TheMagicCafe.com is still one of the most active.  

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A couple more pictures!  The original star of the 1954 Godzilla, Akira Takarada, loved the sculpture!  He asked it he could get his picture with us with the sculpture, so of course we took one too.  He and Haruo Nakajima, the man in the original Godzilla suit, and asked us to sign the blueprints.  

So all in all it was a good build, and a great way to let my inner geek out!

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Well, I got the project about 4 months ago and started planning.  Everything was done in photoshop so I could know how big each bubble was going to be.  On design day, we made things a little bigger.  I was lucky enough to have balloon artist friends that were more than willing to help with the project.  Having guys like Brian Getz, Mark Byrne, Billy Damon, JJ Szabo, and everyone there really made things move along.  Started at 11 am with about 12 people and finished at 9 pm.  I estimated about 1500 balloons and we finished north of 2200 balloons.  Here are some pics of the project!  Hoping to post more later as it's being opened today and Haruo Nakajima, who played the original Godzilla will be there along with the cast of Once Upon a Time and others!



It was a project that I was both looking forward to and dreading, but I love how it turned out!

For anyone interested, here's a video with the planning that goes into this one and others.  (It also shows some Easter Eggs we put into some past ones.)  

//https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPkeHuDc9E4

Putting more pictures on facebook when the convention gets underway.   //https://www.facebook.com/evansentertainment?ref=bookmarks

So we have a decor gig where they want helium balloon centerpieces with the balloons lit up.
What would you guys use?  We use finger lights normally, but the weight of those wouldn't work with helium.  I like the product ilooms which are made by qualatex, but to be honest, there are a lot of duds in each pack.

Anyone have something they use?

Thanks!

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My favorite was the rollercoaster.   It was a great build and hoping I can go bigger this year!

//https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEYwqhIHzlE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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So I have been asked to do a party with a "British Invasion" theme here in the states and they want some British Themed/ Union Jack designs.  Anyone have any ideas?

Also, I looked for Union Jack Mylar balloons.  I thought they would be easy to find.  Anyone know of anywhere here in the states that carries them?

Thanks!

So I just got a Conwin Dual Split Second Sizer and I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for the compressor.  Anyone have one they like for this or the Duplicator 2?  

I would like it to be halfway quiet, but of course performance is key and portability to build on site.

Yes, indeed, Graham.  They actually have a table dedicated to our flyers, cards, and Super Structure gallery.  Hopefully, we will get some good press to use in the future!

So sitting here with Brian Getz and we just finished our Super Sculpture for ESPN! A 20 foot basketball player for Florida Gulf Coast University and ESPN. We will post more pictures and videos soon and it should be on ESPN Friday night for their Midnight Madness special!  Here is a quick picture of it after he went up.  20 feet tall, 50 man hours, and clocks in at just under 1000 balloons.  Definitely a fun project!

Love it, Lisa!  The big projects are the ones you hate in the middle of, but you are so happy with afterwards.  You'll get addicted!

Excellent job on the castle!  Well done!

Thanks, everyone!  It probably took a little over 10 hours to get it done.  I thought it would be a bit longer, and we had some logistical snags along the way.

I went up to the loft to get a good picture of the whole thing.

Well, our latest large scale sculpture was a unique one.  We were asked to make a 25 foot Jack and the Beanstalk.  It was one of those that we planned out, but when it came time for the execution, we changed several things and it came out looking much different than it did on the drawing board.  In any event, I'm really happy with the result.  Almost 2 am over here now, so I will hopefully put up more pictures tomorrow if you want, but here's a quick one.

Probably learned more doing this particular structure than the biplane or rollercoaster, just because of all the minor details that went with it.

Well, it looks awesome.  They all do, and each has it's own personality, which really sells it.

Fantastic! Is the base your design or did you tweak it?

Loving your columns!  I haven't gotten into them much, but you are inspiring!  Which column type do you use?  Is it a PVC structure behind the balloon?

They look amazing!