About us, and definitions of tricky terms for non-nerds:

“He was a skater boy, she said, ‘See you later, boy’” – the Godzilla, Gorosaurus and Kong mini-figures on skateboards produced by Hang Yip Plastics of Hong Kong, most probably in the 1980s

“He was a skater boy, she said, ‘See you later, boy’” – the Godzilla, Gorosaurus and Kong mini-figures on skateboards produced by Hang Yip Plastics of Hong Kong, most probably in the 1980s

‘The Hydra was of enormous size, with eight mortal heads, and a ninth one in the middle that was immortal’: a Shanghai-made pencase with bootlegged Gatchaman and Gyaos- and King Ghidorah-like kaiju, most probably from the late 1970s

‘The Hydra was of enormous size, with eight mortal heads, and a ninth one in the middle that was immortal’: a Shanghai-made pencase with bootlegged Gatchaman and Gyaos- and King Ghidorah-like kaiju, most probably from the late 1970s

“I guess that’s why they call it the blues” – another variant of the white Dor Mei Godzilla in pale blue vinyl, and what we can learn from it about the final years of the production of Dor Mei Godzillas

“I guess that’s why they call it the blues” – another variant of the white Dor Mei Godzilla in pale blue vinyl, and what we can learn from it about the final years of the production of Dor Mei Godzillas

“My baby’s got the bends, oh no”: the Tokusatsu and kaiju bendys made in Hong Kong for the Japanese market

“My baby’s got the bends, oh no”: the Tokusatsu and kaiju bendys made in Hong Kong for the Japanese market

The previously anonymous Chinese manufacturer of the Heisei bootleg Godzilla: Playmaker Toys of Huizhou City, China, and Hong Kong

The previously anonymous Chinese manufacturer of the Heisei bootleg Godzilla: Playmaker Toys of Huizhou City, China, and Hong Kong

Confessions of a Kaiju Hunter

BOOTLEG GODZILLAS, Chinese-region bootleg Godzillas -the plastic tide from the East, Chinese-region made Pachi, PACHI, Pachi kaiju, Pachi kongs