Constructing the 1984 Godzilla suit.
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The Return Of Godzilla/Godzilla 1985 Gallery - Godzilla 1985 By Bob Eggleton
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Godzilla 1985 (1984), poster by Noriyoshi Ohrai
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Godzilla~ 1954-2023
Finished up my computer desktop background. I tried not to put too much effort into this.... 104 layers later. This is purely for personal fun.
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guess what movie I just watched
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Special Effects Director Teruyoshi Nagano scolding the cybot for behaving like a diva during production of The Return of Godzilla (1984), aka Godzilla 1985.
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The Return Of Godzilla Gallery - Godzilla 84/85 By Bob Eggleton
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Let's put this to bed:
For some reason, there's a rumor going around online that the suit from Godzilla (1984) was stolen and to this day, nobody knows what happened to it. I don't know how this started or where it came from, but it's wholly untrue.
Firstly, there were two Godzilla suits made for the film. One for the main shooting, the other for "stunts" and water scenes and such. One of these suits was taken by Teruyoshi Nakano to North Korea and transformed into Pulgasari for Kenpachiro Satsuma to act in again.
How it started:
https://becominggodzilla.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Return_1984_Screenshot_03.jpg
How it ended:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/d/d8/MV5BMmMwZTBjMDgtN2E2Mi00YzIyLTk0MmItNjQ3NDdmZjZiYzJiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjc1ODEyMTg%40.V1_SY1000_CR0%2C0%2C1321%2C1000_AL.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200706121454
The other suit was at some point sent to America to do a publicity tour for the release of Godzilla 1985. Svengoolie (then, "Son of Svengoolie") even did a show back then with the suit on hand!
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c8236ab23914497cf118f8eb312ba504/6bbc7811252ac46b-d8/s1280x1920/e1b8d137ed6755413b7a76d05aefa093fcdc87a0.jpg
https://64.media.tumblr.com/f3e50da5f2a184a518b76946f6d460dc/6bbc7811252ac46b-3c/s1280x1920/c5cef9f0d70d59675b6304020fdad67675e7b2e8.jpg
https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd9a7a33db0b3174f18c1186b67b58c2/6bbc7811252ac46b-64/s1280x1920/6209fdef0043a0d37820ec0fbb38a156a70421a7.jpg
After that was over, the suit was sent back to Toho where it was used in several commercials. Since nobody's ever mentioned it, I presume Pulgasari was left over in North Korea where it eventually rotted away.
The only Godzilla suit ever actually stolen was the 1989 Biogoji, refurbished and used again in 1991. It was somehow swiped in mid-1992 just before shooting of Godzilla vs. Mothra began. Koichi Kawakita fully intended to use the Bio/Gidogoji suit yet again for the entire movie, even with its aging, floppy plates. But when it was stolen, he was forced to have a new suit made. The effects staff were relieved when the suit was stolen because there was some kind of problem with it and they didn't want to deal with it anymore. The suit was eventually discovered discarded in a ditch, probably because the damn thing was just so unwieldy (keep in mind, the lightest Godzilla suit for shooting ever made was still like 100 pounds). Kawakita ordered it repaired and it was used as like a stunt suit in vs. Mothra, which would be the final onscreen appearance for it.
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