The original fly where the guy is screeching in the spiderweb at the end. Creepy when your 4.

Anyone remember UFO?





http://ufoseries.com/

Now if it was UFO gum I wouldn't think about chewing it. Space 1999 of course.... chew away.

Space 1999 Season 1 Trading Cards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2uCI0qZMac&feature=related

Thanks Necro, I hadn't realized until just this moment (seeing those pics) that they used scale models for UFO - another childhood fantasy dispelled....

Thanks Bish, at least I can get a look without opening (for the moment they remain unopened).  Funny the YouTube poster mentions "the stick of gum that you could chip a tooth on."  I remember how those gums would break into pieces if you looked at them sideways - I would think they'd have turned to dust 30 years later....

Quoted from websherpa

Thanks Necro, I hadn't realized until just this moment (seeing those pics) that they used scale models for UFO - another childhood fantasy dispelled....

Who said they were models? I thought it was the real thing. Life's got to suck though when you miss with that first shot.

I guess I won't tell you the people on Thunderbirds were marionettes then either. Oops.

Reviving this old gum post

UFO, the movie: planned for 2011:
http://forbiddenplanet.com/pages/matthew-gratzner-new-ufo-trilogy/

...looking forward to it !

It is interesting to observe how much the entertainment industry
is investing to target baby-boomers, for nostalgia $ revenus/hope...

(of course, pinball is one element of entertainment nostalgia!)

Looking back at the older EMs and early video arcade games,
I am still amazed about what designers were able to achieve
back then, with the available limited technology at the time...

Keep on flippin'

Cheers,
- Sylvain.

The gum remains packaged and uneaten so far....

...and we now have the whole series of UFO on DVD and I've been making my way throughthem slowly, what a blast form the past!  And we have a couple Thunderbirds DVDs as well, I didn't realize until now just how much production went into them and that they had adult appeal as well.  

Wayne, I think you should feed the extremely stale gum to a crocodile. It is probably the only living creature that can exert the force now required to chew it. Unless it has gone to powder.

For those who loved the UFO teleseries like I (and Wayne!) did,
in addition to the great UFO-series DVDs, this book is a must have/read:
The Complete Book of Gerry Anderson's UFO by Chris Bentley.
(it is sometimes available used on eBay, for a good price).

This recent book also looks to be quite interesting:
http://www.filmedinsupermarionation.co.uk/

Cheers,
- Sylvain.

Cool box of cards!

I've got a similar Return of the Jedi box of cards from '83.  The box is open but the 36 packs aren't, gum is still in there too!

Packs have Luke, Jabba, Vader and Wicket on 'em.  

(Not a pic of my box, but mine's exactly the same as this)

Quoted from wbradley

Wayne, I think you should feed the extremely stale gum to a crocodile. It is probably the only living creature that can exert the force now required to chew it. Unless it has gone to powder.

I was trying to find a way of telling you what to do with them concrete like gum sheets ... But , there you go , wbradley got it right ...