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Four design concept sketches of Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi), Kaiju, and a Jaeger drivesuit hand-drawn by conceptual artists Keith Thompson, Wayne Barlowe, and Allen Williams for the production of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim. Mori - the adoptive daughter of Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) and a survivor of Onibaba's attack on Tokyo - assumed control of the Jaeger known as Gipsy Danger to help defeat Kaiju along the Pacific Rim.

This set was gifted to the consignor directly by Guillermo del Toro. It consists of concept sketches depicting Mori sulking at a Pan Pacific Defense Corps (PPDC) base signed by del Toro's long-time concept illustrator Thompson, a resting Kaiju in an otherworldly device hand-labelled "Kaiju Birthing Lathe 2" and signed by Barlowe, a different spiked Kaiju in profile, and a Jaeger with its right arm torn off. The spiked Kaiju sketch is hand-drawn by Williams, but unsigned, while the Jaeger sketch artist is unknown.

All four are rendered in graphite on paper. Two sketches exhibit fading and eraser marks where previous sketches were removed, and one sketch exhibits tearing at top from being removed from a notebook. Dimensions: (largest) 33 cm x 25.5 cm (13" x 10")

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Estimate: £2,500 - 5,000 Ω

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