Surprise, Monster Island visitors! It's an early drop...and it's HOLIDAY WISHLIST 5!!!

Before the merriment of the holidays begins, check out the top 10 kaiju/tokusatsu/Godzilla/Ultraman/designer vinyl toys make Jake and Jay's wishlist. Will it be vintage? Sofubi or tin? Rare and expensive or weird and obscure? It's the best episode of the year...enjoy!

Jake and Jay discuss the Megumi Odaka-led HOSHI 35 from 2023 - is it a worthy vessel to celebrate the beloved Heisei era Godzilla star? Also, Jake has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tour the Sony Archives in California...did he meet up with any giant iguanas? The duo also discuss a ton of news around Minoru Kawasaki's new project, "Kaiju Tengoku", the new Godzilla anime teaser, and fun new sofubi and toy releases from Marusan, Enka Vinyl, M78 x Lestang, Art Storm, and more!

It's Thanksgiving time and we are both thankful for Designer Con - because it gave us a cornucopia of vinyl treasures from Enka Vinyl, Permafrost Grocer, Mondo, Marusan, and many more!

On top of recapping the weekend in Vegas for D-Con - and all of their pickups, they go rapid fire through nearly a month's worth of news and toy releases!

With Jake away in the woods (or something), Jay goes over a ton of toy releases from:

• Marusan
• Medicom Toy x Anraku Ansaku
• X-Plus/Star Ace
• Planet-X Asia
• Unbox Industries x Transmission Toys
• Shima-X
• Banpresto
• CCP Japan
• Paragon FX Group
• Igloo Studio (Thailand)

Other topics include:

• Designer Con prep and stress
• Visiting Velcrokid
• Toei English subtitle needs
• Reorganizing the toy room
• Kaiju pickups from Max Toy Company, Max Toy Japan, Himitsukeikaku, Toysbian, and Jellykoe

Enjoy!

Jake and Jay provide their personal top 5 lists for kaiju and tokusatsu characters that need (more) toys!

What toys do you want to see?

Plus, they recap toy releases from New York Comic-Con and across some of the top Japanese toymakers!

One host hated it. One liked it. It's a review of the 1964 gangster-centric movie - that also features a giant space jellyfish, DOGORA!

We also had Super Festival 92 in Japan over the weekend and our sofubi heavy hitters did not mess around; huge releases from Marusan, M1, USToys, and more!

Jake and Jay return and they have a lot to catch up on, including an epic list of Tsuburaya Con releases from Marusan, USToys, Bullmark, M1, and more! But, the main event, is a fun discussion around the Shaw Brothers' 1977 film, THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN.

Come for the Kong-sploitation, stay for the Swiss model airplane spinning a leopard!

Oh, and pickups - including a live opening of a set of Ultraman Family English Lessons VHS tapes!

From this year's KAIJU GO! is an amazing toy maker panel featuring Pittsburgh tattoo artist known for his Kaiju Cream and Godzilla UFO collaboration with Mondo, OCTEEL; Mexico City's "Princess of Pastels" and Kawaiiju creator, JENNY CHERRY; the fantastical artist, entertainer, educator, and entrepreneur, from Georgia, WONDER GOBLIN; and the Texas-based mastermind behind Warriors of the Universe, the incomparable CHANCE PRIEST. The panel is hosted by Kaiju Go! co-creator and fellow toymaker (Chazbro Toys), CHAS FOREMAN.

From the historic Texas Theatre in Dallas, TX, KAIJU GO! 2025 included a memorable interview with famed Godzilla and kaiju illustrators, print makers, toy designers, and all-around good people - TOM WHALEN (Lancaster, PA) and ATTACK PETER (Miami, FL). The interview is hosted by another great kaiju artist and YHS on Monster Island co-host, JACOB WALSH (Valdosta, GA).

Jacob and Jay have recovered from Kaiju Go! 2025 in Dallas - but they return with a kaiju-sized toy haul that includes pickups from sofubi makers like NeoPlayerOne, Marmit, Anraku Ansaku, and Medicom Toy - and from amazing artists like Mark Nagata, Tom Whalen, Attack Peter, Jenny Cherry, Octeel, Chazbro Toys, Neil Ewing, Plagued Earth, Chance Priest, Wonder Goblin, and more! It's the largest toy binge since the podcast began back in 2021 - and that's saying something!