Tiny paper people and scenery

TERADA MOKEI, a Japanese company, makes dense sheets of punch-out people, animals and scenery intended for use in architectural models. The sets include sports matches, mass transit, street scenes, construction sites, and an orchestra. Sounds like a fun thing to have around on general principle, for models, art projects, and entertainment value.

TERADA MOKEI (via Core77)

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Something as awsome elsewhere on the site:
http://www.teradamokei.jp/movie/
yri

This would be sweet for a tiny little stop-motion animated movie…
siloxane

Hey, there’s Waldo!
Ricky Ford

Shit like this makes me wish I had a hobby. :’(
Jonathan Badger

Does anybody else remember the books of punch-out-and-fold scenery that used to be common in the US in the 1970s, often sold in the magazine section of grocery stores? As a child, I used to enjoy those — they had various themes, like mall, farm, haunted house, etc. Much cheaper than plastic toys (albeit less durable), and like a Lego set, there was a certain satisfaction in actually assembling them.
- jen trinkle
  
  I remember them and miss them! I wish I could get them for my niece and nephews but no one seems to make them.
obeyken

I stumbled across these at New People (store of weird Japanese stuff) in San Francisco. I can’t explain why but I love them very, very much.
Gutierrez

Papercraft Godzilla, anyone?
kevinsteele

These are truly wonderful, from start to finish, made with love and respect. They make me wish I was an architect so that I had the problem these models solve. ”If it makes you happy just to hold the package, that would make me happy as well.”
http://profiles.google.com/butlersean Sean Butler

Does anybody know the music used on the airplane video on this site?