 X-Plus has announced the Gigantic Series Godzilla 2002 figure, which has been teased at conventions. This figure 47cm tall and is 77cm in length, the Ric version features a second head with a closed mouth, and it retails for 99,000 yen. It can be pre-ordered from X-Plus (Ric) and other retailers with release scheduled for April 2025.
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 X-Plus is releasing the DefoReal Godzilla 2023 Heat Ray Radiation Version figure. This figure is based on the previously released version with new head and arms, it is 15cm tall, features blue highlights on the mouth and fins, and it retails for 12,100 yen. It can be pre-ordered now from X-Plus (Japan) and should be up on the North American website soon with release scheduled for Feb 2025.
 Godzilla The Art By Parco Vol.4 is being held Nov 29th to Dec 16th 2024 at the Parco Museum Tokyo, and as with the prevois events there is exclusive figures, and merchandise. The artists for this event include Roby Dwi Antono, Hiroki Tsukuda, Ryuichi Ohira, James Jarvis, and Tadanobu Asano, all have created unique artworks with Godzilla as a motif, reflecting their own thoughts and unique perspectives on Godzilla. The key visual for this exhibition was created by Tetsuya Nakamura, items from many Godzilla films will be on display as well. The commemorative figure for this event is Movie Monster Series Godzilla 1968 Nakamura Tetsuya Version which retails for 5,500 yen, previous figures including the X-Plus Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla 1954 Template Version will also be available. A number of other items will be available including key chains, magnets, pass case, postcards, tote bags, shirts, and posters (all below). Also check out info and art from some of the artists involved in the event at bottom.  A special interview video with General Producer Takeshi Yoroi below.
  Tetsuya Nakamura Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1968, he studied lacquer art at the Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School. Since then, he has been focusing on the information that visual information can provide to living organisms. I have produced a variety of sculptures. Nakamura began to develop an affinity and understanding for Godzilla as a modeler in his high school days. During his student days, while studying arts and crafts, Nakamura came into contact with many Buddhist statues and discovered commonalities between the changes in style of Japanese Buddhist art and the changes in Godzilla's shape, which further deepened his interest. It is said that Godzilla from the 1964 film "Mothra vs. Godzilla" can be compared to a Buddhist statue from the Heian period, and that the ideal form of Godzilla was perfected after that. This time, Nakamura will create the 1964 Godzilla and King Ghidorah.  Ryuichi Ohira Born in Tokyo in 1982 and raised in Chiba, he received his doctorate from the Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School in 2011. "Godzilla has been the representative of absurdity for me since I was a child, and has also been an entity that gives me a certain kind of 'awakening.' Godzilla suddenly appears in our daily lives without any purpose, and then disappears. This time, I have likened Godzilla to a hammer, a motif that symbolizes an absurd existence. "I can't express it well in words, but I thought that "Godzilla and the Hammer" was the perfect fit, so I decided to create it. Life is a series of absurdities. There may seem to be a consistency between what happened a few seconds ago and what happens a few seconds later, but there is no consistency. So we have no choice but to love absurdity. I created Godzilla Hammer to love reasonless destruction and creation, and absurd death and life," Ohira said.  James Jarvis Born in 1970, James Jarvis is a London-based artist who has worked as an illustrator and character designer. His artistic style is widely recognized and appreciated in Japan. He ran a company called "Amos" with SILAS co-founder Russell Waterman from 2003 to 2013, and has recently collaborated with many global brands such as NIKE, UNIQLO, IKEA, and adidas. This time, James will be exhibiting a series of Godzilla works, drawn in a free style on paper, displayed in clipboard style.  