THAT SNOW BEAST

I'm currently watching a creature feature called Snow Beast from 1977.

Snow Beasts have a long and dignified history in popular culture. From the classic Abominable Snowman black and white original with Peter Cushing, the Yeti has been a staple of popular culture.

In my bookshelf is a well-thumbed copy of Snow Man by Norman Bogner, one of those iconic New English Library paperbacks made for a summer holiday read. My copy is from 1979 like the one pictured but I think it was first published in 1977, a good year for Yeti's.

[pic: nastynels]

Snowbeast is also from 1977 and is a horror flick, which for a time in the 1980's courted the video nasties when Vipco released it on VHS. Its not a nasty at all and with the likes of Clint Walker and Bo Svenson and some decent sets is very watchable. I'm watching it on You Tube and with its large number of extras in the film's ski resort it reminded me of other holiday disaster films like Piranha and Jaws.

A much less able affair is a more modern Snow Beast movie I've seen on telly. From 2011, it has a cast of about five, three of whom are on the DVD cover [the beast ate the other and it makes five] who appear to sit around drinking coffee or driving SUV's most of the time. Avoidable.

Grab a coffee and watch the 1977 movie or read the NEL paperback.

Have you any Yeti's in the closet readers?

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ABOMINABLE TOYS

Brian's recommendation of this cool looking modern Yeti Playset by Animal Planet has prompted me to list a few Yeti toys.

Maybe the mother of all vintage Yeti toys, here's the Marx original from 1963

and video footage by Big Al of it on the Tube. Be warned, the mechanical Wampa shrieking is really unpleasant! 

Then of course there is that rarity amongst Sasquatches, the Mego Six Million Dollar Man Big Foot as covered on the US TV show Toy Hunter. 

There's also this 7m video on the Tube explaining the ins and outs of it as a collectable:

Although I don't own one, my own personal favourite, is this, the Snow Man from the legendary Tomland line of Monsters. He has to be the most handsome of all Yetis!

There are lots more Abominable Snowmen toys: Matchbox, GI Joe and so on. Anyone got any?

THE AIRFIX TIGER VERSES THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN!

I have finished off my new Airfix Tiger I (this is the modern 2021 kit, rather than the original Airfix Tiger, which dates back to 1964). A very nice kit. I took some photographs of this with my recent Abominable Snowman model - a re-painted CollectA Orangutan. 

Why is a Tiger battling a Yeti ? Well, according to my revised version of WW2, following the fall of Moscow in 1941 the German Army just kept heading East, until they reached the Himalayas. There they encountered the Yeti, which proved no match for the 88mm gun of the Tiger. Which is why the Abominable Snowman is so rare today.

Due to the difference in scale between the Yeti and Tiger, it was difficult to pose them together without looking silly. This may mean another photo session, with a different adversary.

I have also made a start on the Flyhawk flying boat base. I am starting off with the larger parts, such as the dock and warehouse, before moving on to the Sunderlands. A real challenge.

Paul Adams from New Zealand

BUDDY SASQUATCH

I must have seen the movie ELF at least ten times. Its a Christmas staple now like Home Alone and A Christmas Carol.

Watching it again yesterday I noticed Buddy's strange walk through the woods properly for the first time. I knew I'd seen that stroll before.

I'm not alone. Lots of folk have as you see above via You Tube.

Its the Bigfoot walk in the woods! Ha ha.

Here's the original film, Patterson Gimlin, starting at the relevant bit courtesy of You Tube.

Do you like Elf and what do you think of the original Bigfoot film above?

THE TROLLENBERG TERROR FOR HALLOWEEN

For monster films you should really try to see The Trollenberg Terror.

Renamed The Crawling Eye for the US it is the movie version of a BBC TV story from the 50's. 

The movie stars Forrest Tucker. It was I believe a British newspaper review of this film that transposed the first letters of his names to Torrest F....................!

It was a lot scarier on TV possibly because of the home invasion possibility and I was younger.

Terranova47

Trollenberg

NYC

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Woodsy replies: I agree Terran, its a classic! The Trollenberg Terror Scared the bejeebers out of me when I saw the first headless climber in the comfort of out TV room! Never before seen anything headless when I was wee monster fan in the Sixties. I'm amazed these films were on TV back then. We only had 3 channels in the UK and black and white monster films were on all the time thank God! Yay!

By the power of the tinterweb here's the full US film courtesy of You Tube while it lasts. No breach of copyright intended.

Not sure if any toys were ever made. You?

A SNOW BEAST ATE MY VIDEO

I'm currently watching a film called Snow Beast on the Horror Channel.

Snow Beasts have a long and dignified history in popular culture. From the classic Abominable Snowman black and white original with Peter Cushing, the Yeti has been a staple of popular culture.

In my bookshelf is a well-thumbed copy of Snow Man by Norman Bogner, one of those iconic New English Library paperbacks made for a summer holiday read. My copy is from 1979 like the one pictured but I think it was first published in 1977, a good year for Yeti's.

[pic: nastynels]

Snowbeast is also from 1977 and is a horror flick, which for a time in the 1980's courted the video nasties when Vipco released it on VHS. Its not a nasty at all and with the likes of Clint Walker and Bo Svenson and some decent sets is very watchable. I last saw it on You Tube and with its large number of extras in the film's ski resort it reminded me of other holiday disaster films like Piranha and Jaws.

A much less able affair is the Snow Beast movie I'm currently viewing on telly. From 2011, it has a cast of about five, three of whom are on the DVD cover [the beast ate the other and it makes five] who appear to sit around drinking coffee or driving SUV's most of the time. Avoidable.

Grab a coffee and watch the 1977 movie or read the NEL paperback.

Have you any Yeti's in the closet readers?

*

ABOMINABLE TOYS

Brian's recommendation of this cool looking modern Yeti Playset by Animal Planet has prompted me to list a few Yeti toys.

Maybe the mother of all vintage Yeti toys, here's the Marx original from 1963

and video footage by Big Al of it on the Tube. Be warned, the mechanical Wampa shrieking is really unpleasant! 

Then of course there is that rarity amongst Sasquatches, the Mego Six Million Dollar Man Big Foot as covered on the US TV show Toy Hunter. 

There's also this 7m video on the Tube explaining the ins and outs of it as a collectable:

Although I don't own one, my own personal favourite, is this, the Snow Man from the legendary Tomland line of Monsters. He has to be the most handsome of all Yetis!

There are lots more Abominable Snowmen toys: Matchbox, GI Joe and so on. Anyone got any?