{"id":349,"date":"2014-11-13T09:24:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T18:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=349"},"modified":"2014-11-13T11:53:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T21:23:57","slug":"another-favorite-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"Another favorite toy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My other favorite toy is the great Godzilla. \u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to describe my exact relationship with Godzilla, but for starters we are the same age, so I guess we grew up together, separately. \u00a0There is an ambiguity about him: \u00a0he is sometimes bad, sometimes good, and a visit from him always involves a certain amount of mayhem and sadness. \u00a0 In questioning why he doesn&#8217;t destroy them, a character in Godzilla 2000 says &#8220;there is a little bit of Godzilla in all of us&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This is Rex. \u00a0While technically not a Godzilla, he does seem to be related, perhaps a grandfather of sorts. \u00a0 I worked at a toy store when I first moved here. \u00a0 I bought one of these for my friends&#8217; dad as he loved mechanical toys. \u00a0 It was so cool that I had to have one too. \u00a0Rex is about 30 years old and has gotten rather creaky in his joints.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rex.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-350\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rex-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"KODAK Digital Still Camera\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rex-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rex-772x1024.jpg 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first Godzilla I bought is Japanese. \u00a0 He&#8217;s a tiny thing, but I love him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-351\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"godzilla\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla-1024x999.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla.jpg 1412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one is my favorite, the classic, original Godzilla. \u00a0 I love the expression of his face.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-352\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla2-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"KODAK Digital Still Camera\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla2-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla2-925x1024.jpg 925w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also have the newer Millennial Godzillas. \u00a0I don&#8217;t think that they really capture the essence of his appeal. \u00a0 CG is not nearly as interesting as a person in a monster suit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-353\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla3-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"KODAK Digital Still Camera\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla3-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla3-1024x998.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-354\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla4-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"KODAK Digital Still Camera\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla4-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/godzilla4-875x1024.jpg 875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The European premier of the latest incarnation of Godzilla took place when I was in London, so I went over and and saw some of the movie stars, but Godzilla was a no-show. \u00a0 (After seeing the movie I understand this, after all he had hardly any screen time.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/premier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-355\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com.php53-12.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/premier-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"premier\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/premier-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/premier.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are lots of Godzilla blogs and I ran across two that I like.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/godzillahaiku.tumblr.com\/ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/blacksun1987.blogspot.com\/ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0who did an entire year of blogging \u00a0pictures from previous movies. \u00a0While I&#8217;m not completely obsessed, I do have a special place in my heart for the big lizard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My other favorite toy is the great Godzilla. \u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to describe my exact relationship with Godzilla, but for starters we are the same age, so I guess we grew up together, separately. \u00a0There is an ambiguity about him: \u00a0he is sometimes bad, sometimes good, and a visit from him always involves a certain &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=349\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Another favorite toy<\/span> <span 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