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    Suggestion

    in MW Site News & Member Feedback

    Posted

    Did you create this red and white one yourself? If so, I'll use this one instead. Though it does have some bleeding around its transparency area that might look odd for people who don't have near-white backgrounds on their browsers (if they've customized the colors).

    (sorry for the three rapid-fire posts)

    Its a shrunk down version of the hot topic icon used in the forums.

    Carl

    Suggestion

    in MW Site News & Member Feedback

    Posted

    I just got a new PC and I'm upgrading from Windows ME to Vista. Anyways I was adding a few of my favorite sites to the links bar in Internet Explorer. See attachment. The other sites have these nice little icons and both I believe are smaller sites then MacrossWorld. Couldn't we get a nice little kite icon tied to our site? I'm not up on html so I don't have a clue how its done but I'm sure it can't be too hard.

    Just a thought,

    Carl

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    Landmaster Kits

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted

    I'm a sucker for this type of vehcle and post-apocolyptic stories as well.

    Graham

    Hello Graham,

    I'm curious... have you seen Jeremiah?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290966/

    If not you should check it out. It would be right up your alley. ;) The first season is out on DVD but no word yet on the status of the second season. I've got copies of the second season that are currently on loan with another friend but if you are interested I'd be happy to let you borrow them.

    Carl

    CM's Corporation Legioss/TREAD.

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted

    It just seems like something that should have been done ages ago.

    I agree 100%. I've waited better then 2 decades for a nice Tread/Beta toy I could play with. Yes, I have this one:

    http://www.macrossworld.com/mospeada/tread_toy.htm

    But believe me, considering what I paid for it I don't play with it.

    They've already said (by way of the placard) that blue, red and green versions will be made of the set.

    I'll buy all 3 and maybe even some duplicates so I can give my boys one for Christmas. I'll take a Shadow too if they make one of those.

    Carl

    Landmaster Kits

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted

    Never heard of it before, but I think I saw that Alfred Wong is mastering a new kit based on it. So what is the big deal about it and the movie?

    Here is the link: http://www.alfredsmind.ca/commissions/samples34.html

    Any true Sci-Fi fan NEEDS to watch Damnation Alley atleast once. The real star of the movie is the Landmaster itself. The plot is so... so... but I could watch the Landmaster all day. Here is a good place to start:

    http://www.teamdroid.com/archives/2006/10/25/the-landmaster/

    The kit looks great on the outside. Thanks so much for tracking down the link for me. The inside has problems however. The actual vehicle has no suspension and the front wheels can't turn. To accommodate steering the whole vehicle pivots in the center. It also can twist in the center to keep all four sets of wheels on the ground.

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    Just to show the scale of the Tri-Star wheel assembly here is a picture of my wife standing next to it.

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    Is Alfred Wong a member here? That name rings a bell.

    Carl

    Landmaster Kits

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted · Edited by wwwmwww

    I love the landmaster. I see the remains of the real thing once and a while off the 101 here in L.A. Haven't seen it in a while, I wonder if it's still there.

    Hello Exo,

    I love the thing too. Back in 1999, I saw the same two picture you see here:

    http://www.allenagenda.com/alley.htm

    At that time the guy mentioned on the site something about it being for sale. Looking at the shape it was in at the time I figured I'd better look into it further. This thing is too cool to end up in a junk yard. So I tracked down Dean Jeffries and inquired. He said yes it was for sale and he wanted $40,000. I lived near Houston Texas at the time and planned a trip out to CA with the family to take a look. We spent a day with Dean and his wife at his shop just off the 101. This was taken Nov. 12, 1999: (That is me on the right.)

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    He was a fascinating guy to talk to. Aside from making the the Landmaster, he made the vehicles for the TV series Logan's Run which were there at the site, inside he had some motor cycles he had made for a Power Rangers movie. He was also a stunt man at one time in his career and his wife told the story of how he broke his back during a stunk and he was still giving direction to the camera guy as he was being wheeled to the ambulance. In short, the Landmaster wasn't really for sale. It was clear that it was his baby and the for sale sign was just to attract attention and to get people to stop and inquire. He did tell me there were 3 RC minuratures made for the movie and that he only had one left himself. A director and I forget who else made off with the other two and he didn't seem happy about that. He was in the process of fixing his up and I learned about a year later the the RC model was finished and better then new in a museum there in LA somewhere. I don't know if the RC model is still on display out there or not. I hope so as I haven't seen it yet. Dean was also working on an autobiography at the time and I'd sure pick it up, but to my knowledge it hasn't been published yet. If anyone knows otherwise PLEASE let me know. In truth, I'm sure my wife was happy it wasn't for sale but she too found the conversations fasinating. My boys loved all the cool vehicles but were two young to really appreciate it all. I even made the mistake of letting one of my boys wear Star Wars shoes that day and believe me Dean has no love lost for Star Wars. It coming out the same year as Damnation Alley I think was only part of it. That movie ushered in a new era that maked an end to full scale vehicles that were actually able to do all they could do on screen.

