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I took this at the Fan Expo Toronto 2014

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Official International Trailer #2 (2015)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Japanese TRAILER (2015) - Star Wars Movie HD

7 Days and counting

Harley Quinn statue

Just picked my new Harley Quinn statue today at the cheap cheap price of $300.00 Canadian.  This fantastic Harley Quinn statue is sculpted by Shin Tanabe as imagined by renowned artist and visionary Luis Royo.

San Diego Comic-Con 2015 LIVE - Day 1 (Thursday, July 9)

San Diego Comic-Con 2015 LIVE From Red Giant Entertainment Booth #2635

For those like myself that can't make it to San Diego for this years Comic-Con Red Giant Entertainment is broadcasting live from Booth #2635 all weekend. This is really cool and to my knowledge this is the first time this has ever been done.

Niagara Haul 2015

Went Niagara two weeks ago a with a few friends and picked up some cool books. Here's the latest video which includes some footage from the Con

Hammer Con Guest List Announced.

Although still 100 days away the Hamilton Comic Con announced their preliminary guest list yesterday and it looks like its going to be a pretty fantastic show. For the first time they're expanding it to a two day event and the guest list includes Sam Jones who I'm extremely excited about, Flash Gordon, filmed in 1980 is one of the most under-rated films of all-time and in my opinion one of the best films of all time.  Produced by Dino De Laurentiis staring Sam Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed, and Ornella Muti, the film is an absolute masterpiece.

 

 

Harley Quinn and Power Girl 1

The new Harley Quinn and Power Girl #1 came out last week, finally had a chance to sit down and read it tonight. No spoilers and I don't have much time tonight anyway. Suffice to say it's a thoroughly enjoyable read. Love that Amanda Conner- Paul Mounts cover art. No reason to think I won't continue to collect this book.

 

 

Conspiracy of Innocence

No one group of individuals puts more time and effort into their fan films than the fans of  Star Trek . When I see one that is truly impressive I just have to acknowledge it. Jump aboard the Starship Farragut for this cool little half hour adventure. Great special effects, great set design, professional acting and a cool little story make this one definitely worth watching...enjoy.

Niagara Falls Comic Con 2015

Just getting back from the Niagara Falls Comic Con, what a great conventions, my only compliant is that it's getting a bit pricey, the admission fee of $40.00 is a bit hard on the wallet. Picked up a really nice copy of Green Lantern #41 and Green Lantern #61 among other things. I'll post my haul in the next upcoming video which should be ready to go in a few days. For now here are some of the picks I took.  

Wallpaper of the Day

If you're into World of Tanks I think you'll like this. Here's a really nice shot of the AMX 30 B. I'm personally grinding an IS at the moment, with the intention of eventually acquiring an IS7. It's gonna be a long haul to be sure, but I'm up to the task...

Moonraker - Original One Sheet poster

I'm actually quite surprised this isn't selling for more. Currently available via screenused.com is an original 1 sheet poster and they're only asking $99.00 bucks. Assuming this is in fact vintage 1979, then it's definitely worth picking up. Moonraker (1979) is the eleventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth to star Roger Moore. The third and final film in the series to be directed by Lewis Gilbert it's one of my favorites.

Building Storm Trooper Armor

It arrived last year all wrapped in plastic, how excited was I. Faster than you can say "fourty year old geek" I unpacked it.

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Got to be very careful when removing the plastic, I myself used a J.A Henckles steak knife to do the job, nothing but the finest German steel for my armor.

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Ok I decided to start with an easy piece so I did the biceps. I used Lepage 5 minute Apoxy glue on one side and Velcro on the other . I tryed to buy the apoxy that came in the syringe but it was totally dryed out. So I went back to the store a second time and bought the glue that came in two separate tubes. I used blue painters tape to stop excess glue from getting on the armor and the clamps I left on for about 10 minutes.

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Here are the biceps completed, you gotta be careful with the glue it's extremely strong stuff, if you screw it up and make a mess there are no second chances. As fortune would have it my first assembly was a success.

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I finished the forearms, not much different than the biceps used Apoxy glue on one side and velcro on the other..

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I attached the shoulder straps to the chest plate using industrial velcro, also added velcro to the back plate as well. This will help hold the straps in place. The instruction say to use appoxy but I decided against it. I've researched how others approach this part and most do not use glue so I'm goin with the crowd.

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The Shoulder bells attach to the bicep armor using velcro, this part ain't exactly rocket science.

