzilla comes from the movie, Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975). The toy is slightly different than the previous Mechagodzilla 1974 Chogokin.

Chogokin Mechagodzilla 1975 (超合金メカゴジラ1975)

Mechagodzilla Box

This version of Mechagodzilla comes from the movie, Terror of Mechagodzilla, released in 1975. It is slightly different than the previous Mechagodzilla 1974 Chogokin. The most notable differences are:

• Darker color scheme
• Different chest and waist
• Longer finger missiles
• MG2 on the arm instead of MG

Mechagodzilla features a cool rotating head gimmick. Press the button on his back to rotate the head with a clicking sound.

The toy comes with a few different accessories:

• Alternate flying head
• Alternate robot brain
• Alternate hands
• Piece of space titanium

Mechagodzilla comes packed in a nice styrofoam tray. However this version does not have a book-style box that the Mechagodzilla 1974 had.

The toy itself is very cool. The head and jaw are poseable, and the arms and legs have a full range of motion. Diecast is restricted to the body, upper arms, and parts of the legs. It's a pretty heavy piece. You can remove the head and replace it with either a flying head, or a robot brain. In addition, the whole upper neck assembly is removable, leaving a large cavity at the top of the figure.

Robot Brain

flight mode

Head assembly removed

Other neat little gimmicks are an opening door on the chest, removable knee missiles, and swappable hands.

Normal head and chest door open

The alternate hands look like missiles have been fired

This appears to be a much better toy than the previous Mechagodzilla. Check out this Japanese fans comparison between the two versions.

The only thing missing from this toy is firing gimmicks. Would it kill Bandai to bring back firing missiles? Otherwise, its a great toy.

M-1's Titanosaurus is a masterpiece, plain and simple.

"A picture's worth a thousand words." This saying may be most appropriate about vinyl kaiju than perhaps any other line of toys, the reason being that they don't DO anything at all. They just look awesome. More awesome in some cases than others. And if there is a case of a vinyl toy looking more awesome than this one, I've yet to see it.

M-1's Titanosaurus is a masterpiece, plain and simple. I could tell you that it's 9.5" tall or that it has 6 points of articulation. I could tell you it's a great sculpt with an unbelievable paint job (especially around the eyes and teeth). I could tell you it comes bagged with a header card. I'll simply tell you that this is one of my favorite toys.

Surprisingly, I actually held this toy in my hands about three years before owning it and wasn't very impressed. My friend who showed it to me was incredulous and now I understand why. It's simply a matter of changing tastes, I suppose.

The specimen pictured here is a re-release. The first version came with a mini MechaGodzilla. At least 6 other versions in various paint sprays exist.