Talk:Zilla/@comment-28828431-20160718185639/@comment-25285745-20160718194850

As Spinorcroc said, Toho didn't "plagiarize" TriStar's Godzilla, they 'own ' it. TriStar's deal with Toho allowed Toho to use TriStar's Godzilla in their own movies once TriStar's rights expired. When TriStar lost the rights to Godzilla in 2003, Toho gained ownership of their Godzilla and renamed and re-trademarked it as "Zilla" for all future appearances. The way they made Zilla's CGI model in Final Wars was just by scanning a Trendmasters Godzilla 1998 figure.