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What kaiju was the rust monster based off of?
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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7389490" data-attributes="member: 6796661"><p>Ebirah isn't satisfying to me. They could have just made a lobster toy and not have worried about IP. </p><p></p><p>Also, some of the other others seem to be rip-offs of Ultraman monsters. So I would start by looking at Ultraman Kaiju. </p><p></p><p>Some other possibilities:</p><p></p><p><strong>Kemular</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra_Monster_Series/Gallery?file=Kemular_toys.jpg" target="_blank">http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra_Monster_Series/Gallery?file=Kemular_toys.jpg</a></p><p></p><p>Missing the tentacles/antennae but look at the tail, and it has four legs. But when you look at the pictures from the TV show, it looks like a bulette with beetle wings. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Kemular" target="_blank">http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Kemular</a></p><p></p><p>As for other similarities, Kemular's the main attack was spraying a "sulfuric mist." Sulfuric acid "attacks reactive metals (metals at positions above copper in the reactivity series) such as iron, aluminium, zinc, manganese, magnesium and nickel." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfuric_acid" target="_blank">(Wikipedia: Sulfuric Acid)</a> Also, if you read the trivia section, at least one of the original features could make it more rust monsterous: "Originally, Kemular's mouth was to open horizontally like that of an insect's mandibles."</p><p></p><p>Perhaps toy makers were going on any earlier description? do they start making the toys before the creatures appear on TV? See the <a href="http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Kemular?file=Kemular_Concept_Art_002.jpg" target="_blank">concept art</a>:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ultra/images/d/dc/Kemular_Concept_Art_002.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p>Some other options (not very likely, I'm stretching here):</p><p></p><p><strong>Twin Tails</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra_Monster_Series/Gallery?file=Twin_tail_toys.jpg" target="_blank">http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra_Monster_Series/Gallery?file=Twin_tail_toys.jpg</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Mogrudon</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Mogrudon" target="_blank">http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Mogrudon</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Crabgan</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Crabgan" target="_blank">http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Crabgan</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Yadokarin</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Yadokarin" target="_blank">http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Yadokarin</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then again, maybe it wasn't based on only Japanese monsters. Lots of western monster movies had "prehistoric animals" including giant-insects. For example, see the giant mole cricket in King Dinosaur (1955): <a href="http://kaiju.wikidot.com/wiki:mole-cricket" target="_blank">http://kaiju.wikidot.com/wiki:mole-cricket</a>. Here it is in the movie: <a href="https://youtu.be/81rfhN4TRFk?t=3368" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/81rfhN4TRFk?t=3368</a></p><p></p><p>But, probably, someone at the toy company just came up with some random made-up "prehistoric creature" design. But, hey, this is fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7389490, member: 6796661"] Ebirah isn't satisfying to me. They could have just made a lobster toy and not have worried about IP. Also, some of the other others seem to be rip-offs of Ultraman monsters. So I would start by looking at Ultraman Kaiju. Some other possibilities: [B]Kemular[/B] [url]http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra_Monster_Series/Gallery?file=Kemular_toys.jpg[/url] Missing the tentacles/antennae but look at the tail, and it has four legs. But when you look at the pictures from the TV show, it looks like a bulette with beetle wings. [url]http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Kemular[/url] As for other similarities, Kemular's the main attack was spraying a "sulfuric mist." Sulfuric acid "attacks reactive metals (metals at positions above copper in the reactivity series) such as iron, aluminium, zinc, manganese, magnesium and nickel." [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfuric_acid"](Wikipedia: Sulfuric Acid)[/URL] Also, if you read the trivia section, at least one of the original features could make it more rust monsterous: "Originally, Kemular's mouth was to open horizontally like that of an insect's mandibles." Perhaps toy makers were going on any earlier description? do they start making the toys before the creatures appear on TV? See the [URL="http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Kemular?file=Kemular_Concept_Art_002.jpg"]concept art[/URL]: [IMG]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ultra/images/d/dc/Kemular_Concept_Art_002.jpg[/IMG] Some other options (not very likely, I'm stretching here): [B]Twin Tails[/B] [URL]http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra_Monster_Series/Gallery?file=Twin_tail_toys.jpg[/URL] [B]Mogrudon[/B] [URL]http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Mogrudon[/URL] [B]Crabgan[/b] [URL]http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Crabgan[/URL] [B]Yadokarin[/B] [URL]http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Yadokarin[/URL] Then again, maybe it wasn't based on only Japanese monsters. Lots of western monster movies had "prehistoric animals" including giant-insects. For example, see the giant mole cricket in King Dinosaur (1955): [URL]http://kaiju.wikidot.com/wiki:mole-cricket[/URL]. Here it is in the movie: [URL]https://youtu.be/81rfhN4TRFk?t=3368[/URL] But, probably, someone at the toy company just came up with some random made-up "prehistoric creature" design. But, hey, this is fun. [/QUOTE]
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