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The Mighty Goro, Actual Size

Who's the big guy now!?!

This komes kourtesy of Mortal Kombat ko-kreator Ed Boon. According to the tweet this accompanied, what you're looking at is the stop-motion rig used to capture the various frames of animation used for Goro in the original Mortal Kombat. It's pretty incredible to realize just how teensy that model was, as well as how much the game development process has changed since then.


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JoelTGM

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Edited By JoelTGM

Stop motion done well looks way better than CGI.  You can always spot CGI stuff right away, but stop motion stuff is all real.

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@Out_On_Bail said:
" @GreggD said:
" Damn, awful lot of "awesome"s in the comments. I'm not debating that it is, but that's a resounding response if I ever saw one. "
Lol I was thinking the same thing.  I won't say it's awesome because it's already been mentioned how awesome it is, many times.
"
Indeed, my friend.
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My my. Look how far we've come.

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I knew the model that they used was small but not that small! If I had the cash Id buy it to go along with all my other MK souveniers

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Tomb Raider? More like Babe Raider!? Am I right or am I right?


I had an urge to say this all day. And I bet you people would enjoy it most.

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Love it.

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Fantastic.

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Thats really cool!
I agree, this should be in a museum.

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Oh the krux of using k's where they don't belong.  ;)

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Wow.

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That's pretty funny to see, yet not really surprising.

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Johnny Cage Nut Punched the SHIT out of that model. Which in one way doesn't make him as tough as it looked, yet still makes him baddass enough not to take shit from anyone.

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@ShinyD3mon said:
"@Black_Rose: I'm looking at Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Reptile figures on my dresser right now. I got them at KB Toys a few years back, not sure if they sell them anymore.I had a Noob Saibot figure as well, but my brother broke his arm.. it doesn't really matter, he was the worst looking one (actually grey instead of jet black). But yeah, the other ones are pretty awesome. In a related story, I'm a total nerd."

so what if your a nerd who is more the nerd you for having them or me for wanting them:D
oh and nerds rule the world btw
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I must have it!

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Oh god, look at all the tape!

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damn, I guess the camera does put on a few 100 pounds.

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heh, that is cool.

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that's actually amazing!

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fake. i kan see the wire.

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Wow...speechless.

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I could kick the CRAP out of that guy!!

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When you think that that type of technology made better MK games than the 3-D graphics bullcrap they use now is mindblowing

Bring back crazy digitized graphics !!!!!!!!!!

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Stop-motion=AWESOMENESS.

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I wanna see it fight something!

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Edited By Ket87

Stop motion made the original MK games look much better than anything else back then. It really gave it a visual flair that other games lacked. Just imagine what could be done with today's technology is they combined it with the tech of the early days. It could probably look pretty cool but a lot of care would have to put into it to pull it off now.

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oh man, the amount of tape and cardboard and random quality lights. Its an amazing image.

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Incredible image!

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nice blast from the past!

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wow thats really cool,

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they should use those old ways for their animations again, could really make a nostalgia seller.

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Epic

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that is the biggest freaking lamp, ever.

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@Vinny said:
" that is the biggest freaking lamp, ever. "
I just noticed that. You could totally melt someone's face off with it.
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Edited By defector

That's pretty cool. I think the old methods are the best. There is definitely some craftsmanship involved in the way that movies and games were made back then compared to now.

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Edited By Lambwisegamgee

I must have that Goro for myself!

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@Ket87: You must be forgetting Primal Raaaaaaage!
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nice
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Creativity and effort were key in those days. Altough this looks almost too cheap. I feel like I've been had.