    Even though I didn't get the Landmaster the family really did enjoy that trip. The next day I took them all to Lego Land which had just opened up that year and we all had a blast. I need to get the family back there again one of these days.

    Looks like Dean has now fixed up the real thing too. I'm so glad its being taken care of. See this:

    http://jalopnik.com/cars/auto-shows/landma...pair-224946.php

    Anyone know anything about the San Francisco Rod, Custom & Motorcycle Show? When is it? Are there pictures on line anywhere?

    After some looking I found this:

    http://www.sfcustomshow.com/newsletters/oct20PR.html

    Hmmm... who is Eric Sharp of Campbell California? The way Dean talked I could never see him selling the land master.

    Ok... after more looking.

    http://www.hotrodhotline.com/pr/07sflandmaster/

    Very interesting stuff... I couldn't find any pictures of it from the show itself though. I wonder how hard it would be to find an email address for this Eric Sharp.

    Off to try...

    Carl

    Landmaster Kits

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted

    Well I won the eBay auction. I also emailed Monsters in Motion and they are trying to track down the molds. If they find them they said they'd put the kit back up on their site. I also asked if they had any pictures of they kit and a week has gone by with no reply. I believe there are members here that have offered kits for sale through Monsters in Motion so I'm curious. Anyone have any ideas on how I could locate the original maker of this kit? Is there a better forum to be asking questions like this one in? I really want to see what this thing looks like.

    Thanks,

    Carl

    Sdf-1 (tv) 3d Model

    in Fan Works

    Posted

    That of course requires skill and time. I am trying to get both now :-P But hey at least I am trying! Jay Lew has a much better model, and I still would need a lot of practice to achieve that level of aesthetic appeal And I am afraid that it will take time :-P

    Lookin' great!!! I agree, I think I like some of the shapes on Jey-Lew's model better, but keep at it. Nothing like a little friendly competition to inprove everyone's quality and skills. Besides I haven't seen an update in a while on Jay-Lew's model. So at this rate you are going you'll have this looking better then his in no time.

    Carl

    Landmaster Kits

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted

    Ok, I'm a very big fan of the Landmaster from Damnation alley.

    So I was rather pleased when I just spotted this on eBay:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=160093411359

    Granted its not the best or most detailed kit in the world but it is the LANDMASTER. The first kit ever made of the Landmaster or so I thought until I did some checking. Here:

    http://www.rocketfin.com/model_weblog_dec05.html

    I see it stated:

    Landmaster 1 Model Kit Damnation Alley

    December 18, 2005

    Wow, this Monsters in Motion Landmaster model looks like one heck of a kit. Granted it's 1/35 scale, but since that is a popular military scale, I think that would allow for a lot of extras for a model builder to add. (maybe a dirt bike for one.)

    This is of course the Landmaster, from the movie Damnation Alley .

    The link to monsters-in-motion however looks dead.

    https://www.monstersinmotion.com/catalog/pr...roducts_id=8040

    I MUST know more. Anyone with any pictures of this kit? Or a clue on how I can get one?

    Thanks so much,

    Carl

    CM's Corporation Legioss/TREAD.

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted

    I made it out of spares from kit parts or completed kits that didn't make past house moves too well. - MT

    I take it there was alot of cutting and glueing involved... correct? Its hard for me to believe you could find all the parts necessary to make a Tread as random parts in other kits.

    Carl

    CM's Corporation Legioss/TREAD.

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted

    Here are some pictures of a TREAD look alike I built with spare parts. It looks different, but the mechanics are the same. This is FAR from being done and has a lot of work to go.

    Nice... I like it alot. Will it have a Legioss look alike to link with? I'm also curious about what you mean by spare parts? I can't wait to see this finished.

    Carl

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