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There are distinct inner and outter halves for both left and right of the calf . Just like on previous parts, I used appoxy on the front and velcro on the back. Gettin tired of hearing me repeat myself, too bad.

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Another veiw of my masterpeice in progress.

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This next part made me extremley nervous because I aint what you'd call a handyman. After drilling a hole in either side of the Shin/Calf armor and also in the sniper plate, I used rivets to attach them, I put washers on the opposit side to make sure they stay nice and sturdy. I was so sure I was going to crack the armor, and make a total mess of things, but as fortune would have it, everything worked just fine.

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And here's what it looks like...not to bad if I do say do myself.

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Drilling holed in the thigh peice, you'll see why in a sec.

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Once again I used the rivet tool to attach the power cells to the thigh armor.

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Started working on the webbing. The Chest, Ab and Cod will be linked useing a combination of velcro and buckles...but mostly velcro.

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I bought the heavy duty snap fastener kit at Fabric World. It comes with 10 sets of snaps, which should be about as many as I need. I cost me $5.25 including tax. RT --- also includes an additional 6 sets when you buy the armor.

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I used heavy duty snaps to attach the thigh armor to the cod peice, velcro also works great.

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And once again I used industrial snaps to attach the ABS belt to the canvas belt.

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The canvas belt with the snaps attached, you may want to get a proper snap tool, I found that useing a hammer and the little steel peice provided (left) was a bit tricky.

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Here a picture of the completed belt ( front only ). The battle is of course only half over, the Thermal detonator still has to be attached to the back.

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This is were it will eventually sit. If I can ever get the damn thing done. I took me three hours to attach to ABS plastic belt to the canvas belt.

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After spray painting the back of the Thermal detinator grey I drilled two holes so I could attach the belt clips.

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I used metal screws to attach the belt clip to the back of the TD, I also put a bit of apoxy glue on the screw so it stays in place forever...err...hopefully.

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Here's a shot of the back of the Thermal detonator with the belt clips attached. If there are any question about my procedure send me an e-mail and I'll do my best to confuse you even more.

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A fine job if I do say so myself.

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This will give you an idea how the webbing holds the entire suit together. I desighned it to I can just step into it. The only problem with this approach is that you will need some help attaching the chest plait and shoulder straps to the back peice once it's on. The way I have done it is deffinatly not the easiest way, you will always need assisstance getting dressed, but it works for me.The nice thing about and ALL velcro assembly is that at a later date I can always change it.

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And here's a shot of the Thermal detonator attached to the back of the belt.

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Although it was'nt entirly done I just had to do a test fitting...not bad ehh...it hides my beer belly...can someone please pass me a Bud.

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And here it is, the completed project, I'll add some fans, speakers to the helmet at a later date.

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I just replace the AB button ( little black buttons on the stomach ) with screen accurate AB buttons which I ordered from Vader Dave in Des Moines, Iowa. These are the colors used in the original Star Wars movie they consist of 6 grey and 3 blue buttons.

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The final part to my puzzle were the boots, these I ordered from Champion Attitude ( CABOOTS ) in El Paso, Texas. They provided excellent service arriving in just over a week, now I'm finally ready to go.

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Now it's time to go hunt some rebel scum...

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For more information on the artist that engineered this high quality armor which is commonly known as the RT-Mod please see think below...

http://www.rt-mod.com/

Grace Lee Whitney Passes Away at 85

Again we must say farewell to another member of the original Star Trek crew, gone by never forgotten. Grace Lee Whitney who played Captain Kirk's assistant on the original "Star Trek" series, has died. She was 85.Whitney died of natural causes Friday in her home in the Central California town of Coarsegold, about 50 miles north of Fresno, her son Jonathan Dweck said on Sunday. Whitney played Yeoman Janice Rand in the first eight episodes before being written out of the series.

 

 

Suicide Squad

First photos of the Suicide Squad released today. They are currently filming this in Toronto and I am very much looking forward to it. The photo features nearly the entire cast, only missing Jared Leto as the Joker.

 

Spice Girls Dolls

Don't laugh, I picked these up last weekend at the 2015 Canadian Collectible Toy Expo held at the Hilton Mississauga Meadowvale. These things sell for anywhere between $40.00 - $80.00 per doll on Ebay. I paid just $38.00 for the entire set, a steal to say the least. These will continue to increase in value. As you can see they are all still in their boxes although Victoria and Mel B are missing their accessories. Value is where you find it and these certainly have value.