The Terminator franchise used to have such a strong relationship with practical effects, which is our preferred art medium vs CG, but sometimes the props themselves don’t have a physical longevity which is inkeeping with the lifespan of the film,- and can deteriorate with time.
This famous Arnold Schwarzenegger puppet has seen better days, and now looks more like a mummified corpse…
The images were taken at the Profiles in History auction house on a visit by David Woodruff (son of Tom Woodruff Jr. – a stalwart of the Stan Winston Studios team).
One of our favorite images was the side-by-side recreation with Tom reuniting with this slightly worse-for-wear T-800 Unit…
