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The Vermithrax Dragon from Dragonslayer by PegasusĪ couple of other doodads, plus I just pulled the trigger on a small wooden ship starter set from Occre. But it's only been in the last few months that I've really tried using different techniques like dry brushing and washes to get a more realistic effect. Hello! I've dabbled in model building since I was a kid, so around 40 years on and off. The box art to the original 1975 release were AMAZING!!they were done to look like newspaper front pages. They came with crushed details, smashed automobiles and little people fleeing the destruction. The only Aurora monster model kits I had were the Rodan ,Gihdra, Godzilla … I LOVED the MPC - Fundimensions kits of THE GIGANTICS ! You got everything to create a diorama of a giant monster insect attacking a down town city, an amusement park, a power station and a railroad terminal. Also as a kid I loved things like Kenner Girder & Panel building sets …. this TOTALY helped me in my degree in architectural design. Major: I started building clay and paper models as a kid … later did model kits then plastic model road model structure kits then craftsmen model structure kits then scratch building etc.

So some time around the late 70’s a few painted batches were made for sale at the parks … And I say painted because now it has been discovered that for the 1973 opening of WDW’s Pirates of the Caribbean,unpainted “clay colored” versions were on the black wooden bases were given to the press as gifts. It totally is made from a NEW sculpture … and by someone who did not capture the nuisances of the originals.Īlso I wouldn’t really use the word “manufactured” for the 1970’s and 80’s versions : they were more hand crafted and it’s been discovered there were only ever 25 of each figure made for each park … they are not number but only 50 painted versions exist. This could NOT possibly have been made from a casting of the original …. The hand stance and facial expression is NOT exact, and details that had to be painted on the original maquettes ( like the skull and crossbones on the pirate’s hat ) are sculpted in …. The recent bronze CLEARLY is lying … as the new bronze version is larger …. Supposedly it was casted from the Blaine Gibson original …. I think the edition size was 50 and was like 2,500.00. They actually made a bronze casting of the auctioneer ( not to be confused with the Kevin and Jody Pirate bronze) this was part of the WDI BLAINE GIBSON BRONZE COLLECTION. Dave Smith said when he first saw them he requested one if each for the archives (painted directly from Disneyland ) I fact they were on display as part of the Disney Archives D23 Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit. MAJOR: the funny thing is at work right now I pass the sculpture room and see the 3 unpainted masters for those three Pirate Maquettes. Why did Lawrence Welk have Tom Netherton’s suit? None of the other ghost towns I’ve been to have ice cream (well, maybe Calico does) or Rockettes, so you make a good point. JG, I would be totally on board for a salmon-pink suit. Grant, I hope they DID make the girls from Western High School march there! They will learn a valuable lesson about… well… something, I’ll bet. The street is covered in dried pink petals. There is a bougainvillea plant right near where I live, and you’re right, the flowers don’t last that long. Not sure if they’ll go this year, but I’ll remind them just in case. Irene, I’m so glad you are going to the Boysenberry Festival! I have friends who have gone to the last few, I think they mostly like all of the food that is offered. I’ve visited a few actual ghost towns in my time, and at least the ones in the arid deserts seem to have wooden buildings that have been surprisingly well-preserved.

Good detective work on Western High School!Ĭhuck, I’m not sure why the old wooden structures would be standing while more seemingly-solid masonry buildings would be crumbling, but I suspect ghosts have something to do with it. TokyoMagic!, I called Tiger Woods about 800 times, but he would not answer. Thanks for the link to the Fiesta Village pic! Don’t tell me you actually believe that Richard Nixon is dead. TokyoMagic!, do you think I actually thought about what the school colors for Whittier High would be? I’m WAY too lazy and probably too dumb too.

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Please feel free to add your own clever and witty comments! Probably Arbor Day, everyone’s favorite holiday. The very fact that those majorettes are so out of place is what makes that photo so fun! I really would like to know what the occasion was. JB, I’m just glad that boy decided to pull a hankie out of his mouth this time.