#giant apes

[chernobog13]

I don't know what they're looking at, but if it's got Kong and Joe that scared I don't want to see it!

[fitsofgloom]

Bow Your Heads To The Great Apes

[kekwcomics]

THE HOTSPUR No. 634 (DC Thompson, 1948)

"The Silent City"

[orangezeppelin]

Short comic I made from the inspiration of a dream a few nights ago, unfortunately my cat's 4am howling woke me up and now I have no idea what happened after the British Explorer Man slapped King Kong.

[smbhax]

Arcade Archives Sky Skipper (Switch)

[mrtequilasunset]

[pixalry]

The Iron Giant - Created by Kevin Wilson

You can follow this artist on Instagram and Twitter.

[fishcemetery]

If this was not the intended dynamic for those three, the hell then Chucklefish was even doing with their legacy lore

(mon dieu, the legacy lore...)

[liorlen]

Some illustrations I made for a module as interpretations of some passages from the Welsh poem 'Preiddeu Annwn'

[bettie-may-page]

Bettie Page Magazines, Covers and Inserts, #269

[pythonpie]

Giant gorillas and tiny women make brain go brrrrr

Tiny is @kindii nyehehe >:)

[chernobog13]

King Kong models/puppets used in production of the 1933 masterpiece.

[dyst-blogs]

anyways heres my 64 all time most listened albums according to last.fm

pls ask me about these if you have any questions id love to chat about em :3

also all the artists are listed in the tags because. hehe :3

[kekwcomics]

WEB OF EVIL #9 (Quality, 1953)

Artist uncredited

[ravoress]

Oozaru Vegeta.

[rustybottlecap]

So back in 2021 The Asylum released Ape vs. Monster, their “response” to Godzilla vs. Kong. Say what you will about that movie, but I was AMAZED by the design of the titular monster, Gila, and was about to praise the hell out of them for it:

...but then it turned out they just bought the model from TurboSquid and so can you too (link in the source), it’s called “Dino Beast”:

So now they released a sequel to their movie, Ape vs. Mecha Ape, and the design of the titular Mecha Ape is also amazing. Suspiciously so.

I couldn’t find the model on TurboSquid, but I thought it looked familiar.

Searching for figures online where I live it’s very common to come across bootlegs, now more than ever with 3D printing technology, some people may get their hands on the file of a model someone else did and either sell the 3d printed figure or the file itself, most likely without the original artist’s knowledge. Add to that the popularity of Godzilla vs. Kong, wich featured a Mechagodzilla, and you come across stuff like this:

Meet “Mecha King Kong”, as online sellers call it. I assume they won’t call it “Mechanikong” because if you know who that is you probably will know this isn’t an official thing. I can’t find who the original artist is.

Now the bodies look completely different, but the head...

There are some differences, like the eyeballs, the forehead, the jaw, and the lenght of the “airvents”. But many of the details are so similar I simply can’t believe it’s just a coincidence:

Now, if the guys at The Asylum are one thing, it’s legaly savvy. There is a reason they’ve succesfully been in the mockbuster business for DECADES. I’m sure they didn’t steal an asset like these neobootleggers probably did, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the “Mecha Ape” and “Mecha King Kong” 3D models have a common origin somewhere down the line.

If there is something I take from all this unprompted cashing-in on robot gorillas, is that if the Godzilla vs. Kong sequel were to feature a robot Kong (Mechanikong or otherwise), audiences and bootlegers would welcome it with open arms.

(Also is this “Ape” fella going to be their new “Mega Shark”?)