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Godzilla: High Grade (ＨＧ (エイチジー) シリーズ,   Eichijī Shirīzu, lit. "H.G. Series") is a line of two-inch tall collectible gashapon figures produced by Bandai. These figures are released in waves that usually coincide with the newest Godzilla film. They are typically sold in vending machines and all require at least minor assembly.

Waves

Godzilla 1

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The first wave was released in 1994 in conjunction with Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla.[1] It includes the following figures:


  • Godzilla '95

  • King Ghidorah

  • LittleGodzilla

  • Moguera

  • SpaceGodzilla

  • Super Mechagodzilla

  • Bandai HG Set 1 Tag.jpg

  • Instructions for assembling the figures

Godzilla 2

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The second wave was released in 1995 to coincide with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.[2] It includes:


  • Godzilla '96

  • Battra (Imago)

  • Biollante

  • Mothra (Imago)

  • Mecha-King Ghidorah

  • Destoroyah (Perfect Form)

  • Bandai HG Set 2 Tag.jpg

Godzilla 3

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Wave 3 was released in 1997 to coincide with Rebirth of Mothra 2.[3] It includes:


  • Godzilla '54 (First Generation Godzilla)

  • Godzilla '64 (MosuGoji)

  • Mothra '96

  • Underwater Mode Mothra

  • Desghidorah

  • Super X and Super X2

  • Bandai HG Set 3 tag.jpg

Godzilla 4

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The fourth wave was released in 1998 to coincide with TriStar Pictures' GODZILLA.[4] Figures included in this wave are:


  • Burning Godzilla

  • Godzilla '98

  • Mechagodzilla '74

  • Gigan '72

  • Godzilla Junior

  • Anguirus '68

  • Bandai HG Set 4 Tag.jpg

Godzilla 5

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Wave 5 was released in 1998 to commemorate the release of Rebirth of Mothra 3.[5] It includes the following figures:


  • Godzilla '89

  • Armor Mothra

  • Cretaceous King Ghidorah

  • Rodan '56

  • Baragon '65

  • Gorosaurus '67

  • Bandai HG Set 5 Tag.jpg

EX

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In 1998, Bandai re-released the figures from wave 1 under the name "Godzilla: High Grade EX." These figures featured slightly different paint jobs than wave 1, and were sold exclusively at 7-Eleven stores instead of in vending machines.[6] Just like wave 1, Godzilla: High Grade EX features the following figures:


  • Godzilla

  • King Ghidorah

  • LittleGodzilla

  • Moguera

  • SpaceGodzilla

  • Super Mechagodzilla

Godzilla 6

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In 1999, in anticipation of Godzilla 2000: Millennium, Bandai released a sixth wave of High Grade figures.[7] There is also a clear version of this set, which can be seen on the display and insert sheets, that was given away via mail-in raffle to 100 winners. The set includes:


  • Godzilla '99

  • Godzilla '62

  • Orga

  • Varan '58

  • Minilla '67

  • Moguera '57

  • Bandai HG Set 6 Tag.jpg

Godzilla 7

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Wave 7 was released in 2000 in conjunction with Godzilla vs. Megaguirus.[8] It includes the following figures:


  • Godzilla 2001

  • Megaguirus

  • King Ghidorah '65

  • Destoroyah Aggregate Form

  • Larval Battra

  • Larval Mothra

  • Xilien

  • Bandai HG Set 7 Tag.jpg

Godzilla 8

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Wave 8 was released in 2001 to coincide with the release of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.[9] It includes the four monsters featured in the film, plus two classic monsters.


  • Godzilla 2001

  • Mothra 2001

  • King Ghidorah 2001

  • Baragon 2001

  • Megalon

  • Jet Jaguar

  • Bandai HG Set 8 Tag.jpg

Tsuburaya Selection

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The Tsuburaya Selection set was released in 2001 to commemorate the 100th birthday of Eiji Tsuburaya. This set includes three Godzilla kaiju and three Ultra Q kaiju. It includes the following figures:


  • Bandai HG Tsuburaya tag.jpg


Godzilla 9

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The ninth wave was released in 2002 to coincide with the release of the film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla.[10] It includes:


  • Godzilla 2002

  • Godzilla 1974

  • Fake Godzilla

  • Kiryu (Mechagodzilla)

  • Mechagodzilla 1974

  • King Caesar

  • Mecha-King Ghidorah

  • Bandai HG Set 9 Tag.jpg

Godzilla 10

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Wave 10 was released in 2003 along with the film Godzilla: Tokyo SOS. All six of the figures in this wave are new molds, but all except Ebirah are based on monsters that have already received High Grade figures.[11] The figures in this wave are:


  • Godzilla 2004

  • Kiryu (Mechagodzilla) 2004

  • Mothra Imago (2004)

