I imagine this set as the first in a series of highly detailed models based on various vehicles from Studio Ghibli films. The base features a scenic river-crossing with trees and wild animals grazing. Interspersed all over are various pulleys and levers hanging off the sides of the castle, turning this heap of metal into a noisy, steamy, clanking fortress as memorable as it is mysterious! Finally, on the underside of the main body is the modest entrance to the castle-a tiny protruding platform with a wooden door and a lamp hanging above, nearly scraping the ground as the castle moves. Delicately lifting the castle off the ground are four movable legs (and a detachable connector, to let the castle stand on its own or on the display base). In the rear are the large boilers that Calcifer fires up to get the castle moving. Scattered throughout the castle are small cantilevered rooms and castle turrets, providing for unique niches and nooks throughout. The castle features a face-like front with two cannon-like eyes and a mouth that opens and closes, pushing a mechanized tongue in and out.
Now you can own the castle that has stolen more hearts than Howl himself! This set includes the castle, with a highly detailed exterior and several moving parts along with a detachable decorative display base of a scene from the Wastes (the mountainous terrain in which Howl’s castle wanders).
Along the way, Sophie meets many lovable characters, including the resident fire demon Calcifer, the animated scarecrow Turnip Head, and Markl-Howl’s young apprentice, among others. The two of their fates converge as Sophie encounters the magical moving castle in which Howl resides-a castle built of spare industrial machine parts, perilously held together by a mysterious force. Thank you all for your support! **SUPPORT COUNTER** 100 Supporters: 200 Supporters: 300 Supporters: 400 Supporters: 500 Supporters: ? The movie, itself based on a book by the late Diana Wynne Jones, is an infinitely imaginative film about a much feared-but charming, wizard named Howl, and a young hatter named Sophie, who has a spell cast upon her by the Witch of the Waste, turning her into an old, fragile woman. This proposed set depicts a detailed sculptural model of the moving castle from “Howl’s Moving Castle” ((ハウルの動く城 Hauru no Ugoku Shiro), the traditionally animated film by famed director Hayao Miyazaki and his studio, Studio Ghibli (株式会社スタジオジブリ Kabushiki-gaisha Sutajio Jiburi).