Review – Mini Kaiju Eyezon

My Neo Eyezon (review here) now has a friend; when I got home yesterday this Mini Kaiju Eyezon toy by Max Toy Co (website, Twitter) was waiting for me. And he’s so very tiny that I thought I’d pop him open and play with him a little before running off to work. And once the package was open I figured it wouldn’t hurt to go ahead and snap some pics and share him with you guys.

Hot Pink Kaiju Action!

This version of the Mini Kaiju Eyezon is unpainted plastic. For other colorways see this post at Toy Karma, but for now we’ll focus on the pink version. The sculpt is every bit as good as the Neo Eyezon toy; I don’t think I’ll ever get over how smooth some toy artists can sand their designs. This guy has nine eyes — none in his tiny hands — and is actually spikier than the Neo Eyezon toy. And take a look at just how even and clean those ridges on the spikes turned out.

3.5-Inches at the Tip of the Spike

A squat, funny beast, the Mini Kaiju Eyezon is about the same size as the Rillico Chaos (review here) and other Real X Head minis. Actually, now that I look at him next to some of those RXH minis it makes me wonder if I can mash the Eyezon up with one of those to make a neat custom. I may have to experiment soon . . .

Articulated Waist

As with most vinyl kaiju toys, the Mini Kaiju Eyezon toy’s only articulation exists because the factory needed somewhere to pour plastic into the design. Two pieces of plastic that snap together at the waist, hardcore action figure fans are probably trying to reach through their monitors to shake me until I review a Marvel Universe toy . . . and I can kinda understand, since my one complaint with the Mini Kaiju Eyezon is that his arms don’t at least swivel at the shoulders. But I can overlook the terrible articulation because it’s appropriate for this style of toy and because the final design is so cute.

Closing Thoughts

Priced at $15, these Mini Kaiju Eyezon toys are priced very low for Japanese vinyl toys . . . even for toys of this size. The sculpt is clean and cool and the single-color unpainted design makes this a candidate for customizing. I know this toy isn’t for everyone, but if you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at customizing a vinyl toy I recommend snagging one of these. Inexpensive plus cool design means that this is a great base for creativity. I’ve got three of these, and when I get time I plan to have fun painting and tweaking two of them.

I don’t feel the need to grab any other colorways of this toy, but having him in my hands makes me really want to grab one of the much-larger Kaiju Eyezon toys. That’s probably a bad idea . . . I need to stop looking at kaiju toys because they’re usually very neat and they’re almost always expensive.

Philip Reed also has a new Iron Man review almost ready, but action figure reviews require more pics and work than reviewing tiny vinyl toys so he cheated and went ahead and posted this review for now. But never fear, action figure collectors, because new action figure reviews are on the way.