Delta Heavy Destroys 80s Classic Toys to 90s Dance Vibes

Check out this video for “Get By” by UK-based Delta Heavy. For reasons unclear, it features 80s toys and games being chopped up and put through a meat grinder. The stop-motion animated short was directed by Ian Robertson, with illustrations by Annie Ward and visual effects by Matt Cameron. I do think it’s a peculiar combination of aesthetics.

• If you like nostalgic toys and games, you might not fancy seeing them destroyed.
• If you enjoy destruction, you’ll probably feel mixed about “90s dance vibes and fresh dub steps”.
• And if you want to take some good drugs and go dancing, it’s probably a bummer to see someone decapitating a couple of Hungry Hungry Hippos.

Despite all that, I’ve got to give Delta Heavy and their crew big props for the effort it takes to do stop-motion animation. It’s no easy feat! Per their production notes:

• 11,008 photographs were taken for the film.
• 3,184 photographs made the final cut.
• 80 Rubik’s Cubes were hired for the shoot.
• 10 hours to animate 18 frames of the Rubik’s Cube equaliser.
• 148 Subbuteo men hired for the shoot.
• 99 Red Balloons by Nena is the vinyl record in the opening sequence.
• 7 Hungry Hippos were harmed during the making of the film.
• 160 pick-up sticks are equalised.
• 1 John Hunt Little Champion Pie Machine was used as the record press.
• 4 hours to shoot the hungry hippos being minced.
• 12 photographs per second appear in the film.
• 6 hours to plan and shoot the camera dolly in on the minced Subbuteo.
• 32 days were spent animating.

Delta Heavy’s new album, Down The Rabbit Hole, which includes the track “Get Heavy,” will be released worldwide on May 28th, 2012. Check out the video.