Hachigatsu wrote:
"You should post this in the Universal section; they've got some nice threads about the various Ape Men through the years. I didn't realize Japan had one, too."

There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Godziwolf...

"Kong wasn't in Destroy All Monsters for reasons of money. They'd have to pay to use the giant ape, and it was easier just to leave Kong out."

Kong was in at least one of the early drafts of the screenplay (with the Gargantuas); but Toho's contract with RKO expired in 1967.

Kong and the Gargantuas together? Wow!!!!