Remember when you were a kid and your love of those Mighty Morphin SoCal Spandex Sentai Sensations ruled recess? Of course you do, and IT WAS AWESOME!
ML: Clunky Robots & Foam Monsters
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– June 10, 2013
April highlighting the popularity of classic Japanese tin and plastic toy robots as well as the robot in the movies. It’s a chance for all robot collectors and admirers as well as sci-fi fans to enjoy an afternoon of robots on display and some incredible Japanese robot action on the big silver screen! Screening will be the remarkable Japanese “Gigantor” movie TETSUJIN 28 (M) from the legendary Toho Studios. Just as Godzilla was the first of Japan’s giant monsters, Tetsujin-28 was the first of Japan’s giant robots. It’s a throwback to a time when families stuck together, and giant fighting robots didn’t need any super-weapons, just their own two fists and a heart of gold! A big budget product made only a few years ago complete with Toho’s famous miniatures of downtown Tokyo it demands to be seen on the big cinema screen!