For those of you unaware, kaiju toys are the toys made from all the different kaiju that have originated from Japanese movies, books, and comics. Kaiju is the Japanese word for strange beast, and strange beast is a perfect explanation. Most people don´t realize that they are already familiar with a few kaiju – namely Godzilla, and perhaps Mothra, Rodan, or Gamera. They are usually evil creatures trying to destroy the world, and have to be stopped, and of course these make great, epic good vs. evil …

Mothra is one of the most famous kaiju, as she has appeared in a numerous movies of her own, as well as starring side by side other kaiju such as Godzilla. Mothra’s form changes at different points throughout these movies, as she first begins as an egg, transforms into a larva, and later into a giant moth/butterfly. This has led to dozens of different Mothra toys, representing her from the various movies as well as in her various forms.
Mothra was first created in a novel “The Luminous …