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<\/a>This year at San Diego Comic Con<\/strong><\/em><\/a> fans of the innovative and successful stop motion studio Laika<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a>, can experience\u00a0an\u00a0interactive pop-up exhibit located at 520 5th Avenue in The Gaslamp\u00a0Quarter<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. The exhibit\u00a0and display gives fans\u00a015-minute tours throughout the day during the convention. You don’t need a Comic Con<\/em> ticket as the display is\u00a0free to everyone who visits The Gaslamp\u00a0Quarter<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in San Dieg<\/em>o between July 14th and July 23rd.<\/p>\nEach tour throughout the exhibit takes you through the studio\u2019s movies, including\u00a0Coraline<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong>, ParaNorman<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong>, The Boxtrolls<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong>, and Kubo and the Two Strings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>. Visitors will learn about the creation of each film, as well as the creative process and technologies used, including the revolutionary 3D printing process that\u00a0Laika<\/em> utilizes to created their magical worlds. Fans are\u00a0treated to a visual experience of\u00a0stop motion puppets, sets, and props from all of their films.<\/p>\n On one of the days\u00a0I attended, the excellent and friendly Laika tour guide mentioned it takes\u00a0three to four months to craft a new puppet for each film. For\u00a0ParaNorman,\u00a0<\/em>it took over 60 puppet artists\u00a0to create 178 full body puppets with\u00a031,000 individual face parts. Norman<\/em> required 20 different puppets and 8,800 faces with a range of individual pieces for possible facial expressions of 1.5 million. While\u00a0Coraline,<\/em> had 207,000 possible facial combinations, with 6,300 pieces also created\u00a0by hand. \u00a0Kubo had 23,187 pieces for 48\u00a0million\u00a0<\/em>possible facial expressions.<\/p>\n Laika is holding\u00a0a contest every day to win a rare pair of Nike<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Laika<\/em> themed sneakers. Fans also have the opportunity\u00a0to meet and get a free signed poster, from none other than the talented voice artist, Dee Bradly Baker<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a>, who gave excellent performances as the voices of Fish<\/em>, Wheels<\/em> and Bucket<\/em> in the Laika<\/em> hit film, “The Boxtrolls<\/strong><\/em><\/a>“.<\/p>\n CEO, Lead Animator, and Director of “Kubo and the Two Strings<\/em>“, Travis Knight<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a> was on hand for a special day of meeting and greeting fans of Laika<\/em>‘s amazing films too.\u00a0He posed for photos, gave autographs, and shared some behind the scenes info with exhibit attendees.<\/p>\n I had so much fun and learned a lot from the tour that I attended more than once during my time in San Diego while visiting from New York. This Laika<\/em> exhibit\u00a0was one of the main reasons I decided to fly to San Diego from New York. It was definitely worth it, and everyone I spoke with in line agreed. The Laika<\/em> artists and employees at the exhibit were always friendly and informative and made the experience great. A special shout out to my Laika<\/em> tour guide you see in the photo and HD video I shot. He really made our tour fun and informative. I’d also like to thank Mark<\/em> and Maggie<\/em>.<\/p>\n There’s one more day you can experience Laika<\/strong><\/em>‘s incredible display, tour, contest, and cool merchandise. Get down to 520 5th in The Gaslamp<\/em> Sunday morning and have a great time\u00a0\ud83d\ude09 .<\/p>\n Check put the full 1080P HD video tour of the entire Laika Experience<\/em> with an appearance by\u00a0Travis Knight, and Dee Bradly Baker<\/em> right here at Movie Prop Collectors<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n