This is one I've been pretty eager to get to. For those unawares, Space Godzilla is in fact my favorite kaiju of the Godzilla franchise. I mean, of course, Godzilla is my #1 guy, but he's there by default. Along with a liking of villainous characters, I took one look at the Godzilla Wars packaging and thought, "Whoa, that guy kinda looks like an evil Godzilla!" Then I saw Space Godzilla's image on the back, and he instantly became my favorite. I've always seen him as the arch nemesis-type villain to Godzilla. Godzilla's worst enemies have always seemed to be "himself" in some shape or form, and Space Godzilla takes the cake. It's like if Luke Skywalker had to fight a Sith version of himself instead of Darth Vader; it's one thing to be related to your arch nemesis, but to have your arch nemesis actually BE you is something else entirely.

Anywho, I think as far as what Trendmasters did to put their own spin on the guy was, first and foremost, the color palette. He's a much more "icy" blue (which is another thing that scored points with me as a kid ;p) than his film counterpart, not to mention the splash of yellow, green, and red for his torso (it kinda grossed me out as a kid, it kinda looked like his guts were exposed). In terms of design, I'd say he's been slimmed down and appears a bit more flexible than his on-screen appearance, with a few tweaks here and there.

Now as much as I dig the blue-with-white-crystals hellbeast from the far side of the cosmos, I gotta say - I ADORE the black-with-red-crystals from the 40th Anniversary variant set. I've nicknamed it the "Revenge" color scheme due to him looking utterly enraged and looking to settle a score with Godzilla. And it's almost as if he's declaring himself the King of the Monsters, sporting imperial black and red.

I definitely had a lot of fun with the pose, especially with the tail wrapping around in front of him. And though the crystals were fun to draw, shading them was a tad difficult. But I think I pulled it off. :)