  • Ebirah 1966

  • Ebirah 1966 with water accessory

  • Destoroyah Perfect Form 1995

  • SpaceGodzilla 1994

  • Bandai HG Set 10 Tag.jpg

Godzilla 11

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In 2004, to celebrate both the release of Godzilla Final Wars and Godzilla's 50th anniversary, Bandai released a 12th wave of High Grade figures.[12] All of the figures in this wave are of monsters featured in Godzilla Final Wars, and include:


  • Godzilla 2005

  • Monster X

  • Gigan 2004 / Modified Gigan

  • Fire Mothra

  • Rodan 2005

  • Kamacuras 2005 and Kumonga 2005

  • Bandai HG Set 11 Tag.jpg

Godzilla 2014

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In 2014, Bandai released the first new High Grade wave since 2004, not counting the Godzilla Chronicle reissue sets, in commemoration of Legendary Pictures' Godzilla. From this point onward, the waves abandoned their previous numbering. It features four figures:

  • Godzilla
  • Godzilla (Ver. Spit Fire)
  • MUTO (male)
  • MUTO (female)


  • Godzilla

  • Godzilla (Ver. Spit Fire)

  • MUTO (male)

  • MUTO (female)

  • Bandai HG Set 2014 Tag.jpg

Shin Godzilla

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To coincide with the upcoming film Shin Godzilla, Bandai released a new wave of High Grade Figures in August 2016. The wave includes:


  • Unpainted prototypes

  • Godzilla 1954

  • Godzilla 1989

  • Godzilla 2016

  • HG Godzilla Resurgence Ad.jpg
  • HG Godzilla Resurgence.jpg

Shin Godzilla 2

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Following the release of Shin Godzilla, Bandai announced a second wave of High Grade figures based on the film. It includes all four forms of Shin Godzilla:

  • Godzilla 2016 (1st Form)
  • Godzilla 2016 (2nd Form)
  • Godzilla 2016 (3rd Form)
  • Godzilla 2016 (4th Form) [includes interchangeable mouth parts to simulate Godzilla firing his atomic breath]


  • Early advertisement with unpainted prototypes

  • Bandai HG Shin Godzilla Set 2.jpg

  • Godzilla 2016 (1st Form)

  • Godzilla 2016 (2nd Form)

  • Godzilla 2016 (3rd Form)

  • Godzilla 2016 (4th Form)

  • HG series two teaser.jpeg

Shin Godzilla Climax

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In 2017, Bandai released another wave of Shin Godzilla figures, all of which were repaints of the figures from the previous wave. Figures in this wave are:

  • Godzilla 2016 2nd Form Model Color Ver.
  • Godzilla 2016 4th Form Model Color Ver. (includes interchangeable mouth parts to simulate Godzilla firing his atomic breath)
  • Godzilla 2016 4th Form Frozen Ver.
  • Godzilla 2016 4th Form Daytime Ver. (includes interchangeable mouth parts to simulate Godzilla firing his atomic breath)


  • Godzilla 2016 2nd Form Model Color Ver.

  • Godzilla 2016 4th Form Model Color Ver.

  • Godzilla 2016 4th Form Frozen Ver.

  • Godzilla 2016 4th Form Daytime Ver.

  • Godzilla 2016 (4th Form) with 5th Form on tail

  • Early advertisement with unpainted prototypes

  • Bandai HG Shin Godzilla Climax insert.jpg

Godzilla 2017

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Bandai announced a wave of High Grade figures for release in the third week of January 2018 to commemorate GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters. Figures in this wave are:


  • Bandai HG Godzilla 2017 set.jpeg

  • Godzilla 2017

  • HG Godzilla 2017.jpg

  • Burning Godzilla (1995)

  • Godzilla 1995

  • Godzilla 2016 4th Form

D+ Godzilla 01

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In the fourth week of May 2019, to accompany the release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Bandai released the first "D+" wave of Godzilla: High Grade figures. These figures come in round shells bearing the texture of Godzilla's skin that can be opened into miniature dioramas, complete with effect parts. The first D+ wave includes the following four figures:

  • Godzilla (1954)

  • Godzilla (2016)

  • Godzilla (2019)

  • King Ghidorah (2019)

  • Early advertisement with unpainted prototypes

  • HG D+ Godzilla 01 insert.jpg


D+ EX01

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Premium Bandai released a set of "D+ EX" figures in November 2019. Unlike the previous D+ Godzilla 01 wave, these figures come as a box set with only half of the capsule shell which is used as a base for the dioramas. The set includes three figures:

  • Mothra (2019)

  • Mothra larva (2019)

  • Rodan (2019)


D+ Godzilla 02

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Bandai released the second standard wave of D+ Godzilla figures in November 2019. Figures in this wave are:

  • Godzilla (1989)

  • Biollante
    (Flower Beast Form)

  • Hedorah

  • Mechagodzilla
    (Type-3 Kiryu)

