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Michael Penn
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| Posted: 11 July 2022 at 1:12pm | IP Logged | 1
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Ah, how much I love the subtle power of the Force in the original movie!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 11 July 2022 at 1:34pm | IP Logged | 2
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I'll mention too, that altho I fully understand the corporate-think of wanting the finished product to LOOK like a LEGO kit, I really wish they'd included more of the smooth pieces for the top of the model. It's an odd combination of smooth and knobby.Debating whether to "dirty it up".
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 11 July 2022 at 1:52pm | IP Logged | 3
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Not a toy, but I wandered into a shop selling crystals, and ended up buying a cool piece. A chunk of ground that had been struck by lightning, creating all kinds of channels and crannies in the surface. It's about half the size of an American football.Tried to take a picture, but I come out mostly black and uninteresting.
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Paul Wills
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| Posted: 11 July 2022 at 3:22pm | IP Logged | 4
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Thats' impressive! Larger than I would have thought
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William Roberge
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| Posted: 11 July 2022 at 6:13pm | IP Logged | 5
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From the Black Hole….
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 11 July 2022 at 7:14pm | IP Logged | 6
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Ah, if only that movie hadn’t been Disney-fied!
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William Roberge
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| Posted: 11 July 2022 at 7:18pm | IP Logged | 7
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Agreed, but these three have stuck with me (in my head) for years! So I couldn’t pass them up.
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Peter Martin
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| Posted: 11 July 2022 at 7:20pm | IP Logged | 8
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Cool!
I used to have Mego action figures for V.I.N.CENT, Maximilian and a robot sentry back in the 80s.
The Black Hole is an odd film -- I just started musing about Kate having telepathy... which she uses to talk to the robot V.I.N.CENT. It seems a bizarre inclusion. And, of course, that ending.
Great figures you have there.
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James Woodcock
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| Posted: 11 July 2022 at 10:13pm | IP Logged | 9
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Incredible design work on THE BLACK HOLE. Story? Well, yes.
Movie equivalent of Space 1999 for me in that the designs were so great.
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James Woodcock
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| Posted: 13 July 2022 at 2:35am | IP Logged | 10
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BleedingCool is reporting that Eaglemoss has gone into administration -
usually the first step to bankruptcy.
A real shame for all involved as their product was quality.
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Paul Gibney
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| Posted: 13 July 2022 at 4:03pm | IP Logged | 11
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End of the line for Eaglemoss
Frankly, they have been kind of *reaching* for some of the later entries in
many of their offerings.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 13 July 2022 at 5:34pm | IP Logged | 12
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Sad. I’ve been accumulating their pieces for a long time!The effect, I found, was much like the old comics collecting. I found myself anticipating the next Eaglemoss superhero figure in much the same way my (much) younger self had looked forward to the next GREEN LANTERN or FANTASTIC FOUR (and many others).
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