1:8 SCALE ROBOT FROM CLASSIC 'METROPOLIS' SCI-FI MOVIE AVAILABLE FROM X-PLUS
METROPOLIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST and most talked-about science-fiction movies ever made. And now the Japanese X-Plus company has created a 1:8 scale kit of Maria, a female robot that became the film’s most powerful image. Mat Irvine: Metropolis took 18 months to film; director Fritz Lang treated the cast terribly; it was badly received when it first appeared (HG Wells in a review called it “silly”); the leading lady had to do all her own stunts; it involved 35,000 extras; Heath and Safety didn’t seemed to be involved at all; it was recut, losing a quarter of the movie for the American market, and for many years didn’t exist in its original form. But for all that, Metropolis has gone into history as one of the most significant movies ever made. One of the movie’s most memorable images is an early vision of a robot, one generally called Maria. Considering Maria’s significance, it’s surprising that it has taken so long for a conventional model kit of this cinematic creation to be made...
