Name of object: Bridezilla
Date and country of manufacture: 1970s, Imperial Toys, United States 
Collector's name: Sandra Kasturi (photo by Méline Nadeau)

Photo taken: August 10, 2002, at Brett Savory & Sandra Kasturi's wedding, Watford, Ontario

This is the "classic" inflatable Godzilla, from the Japanese Toho films, approx. 6 feet tall (when properly pumped up), and quite a rarity these days--selling for upwards of $50.00 U.S. on eBay! This particular inflatable G was given to us as a gift by writer Louie Maistros of New Orleans, who just happened to have one stored in his mother's basement. As we all know, no wedding is complete without an inflatable cross-dressing Godzilla. (Bridal veil courtesy of Goodwill, approx. $2.00.) Sadly, Bridezilla started to deflate as the festivities progressed, and appears here looking a little used, dejected, possibly several vodka shots the worse for wear, a mere shadow of his former gloriously nuptial, aggressive, fully-inflated self.