Figure Fight! Hiya vs S.H. MonsterArts King Ghidorah 2019 

I get that branding is a thing for ppl. A C-list actor could play a role just as good as the A-list, but if they played the same role, the A-list would be paid probably 5x or more than the C list. Ngl, I really hate branding like that. I agree with Steven, these sculptor needs credit, but I hate it when credit boost the price regardless of the state of what was being put out. I like the idea of meritocracy when it comes to this sorta thing. Idgaf who you are, what your history is, how it was in the good 'ol days, I only care about what can you deliver now. In terms of having a special line, it work with gunpla. they have a special ver.Ka for Hajime Katoki's design only. Katoki is probably sorta the equivalent to Yuji Sakai for gunpla designer. It's promoted as a more premium product, highly apparent from the packaging. But like current SHMA, ver.Ka also got its hit-or-miss. Some releases are just goddam hand grenade, while other are surprisingly solid. Some are accurate to the show/movie, while other are combined with Katoki head-canon. Not sure if it'll work on SHMA tho. I personally never buys stuff bc of who designed it. I always buy cuz of how good it look or how accurate it s to the source material, or at the very least whether it managed to deliver what the brand is all about or not. All three is absent on current SHMA. So if they actually made Yuji Sakai's only designs as a sub-line (with the product imagined would be like current SHMA), you really think ppl would even bother if the mainline gonna be Hiya level sculpting and paintjob but with godly articulation yet affordable as well? Ofc they will, cuz some ppl are just that brainwashed. They'll buy those rubbish even if it's 5x the mainline price. Cuz it's Yuji Sakai. You know what they say, love is blind. And god, do I hate name brandings. You could get away with the worst thing ever and ppl still buys that shit. Iirc it happen with Kaws. He's not really being malicious or scheming about it, but he did troll the market by releasing a wtf is even that sorta sculpture, cuz everyone just buys whatever he puts out. Surprise surprise, it still sells like hotcakes. If name branding are just that powerful, I doubt we'll see any changes in SHMA any time soon. SHMA isn't a bunch of talentless losers that got brand name only, they actually got talent if only they put out the effort. But sadly, those efforts either a memory of a bygone era, or isolated only in exclusives and unicorns. In the now-ness era, you can no longer cling on to past glories. You need to constantly run up the hill and go to the other, or else your competitor would take your place and end you from the race.

Sculpt- Hiya Paint- Hiya Articulation- Hiya Price- Hiya Accuracy to the film- Hiya Durability- Hiya Scale- Hiya

Seeing Steven completely destroy quite possibly the worst SHMA figure ever brought a genuine smile to my face.

To me, it really feels like Godzilla is no longer that much of a priority for the SHMA line now that they have other franchises for it, like Gamera, Monster Hunter, and now YuGiOh. Edit: as examples, just look at Rebirth Gamera, Rathalos, and the Red-Eyed and Blue-Eyes Dragons (which are coming out next year)

I’ve never seen Steven treat a figure as violent as SHMA Monster Zero

The painting on the SH figure looks like something you’d see on those Mattel Jurassic World toys (Not Hammond collection figures).

This is just 23 minutes of Steve roasting the hell out of the S.H Monsterarts Ghidorah.

R.I.P Monsterarts Ghidorah 2019 figure. You won’t be missed. (Unless it’s just the box)

Personally, Hiya definitely is taking over hiya slowly but surely. They could give us kaiju/titans that we’ve never had or seen before. I’m not lying, I STILL mostly have joy in opening a fresh SHMA figure once in a while. It’s just the way I work with them. Especially because of how great their stuff really was back then. Everything said in here was completely right and in a dream come true, we should wish they’d listen to the community. I still think shma has figures to be proud of, but now they have plenty of more brands or monsters to represent and it’s like they don’t take time to do each figure. Even though back then we got what, two figures a month a few times?? I really do hope the Shma line gets in order. I still enjoy their figures quite much, but now with so much more competition and them setting a new code of consistency of quality, it’s getting hard to justify spending all that money especially on the aftermarket.

4:46 Atleast its movie accurate.

