M1 owned by Yugi Nishimura produced this Atragon figure in 2010. The fabulous flying submarine from the movie of the same name produced by Toho Films in 1963 is a foot long. Beautifully painted in gray, silver, and burgundy. Atragon comes in mint condition with header.
M1 also known as M Ichigo produces some of the finest collector vinyls available in Japan. They are known for their OUTSTANDING PAINT JOBS. The vinyl they use is top quality and thick. This is the hard vinyl Hyper Hobby Special PAINTED Baltan figure from M1 of Japan. This figure is Articulated and stands approx. 8 inches tall. It comes with a mini Baltan that stands approx. 4 inches tall. This figure was only available through Hyper Hobby Magazine in Japan. People (in Japan) ordered tan unpainted version of his figure to paint and send back in to enter a Hyper Hobby Magazine contest. This PAINTED VERSION is the WINNING PAINT JOB! Comes with mini Balton Mint in bag with header.
Dimensions; 9 X 12 inches. 78 pages of color and B&W photos of the movie production.
GREAT behind the scenes shots of all the monster action. Story board like photos of the movie from beginning to end as well as story board drawings. Includes interviews with the cast (in Japanese), and conceptual drawings of the monsters and the wardrobe of the “Peanuts”.
This action packed book even shows how the monster suits were created! This is a MUST HAVE! For Fans of Godzilla Movies.
THIS IS A FANTASTIC BOOK by a master of special effects who has passed on. We are sad that that the world has lost a creative filmaker and businessman and a true gentleman Kawakita-san.
We obtained the advance copies of this book by attending the Heisei Godzilla Movie Festival running in November 2009 in Tokyo. On each Saturday of the month not only was a movie shown but there was a pre-screening a talk with some of the people involved in the movie production.
The book was officially released on November 30th 2009. Kawakita, Koichi is the editor/author of the book and the most recent special effects master of Toho Films. The title is Heisei Godzilla Chronicle; 55 years a star; 20th annniversary. It covers what are known as the Heisei period Godzilla Movies: Godzilla vs Biollante, Godzilla vs King Ghidora, Godzilla vs Mothra, Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla, Godzilla vs Space Godzilla and Godzilla vs Destroyer. Each movie is given a separate section which is broken down by the weekly production schedule. There are many behind the scenes and action shots! The photos are from Kawakita's personal collection. Each movie has extensive artist's concept sketches of all the monsters and vehicles. There is the full story board from Godzilla vs Biollante. There are biographies and photos of all the production staff including directors, cinematographers, suit makers, prop makers, model makers-everyone who was involved in the special effects or behind the camera production.
There is so much in this book we can't cover it all.The book has 271 pages; soft back book dimensions 8 1/2 by 12 inches.
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