It’s been an exciting time for everyone’s favorite radioactive kaiju. The original Godzilla movie had its 70th anniversary a couple of years ago, and Rodan also sees its 70th anniversary this year. Plus this November will see the release of Godzilla Minus Zero, the sequel to the international hit Godzilla Minus One.
So with all of that, you’re probably thinking, “but what about a Godzilla popcorn bucket? Everyone else has one!” Well, don’t worry: Alamo Drafthouse has you covered.
This popcorn bucket is based on Godzilla’s appearance in the Shōwa-era films. The Shōwa era refers to Godzilla films that were produced during the reign of Emperor Shōwa, so any Godzilla movies that were made between his first appearance in 1954, through 1975’s Terror of Mechagodzilla.
As you probably guessed, the jaw opens up, and there’s plenty of room to fill up some popcorn.
Here’s a closer look at where you’ll be sticking your hand, if you dare:
The sculpt and color of the popcorn bucket is dead-on like the Godzilla I grew up with, watching the films on television on Saturday afternoons in the San Francisco Bay Area. I can’t imagine actually wanting to eat popcorn out of it, but definitely want to find some shelf space to display it. Each of the popcorn buckets also shows the number of its edition on the bottom of the collectible:
The Godzilla popcorn bucket is a limited-edition, 12″ tall collectible designed by Scott Sugiuchi. It was available on the Alamo Drafthouse webstore for $45.
If you were paying attention, I said, “was available.” That’s because Alamo Drafthouse made only 6000 of these, and thanks to the popularity of Godzilla, and the ongoing popcorn bucket collectible craze, all of the Godzilla popcorn buckets had already sold out by the time I received this one for review. So that’s the bad news.
The good news? Not only does Alamo Drafthouse have a bunch of other great items for sale in their Godzilla Collection, but they will soon be coming out with another Shōwa-era popcorn bucket: One for memorable nemesis Mechagodzilla. So if you keep an eye out on the Alamo Drafthouse webstore, you can be sure to get a preorder in on that one before it sells out.
For more information or to look at all of the great movie merchandise available, visit Alamo Mart.
Alamo Drafthouse sent along this item for evaluation, but had not
