RDK

OH. MY. GOD! I had ALL of these and I haven't seen them in more than 30 years! Wow, this picture brings back some memories.... We must be about the same age RDK, because I had almost every toy you've posted. Where did you find this picture?! I probably grabbed that particular pic off of Ebay, but I have 6 of the 7 figures in my collection at home. I'm 41, these came out around 1969-1971, so I'd guess that would date you as well. You're in L.A., right? Drop me a line sometime if you'd like to swing buy and see 'em.

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Anyone remember Hot Wheels' bastard cousin Johnny Lightning?

I still collect these...

Colorform Aliens...

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Also a big fan of Ideal's Captain Action line...

Now you're talking! I may have mentioned in the past that among my many hobbies is collecting old toys, especially space, monster, or superhero toys from the late 60s. My favorite toy line of all time is Mattel's Major Matt Mason. Anyone remember these guys?

"Tiger Lorraine" Do I win?

The link's there - feel free to delete the text if you want. But the thread is about cannibalism, so any reader should expect something unsettling, no?

Keith Jarrett did a wonderful version of "My Back Pages" many years ago...

How odd... German cannibal in murder trial says victim was willing Wed Dec 3,11:25 AM ET Add Top Stories - AFP to My Yahoo! KASSEL, Germany (AFP) - A self-declared cannibal told a German court in chilling detail how he killed and ate a man he says consented to be dissected and consumed in front of a running video camera. In matter-of-fact tones in front of a hushed court Wednesday, Armin Meiwes explained how an obsession with cannibalism developed as a child and eventually led him to kill and eat a fellow human being. "I had the fantasy, and in the end I fulfilled it," he said. He had the chance to kill and feast on other apparently willing victims, he added, saying "hundreds and thousands are out there looking to be eaten," but passed up the opportunity because they were not the right type. The macabre case is unprecedented in German legal history. Meiwes, a 42-year-old computer technician who says he regrets what he did, admits killing, but insists it was not murder as he was only doing what he had been asked. Testifying on the opening day of his trial for murder, he said his fantasy began between the ages of eight and 12, when he would imagine killing, carving up and eating schoolfriends he liked. Meiwes, dressed smartly in a dark jacket and tie, said he felt lonely as a child after his father and two older brothers abandoned the family. He longed for a younger brother. "But then I realised one day that was not enough." He soon began imagining a friend he could keep for ever by consuming him. "Slim and blond, that would have been the type," he said. It also aroused him sexually, Meiwes admitted, although he denied that sex was linked to the alleged murder. "I didn't want to have sex with the partner I chose to slaughter. That had nothing to do with it." Horror films and seeing animals slaughtered fuelled his imagination. Cannibalism is not a crime under German law. Meiwes is charged with murder for the purposes of sexual satisfaction and "disturbing the peace of the dead" for carving up the body. State prosecutor Marcus Koehler claimed Meiwes had always intended to kill and that he took advantage of a mental disorder in the dead man, Bernd Juergen Brandes. If convicted, he faces life in prison. A verdict is due early next year. Defence lawyers say Meiwes is guilty at worst of "killing on demand," which is punishable by up to five years in jail. Meiwes, who has admitted killing, said he contacted Brandes, a 43-year-old Berlin engineer, after advertising via the Internet for someone willing to be eaten. The whole scenario was recorded on video, reportedly by mutual agreement. Brandes travelled to his house in Rotenburg, near Kassel, after settling up his personal affairs. At one point he demurred but was persuaded to carry on, the prosecution said. After Brandes downed sleeping tablets and whisky, Meiwes cut off Brandes' penis which they planned to eat together, but found that due to its consistency, it was inedible "even when fried." After a while Brandes became unconscious. "Spurred by sexual motives," said Koehler, Meiwes laid him on a bench, stabbed him and hung his body from a hook in the ceiling of his kitchen. The accused said he kissed his "friend" first, "then I did it." He dissected the corpse, slicing off 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of the flesh which he stored in a freezer. He later ate two-thirds of it. "With every bite, my memory of him grew stronger." The case did not emerge until an Austrian student spotted another Internet advertisement by Meiwes and alerted police. Officers who examined a mass of computer equipment and videos found at his home tapped into a hitherto hidden cannibal scene. Meiwes said he later met five other people who had also offered themselves via the Internet. One wanted to be beheaded, but Meiwes did not like him and thought him too fat. Another backed out when the accused told him, "if you come here, you have to realise that it will be for the last time." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._cannibal&ncid=

I agree - Santa is alive and well in ELF. Lots of fun!

Well said, Bertrand. I couldn't agree with you more. Another fuzzy issue to me are such things as radio broadcasts of jazz (or any type of music actually) concerts. Is it not okay to tape these and listen to them later? The artist is presumably allowing himself to be, if not recorded, then at least broadcast.

Found it in a used CD store a few months back. I actually saw a second copy more recently and was gonna pick it up for a guy, but when i went back it was gone.

I've had a promo box of this set for a few months now. It looks to be just the five albums gathered together under one roof. The last three albums are new to CD, with only a couple of bonus tracks added. "Time Out" uses the same HDCD master as the single disc version. It sounds great! I would expect Sony to release the "new" discs individually at some point, but don't know for sure when. Yes, this set has been delayed - my box has printing on it saying that it's to be released in October, 2003.

Years ago, I won the Phil Spector "Back to Mono" box set by correctly answering the question "who produced George Harrison's first solo album?" I was probably the only listener old enough to know the answer...

I remember this discussion from the ol' BN board last year. It was an amazing string of coincidences: I watched a piece about turduckens on the Food Channel only to have my wife bring home a frozen turducken from Costco that very night. And the next day Jim posted on the board about how he had just cooked one up and detested it. I must say, I agree: the parts are better than the whole. It's good in concept, but suffers in its execution...

Great time, Peter! You beat my "personal best" by nearly two hours!

Idiotic. Reminds me of the (I think) D.C. politician who had to resign after using the word "niggardly" in a speech (it means "frugal" and has nothing to do with race). It's funny, though - my first thought upon reading the heading was that someone wanted to ban S & M gear...

This is already confusing. I'm good to go just about any time, but it seems the first open slot is number 13?

I'm shocked - shocked I tell you - that no one's yet posted this...