DeAgostini has announced their food and collectibles Godzilla New Year 2024 set, an item they have been offering for a number of years. This years set celebrates Godzilla's 70th Anniversary, besides a selection of food items, there is a collectible 70th Anniversary wood box that the food comes in, Godzilla Legend New Year's card set, Godzilla 70-year history poster, Godzilla New Year's special trading card, a deluxe set adds a Cast resin figure of Godzilla 1954 that stands 11.2cm tall. The sets retail for 31,800 yen and 38,800 yen for the regular and deluxe respectively, two dates for delivery are also available (Dec 30th, and Jan 2nd), the pre-order deadline is Oct 30th. These are limited to 300 each, and are only available in Japan.

Cospa is releasing Infant Island "Souvenirs", two t-shirts and two bags. The shirts are the same print in two different colors, are 100% cotton, they come in multiple sizes, and retail for 3,300 yen. The bags are two styles, large tote (40cm x 48cm x 15cm) and shoulder tote (40cm x 36cm x 13cm) , are 100% cotton material, and retail for 1,980 yen and 2,200 yen respectively. They can be pre-ordered now from Chara-Ani and the Godzilla Store and are releasing Sept/Oct 2023. There are also a number of other Godzilla related t-shirts and bags available.

Hands Shibuya has announced their Summer Wonder Fair featuring a number of Marusan Godzilla/Toho figures. There will be Sparkle Glitter versions of Godzilla 1974 and 1989, both are 30cm tall, and will retail for 27,500 each. Also available will be a number of 350 versions of Godzilla 1995, 1968, Rodan, Megalon, and Mechagodzilla all are approx. 23cm tall and will retail for 16,500 yen or 13,200 yen. Some of these are similar to the Pop Up Shop lottery figures we posted yesterday including glitter versions and neon clear ​fluorescent figures. Hands Shibuya is in Tokyo.

Medicom is releasing the Godzilla Vinyl Wars Space Godzilla Anraku Ansaku lottery figure. This figure stands 26cm tall and will retail for 16,500 yen. The lottery can be entered on the Medicom website from August 24th to September 10th, and is scheduled to be released January 2024.

Marusan has another Pop-Up Shop happening with the Pop-Up Kaijyu Salon Shop In Asakusa and is releasing more lottery figures. They are releasing the Godzilla 1989 450; Godzilla 1962 350, and Gigan 350 lucky bags, as well as Margacha Toho Kaiju Encyclopedia 60mm, they are 30cm, 23cm and 6cm tall respectively, and retail for 27,500 yen for the 1989, and 14,300 yen for the lucky bags, and 1,200 yen for the Margacha. The lottery can be entered on the Marusan Instagram page or by emailing Marusan with the subject "POP-UP Asakusa 8/19" and your name, address, phone number by August 14th.

Bandai is releasing the Shin Japan Heroes Universe Poppy Gom Gashapon, small rubber items based on the Shin Japan Heroes Universe. There are four colors, the main character is in a different color from each other along with a logo. These are in Gashapon machines now, retailing for 500 yen each.

Banpresto is releasing the Shin Japan Heroes Universe Art Vignette figures, a new line of figures, this group includes Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman, Shin Kamen Rider, and EVA Unit-01 ("Shin" Evangelion). These figures stand between 5.5 inches and 4.3 inches tall, each features a connecting base to create a group pose, and they will retail for approx. $25 each. They can be pre-ordered now from multiple retailers with release scheduled for Feb 2024.

Nissin X Godzilla 10 Inch Interactive Plush Godzilla In Cup Noodles
From Kidrobot 
What’s a kaiju to do when he’s feeling hangry? Why eat noodles, of course! In this tasty plush mashup with Nissin®, Godzilla is fueling his monstruous appetite with that classic lunch staple: Cup Noodles®! This 7.5-inch-tall Godzilla Phunny Plush by Kidrobot comes complete with a noods cup featuring an oh-so-stompable cityscape!
Retail price: $40.00
Release date: Q3 2023
Pre-order now from Kidrobot and other retailers.

X-Plus was at Summer Wonder Festival 2023, and had a number of reveals and a few surprises with those. First there was a celebration of 20 years of the Large Monster Series, particularly Ultraman, with a joint X-Plus/Tsuburaya display/booth that included basically all the figures from the first four series, Ultra Q, Ultraman, Ultra Seven, and the Return Of Ultraman, as well as other information. Most photos thanks to Gonzalo Colarte.

As far as the new reveals we got the X-Plus/Omega Beast joint figure, Shin Godzilla, it is Gigantic scale but doesn't seem to be drastically different from previous releases, it is for what appears to be a new line the Favorite Products Line. Also on display was a 30cm Series FSL Baragon that looks to be releasing Nov 2023. Two new DefoReals were revealed a Nightmare Gamera with Gyaos, and a Mothra Larva, Gamera was fully painted while Mothra was a prototype, their release dates were only a month apart Nov and Dec 2023 respectively. The surprise was a Godzilla Tower, which is part of the Toho Maniacs line as well as a Gotengo it seems, the Tower is scheduled to be released Dec 2023. One thing fans seem to be on the fence on is inclusion of the balloon (from the "heroes" escape scene). There was also a number of already announced figures on display as well.

On the Ultraman front there was an image of two new Ultra 5000 figures, a number of new Ultra kaiju figures, new Shin Ultraman figures including Zarab as well as some FSL Ultra kaiju. There was also a number of current and soon to be released figures on display as well.

For Ray Harryhausen/X-Plus/Star Ace isn't slowing down, There was the Metropolis Maschinenmensch 1/2 scale bust and a 1/4 scale statue, there was new Minaton statue, the Hydra from Jason and the Argonauts, the Griffon. 

X-Plus is also continuing their push into model kit, they are expanding their Universal Monsters line, as well as Jurassic Park/World kits, The Redosaurus with Lighthouse, and kits of Red Sonja and Marilyn Monroe was shown as well. As always we will update with release information once available.

Medicom is releasing the Godzilla Vinyl Wars Godzilla 1973 Anraku Ansaku 2nd Term lottery figure. This figure stands 26cm tall and will retail for 16,500 yen. The lottery can be entered on the Medicom website from July 24th to August 10th, and is scheduled to be released December 2023.