1973 Toshiba Godzilla Calendar art

Started by RedKing, January 14, 2011, 10:34:29 AM

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RedKing

I don't own this unfortunately, but I found some great scans online. This big wall calendar was issued for 1973 by the Toshiba corporation and features some awesome vintage Godzilla art.
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January/ February

March/April

May/June

July/August

September/October

November/December
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Scatter

Hey RK.........forgive a Japanese Monster neophyte's question:

I have a couple of yellow Imperial jigglers that look like that 3 headed beast, except the Imperial version only has 2 heads. Any idea what the 2 headed monster's name is, or is it simply a way to avoid copyright infringement by replicating that monster but leaving off the head??
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Inkfink

Thanks for posting this! I had this calendar back in the day!

Monolith

Hey Scatter---not sure about the Imperial two headed toys but the name of the three headed gold dragon is King Ghidorah.
                     Sounds like it might be  some kind of knock off like you said.

Moonshadow

Gorgeous stuff. I had a friend who lived in LA back in the early 80s, and he would go to Japantown and get me kaiju posters similar to these. Thanks for posting them.

RedKing

You're welcome guys. I love this kind of vintage style artwork and I will post more stuff soon. Scatter that jiggler you mentioned is a King Ghidorah knock off. Toho (the studio that owns Godzilla) is notorius for pursuing any perceived copyright infringements.
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