Toho Godzilla Suit 8
Megaro (1975)
It has become even more enraged! It has even more powerful weapons! Mechagodzilla has been resurrected! Take the Earth! - Under the aliens' command, the new monster Titanosaurus causes great destruction throughout Japan!
This suit can be seen in these movies:
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
For The Terror of Mechagodzilla, the Megaro-Godzilla received a further face lift
The muzzle was reduced and given more detail, the height of the brows lowered and the eyes reduced to an acceptable size. The new face thus had a semi- comical, semi-mean look. The eyes did not move nor have movable lids, and the body of the costume was unchanged. This suit is also called the Meka-Gyakshu-Godzilla.
The publicity suit, which was never intended for use in a feature movie, was also used in Terror of Mechagodzilla.
This same “phony-Godzilla” costume was also employed for the final scene in The Terror of Mechagodzilla when Godzilla wades off into the ocean. Another publicity Godzilla suit (which appeared to be smiling) was employed in Cosmic Monster, in the scene when Godzilla appears in the ocean off Okinawa.
Megaro 1975 Suit Reference Images
The images below were captured from the newest Criterion Blu-ray, found online, and scanned in from books. Some of the images may have been modified to see the textures more easily.
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