Ep. 125 - Monster Dog - Revisited

October 14, 2023 by adam lewczuk in film, podcast

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O-Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, and trashy treasures.

In this episode Adam and Mark revisit the granddaddy of shock rock, Alice Cooper and the often overlooked part of his immense back catalogue – Movies, in particular, the disaster piece from 1984 by Italian filmmaker Claudio Fragasso - Monster Dog.

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Rock star Vince Raven (Alice Cooper) returns home after 20 years to make a new music video. While filming, Raven is informed by the town sheriff that a mysterious wild dog has been killing people in the area. The sheriff also suggests that perhaps Raven knows something about it. It seems that, years earlier, Raven's father was accused of being a werewolf and was subsequently murdered by the townspeople. Now everyone suspects Raven, including his girlfriend, Sandra (Victoria Vera).

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Ep. 124 Toxic Avenger Revisited

October 07, 2023 by adam lewczuk in podcast, film

In this episode Adam and Mark revisit Tromaville, the home of New Jersey's greatest hero and location of Troma's greatest contribution to cinema - The Toxic Avenger. Join them as they discuss this genuinely funny poke at superheroes and monster movies, delivered with a healthy dose of cheap gags, splattery special effects, and T&A.

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The Toxic Avenger, set in Tromaville, NJ, is about Melvin Ferd, a meek nerd, who works as a janitor at a health club. While he is of no threat to anyone, psychotic health club patrons: Bozo, Slug, Wanda, and Julie bully the kid because he doesn’t look pretty like them, and isn’t as smart as they are.

When the four aren’t tormenting little Melvin, they are busy screwing each other, or running over little boys on bicycles with their bitchen Camero; squishing their little heads. It’s the only way Bozo is able to relieve the stress of his life.

Eventually, the the four manage to humiliate Melvin to the point where he jumps out of a second story window at the health club, and into a barrel of toxic waste conveniently sitting open on a flatbed truck in front of the club. The toxic waste sets Melvin on fire, but also transforms him into a super-sized superhero/vigilante with a delightful voice.

Australian VHS cover

Factoids

Look for future Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei as an extra (coming out of a shower)
Two less successful sequels, The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, were filmed as one. Director Lloyd Kaufman realized that he had shot far too much footage for one film and re-edited it into two.
A third independent sequel was also released, titled Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV.
An animated children's TV series spin-off, Toxic Crusaders, featured Toxie as the leader of a team of mutated superheroes who fought against evil alien polluters. The cartoon series was short-lived and quickly cancelled.
New Line Cinema had planned a live-action film based on the cartoon, but the project was never produced.[
In 2019, it was announced that Legendary Entertainment would be producing a reboot of the film, with original creators Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment serving as producers, and Macon Blair serving as writer and director.

Links

Full movie on Tubi

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Ep. 123 - Body Melt

September 23, 2023 by adam lewczuk in film, podcast

In this episode Adam And Mark dial in on the 1993 ozploitation classic Body Melt. A body horror film that for all intents and purposes feels like feels for all the world like the sort of squishy satires seen a few years earlier with flicks like Society, the Stuff and Street trash but with a weirdly wonderful Aussie TV vibe complete with oversaturated colours, throbbing techno music, and deliberate jabs at the artificiality of consumer culture, the 90’s fitness craze and horror films.

In the quiet suburb of Pebbles Court, something odd seems to be afoot when a man who's just enjoyed a tryst with a sweat-covered woman in a tanning room is injected with a strange serum. He promptly starts to freak out after visiting a convenience store, yelling about hallucinations and organ failure before turning into an explosively sludgy mess. A pair of cops, Sam (Kennedy) and Johnno (Andrew Daddo), are called in to investigate as the mysterious pestilence starts to afflict other residents, who are apparently being used as guinea pigs without their consent in a sinister product testing process. All of this is tied to Viumuville, a pharmaceutical health product line and fitness centre where people are encouraged to be at their physical peak. Unfortunately the families and average joes living in the area are destined for even worse things to come... and what about that weird cannibal mutant clan living nearby?

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Wastelands Radio Show - EP 90 - TC 2000

June 12, 2022 by adam lewczuk in art, film, podcast

In this episode Adam and Mark visit a post apocalyptic future where the planets surface is run by Kung Fu gangs and the rich live underground protected by the elite security force the Tracker Communicators. Staring Mr TaeBo Billy Blanks and the legendary Bolo Yeung. From 1993 - TC 2000

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By 2020, the environment is so bad that the rich have moved underground, leaving the poor to fight for survival in the contaminated Surface World. Protecting the underground are cops known as TCs (Tracker Communicators). TC Jason Storm becomes public enemy no. 1 after his partner Zoey (Bobbie Phillips) is murdered by a surface gang known as The Picassos (yeah, The Picassos) and Storm questions who let them into the underground. To escape, Storm heads to Surface World where he runs into Sumai (Bolo Yeung), a freedom fighter who might just know why The Controller wants to go take over Surface World.