Haroshi Since 2003, he has been creating unique sculptures and installations using recycled skateboard decks. Haroshi's work in this exhibition is inspired by the scene in which the original Godzilla first appeared. The work is made using discarded skateboards, with Godzilla's teeth carved out of urethane wheels (tires) from skateboards that the artist himself had used. The phenomenon in which skateboard wheels get stuck in the deck is called "wheel bite," and inspired by this term, Haroshi has created Godzilla's teeth out of wheels, attempting to recreate a "wheel bite." The yellowing of the teeth reflects the color of the wheels that have actually been burned by the sun while using a skateboard.  Oliver Payne Since the late 1990s, as a collaborative artist with Nick Ralph, he has been actively creating video works and installation pieces based on street culture such as skate, hardcore music, punk, and graffiti. For this exhibition, Oliver was so inspired by the sounds of the 1954 Godzilla film that he decided to use them to create a harsh noise piece. "It was exciting to create noise music using sounds from Godzilla movies, and to release it in Japan, a country where noise music is so well developed. I produced this with the help of my friend David Scott Stone, who has produced sounds for Merzbow, Masonna, Melvins, and others," says Oliver.   X-Plus is releasing the Toho Maniacs Utsuno Ikusagami figure, from the 1994 film Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon. This figure stands 17cm tall, and retails for 8,800 yen. It can be pre-ordered from X-Plus (Japan) with release scheduled for Feb 2025. This figure may be available from other retailers as well.
 The Godzilla Store US is releasing the X-Plus 30cm Series Gigan 50th Anniversary figure, based on the suit created by the Gigan 50th Anniversary Gigan Suit Activation Project (crowdfunding project), and reward for the same project. This figure stands 11.81 inches tall, and retails for $350. It can be pre-ordered now with release scheduled for Jan 2025. 
 X-Plus is releasing the Large Monster Series King Caesar Fierce Fighting Color Version and DefoReal Space Godzilla Final Battle Version figures. Both were released previously with different versions (2013 and 2020 respectively), King Caesar is 24cm tall, features light up eyes, and retails for 19,800 yen ($144.99 on the X-Plus North American site). Space Godzilla is 14cm tall, features light up horn, eyes, and crystals, and retails for 13,750 yen ($99.99 on the X-Plus North American site). They can be pre-ordered now on both sites with releases scheduled for Feb/March 2025, and March/May 2025 respectively. 
 X-Plus is releasing the Large Monster Series Type 3 Kiryu 2002 Heavy Arms Type Eva Unit 01 Color figure. This figure stands 29cm tall and 36cm in length, this is a Ric exclusive version with backpack and railguns and light up eyes, also it features fluorescent paint on certain parts which glow with a black light, and it retails for 30,800 yen. It can be pre-ordered now from X-Plus, Bandai, the Godzilla Store, and the Evangelion Store with release scheduled for Feb 2025. Note this uses the same sculpt as the regular Large Monster Series Type 3 Kiryu 2002 Heavy Arms Type. Update: this is now available on the North American X-Plus website. 
 X-Plus is releasing the Large Monster Series Godzilla 1974 figure, this figure is 23cm tall, and 34cm in length, the Ric version features different posed arms for a fighting pose, and it retails for 19,800 yen for the Ric, 18,700 yen for the standard. The Ric can currently be pre-ordered from X-Plus Japan (North American release may be coming soon), the standard can be pre-ordered from general retailers, with the release scheduled for Jan 2025.
 X-Plus North America has announced the Toho Daikaiju Space Godzilla Poster Color Version figure as the second North American exclusive. This figure uses the same sculpt from 2018, stands 26cm tall, and retails for $169.99. It can be pre-ordered now with release scheduled for March 2025.
 X-Plus is releasing the DefoReal Evangelion Unit 2 Beast G Mode figure. This figure 18cm tall, and 13cm wide, the Ric version includes a light up eye, and it retails for 15,400 yen ($119.99 on the North American X-Plus site, 13,200 for the standard version). It can be pre-ordered now from X-Plus, Bandai, Godzilla Store, and Evangelion Store (Ric) and other retailers (standard) with release scheduled for Jan/Feb 2025.
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