TBT:Kenner Turbo Tower Of Power Toys

What's up, people? I'm back from a brief hiatus with another Throwback Thursday edition of this action packed blog. This time, I'll be focusing on Kenner's Turbo Tower of Power(TTP) toys produced in the 1970's. This line was intended to be a spinoff from Kenner's popular SSP vehicle line and also a competitor to Ideal's Evel Knievel line, also from the 1970's. The TTP toys consisted of cars and motorcycles which could be bought seperately or in sets with the tower pump. A kid would pump the lever up and down. Air would travel through a hose beneath the launch ramp and into the vehicle. The vehicle would launch from the tower with flip of the side lever, and it's off to the races(or stunts). Kenner prodeced several vehicles and sets for this line, including a Debbie Lawler set, two Six Million Dollar Man sets(one of those sets is a SMDM/Bigfoot dual launch race set), and Bionic Woman set. Dennys Fisher in the UK also produced sets for The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in 1977. The sets and car pictured are from my personal collection. I also have the two Six Million Dollar Man sets. I'm still looking for the Bionic Woman set. I had a really great time playing with these toys back in the 1970's. I wish the line line would have stuck around long enough so we could have gotten some Star Wars themed cars and cycles. That really would have been fun. Anyway, that's about it for this edition. Til next time, have a good one.

Mattel Space:1999 Eagle 1 Spaceship Profile

What's up, people? It's your pal Kevin 'Captmiloman' Nelson with a new action packed blog. This time around, I'm kind of going off in a different direction to show off one of my prized pieces of my vintage toy collection. What you're looking at is the Mattel Space 1999 Eagle 1 spaceship produced in 1976. I bought this from Ebay in 2005. It's missing a few parts and decals. I originally recieved one for Christmas of 1976 and I had really good time with that sucker. It eventually became the main ride for most of my 3.75 inch scale action figures of that time period. Measuring at roughly 2 1/2 feet in length this was the toy to have in 1976. Anyway, that's about it for this blog. Until next time, be good to each other. 'Later.

If There Were To Be A Biggs Darklighter Star Wars Film...

Thinking If Disney/Lucasfilm were to produce a spin off film focusing on Luke Skywalker's old buddy from Tatooine, I think Robert Downey Jr could pull it off despite Robert being in his early 50's now. Just though I'd throw this out there.

CBS/Paramount Sets Guidelines For Future Fan Films

On the heels of CBS' recent lawsuit against Alec Peters and the producers of the now defunct production 'Axanar', they've set guidelines for future Star Trek related fan films and there are a lot of hardcore Trek fans who are pissed to the point that they're organizing a boycott of anything related to CBS/Paramount, including next month's Star Trek Beyond feature film and CBS' currently in development new weekly series set to be broadcast on CBS' All Access streaming service. Personally, I think these fans are directing their anger towards the wrong people. All CBS is doing is protecting what is legally and rightfully their's. All this anger should be directed towards Alec Peters for engaging in illegal activities. When a supposed fan film raises over one million dollars via crowdfunding, hires professional actors(many of them Trek actors and members of the Screen Actors Guild), bring on veteran special effects artists, and constructs a high tech production studio with plans of using said studio for future profit making films, the production is no longer a fan film. It's an indie film produced without the consent of the copyright holders(CBS/Paramount). The new guidelines seem to be pretty lenient compared to that of Lucasfilm which are actually pretty strict. These guidelines only concern future fan productions and not such ongoing productions such as Star Trek Phase 2 which from my understanding has recently ended their run and Star Trek Continues. Another Trek fan production, Renegades has recently switched gears and has since dropped any connection to the franchise and is continuing onward as its own thing. These guidelines also doesn't cover any long form audio productions. Anyway, I just needed to get this off my chest. Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings. Until next time, behave yourselves out there and be good to one another. 'Later.

World's Finest Feature Film, What Might Have Been

After watching Dick Cavett's interview with the late Christopher Reeve from 1992 on the Decades TV network this morning, I'm thinking that a World's Finest movie with Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Chris Reeve returning as Clark Kent/Superman would have been a better follow up to 1992's Batman Returns than 1995's Batman forever. I think that movie would have done well at the box office. What might have been had Chris not been injured in that horseback riding accident in 1995. Anyway, that's all I really have to say in this blog entry. Until next time, be good to each other and don't do too many evil things out there. 'Later.

Castle Series Finale

What's up, everyone? It's been a little while since my last blog post. Anyway, I just watched the series finale of Castle. Yes, after eight seasons, ABC decided to cancel the Nathan Fillion series. It seems like there were two closing scenes filmed. The scene in which Castle and Beckett were shot in their apartment and laying on the floor holding hands for the eighth season finale and the 'seven years later' scene for the series finale. Not sure why the producers decided to include both. Just wanted to throw this out there for anyone who might be interested. That's about it for now. Until next time, behave yourselves and be good to each other. 'Later.