Any surviving showa suits?
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Any surviving showa suits?
Though the probability is extremely low, ARE there any remaining suits from the Showa series? I remember seeing someone who owned the actual head of the Mechagodzilla suit in a video. I'd assume suits like Ebirah, Mechagodzilla and maybe Gigan didnt degade all that bad seeing as they didnt look like they where made of rubber but rather other materiels like plastic.
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I would imagine that any suits or props, not obsessively preserved would be piles of goop by now, unfortunately.
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Re: Any surviving showa suits?
Here's a scan from Godzilla Magazine showing the remains of several Showa suits rotting away in a rubber suit graveyard in 1993:
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"Godzilla treasure house"?
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^ Hey, a picture speaks a thousand words.NSZ wrote:Why would you post that, man? A simple 'I have it on good authority that a good number of Showa suits have succumbed to unrepairable deterioration' would've been sufficient enough. No need to post a horror show.
Yeah, those are depressing photos; but perhaps it makes one appreciate them all the more. I once read a quote from Brian Henson, regarding work at Jim Henson's Creature Shop, stating how much of the beauty in their work came from the fact that outside of the film, none of the puppets, robots, etc. last long. They all rot away eventually, leaving only what you see on screen.
Just food for thought.
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Re: Any surviving showa suits?
Many props from the Showa era still survive in remarkably good condition. I think one of the Mechagodzilla suits is still looking pretty good these days.
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Re: Any surviving showa suits?
They may be dead, but they live on in our hearts. Rest in peace, great Showa monsters, rest.SuperMonsterZero wrote:Here's a scan from Godzilla Magazine showing the remains of several Showa suits rotting away in a rubber suit graveyard in 1993:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoVcYPo_E_ULegion1979 wrote:Must you always be "that guy"?Legionmaster wrote:I don't get what's so depressing about garbage.
Yes, it's technically garbage. But it's garbage that started out as something a lot of us have a very strong attachment to. So it's always kind of painful when you see something you have an attachment to looking so decrepit. I've never seen monster suits in that bad a state of decay. That old Gigan suit is definitely the hardest to look at.
Don't you think it's a little silly to feel so attached to 40-year old hunks of rubber?
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I still have the scans from the 80's that Legion79 posted on the old forums..not sure if they've been posted elsewhere. If people want to see them, I don't mind reposting them.
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Re: Any surviving showa suits?
Good god these pics are depressingSuperMonsterZero wrote:Here's a scan from Godzilla Magazine showing the remains of several Showa suits rotting away in a rubber suit graveyard in 1993:
All Movie snobs can just f off IMO
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Re: Any surviving showa suits?
Because they're just movie props. From a long time ago. Why would they be saved?Legion1979 wrote:So why shouldn't we feel attached to the "hunks of rubber" that bring the monsters we love to life in the first place?
I wasn't aware a simple statement was "pissing in cereal." Which also makes me laugh, cuz you do far worse in basically any thread where someone says they like the Heisei/Millennium films. It's really amusing how hypocritical and narrow minded you are.Why piss in everyone's cereal? This is an interesting thread, and SuperMonsterZero's photo contribution was fantastic, something I've never seen before. It's not unusual for Godzilla fans to have this sort of reaction when seeing decaying monster suits.
You're so melodramatic and are inferring far more from my comments than I'm actually saying. I have nothing against posting images of the decaying suits. It's pretty cool, in fact. It's just a little silly to claim depression over it.But since Legionmaster doesn't want us to be passionate about the very hobby that brings us here, maybe you shouldn't. I mean, why post photos of garbage?
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That pic is sad. Izzat Gorosaurus and Gabara? Godman Graveyard?
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Where were the photos taken? I mean, I suppose they wouldn;t mind if we snatched some of what's left...
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Oh. Could be. I'd like to think they were all statues...
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That was my initial thought when I saw it. A fun restoration project.Primevalgodzilla V2 wrote:Where were the photos taken? I mean, I suppose they wouldn;t mind if we snatched some of what's left...
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I looked at the photo and literally shouted out "how can they do that to
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