Kong Skull Island

I caught Kong Skull Island again yesterday, probably the first time I've seen it since watching the cinema release in 2017.

The film itself is set in 1973 I think. Is that right?

All in all I enjoyed this titanic romp. The CGI is great and Kong himself looks fabulous. The water scenes were great and the designers have nailed splashing water. The battle with the giant squid was excellent and the wriggling tentacles on Kong's face were really well conceived. He is a beautiful rendition of the ape.

I'm still not a fan of the skull crawlers. There's something off about them, something unappealing. It could be the two legs and a snake tail thing or even the basic greyness of them. The heads seem basic too. I'll have to say it, they're ugly creations.

The 1970's tech - principally choppers - reminded me of Apocalypse Now and Samuel L. Jackson's napalm trick could well have been inspired by the surfing Colonel and his morning firestorm. 

As for the actors, it's a Marvel roll-call. Nick Fury, Loki and Captain Marvel all get some extra pocket money. Probably the only real character of any interest for me was the marooned GI stuck on Skull Island since WWII. I know Japanese fighters overran the end of it but this did make me wonder if Western allied soldiers did too?

What do you think of Kong Skull Island readers? 

PrEDators: Playmates - #66008 Creatures of Skull Island: Nasty Critters!

Woodsy,

This last set from Playmates was exclusively nasty critters along with a few hapless victims - no King Kong figure in this one.

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Ed

PrEDators: Playmates #66007 Foetodon

Woodsy,

Speaking of gators, this makes a good follow-on to the repop Marx gator. As one would expect from the creatures of Skull Island, this looks like a prehistoric alligator.

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Ed

PrEDators: Playmates - Playmates #66006 Vastatosaurus Rex

For this lot of predators, Kong gets to fight off both a Rex and a big bug! Fun stuff!

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Ed

PrEDators: Playmates - #66004 Kong vs Terapusmordax

  Woodsy,

Here's another predator input. This time it's K2 and an anorexic looking flying reptile, the Terapusmordax.

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Predator Ed

PrEDators: Playmates #66002 Gripping Kong (BEWARE The Deadly Weta-Rex!)

Woodsy and Fellow Moonbasers

Generally speaking, I'm not a monster collector, unless I think it would be cool to add to my Halloween displays. 

That being said, back in 2005/2006 when Playmates was issuing their licensed tie-ins to Peter Jackson's "King Kong" movie, I was scarfing them up like crazy. Since then, I have sold the large sized Kong and the large sized T-Rex and most of the smaller sized loose Kongs. 

However, I still have a couple of Kong's and all the nasties and human figures that came with them as well as the complete Skull Island playset.

This set comes with Kong and a Big Bad Bug christened the Weta-Rex! oooooh I'm scared LOL

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Predator Ed

PrEDators: KONG V PIRANHADON

One thing is for sure guys, K2 always had something to fight. Skull Island was a brutal place to hang your hat.

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Predator Ed

Ed's T.Rex, it's Roarsome!

Here's the large T-Rex from Playmates. I found this unusual in that this dino will gobble up hapless villagers! But that hatch on its belly assures they'll live to fight again!

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Ed

IT'S CHEST-POUNDING STUFF!

Woodsy,

Here's the first set of my Kong images. This Roaring Kong measured 10 1/2"H head-to-toe. While it was a terrific articulated figure with a really nice battery operated roaring feature, I just had to sell it off. It was w-a-y too large for my liking. My dino's tend towards the smaller vintage Marx, MPC and others with a few slightly larger ones from Safari, CollectA, et al.

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Ed

KING KONG DOES VEGAS

Further to this summer's Konga week I ended up with a few K2's after Peter Jackson's movie came out. There were eleven Peter Jackson's "Kong The 8th Wonder of The World" sets by Playmates.

 Nine of the sets had Kong's that were about 6" high. The other two sets were a larger Roaring Kong and his nemesis, a Roaring T-Rex. 

Then there were the Burger King tie-ins as well. 

Enjoy!

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Vegas

Ed

USA

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