Blanks is an excellent martial artist, which helps bypass his stiff acting filled with blank (ha!) expressions. As always, Bolo steals the show. Frequent Blanks co-star Jalal Merhi is the gang leader Niki and I COME IN PEACE alien Matthia Hues, a damn good fighter in his own right, stars as The Controller's right hand man Bigalow. Bobbie Phillips provides the female sidekick, which takes an odd turn about halfway in when she becomes the titular half-robot TC 2000.

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Wastelands Radio Show - EP 86 - The Cane Punk Chronicles - Disrupt Youth

May 15, 2022 by adam lewczuk in music, podcast, film, collectables, art

Episode 86

Cane Punk Chronicles - Tales of the Sunny Coast’s Punk Underground - Part One - DISRUPT YOUTH

This Episode sees the kick off of the long awaited Wastelands sub series / the Cane Punk Chronicles - Tales of The Sunny Coast Punk Underground - This week hear Mark-O-Mark talk about how and why he started the notorious hardcore/ street punk band Disrupt Youth.

Disrupt Youth played a perfect blend of HXC mixed with a snotty UK punk sound. Their songs lyrically talked about politics (such as the OJ Simpson BS) and about everyday social problems. Originating on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia where they slogged it out in the local scene before moving to Brisbane.

In Brisbane where they enjoyed a loyal following which resulted in Disrupt supporting such bands as The Misfits and Propagandhi.After releasing 2, 7 inches between 1996 -97, they released their debut album Look'n for Answers on October 10, 2000 on Beer City Records from the States. Disrupt disbanded at the end of 2000 and are currently on an extended break.

links -Disrupt Youth - Disillusioned - Mooloolaba Pub - 1996

Disrupt Youth - 49 Dollars - USC - 1997

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The origins of cane punk

The origins of cane punk is as murky and mysterious as the individual misfits, weirdos & kids that claimed the title and celebrated their individuality in the face a culture less, harsh, beige and often violent mainstream coastal mentality.

The world wide Punk movement of the late 70s and 80s traditionally had a particular urban flavour. Generally city kids feeling disconnected from the metro monstrosities that housed them, ignited a revolutionary fired music fashion and culture that screamed independence from the main stream.

The pre internerd punk kids of the late 80s early- 90s that happened to find their sorry asses in the culturally void rural region know as Queensland's Sunshine Coast, had a different yet no less lobotomising cultural challenge. These young coastal dwellers still shared the disconnectedness felt by the city kids, but their experience was compounded by the physical isolation that resulted in residing with in a rural community...lack of transport, employment, entertainment and opportunities to express themselves ....that and being surrounded by rednecks and footy boof heads.

So what did they do... lay down, conform and try to fit in?... Hell no. Much like their city cousins, they organised against bland oppression, they formed bands, made zines, organised punk shows, held markets, opened alternative shops and generally made a stand!!

So why's it called cane punk then I hear you ask... We'll curious reader, the primary industry on the Sunshine Coast (prior to its utter collapse in the late 90s) was sugar cane farming. Local cane punk folk law recalls a night in Woombye when the term was hurled as abuse at the punk kids during a violent altercation outside a gig between the punters and a bunch of drunk footy players that should have know better. We can only assume the taunt was based on the fact that a lot of the punk kids grew up on, in or around sugar cane. The sugar cane industry may have disappeared but the name stuck. So basically speaking the worlds' cities may be responsible for the invention of punk, but.....Sunshine Coast put the cane in it!!

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Wastelands Radio Show - EP 78 - Rolling Vengeance

March 20, 2022 by adam lewczuk in art, music, film, collectables, podcast

In this episode Adam and Mark talk about the 1987 Canuxploitation film about a truck driver that builds a special, eight-ton battle wagon to help get revenge against the rednecks who killed his family. Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and starring Don Michael Paul and Ned Beatty. Rolling Vengeance.

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A truck driver’s family is killed by a group of red necks. Unable to cope with his feelings of loss, helplessness and utter crap local law enforcement, he makes a decision we can all sympathise with. He builds a gigantic, flame-spouting tank with giant tires and proceeds to take revenge on those who have wronged him, as well as their vehicles and buildings.

