tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post8058294594768837751..comments2024-03-25T21:59:05.113-07:00Comments on 13: ULTRAMAN / "The Mysterious Dinosaur Base" - 1966Eegah!! and Tabonga!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-44127088749658310112020-06-08T15:18:28.077-07:002020-06-08T15:18:28.077-07:00I just realized that the "weekend slot-car en...I just realized that the "weekend slot-car endurance" race took place in 1966, because while my dad was taking turns with his league teammates racing the slot-cars, my buddy and I (12 and 13 year old kids!) walked across town to take in the theatrical release of BATMAN (1966), which was running into the wee hours, and I think we sat through it two or three times! Can you imagine? 12 and 13 year old kids wandering the streets of a small Ohio city in the wee hours? But...it was 1966, after all. YIKES! =:O <br /><br />---We now return to our regularly-scheduled program: ULTRAMAN!--- Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-38123493509395074682020-06-06T22:33:55.974-07:002020-06-06T22:33:55.974-07:00Yeah, Slot Cars and Pinball Machines! That's a...Yeah, Slot Cars and Pinball Machines! That's almost all a guy needed back in the 60's! EEGAH!!https://monstermoviemusic.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-57044323233083771722020-06-06T11:58:01.728-07:002020-06-06T11:58:01.728-07:00Ultraman is usually quite honorable in victory.Ultraman is usually quite honorable in victory.Randall Landershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10459066894752870249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-46915467373803931982020-06-06T11:34:06.203-07:002020-06-06T11:34:06.203-07:00That's a great story from K.
It's strange...That's a great story from K.<br /><br />It's strange how this one changes its "tone" at the end of that fight. Ultraman goes from taunting him with that frill to looking very somber (even with the mask!) after he dies.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-72743064404315351762020-06-05T15:59:14.973-07:002020-06-05T15:59:14.973-07:00And he honorably placed its fin around its neck
a ...And he honorably placed its fin around its neck<br />a "shame" he had to kill itDr. Thedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16437013120611829846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-56532911210252196572020-06-05T15:58:44.089-07:002020-06-05T15:58:44.089-07:00Slot car racing! Wow, that takes me back. I was in...Slot car racing! Wow, that takes me back. I was into it big-time, but my dad was into it even bigger-time! <br /><br />Dad used to totally re-wire the slot-car motors, design and create custom frameworks for the cars in brass, get clear vacu-formed/molded body shells, paint them his own custom colors, even re-wire the pistol-grip car hand controllers! Then race in a slot-car racing league in Eastern Ohio/West Virginia/Western Pennsylvania! Late 1960s I think it was! Team league racing endurance weekends! Hell, he even designed a track from scratch (dad was a blueprint guy), and use an electric router to cut the grooves in the wooden track! Then they'd paint the track matte black, and lay down the contacts that enabled the cars to get the electric current and zoom around the track! They'd time how fast those 1/24 scale cars would get around the track (no lazy NASCAR oval here; these were "road course" type tracks they raced on)! <br /><br />WHEW! I still have dad's schematic of his slot-car track, the magazine article about their league-racing team, with photos of the track! AND...I have dad's checkered team vest he wore (complete with name tag!) from their big holiday weekend endurance race! They even got TV news coverage on the local Steubenville Ohio TV station!<br /><br />WHAT A TRIP! (Now, what the heck was the show reviewed in this post?) ;)Knoreply@blogger.com