A very sparse showing for this film. The four cards don't even manage to cover all of the relevant kaiju: Kamacuras is (are?) skipped and comes back in one paste-up for GODZILLA'S REVENGE. Oh well, I guess that leaves more room for other films, like what's coming up next!
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9/21/16
Godzilla Color Bromide Set: Part 13, King Kong Escapes (1967)
Only four bromide cards for this movie, and nary a Kong in sight (rights issues with Universal, no doubt). You get 3 Gorosauruses and 1 Sea Snake (fool your friends and try to get them to mis-identify it as Manda).
Kangaroo Kick in 3...2..1.. |
9/20/16
Godzilla Color Bromide Set: Part 12, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966)
Or EBIRAH, whichever you prefer, it's all good. Only 6 bromides for this film, and every one of them features Ebirah in some way...no Giant Condor, sorry to his many fans. Don't blame the messenger!
9/16/16
9/15/16
Godzilla Color Bromide Set: Part 11, War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Man, what a film. If Honda and Tsuburaya were holding back at all, before 1966, they let it all out to make this movie! Ten bromide cards in all:
9/12/16
Godzilla Color Bromide Set: Part 10, Monster Zero (Invasion of Astro-Monster, 1965)
After the huge number of cards for the last film, there are only 7 for this one, which is kind of disappointing! But, they are still wonderful:
9/9/16
Godzilla Origins Stickers (American Greetings, 2006)
Here's a cool set of stickers from the GODZILLA ORIGINS series (like the famous 2004 Valentines). You probably recognize the design style. It would be fun sometime to make a list of everything that was included in that theme.
9/7/16
Godzilla Color Bromide Set: Part 9, Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
The hands-down winner for the "most-covered film" in the Godzilla Color Bromide Set, is Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster, with a whopping 36 cards. It's clear that the folks putting the set together really loved the film--one of my personal favorites--and also had a great supply of promotional photos. You will notice that this group also has many pseudo-duplicates; shots that at first look repeated, but really aren't, OR are simply variants, like these first cards:
This first pair are variants, in that the main difference has to do--only--with the text and copyright information. The makers of this set were nothing if not thorough! |
Same with the above pair. |
This card looks like it was made from the same photo that is often used to illustrate the original "rainbow" color scheme for Ghidrah (luckily, gold was selected). |
This and the next three cards start to run together, when you are quickly flipping through them. You can see how I originally believed there was duplication in the overall set. |
THIS photo should be on a real Motivational poster for TEAMWORK, and should hang in everybody's office. |
I have to admit that this card almost fooled me into thinking it was from INVASION OF THE ASTRO MONSTERS (MONSTER ZERO), until I realized: hey, Mothra wasn't there! |
This paste-up was also used for an American lobby card, but not in gloriously-painted color. |
This action shot has a cool smear effect. |
"Green sky in morning / Japan, take warning" |
This and the card above it are close, but not identical. |
The advent of Ghidrah (with some people who weren't there). |