The vehicle itself is impressive -- it's not just a pickup truck on huge tires, it's a wholly scrap-built "Mad Max" battlewagon. It carries a gigantic retractable drill/metal cutter on its front bumper, apparently scavenged from some gratuitously suggestive metal-rendering machinery.

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Wastelands Radio Show - EP 68 - New Years Resolutions

January 01, 2022 by adam lewczuk in art, collectables, film, music, podcast

Join Adam and Mark as they recap the year that was 2021. and let, you the lostener, in on wastelands plans for 2022.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Ep 65 - Motörmonth - MarköMark's Motörhead Journey of Discovery

November 01, 2021 by adam lewczuk in music, podcast, film, collectables, art

Wastelands Radio Show - Ep 65 - Motörmonth - MarköMark's Motörhead Journey of Discovery

Wastelands Radio Show - Episöde 62 - Motörmonth

September 24, 2021 by adam lewczuk in art, collectables, film, music

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Motörmonth - A Mönth of Motörhead

Adam and Mark Kick off Season 3 of Wastelands Radio Show by diving head first in to a month long celebration of all things Motörhead. Join them as they review, recount, and revel in the mightiness of one of the worlds greatest rock bands and their fearless leader the late great Lemmy Kilmister!!

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 61 - 2 years in the Wastelands

September 15, 2021 by adam lewczuk in art, collectables, film, music, podcast

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2 years in the Wastelands

In this episode Adam and Mark celebrate two years of podding in the wastelands, look back at the origins of the show, reaffirm their commitment to the Lostners and give some hints on what’s instore for future episodes.

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Wastelands Radio Show-Snack-Size Episode 60 - Lonely Boy Steve Jones

July 01, 2021 by adam lewczuk in art, collectables, film, music, podcast

Snack Size Epidode 60

Loney Boy - Steve Jones

In this snack size episode, Adam and Mark talk about the punk rock Guitar hero - Steve Jones, his 2018 autobiography and in development telly box show. get pissed, DESTROY!

It's my turn now." Thus begins Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, Jones's new memoir. Still, Jones makes clear he's not out to settle scores. He does, however, correct a few misconceptions: for example, no, he did not defile a sandwich he later fed to Matlock. The germ of truth in that story, Jones admits, is that he's not shy about discussing his preferred technique for copulating with bread loaves. it's a candid window into the life of one of the original punk rockers — and Jones is frank about the inherent irony of achieving fame as a band protesting everything that fame was supposed to mean.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 59 - Never Too Young to Die

June 16, 2021 by adam lewczuk in collectables, film, music

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Never Too Young To Die

In this Episode Adam and Mark take on a lostener recommendation. Rik the Caffiend Slinger brought to their attention the kind of movie you just don't see anymore. A truly "so-bad-it's-good" flick that isn’t trying to be bad on purpose Starring John Stamos, Gene Simmons and Vanity . If you ever wondered what Uncle Jesse from Full House did before, all your questions will be answered here. This movie is so “awesome” it will change your life. - from 1986 - Never Too Young to Die (1986)

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Never Too Young to Die is a 1986 American action-adventure comedy film directed by Gil Bettman. It stars John Stamos as Lance Stargrove, a young man who, with the help of secret agent Danja Deering (played by singer Vanity, also known as Denise Matthews) must avenge the death of his secret-agent father (George Lazenby) at the hands of evil Velvet Von Ragnar (Gene Simmons) A top-secret Agent is murdered, so his estranged son, a high school gymnast, teams up with his dad's attractive female partner to stop the psychopathic hermaphroditic gang leader who killed him, and now plans a major terrorist attack.

DIRECTOR

Gil Bettman - Knight Rider (TV Series) (2 episodes) - A Nice, Indecent Little Town (1983) - Forget Me Not (1982)

CAST

John Stamos as Lance Stargrove uncle Jesse full house
Vanity as Danja Deering Friday the 13th: The Series (TV Series) 1989 / Action Jackson 1988
Gene Simmons as Carruthers, Velvet Von Ragnar, KISS
Robert Englund as Riley, Fred Krueger
George Lazenby as Drew Stargrove, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
James Bond 1969, / The Man from Hong Kong Jack Wilton, 1975
Peter Kwong as Cliff Big Trouble in Little China Rain (1986) / The Golden Child Tommy Tong (1986) / Gleaming the Cube Bobby Nguyen (1989)
John Anderson as Arliss - Psycho California Charlie (1960) / MacGyver (TV Series) Harry Jackson

