The Real McCoy's Bou-Ken-Oh Godzilla vs Destoroyah Aloha Shirt, Black with Border Print, Size S
The Real McCoy's Bou-Ken-Oh Godzilla vs Destoroyah Aloha Shirt, Black with Border Print, Size S
Condition report
Very Good
- Giftable
- Mint
- Excellent
- Very Good
- Good
- Honest Wear
- As Found
Meltdown, in border print
The 1995 film ends with the monster dissolving into light over Tokyo. On the shirt he is still whole, still roaring, and wrapped around the waist like a souvenir of the last good night.
Best for: Collectors of first-era Real McCoy's and Heisei Godzilla
Condition notes
Small flaw low on the back panel.
Fraying to the neck size tab.
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An aloha shirt from Bou-Ken-Oh, the adventure line of the original Real McCoy's, printed with Godzilla and Destoroyah meeting above a city drawn as a glowing wire grid. Black ground, open collar, size S.
The Piece
Godzilla vs Destoroyah closed the second cycle of the Toho series in 1995, the film in which the monster burns from within. The Kobe maker turned its poster drama into a border print in the Hawaiian manner: the action is engineered around the hem and up the front, leaving the shoulders black so the scene reads like a night sky over the bay.
Godzilla stands in ochre and cream at the wearer's left, tail raised, while the horned bulk of Destoroyah looms in silver-grey across the placket and sleeve. A white signature is printed at the chest and on the back yoke. The neck carries the woven Bou-Ken-Oh label, and the buttons are dark shell-style.
Details
- Maker: The Real McCoy's, Bou-Ken-Oh line
- Subject: Godzilla vs Destoroyah
- Era: 1990s, first-era production
- Style: Open-collar aloha shirt with border print
- Colour: Black with ochre and silver-grey
- Size: S as marked
- Shoulder: 45 cm (17.7 in)
- Chest (pit to pit): 54 cm (21.3 in)
- Sleeve: 22 cm (8.7 in)
- Length: 66 cm (26 in)
Measured flat by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).
Condition
- A worn vintage shirt in good order.
- A small flaw sits low on the back panel, and the size tab at the neck is frayed.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (very good) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch; the woven Bou-Ken-Oh label is present at the neck. Hand launder cold or dry clean, and press on low heat from the reverse.
Delivery from Japan
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Every figure above is taken by hand with the garment laid flat, in centimetres. Lay a shirt or jacket you already love beside them and allow a centimetre or two of margin, the quiet safeguard on a final sale. Our size guide to tops and jackets turns pit-to-pit figures into US, UK, EU and Japanese sizes, and for anything it leaves open the curator team replies within one Tokyo business day.
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