I love the box art for this old Atari 2600 Vanguard computer game I saw on auction.
Painting from the perspective of the aft engines is a common device in sci-fi art and this is a great example, the ship cruising down what appears to be a fire-lit tunnel. I like the blue scart-like engines a lot.
It was unusual last night. I saw a Hammer horror film I've never seen before. It was called the Mummy's Shroud. A bandaged gothic classic Hammer, alas I fell asleep as I can]t seem to keep my eyes open past 11pm these days. It had it all: pharaoh kings, vast deserts [that looked like a quarry] and a loathsome tycoon funding the expedition. I think I read that it was the fourth Hammer Mummy. My favourite Mummy is Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, from which Valerie Leon's severed hand made the cover of my number one horror book as a kid. I still have that book, battered and loose like an ageing bandage. [I always got Valerie Leon and Caroline Munro mixed up as a kid!] There's another colour flick in a similar vein I'd like to see, The Curse of the Crimson Altar, as it featured in my film book too. I must remember to watch it! I think it had has Barbara Steel in it painted green. Do you like Mummy movies readers?
We've been wandering round Charity Shops again today, me and the Missus. Forget de-cluttering, we want more stuff! But there is some will-power there as I did 'walk' past a few nice games I would have snapped up back in the day. These were: Telly Addicts, Peter Pan Playthings, 1980's [Tom Baker on the cover]
Cube Fusion, Waddingtons, 1970
Spy Ring, Waddingtons, later version, 1978
Waddingtons Playing cards in box with Knight embossed onto a metal badge on the box
Would you have bought any of these readers?
I did get some die-cast cars though ..... to follow!
The new Sixteen 12 Deluxe Eagle Hangar diorama is definitely a winner and great fun, but for my purposes a little small, so I've built a set to extend the size just a little so I can incorporate even more Eagles!
The Sixteen 12 set features a corner of the Eagle hangar, a survey Eagle with additional boosters; a freighter Eagle with pallet and removable winch motor; Eagle pod access stairway, and in-scale hangar personnel.
I decided to add a slightly larger floor, a roof, and some extra walling.
In 1970 a couple of schlockers were screened as a grisly double at cinemas in the States in American cinemas.
Now enjoying a cult following, this cheapo feature was called I Drink Your Blood and I Eat your Skin.
I've always liked these titles and the simple lobby poster, although I've never seen either flick.
Alas, I can't offer you the original combo this dark Friday night - you could always track down the flicks yourself - but I can riff on the title and have come up with my own winter night double feature, sort of!
I give you They're Made out of Meat and The Skin of the Fathers.
I first heard They're made out of Meat driving home from work about five years ago. It was a short radio play but what a fabulously scrumptious slice of sci-fi.
There are a number of versions of it online. Here's a brilliant acted version set in an American diner!
If you fancy a listen, enjoy!
As for The Skins of the Fathers, I first read this years ago in Clive Barker's fabulous Books of Blood. Its classic Barker, ancient and modern alike. Here's an audio production on You Tube I found. If you fancy some skin then maybe give it a whirl.
