As a sort of test of the interweb I googled a toy of something unusual.
I thought of an old black and white episode of the Twilight Zone I loved about the Devil imprisoned in a castle. It was called The Howling Man.
Lo and behold, a toy there was!
An action figure of the Devil no less! From the very same episode! I was amazed!
With little confidence that I can out-google the net I then tried another bit of TV toy devilry, namely The Satan Pit from Dr. Who.
Not much of a challenge I feared. Dr. Who fans would want this as a toy for sure!
Yep, I was right!
Its a boxed set with a capsule and a Tennant! No devil though I don't think. Anyone got one?
My final google devil challenge worked though!
Is there a model or toy of the alien Satan-like figure from the book Childhood's End?
Result! Nope. There isn't. At least I couldn't find one. You?
Which google toy challenge would you set?
Find a ........?
For me the most fascinating creatures are those left for imagination. Seeing the alien from Childhood's End would ruin it for me.
ReplyDeleteFor the same reason I have evaded all films, comics and other visual depictions of John Carter of Mars. The Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs was such an influence that I want to safeguard it as imagined by the tender-aged me (a Mars to where I can still be transported whenever I want).
However, on Star Wars, I have always found this hilarious (grotesque as it is)
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/1bhofl/owen_lars_aunt_beru_the_action_figures/
I suppose the whole crux of Childhood's End is that no-one sees the aliens Arto so your sentiment is wholly apt. I've not read John Carter but I think I should. As for the Star Wars custom figures on the link it doesn't surprise me that they have been made. I suspect there's an 'action' figure of a Wampa's doo doo too!
DeleteThe action figure from the Satan pit episode was used as an FX figure for David Bowie's son's movie Moon with Sam Rockwell
ReplyDeleteI love that film MJ. When was the figure used in the film?
DeleteThe large moon crawler exterior shots
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DeleteI recently got a remaindered toy from this same range. It's a Ted Cassidy action figure of his alien role in "To Serve Man" and yes, it does come with a cookbook accessory!
ReplyDeleteI shall have to remind myself of that episode Looey. Sounds good!
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