slikkerias
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That's a good idea. Can't really get more than one either and the monolith would give him something to interact with...
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Executive Replicas 2001 Space Odyssey Astronauts
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That's a good idea. Can't really get more than one either and the monolith would give him something to interact with...
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Sent final payment for Bowman and Poole to Executive Replicas this morning - so hopefully have these in hand soon (getting shipped via DHL from China)
questionman
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I sent my final payment a few days before New Years. He said that he would ship DHL. Did you get a tracking notice? I got no tracking notice? I assume since it was shipped from a factory it probably does not have a tracking number.
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POST pics when you do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Merchandising art is. Then it's no longer art -- just another commodity.
Bowman's suit color is dependent on lighting cues, but it should be more orange rather than the cherry red this suit appears to be.
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I did not get a tracking number. I am emailing them tonight to see if they will give an actual ship date and if I will get a tracking number. The original email from them came the day after Christmas and said they were shipping in 2 weeks which would mean they should start shipping the week of Jan 11th.
John Atreides
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From ER 1/7/16,
We will start shipping this weekend the start of next week. We will sent out tracking numbers when items ship
We will start shipping this weekend the start of next week. We will sent out tracking numbers when items ship
thepixelpusher
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I haven't been this excited since I opened up my Major Matt Mason on XMas.
For all that are familiar with that toy, you must be old like me (in my 50's).
Man I so want a silver suit to display in lunar dust with him touching the monolith.
For all that are familiar with that toy, you must be old like me (in my 50's).
Man I so want a silver suit to display in lunar dust with him touching the monolith.
I have on old Twinch (?) silver suit I acquired years ago.
It's a little beat up, the clear visor needs to be glued back on and the backpack straps need some work.
PM me if you are interested. I have to get it out of storage and can send you pics next weekend
I'm going to wait to see if ER makes the lunar suit before deciding what to do with my Twinch silver. Probably keep it no matter what, for the (notorious) historical value.
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thepixelpusher
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No doubt the outrageously high Twinch Squad suit prices will collapse (red, blue, yellow) upon release of the new Executive Replicas figures and suits. Until Executive Replicas releases a silver suit, the prior silver ones may still get those crazy prices.
I hope sales of the new ones go well. I'd like to see the Executive Replicas Eva Pod comes out as well as the silver suit. Yes, I'd pay $1,500USD to buy a fully lit with interior Eva Pod.
I hope sales of the new ones go well. I'd like to see the Executive Replicas Eva Pod comes out as well as the silver suit. Yes, I'd pay $1,500USD to buy a fully lit with interior Eva Pod.
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thepixelpusher
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Did someone tell Executive Replicas that the 4 main Eva Pod headlights were not yellow? Also, didn't the 4 main headlights have chrome reflectors inside them with the bulb?
It's amazing that the 1968 designs of 2001 hold up to this day, especially the Eva Pod.
Racer_X
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I just received an out-of-the-blue phone call from DHL with a tracking number, which shows a package being shipped from Hong Kong. I can only surmise this is the 2001 spacesuit being shipped directly, as they had recently promised.
It'll be nice to get my hands on this, as I'm a Twinch Squad victim from way back in 2000.
It'll be nice to get my hands on this, as I'm a Twinch Squad victim from way back in 2000.
thepixelpusher
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Exciting!! Post pics as soon as you get it.
Has anyone gotten the book "The Making of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey"?
The Making of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey': Piers Bizony, M/M (Paris): 9783836559546: Amazon.com: Books
Has anyone gotten the book "The Making of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey"?
The Making of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey': Piers Bizony, M/M (Paris): 9783836559546: Amazon.com: Books
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Great book, although I wish they designed the book to open in landscape format instead of the vertical layout. Photos are either too small or have the center spine running through them. It was a Cinerama presentation after all.
I agree, the photos and text on the making of 2001 are great. Too bad they are wasted on such a impractical format.
Although the book designer wanted to keep the monolith shape, many of the images are lost in the center gutter. All the gatefolds are annoying, and the danger of creases or dog earring the pages are multiplied. Maybe someday, someone will take the same photos, drawings, schematics and illustrations and put them in a proper large format coffee table book and the leave the imagery large and unobstructed.
One Amazon reviewer's opinion: "In what will go down as one of the most horrific decisions in book making history... these amazing and rare photos and illustrations are force fit into pages that have a useable space of about 6 inches wide, and 14 inches tall. This makes presentation of these glorious visuals an impossible task... either the images have to be shrunk to postcard size... or, and this is almost criminal... the image must be split, down the center, across the book spline. OH. MY. GOD. The CENTER of these amazing images... hopelessly lost in the curving folds between adjacent pages."
If you are a fan of the film, it is still worth having, just be prepared...
Although the book designer wanted to keep the monolith shape, many of the images are lost in the center gutter. All the gatefolds are annoying, and the danger of creases or dog earring the pages are multiplied. Maybe someday, someone will take the same photos, drawings, schematics and illustrations and put them in a proper large format coffee table book and the leave the imagery large and unobstructed.
One Amazon reviewer's opinion: "In what will go down as one of the most horrific decisions in book making history... these amazing and rare photos and illustrations are force fit into pages that have a useable space of about 6 inches wide, and 14 inches tall. This makes presentation of these glorious visuals an impossible task... either the images have to be shrunk to postcard size... or, and this is almost criminal... the image must be split, down the center, across the book spline. OH. MY. GOD. The CENTER of these amazing images... hopelessly lost in the curving folds between adjacent pages."
If you are a fan of the film, it is still worth having, just be prepared...
thepixelpusher
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just looked at my email and on the 11th I got an email from Executive Replicas asking for my phone number for the DHL delivery!!! It's happening!!!!!
Post pics asap!! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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