Japan gets the cool stuff: Terminator Salvation exhibition

It's so unfair. Japan gets all the cool stuff! Like an exhibition before the May 2009 premiere of Terminator Salvation. The exhibition features all the cyborgs from the Terminator series over at Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) Tokyo.

Terminator Exhibition - Battle or Coexistence? Robots and Our Future- features all the Terminator models from the motion pictures Terminator, Terminator 2 & Terminator 3:Rise of the machines and includes the series- Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles. Visitors will also catch a glimpse of a "prequel" Terminator- The T-600. A precursor to the T-800 "Arnold" model.

The T-600 is a an early Terminator prototype. Unlike the T-800, the T-600 features an 8ft tall metal endoskeleton covered in synthetic skin instead of living human tissue.

T-800 "Arnold Schwarzenegger" cyborg consists of "living tissue over metal endoskeleton". As the movie unfolded across Terminator and Terminator 2, we learnt that the T-800 possessed excellent learning capabilities, enabling it to understand and adopt human behavior and phrases. It can also mimic voices once it hears them. A slightly improved version of the T-800 — the T-850 — appears in Terminator 3 when it's forced to face off with the T-X.

T-X aka “Terminatrix,” is embodied by babelicious Kristianna Loken incorporating a variety of weapons into its endoskeleton similar to the T-1000 "liquid metal" Terminator. As depicted in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the T-X can conduct DNA analysis by tasting blood, possessing shape-shifting abilities like the T-1000 and can also remotely control other machines and Terminators.
In yet another sneak peak at Terminator Salvation, the Moto-Terminator is on display as well. A motorcycle-based death machine, I look forward to watching it in action during the movie. And finally- Terminator: Sarah Chronicle's Cameron Philips (TOK715), a reprogrammed Terminator.
Terminator Salvation will be out May 2009.