The Mind of Mindok!

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My favourite Wizard from Thundarr the Barbarian is, bar none, Mindok the Mind Menace from the ep of the same name. Watch it now: https://vimeo.com/74576744 Go ahead, I’ll wait. Done? Cül. OK so I’ve wanted a fig of Mindok for a good long while. I despaired of ever having one but then I discovered this… Read more »

It’s Matango’s Island

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Matango is one of my favourite flicks. Love, love, love it! And Gilligan’s Island was good too. But let’s make one thing perfectly clear. It’s Matango’s Island! Good. Now that’s out of the way, I’ll tell you about a dream I’ve had. Two yachts wreck on opposite sides of a deserted island. Eventually the groups… Read more »

Two Pair

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The best four space-poc years of the 1980s: Pre: The Day After (1983) Threads (1984) Post: Warlords of the 21st Century (1982) Def-Con 4 (1985) All four are highly recommended if you want to inject some dismal into your games.

Holy Crap! Thundarr Spidergoat!

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I just watched Last Train to Doomsday for I don’t know, maybe the tenth time. Only just noticed this guy:   Exactly. A Spidergoat! And I think that’s a young Yeek (the aerial Ookla who appears in Den of the Sleeping Demon) to the left of the Spidergoat.

Shangri-La

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Within the category of things that are awesome this ranks among the most, well, awesome. Captain Kordon’s ship in the Thundarr ep “Treasure of the Moks” is represented thus: Turns out the US carrier numbered 38 was this ship: Yep that’s right, the USS Shangri-La. The only American warship named for an imaginary locale from… Read more »