  • Early advertisement with unpainted prototypes


D+ Godzilla 03

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Bandai released the third standard wave of D+ Godzilla figures in April 2020. The Godzilla 2016 (2nd Form) and (4th Form) are reissues of the sculpts from the Shin Godzilla 2 set. Figures in this wave are:

  • Godzilla (1999)

  • Gigan (1972)

  • Godzilla
    (2016)
    (2nd Form)

  • Godzilla
    (2016)
    (4th Form)

  • Early advertisement with unpainted prototypes


D+ Godzilla 04

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Bandai released the fourth standard wave of D+ Godzilla figures in October 2020. Unlike older sets, the base of the dioramas are purple, not black. Figures in this wave are:

  • SpaceGodzilla

  • Godzilla (1994)

  • Moguera (1994)

  • LittleGodzilla

  • Early advertisement with unpainted prototypes


D+ Godzilla 05

Bandai released the fifth standard wave of D+ Godzilla figures in January 2021. Figures in this wave are:

  • Godzilla (1991)

  • King Ghidorah (1991)

  • Mechagodzilla (1974)

  • Megalon (1973)

  • Early advertisement with unpainted prototypes


D+ EX02

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Premium Bandai announced the next "D+ EX" figure in August 2020, to be released March 2021. Unlike the previous D+ EX wave, this is a single, extra large gashapon with a light-up function. The set includes one figure:

  • Light-up function

  • Tendril accessories


D+ Godzilla 06

Bandai announced the first two figures in the sixth standard wave of D+ Godzilla figures in November 2020. The next two were announced in February 2021. This set was released in August 2021 to commemorate the earlier release of Godzilla vs. Kong. Figures in this wave are:

  • Godzilla (2021)

  • King Kong (2021)

  • Mechagodzilla (2021)

  • Skullcrawler (2021)

  • HG D+ Godzilla 06 Godzilla and Kong.png


D+ Godzilla 07

Bandai announced the first two figures in the seventh standard wave of D+ Godzilla figures in November 2020 as part of the sixth wave. In April 2021, it was revealed that Mechagodzilla and Aqua Mothra would be included in this set, along with Godzilla Ultima. This set was released in October 2021. Figures in this wave are:

  • Godzilla Ultima -Godzilla Singular Point-

  • Jet Jaguar β

  • Mechagodzilla (1993)

  • Aqua Mothra

  • Early advertisement with unpainted prototypes

  • Early advertisement with unpainted prototypes showing 7th set


HGX Godzilla

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In May of 2022, Bandai announced its next wave of Godzilla: High Grade figures would be called HGX Godzilla. Unlike past waves, HGX consists of seven different sets, each containing a figure and pieces of another figure, all of which are from the movie Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. If all seven sets are collected, the pieces can be assembled into a figure of Destoroyah's Perfect Form. A lighting unit which is sold separately can be combined with the Godzilla 1995 figure and used to make its body glow. The sets are as follows:

  • Godzilla 1995 and Destoroyah (horn)
  • Super X3 and Destoroyah (right wing and right arm)
  • MBT-MB92 and Destoroyah (head and upper body)
  • CLT-95 and Destoroyah (left wing and left arm)
  • MBAW-93 and Destoroyah (left and right legs)
  • Destoroyah (Juvenile) and Destoroyah (lower body)
  • Destoroyah (Aggregate) and Destoroyah (tail)

  • Godzilla 1995

  • Godzilla 1995 (glowing)

  • Super X3 and Destoroyah (right wing and right arm)

  • MBT-MB92 and Destoroyah (head and upper body)

  • CLT-95 and Destoroyah (left wing and left arm)

  • MBAW-93 and Destoroyah (left and right legs)

  • Destoroyah (Juvenile) and Destoroyah (lower body)

  • Destoroyah (Aggregate) and Destoroyah (tail)

  • Destoroyah (Perfect)

Bootlegs

Bootleg markings (top), actual Bandai markings (bottom)

Starting in the summer of 2000, bootlegs of the wave 4 figures began appearing on the Internet, and remain common on sites such as eBay and Amazon to this day. Though at first glance it may be difficult to spot the differences between the real figures and the bootlegs, there are some notable differences. The bootleg figures are generally smaller and feature sloppier paint jobs. They also lack the marking on their tails that lists the copyright date and "BANDAI CHINA," instead simply listing the word "CHINA."[13] Bootlegs of the Burning Godzilla specifically will often feature alternate paint jobs, recoloring the burning patches with different colors. Below are pictures comparing the actual figures and their bootlegs.

  • High Grade wave 4 Burning Godzilla (left), bootleg (right)

  • High Grade wave 4 Godzilla '98 (left), bootleg (right)

  • High Grade wave 4 Mechagodzilla (left), bootleg (right)

  • High Grade wave 4 Gigan (left), bootleg (right)

  • High Grade wave 4 Godzilla Junior (left), bootleg (right)

  • High Grade wave 4 Anguirus (left), bootleg (right)

  • HGbootlegfullset.JPG

Trivia

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