Popy

In 1978 the Popy company acquired the Godzilla license and made their go at vinyl figures. However, while both the Marusan and Bullmark releases were very similar in style, Popy went in a new direction. Gone was the cartoony sculpting and bright colors, replaced by more serious features and darker colors. However, overall the figures remained highly stylized in comparison to their suitmation counterparts, and the colors themselves were still those of the rainbow. An example would be one of two variations of Baragon, presented in red and green.

Vinyl Figures

Year	Preview	Title
1978		Baltan
1978		Baragon
1978		Earthtron
1978		Gigan
1978		Godzilla Attacking
1978		Jiras
1978		Kanegon
1978		King Ghidorah (Showa)
1978		MechaGodzilla 1974
1978		Rodan
1978		Sadolar
1979		Godzilla Giant Scale (Red)
1979		Godzilla Large Scale
1979		Godzilla Medium Scale
1979		Godzilla Small Scale