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Thursday, December 16, 2010
All I Want for Retro-Christmas Countdown (9 Days Left...): Ding-A-Lings!
award-winning creator of the web series Abnormal Fixation (2024), the audio drama Enter the House Between (2023) and author of 35 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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My neighbor had these growing up, and I was so jealous. I always played with the boxer.
ReplyDeleteHi FilmFather:
ReplyDeleteI loved those Ding-a-lings. I had the one called "Claw" and "Brain," the driver for "King Ding." Wish I had kept 'em...!
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JKM