Holy crap he actually destroyed the SHMA King Ghidorah. Hiya must be THAT good if he destroyed the SHMA version. My hiya Ghidorah is coming soon, and I'm very excited

4:50 All that's good for is Kevin memes Why Kevin specifically falls off so easily idk but it's so funny

Even when you try to break it, it still causes problems. Awesome vid,

My only complaint about the Hiya Toys Ghidorah is the stomach and necks, the paint is too bright. Other than that it absolutely destroys S.H.MonsterArts

A bit ago I managed to get my hands on the SHMA King Ghidorah 2019 Special Color for some $150-$160. Comparing that to the Hiya figure I’ll say that… I think objectively, as far as being a figure is concerned, Hiya wins. But if you want a premium, show stopping piece that immediately grabs the attention of others, I think the special color SHMA figure is the way to go. But only if you can get the SHMA figure for around $150. That’s my opinion on it anyways.

Hey steve sh monsterarts might be getting greedy for the sh monsterarts Godzilla kaijus because some barely comes with any accessory and most of them don't

Bandai has had this business philosophy since the 70s. Nothing has changed. There is always a gap in expectation set by Bandai marketing and when receiving product in hand. Having the SH Monsterarts create a gunpla business model where the collectors build the figure and chose their grade is an interesting idea.

Happy new year! And rest in pieces MonsterArts Ghidorah 2019 😂. Hiya wins. No questions axed.

Ngl was so surprised that you did that. That's wild. But it makes sense, no one is going to buy that monstrosity of a figure nowadays. Especially since the SCV is out there and the Hiya toys one. But damn was that crazy to watch. Happy new year my dude

SHMA was the king because there wasn't alot of competition which caused them to be sloppy but now more companies (vet and new) have joined where they are doing what the "king" forgot to do which is make the people happy

I honestly like the hiya more the wings are more moveable

I sold my original shma 2019 king ghidorah for quick cash because honestly it pissed me off. Even with the stands, he would fall over. I had to use other monsters and buildings against his wings to support him. Not to mention the heads abd tails would fall off easily. When the special color version came out my only issue was one leg was lose but he could stand a lot easier and not burst into pieces like iron man's armor from iron man 3. I'm really anticipating my hiya ghidorah.

The only problem with Hiya is the fact that it's very brown instead of gold

This is more of a massacre than a fight.

The ending to this video hurt me but I also loved it

I watched Super MarioZillas Monsterarts videos and he has a point which still stands to this day. Monsterarts seems to neglect the Godzilla Franchise over their other toylines like Figuarts. It’s a shame that a company would be bias over their own toylines meaning that also screws over the consumers.

Im glad I managed to sell my shma Ghidorah. Ive seen that post in the group.

I'm really looking forward to the Hiya Ghidorah. I was planning on selling my SCV 2019 Ghidorah to make room, but if the original one can't be sold on the market, this does concern me. Though perhaps I might get lucky since the SCV is actually an alright figure.

BRO REALLY DESTROYED HIS SH MONSTERARTS GHIDORAH

Seeing SHMA falling off this hard just makes me sad as they used to make damn near movie accurate figures such as the G95 birth version, all 3 Kiryu figures, and SCV Dest. Hiya once they get their figures on other sites like Amazon will become a much cheaper alternative, especially once they start doing Showa era figs (watch the first showa Kaiju fig they make is Angurius 💀)

I remember seeing the first review of that first heisei godzilla shma. I was absolutely blown away by the detail and articulation, the hinged jaw, the fully articulated tail, it all felt like witchcraft at the time, and from that day getting those mythical shmas became an obsession of mine. It's been sad seeing what's become of the line, how far it's fallen. Shma, more like shame. Hell Bandai in general has been dropping the ball ain't it? On the robot side of things, Soul of Chogokins and metal builds are just not comparable to likes of CCS, sentinel, blitzway and so many others, and even the model kits, high grades are very cool but compared to moderoids? Specially when you've seen the same gundam released for the 38918th time while moderoid is putting out the most obscure stuff you've ever seen. Well. That's just how I see it at least. Happy new year everyone

I get “Smash Bros Announcer: No Contest” vibes with this video but the real winner is obviously Hiya Toys.

Here’s a list that I think would help Bandai and SH monster Arts. It’s not ranked just naming off the top of my head. 1. Better, cleaner, more detailed, and more accurate paint. 2. Better quality control with less breakages or joints popping off too easily when posing. 3. More and better accessories. 4. Cheaper pricing. 5. Sculpted more accurately to the source material. 6. Scaling I mean their SH figures are practically puny most of the time. 7. Listen to your customers!

Hydrogen Bomb VS Coughing Baby

S.H. MonsterArts King Ghidorah 2019 price is too expensive while the Hiya Toys’ price is perfect, HT seems to be more fair with their prices on their Godzilla figures.

i like how we all thought it was going to be your average figure fight then out of nowhere, he's just being to real by saying you think i would put effort into editing to see who would win a figure fight. i love this video lmao.

