Wednesday, September 07, 2011
From the Archive: Report to the Transporter Room for Landing Party Duty
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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Very cool bunch of toys. I remember playing with one of the TNG phasers in the store. I really had a lot of fun playing with my 70s-era utility belt, which had a phaser, communicator, and tricorder. The electronics of modern-era toys (lights and sound) make them more expensive but more fun, too. I received the TNG Enterprise, Transporter Room, and Combadge for Christmas one year. (And I think maybe the Klingon and Romulan ships, too, but I don't know what happened to them...) I played with the Combadge the most. I would think that would have more fun and play value than the wrist communicator, which was actually less interesting than Dick Tracy's two-way wrist-radio/tv communicator. (No visual, so not as fun to hold as a walkie-talkie.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great post and the wonderful walk down memory lane!
Gordon Long