So. What is the expression? Streets is Watching? Street Soldier? Road Soda? Street Tits(? Thank you—I guess—urban dictionary).

Well, add one to the list. Street Kaiju. Street Kaiju in an almost embarrassingly literal sense, even. But no matter: Tonneran, the street monster, is awesome.

Another hit from Nari-san at Elegab—you know, the guy who brought us Shuttlegon and Puppet Seijin—Tonneran is what you’d get if a street complete with tunnel, roadside shrubbery, signal, and of course traffic, came to life and went berserk. And again, he is awesome.

When I first saw the sketches for this sculpt, my mouth sort of dropped open….it was one of those ideas that is so plain, so clear, and so cool that you sort of wonder why nobody’s ever thought of it. It’s the ultimate pollution monster for today’s issues.

The sculpt itself is top-notch. Super-fine detail on the little cars and trucks, and a beautiful texture on all the trees and foliage…it really brings the idea to life. I feel like a nit-picker, but the only thing neutral I’d have to say about Elegab scultps is that they’re all so different until you get to the eyes…which are all starting to feel exactly the same. I’d like to see some variation there.

Paint-wise, again, Nari-san does a bit of mass-grab…the version you’re seeing here is the ‘Black Spray’ colorway. He released 3 or 4 other colors at the same time which really just replace the black strips down the sides with blue, yellow, red, or green. Not the most imaginative of colorways.

One thing, too, I’m noticing about these toys: they’re not like you’re typical kaiju in one specific (and possibly/probably good) way: I’m not really compelled to buy another one of these dudes. The sculpt has so much quirky character that one is enough…no matter what new/crazy color/version comes out. Any kaiju dude will tell you…that is a strange feeling to feel. I usually only settle for one of something when it’s not a very cool toy (or I’m married to it, zing!)…but I’m totally content with and psyched over all these dudes. That’s weird…right?

Anyway. Probably more toy posts soon. I’ve been on a moron-rampage lately.

- Hateball