The stop motion work of Phil Tippett and the now closed Tippett Studios is being preserved in a free-to-browse online archive. Tippett Studios, the Berkeley-based animation and effects house founded by Phil Tippett, closed on August 28th after financial troubles, leading to a two-day auction of props, memorabilia, and art. Concerns arose that decades of stored work might vanish into private collections. An anonymous bidder acquired a folder of CD-ROMs and uploaded the contents to the Internet Archive under the name 'Tippett Fan'.
The donation includes 90 key non-duplicated discs as . ISO images, featuring behind-the-scenes materials from Star Wars, Robo Cop, Starship Troopers, and even Catwoman publicity stills. Some clips are viewable online, but the bulk requires downloading gigabytes of files for researchers and fans to explore.
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