Kinda unrelated but I wish we had third party goji figures, like with masterpiece and fanstoys, a company that would be willing to make kaiju like desghidorah that shma would never care to do, while still making it same price if not cheaper for same if not better quality, it’s sad seeing shma devolve into chaos and their response to hiya was “oh well” essentially, it sucks, that being said I have 3 orders from them, one is minus goji which despite ur review I’m still personally excited because of the stop motion potential, but the other 2 are the preorder for space goji and Mechagoji ‘93, who knows, maybe they’ll be good, only time will tell (honestly though can we get a desghidorah shma some time down the road, he’s so underrated, again off topic but I just really want one, not before Keizer ghidorah but still)

Cmon steven shma was so expensive you didnt have to obliterate it😂

Shma monster zeros head falling off is cannon lol what a great play feature

I feel like Monsterarts has the biggest issue with Godzilla related Kaiju figures SPECIFICALLY for a while now. Just compare how Rathalos was made, and he was released not so long after or before ghidorah. He had articulated wings, replacement wings for closed position, even a small fire effect, movable tongue, special stand... Nargacuga released few months prior and was even more impressive, they even added a cut off tail, small hunter etc... (and proceeded to not give us cut tails for rest of the monsters sadly). But all Monster Hunter figures, especially Rathalos and Mizutusne knocked it out in terms of amount of materials, sculpt, and detail. The new lines seem to get much more love lately, and as an MH fan I am glad, but at the same time, WHY, why are other lines so finished compared to something like Goji that should sell like good bread. Look what they did to Monsterarts GvK Godzilla. It released much later and was propably the most hideous repaint ive ever seen them make. Blue shiny toothpaste on mouth and back that didn't even have a right shade of blue and almost no paint on the rest of the body. It does not look like an official Monsterarts product. It looks like a bad first try at 3D printing and painting. And now look at the Yu-Gi-Oh or even Gamera figures. Iris while not in my style, is insanely painted and sculpted. Monsterarts has been loosing my trust lately even more, new MH Tigrex looks like a huge drop in quality, but costs as much, if not more than Rathalos that is twice his size. At least, after years of nothing, they finally started to do more regular re-releases because the prices of some figures are getting ridiculous on second hand market and they gain nothing from that, I was always angry at that aspect of their distribution. But seeing how quality drops year after year and figures like much awaited Minus One are huge dissapointment in quality... Hiya seems to be the new hope for big monster collectors. Look they already did skullcrawler and Muto and Monsterarts seems to just ignore that people wanted figuress of these propably since day 1. I really hope they will do older Godzillas too, especially those that are annoying to get in Monsterarts line and do them much needed justice. Hiya please, do Singular Point, Shin, Earth and Minus One, you are my only hope of getting these in fair price.

Something I just figured rn you can try and stick the Tamashii nation blue lighting effect on thermonuclear godzillas dorsals to try and get that effect at the end of kotm where he charges up that surge of energy

This is the most honest and truthful review I have ever seen! I am also done with SHMA! I only have the 2019 Godzilla standard figure without the blue colours on the dorsal plates, but I gonna go next for the Evolved Godzilla from Hiya Toys.

I hope Hiya will make a Mechagodzilla figure this year because NECA missed out and I'm not sure if the S.H. MonsterArts figure is worth the price.

Very fair points, all good stuff. Although I DID NOT EXPECT that ending coming.

You should put a motor on it so it can fly…. Make it fly and I will buy it.

I was not expecting that ending holy shit

One way you could look at the Godzilla figure size difference is SHMA could be before the nuke, HIYA being after. Because apparently that's the canonical moment he grew the extra 50 ft.

That ending was glorious

Waited so long for this!

R.I.P SHMA monster zero, People that are NOT going to monster zeros funeral⬇

Steve be finishing off that Monster Arts Ghidorah like good old Goji showed him, somewhere out there, he is smiling.

Me when SHMA Ghidorah Got lit on fire: "BURN BABY BURN!"

I have never collected godzilla figures before because all of them seem to have something 'off' with them. Then I discovered Hiya toys about 2 weeks ago. My 1st ever godzilla figure is currently on its way. The Hiya toys 2019 godzilla just restocked for the new year.

When I saw the video title I already knew who was gonna win. Way easier prediction than CNN predicting tomorrow’s weather

So glad i sold my shma mv king ghidorah early 2023 when it still had some value for desperate people

What a great way to start the year, destroying an shma figure, kinda sick of the prices on some figures not gonna lie

I think i'm just gonna hang up my SCV when the Hiya comes in. As much as I'd like to light the thing on fire, it still kills me thats $200, lol.

