The Buzz about Woody.

I was looking over my Kubrick Buzz Buzzard and a thought came to me, "Were Woody & Buzz of Toy Story fame named after Woody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard?" Doubtful. Woody was named after Woody Strode the cowboy-movie star and Buzz after Aldrin. OR according to another Google search, "In 1952, Walt Disney hired 2 men from the Stanford Research Institute to find the site of the park and do preliminary load studies. Their names: Economist Harrison “Buzz” Price and CV “Woody” Wood!" Irregardless, I do like my Kubrick Buzz.

This came out around 2003, just as The New Woody Woodpecker Show was winding down. Ooh, there's an Oswald out there somewhere...

The set consists of 5 characters from the show and appears to have been a UFO Catcher exclusive.

Here's an X-Mas episode of the show.

I immediately caught the voice of the landlady as Andrea Martin, I never could decipher Buzz. Aha! Mark Hamill doing a Joker/Buzzard hybrid. There are a few lines from Fargo in this. Cool.

About a decade ago, I visited USJ in Osaka and wandered through the Woody room. I may have pictures somewhere though I'm way too disorganized to find them. I vaguely recall watching this interactive documentary.

I ended up watching The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini last night. Highlights were of course Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff, though Eric von Zipper was fun too. Needs more Nancy Sinatra! Beware, it's neither funny nor scary!

Hmm, bedtime soon, what should I watch tonight?

25 Days of Christmas...

I was flipping around my Twitch Channels and watched a bit of Final Wars and Destroy All Monsters and then switched over to a Cartoon channel. (CartoonBlast if you wish to check it out.) Well, they've entitled their feed, "The 25 Days of Christmas" and I've decided to steal their idea. First, I watched Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) which features some cool cameos by Jiminy Cricket, Mr. Toad, Willie the Giant, the Weasels, and others. Here's a snippet, search for the whole thing yourself.

Next Toy Tinkers (1949) with the Chippendale Dancers Chip & Dale and Donald. 

Good Will To Men (1955) is an incredibly bleak but fascinating short by Hanna Barbera. 

Finally a Silly Symphony of The Night Before Christmas.

I'll try and add some cartoons daily. There are plenty to choose from!

Meanwhile, being the 1st of December, that means it's Calendar time. Here are my Star Wars and Jurassic Park entries for this month. 

Last year's Chibi-Godzilla calendar.

Picked this up yesterday for a buck. I may find a place for this Kubrick on my tree. (If I had one.)

Since Poker night was cancelled, here's the next best thing. (Scott Hilburn)

Lastly, I just can't get away from posting Godzilla stuff. I scored 4/6 tumblers at a buck a piece and a tea cup. Far cheaper than a full price Kuji at 900 yen.

I'm off to bed soon, I have an early morning of HoHoHoing with the kiddies tomorrow!

Love Me Tando.

 I forgot to mention the most amazing purchase I made at Candy Land (see yesterday). I discovered a Mighty Mouse Fun Club Magazine from 1957! Sheesh, that's even older than me...It's in near near mint and considering it's packed with puzzles and games, surprisingly, none of them have been done. 

Not a bad score for under 20 bucks and the Official Membership Card is still intact! I wonder if I can still redeem it.

Here's a few activity pages. Print them out for hours of fun!

My friend also took me to Tendo and Yamagata, against my will of course. Each city has its own Mandai clone, the one in Tendo is superior and I won a couple of mini-wallets via UFO Catcher.

They are really tiny and are good for a few coins only. Too small for a credit card, even! Regardless, still very cool.

No big purchases, this time around, just some odds and ends, such as these small Kaiju.

(Oops, I got two of Gomora.)

I thought this might be Topo Gigio, it isn't.

A couple of UFO-caught Pokemon (Pokemen?).

Best score, this Metaluna Monster Kubrick.

Not much to do with Halloween so I popped in a few coins into a Gatcha and I got ya!

Rats, I won the fox but I can't find it right now.

I tried and failed at scoring a ghost.

As for my World Yokai book, here are a few more pages. There are no descriptions as to who is whom so I'll let you figure it out for yourself.

That's it for tonight. No trick nor treat unless you include the Mighty Mouse pages above. 

It Dawned on Me.

I recently acquired the pamphlet for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. To whit...

A smattering of scenes.

Touching.

Some screen-caps.

 

No one seems to like this movie except me.

Therefore, I'm not going to dwell too deeply into it. If you're interested in seeing some Pepsi-Bottle Caps of the characters, click here. This is my favourite:

It does have the gall to show scenes from a far better movie.

What dawned on me is that I've never shown off my Kubrick Apes before. So I'll now rectify that. (Note: they may not follow the official PotA timeline.)

They come in these cool box sets of 2-3 characters and a prop. First up is Cornelius with the Greatest Ape.

A Soldier Ape:

"Don't look for it Taylor. You may not like what you find."

"They blew it up! God, Damn you. Damn you all to hell!"

Let's venture Beneath the Planet and meet Generals Urko.

And Ursus.

Hail Caesar!

Mutants!

Cornelius and his fellow astronauts.

For some reason, it came with 3 heads.

These are a few random Kubricks I found in the wild before I realized they were attached to these sets.

I also managed to obtain 3/4 sets from the Burton movie.

I do like that Effigy!

This mini-Ape is a Bearbrick, not a Kubrick.

Here's a quick Eko Eko Azarak cuz once again, it's past my bedtime...

Finally a link to a fellow blogger, Cryptkeeper Ghoulie Guide.