Life size Godzilla, well err the head at least, in Tokyo

[cteno4]

I don’t know how I missed this! Looks like quite a fun display on top of a building to give a life sized goji impression in Shinjuku. What a great site to wake up to in one of the hotel Godzilla view rooms. Love it!

 

https://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/12/11/full-size-godzilla-head-to-terrorize-moviegoers-and-hotel-guests-in-tokyo-starting-next-spring/

 

http://www.gotokyo.org/en/tourists/topics_event/topics/150316/topics.html

 

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&biw=1024&bih=666&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=eG1nWqPALIHSsAXb5LaAAg&sjs=16383&q=godzilla+head+tokyo+building&oq=godzilla+head+tokyo+building&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.12...0.0..7007.......0.0.............mobile-gws-wiz-img.VUn62Got8f0%3D

 

https://www.yelp.com/biz/新宿東宝ビル-ゴジラヘッド-新宿区

 

now this will be fun to model! But I hate to decapitate one of my gojis to do it! I do ave an 18” blow mounded model I could try to cast the head from, but the darn skin textrue may make that tough.

 

cheers,

 

jeff

[bill937ca]

Pure Jeff.    I'm sure a model of this will emerge.

[chadbag]

When I was in Tokyo the first time, in Feb 2000, there for Tokyo MacWorld Expo 2000 in Makuhari where I had a small booth for my consulting company, I was walking around Tokyo with some guys from Belkin, and they said there was a statue of Godzilla in the city.  I had visions of a large, semi-life size statue in my head.  We set out to look for it (this is pre smart-phones).  They finally had to head to Narita and left me alone to find it.  I finally found it and was greatly disappointed.  It was 1 m tall plus the height of the base, so it was about man-sized overall.  Not what you think of when you think of Godzilla.

 

I guess it is gone now:

 

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g1066443-d10729226-Reviews-Godzilla_Statue-Chiyoda_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html

 

 

[railsquid]

Yup, lot of construction going on around there, but I imagine it will be put back once everything's finished.

 

Here's one hatching: https://goo.gl/maps/ev3Vtot8XHD2

[Martijn Meerts]

The life size Goji head has been there for quite a while, it's rather fun to see :)

[TheNicofabi]

Been past there like a week ago, interesting angle from the streets.

[cteno4]

hey great Nico! looks like fun.

 

jeff

[railsquid]

On 2/17/2018 at 1:27 PM, railsquid said:

Yup, lot of construction going on around there, but I imagine it will be put back once everything's finished.

 

 

As of last week construction has reached the "fixing up the street furnishings" stage, I'll report back if I see the return of the small statue as I pass through there regularly.

[railsquid]

As predicted, it's back, reappearance concurrrent with the opening of Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, a high-end shopping complex/business office block of the type Tokyo is so desparately short of.

[cteno4]

Aren’t those complexes goji’s favorite stomping grounds? Lots of people and Gucci purses to squish between his toes?

 

jeff