To kick off the Cool Summer 2019 festivities, I thought Hong Kong was a good a place to begin. Much of my youth was spent fantasizing about ninjas and devouring any martial arts magazine or movie that I could get my hands on, and one of the biggest movies of them all was Bloodsport, starring […]
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D is for Drinking
We’ve reached day 4 of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, and I’m still here, but man, I could use a drink. Fortunately, as I look around me in the cave, I see plenty of cups and glasses to hold the drink of choice. Let’s take a closer look at a few examples… This Planet […]
KONGTOBER 2012 — challenge completed!
31 days of King Kong–what could be better? I had a lot of fun with this daily blog challenge, though it was more challenging than I would have thought. If I do another Countdown to Halloween, I will have to plan better, and not just grab something off the shelf and photograph it every morning. […]
KONGTOBER — Bonus guest contribution!
Mitch M. has been my favorite vendor at the DC Big Flea and other local toy shows for a while, and he has been enjoying my KONGTOBER posts so much that he wanted to show off some of his own King Kong collection. Check out these beauties… Plush (vinyl face) Kong made in 1991 by […]
KONGTOBER 2 — Famous Monsters of Filmland #125
Famus Monsters of Filmland issue #125 features one of the most iconic images in Hollywood movie poster history. This painting is the work of John Berkey who also did artwork for Orca, The Towering Inferno, Star Wars, and many other sci-fi films. There’s a great writeup about the story behind this painting on the Kong […]
Monkeying Around
My King Kong collection is shrinking, but these guys are still hanging around. Those Palmer King Kongs always make me think they are performing a song and dance routine.