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G-FEST XX Schedule

General event times for G-FEST XX are listed below. Detailed session information will be posted shortly.

Thursday, July 11th

Special double double-bill at the
Pickwick Theater in Park Ridge, IL
1:00 PM: 20 Million Miles to Earth
3:00 PM: Gamera 3: Awakening of Iris
7:00 PM: Gamera vs. Gyaos
9:00 PM: The X From Outer Space

Friday, July 12th

Registration
(10:30 AM to 7:00 PM, Concourse A)
Kids’ Crafts
(12:00 PM to 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Dulles)
Art Room
(12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, La Guardia)
Dealers Room
(1:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Ballrooms 3 and 4)
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
(10:30 PM, the Pickwick Theater)

Saturday, July 13th

Registration
(9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Concourse A)
Dealers Room
(10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Ballrooms 3 and 4)
Art Room
(11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, La Guardia)
Autograph Session
(3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Dulles)
Godzilla X Megaguirus
(10:30 PM, the Pickwick Theater)

Sunday, July 14th

Registration
(9:30 AM to 2:00 PM, Concourse A)
Dealers Room
(10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Ballrooms 3 and 4)
Art Room
(11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, La Guardia)
Autograph Session
(11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, Dulles)

S.H. MonsterArts Biollante Confirmed

This massive monster will be a Tamashii Web Exclusive with an almost assured Bluefin release for the US market. Standing 30 CM tall, that's nearly 12", and she will also feature a chest LED gimmick, the first of its kind for this line! Now the bad news is the price. This bad girl will run you a whopping 23,100 yen which by today's exchange rate is $242! The price may be high but by comparison to the other larger figures of the line (Ghidorah, Destroyah) a high price tag like this is not unexpected.

Play The Pacific Rim Jaeger Combat Simulator

Pilot a 300-foot-tall robot, and save humanity from extinction. Play the Pacific Rim Jaeger Combat Simulator: http://jaegercombatsimulator.pacificrimmovie.com/

PREVIEW: GODZILLA: RULERS OF EARTH #1

Pacific Rim : Knifehead Collectible Statue Sneak Peek And Striker Eureka Blueprint

S.H. MonsterArts Biollante Coming By Years End Maybe

From Kaiju Planet

A couple of recent Tweets by Tamashii Nations have given the implication that the S.H. MonsterArts Biollante is indeed upon the horizon and will be released some time before the end of this year (I'm assuming late November). Here are the said Tweets below.

80 Things We Learned On The Set of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pacific Rim’

From SlashFilm

Pilots inside the Jaegers are hooked in through the Conn-Pod. They control the Jaeger through movements and a shared neural bridge between the two pilots. The pilots have a 3d projected HUD inside the robots before the windshield looking out to the outside world.

The Conn-Pods are located inside the head of all of the mechs, except for Gipsy Danger, which has the conn-pod located in the chest. The inside of each pod has a very different look and feel, so when they cut between the different robots you’ll know which one you are inside. For instance, Striker has a green army look. The Russian Conn-Pod looks like an old battleship.

The Conn Pod in the Crimson Typhoon, the Chinese Jaeger, is more modern looking, red and black colored, with room for three pilots. The Chinese pilots are played by three identical Chinese triplets. They are called the Wei Tang Clan.

The Conn Pods are practically built sets, where most of the robot exteriors are computer generated. The robots are so massive they couldn’t build them practically. During some scenes you’ll see a 15 foot tall piece of the robot’s heel. Whenever a Jaeger is on screen with an actor, a piece of the robotics constructed to extend into the computer generated Jaeger (set/prop extension). The Conn Pod sets are 30 feet by 25 feet.

Del Toro wanted to bring the language of World War II bombers and oil tankers into the visuals of the Conn Pods. He wanted the sets to have scratches and wear, and feel as real as possible.

Around the world there are underground bunkers called Anti-Kaiju refuges where people can hide when the Kaiju alarm goes off. These areas are very crowded and claustrophobic.

Del Toro wanted the Kaiju to always feel like a force of nature, unrelenting and massive.

Guillermo didn’t want to do the story of partners who hated each other that are forced to be together. He instead wanted to tell the story of all the world coming together, even though all of them have great differences.

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