Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon (@noobde) just Tweeted an image which will knock your socks off if you spent any time in arcades as a kid. Below is the original Goro model photographed for the first Mortal Kombat’s stop motion animation.

The original Goro model used in the first Mortal Kombat.

Ridiculously cool, right? While the characters from the first Mortal Kombat were actually actors in costume photographed in various positions, second last boss Goro was apparently this miniature model photographed against a makeshift blue screen – note the desk lamp ducktaped to a cookie tin! We’ve certainly come a long way. I can’t believe this guy tormented me for years…

Goro, as seen in the original Mortal Kombat.

If you are a Mortal Kombat fan, Ed is definitely worth following. He’s tweeting regularly about the upcoming Mortal Kombat 9 which, rising from the ashes of financially challenged publisher Midway, promises yet another return to the grittier, serious side of Mortal Kombat. Ed’s team is happily ditching the DC lycra – let’s just promise to forget about the babalities and friendships, okay?