I love the smell of latex in the morning. It smells like... Japanese sci-fi.
Due to a merger & acquisition earlier this year, legendary Japanese monster-makers Tsuburaya Pro are closing down their prop warehouse in the suburbs of Tokyo. Last Friday, they held a special open house for friends of the company to get one last sneak peek inside the old kaiju suit storage facility. I was enroute to America at the time, but fortunately Hiroko was on the scene with her camera. You can see more of her photos after the jump. (Click to see 'em full size.) Enjoy!
Unbelievable. Absolutely un-friggin-believable. How the hell do you get an invite to the Tsuburaya prop warehouse?!?
Posted by: hillsy | February 04, 2008 at 02:57 AM
Please tell me those suits and props are bound for the Tsuburaya Museum or something, as opposed to being melted down into one enormous ball of latex.
Posted by: Davecat | February 04, 2008 at 05:09 AM
Oh, man - how cool is that?!?! I am terribly jealous, Tell me this is not all the pics! (oh, and: Thank You!)
Posted by: cae | February 05, 2008 at 01:31 PM
The last team mecha photo is truly priceless.
Posted by: Mike D. | February 05, 2008 at 03:20 PM
You might be interested in this news:
http://www.bandai.co.jp/releases/J2008020501.html
Posted by: jg | February 06, 2008 at 06:13 PM
Oh Matt - I am insane with jealousy as you can well imagine. thanks for the pics.
Posted by: datadub | February 18, 2008 at 07:01 PM