Did not think you'd put him down lol

Wow, I wasn't expecting this to be so fast, anyway happy new year Steven 🎉🎉🎉🎉

I live in china and in some websites i use, hiya toys king ghidorah costs about 100$-80$ and shma's ghidorah is about 200-300, the special colour version also is abt 200-300

Unfortunately because of personal reasons i had to sell my sh monster arts 2019 king Kidora and i really miss it😕

I can’t kill my sh monsterarts for the money it cost… but thanks for you doing it, the satisfaction…

I think it’s so funny how SHMA has to either just give up or really step up their game because just releasing a new figure after 2-3 years is not cutting it when hiya is getting to the point where they are cheaper and just as good.

21:36 holy shit, I never knew you were a Viking

21:17 I don’t see the figure inside the box, are you still keeping it or maybe I’m blind and I guess the figure itself also got axed?

So you intend on giving the Special Color Version of the SHMA the same treatment at the end albeit a special take in another video?

I still like both and I never understood the appeal of destroying expensive products. Congrats, we get it, but there could have been other options rather than destroying it.

Bro was so done with SHMA bs that his persona for this Figure fight turned into a normal Figure review rant. Bro is even expressing his disappointment on the bloody score card lmao

4:45 Not Kevin going through that again 😢

4:48 hey it’s just like the movie😂😂😂

If I had a shma version I'd at least try to customize it to make it look presentable but I'd never spend a dime to get one. Lol great send off at the end

I've pretty much stopped collecting shma outside of specific kaiju and the yugioh line

So I have a choice between the upcoming Hiya Ghidorah (with effect parts) and the Special Color Monsterarts Ghidorah. I'm really not sure which one I should go for. Tbh I only have the SCV as an option because I found it for cheap

Shame to S.H.MonsterArts, Hiya Toys King Ghidorah is truly much better than SHM King Ghidorah. So i support Hiya Toys King Ghidorah attempt everything. So bye bye, SHM King Ghidorah, you deserve it....with fire 🔥 and axe 🪓 to show that you so terrible King Ghidorah full articulate figure in entire SHM line, once again, bye bye, SHM King Ghidorah! Happy New Year, Steven 🎊🤗!

The Godzilla fandom will never die🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

What do you think of scv ghidora vs hiya ghidorah? I love scv ghidora even tho its not 100% accurate to the film

Love the video. Just got my first Hiya 2019 figure and it's so much better than the monster arts version. I have to say that poster color version you have there does look good. How do you like it?

Happy new year🎉

I agree with everything but destroying the figure is actually insane (not in a good way)

I call my 2019 Ghidorah "King Dumbass" now because of how much it sucks. The wings won't stay in the figure, I literally can't pose any part of it, and one of the heads kept falling off so much I had to use a Dremel to fix it. He basically lives in his box, and will probably remain in there for the rest of his life once I get my Hiya Ghidorah.

Ghidorah is the physical incarnation of extinction, its fitting hiyas ghidorah seals sh monsterarts’ fate

I forgot about the alien and predator line what happen they only made the wolf predator

21:38 This what i feel about the prices of tamashi

Steven, I think that many people would agree that it would be grat if you’d make a super 7 destroyah vs shma destroyah, and a super 7 super mecha Godzilla vs shma super mecha Godzilla

Missed opportunity to say “head to head to head” 1:22

happy new year???

How would you compare the SCV vs the Hiya?

i mean i'd definitely buy the shma from your buddy jus sayin but thats just me

Hopefully the beanie wasn't damaged during the ending. It was wonderful!

I seriously wonder if I sit down and put a custom paint job on the SH monster arts figure how much better will it look. I think I’ll take a crack shot at it.

You should let us yes what is left of the SHMA ghidorah

Awesome video dude

I purchased the hiya ghidorah and I am wishing for it in the mail, and I’m very happy I bought it

Wow I was looking for a video just like this earlier today

I have the sh monster arts one and it sucks so much😭 one of the neck ball joints is literally cracked. I’m definitely getting the hiya one

5:30 this is the real reason why I don’t like Shma Ghidorah it just doesn’t go with anything and this man explained it soo well hats off to him 🔥

I wanna see the aftermath

I cant imagine how long you've been wanting to do that, but what does the after result look like?

idk how Bandai should take this either as a message or a threat lmao

4:46 movie accuracy also are you going to put Kevin back on or is he just going to lay there the entire video