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The Mighty Goro, Actual Size

Who's the big guy now!?!

By Ryan Davis  |  June 20, 2009

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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Bubahulaon June 20, 2009 at 2:51 p.m.
thats pretty crazy awesome ,i wonder how much hed sell for?
Nat3TheGreat13on June 20, 2009 at 2:52 p.m.
That's sweet.
Kratchon June 20, 2009 at 2:55 p.m.
I love that it looks like a Junior High science fair project.  Either that, or the sequel to Weird Science.
Black_Roseon June 20, 2009 at 2:58 p.m.
That's awesome. I used to have a Goro, Scorpion and Sub-zero figures back when I was a kid, I miss them :'(
RHCPfan24on June 20, 2009 at 3:03 p.m.
High tech stuff indeed. Awesome.
CL60on June 20, 2009 at 3:03 p.m.
That's awesome.
cc23574on June 20, 2009 at 3:05 p.m.
Awesome dude.
Champyon June 20, 2009 at 3:07 p.m.
that is awesome.
Canberraon June 20, 2009 at 3:09 p.m.
@Bubahula said:
"thats pretty crazy awesome ,i wonder how much hed sell for? "

Was just thinking that.
awesome.
Video_Game_Kingon June 20, 2009 at 3:10 p.m.
Why haven't they sold action figures of this? *waits to be proven wrong*
stephengotloston June 20, 2009 at 3:10 p.m.
Those are just actually an over-sized desk and lamp
Claudeon June 20, 2009 at 3:11 p.m.
It keeps moving dammit, "put tape on it". The light's not high enough, "books and that cookie jar thing... do it... tape it down".
Stephen_Von_Cloudon June 20, 2009 at 3:12 p.m.
That is hilarious
ZeroCaston June 20, 2009 at 3:16 p.m.
Look at that, just look at it, doesn't that deserve to be in some kind of a Museum of Games?

Time is moving rapidly people and we got to do something to preserve our gaming past.
Origina1Penguinon June 20, 2009 at 3:18 p.m.
Good stuff.
strangelingon June 20, 2009 at 3:19 p.m.
Awww... lookitthelittleguy... he's sooo cute!
Linkyshinkson June 20, 2009 at 3:24 p.m.
Ray Harryhausen would be proud of that.

Sweet insight.
Azteckon June 20, 2009 at 3:25 p.m.
That's pretty badass. :o
FuzzYLemoN is online on June 20, 2009 at 3:25 p.m.
You guys run some weird ass "news" stories. Seriously, what the fuck.
Death_Burnouton June 20, 2009 at 3:29 p.m.
I new it was made like that, but not that small.

"Komes Kourtesy" is effing terrible Ryan.

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Goro was introduced in the first Mortal Kombat game as the sub-boss, where he was notoriously difficult to defeat. More than two thousand years old, he is the Prince of the Shokan race, hailing from the Kuatan realm of Outworld. As a General in the Outworld Emperor Shao Kahn's militia, he fights for the pride and glory of his people.

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