FACTOIDS

In a retrospective assessment of the film, Stamos has stated: "It's the perfect midnight-movie, where people can come and dress up. It's — what's the term I'm looking for? — the best worst thing you will ever see"
The movie was intended as the starting point for a "Son of Bond"-type franchise. It not only flopped at the box-office, but was shunned by its own co-star, Gene Simmons. Years later, when a fan recognized him as "Velvet Von Ragnar", Simmons exclaimed "Don't tell me you SAW that thing!"
Velvet Von Ragner's band in the club scene was made up of actual trans performers who gave Gene Simmons pointers on how to play Ragner.
The costume Gene Simmons wears for his nightclub act, is actually the same costume that Lynda Carter wore for her 1980 television special ENCORE!, in which she tried to look like a member of the band KISS while singing "I Was Made for Loving You".
The intersex angle was a later addition to the script.
Whenever a fan compliments Gene Simmons on this movie, he's been known to respond, "You are too kind. I sucked in that movie."
John Stamos took gymnastic lessons for his role as Lance Stargrove.
Shot in 35 days.
Some of the lyrics from Simmons' nightclub act scene would later show up in "Spit," a song from the 1992 Kiss album "Revenge."
Gene Simmons had to shave and wax his chest for his role as Velvet Von Ragner.
This movie was stuck in obscurity for at least 20 years and VHS copies were very hard to find. In 2017, Shout! Factory bought the rights to it and gave it new life, releasing it on Blu-ray and Prime Video.
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Wastelands Radio Show - Snack Size Episode 58 - The Rig Reborn

June 02, 2021 by adam lewczuk in podcast, music, film, collectables, art

Wastelands Radio Show - Snack-Size Episode 57 - Thundarr the Barbarian

May 24, 2021 by adam lewczuk in art, collectables, film, music, podcast

In this snack size episode, Adam and Mark travel to a future where civilisation is cast into ruin when a runaway planet speeds between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction. where just one fights to spread peace throughout the land: He is Thundarr the Barbarian.

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Thundarr the Barbarian series hit screens in 1980 from Ruby-Spears. The Production was very similar to the old Hanna-Barbera shows, but it wasn’t one. In fact Joe Ruby and Ken Spears were long time Hanna-Barbera writers of shows like Space Ghost, The Herculoids, and Scooby-Doo. By 1979, the pair had branched off to create their own studio; their first series was the highly Scooby-derivative Fangface. They followed that with The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show and Heathcliff and Dingbat.

The premise for Thundarr is great :Civilization is cast into ruin when a runaway planet speeds between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction. Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn from the ashes with a savage landscape, strange creatures and a primitive sense of justice. But, one man fights to spread peace throughout the land:

Thundarr and his companions Ookla the Mok and sorceress Princess Ariel used their strength, courage and wits, plus Thundarr’s magical Sunsword, as they journeyed from village to village, liberating slaves and battling all kinds of beasts, mutants, wizards, thieves and robots.

Though the official story is that Mattel had been in development of the toy line that eventually became He Man and the Masters of the Universe since the mid-70s, there’s no denying, to my mind anyway, how much the 1983 Filmation TV series cribbed directly from Thundarr. Mattel began a comic book series prior to the cartoon…in 1981. Conan the Barbarian the movie is usually the agreed upon antecedent, but that movie came out in 1982, and there’s a lot more alien and technology in He-Man than in Conan. I’m just saying, it might be a mix.

In any case, Thundarr enjoyed only a 13 episode first season in 1980 and an 8 episode second season in 1981. 21 glorious episodes which mixed adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror into a strange mélange of magic. One of the few series of the era to attempt more complex storytelling than teenaged antics and talking dogs. And only just barely did it miss the window where action-adventure cartoons sold toys by the truckload.

Thundarr the Barbarian, Episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_4HBH6Z-Iw

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 56 - The Toxic Crusaders

May 15, 2021 by adam lewczuk in podcast, music, film, collectables, art

In this episode Adam and Mark revisit Tromaville and talk about the 1991 animated series and Toys aimed at children, loosely based on The Toxic Avenger films. It features Toxie, the lead character of the films leading a group of misfit superheroes who combat pollution - the Toxic Crusaders.

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The Toxic Crusaders followed a trend of environmentally considerate cartoons and comics of the time, including Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Swamp Thing, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures. As this incarnation was aimed at children, Toxic Crusaders is considerably tamer than the edgy films it was based on (although it nevertheless contained many adult-oriented jokes that would go over most children's heads).

Thirteen episodes were produced and aired, with at least a few episodes airing as a "trial run" in Summer 1990 followed by the official debut on January 21, 1991.

Playmates Toys, the same company responsible for Ninja Turtles action figures, released a line of similarly styled Toxic Crusader figures in 1991. The majority of characters featured bright neon colours and glow-in-the-dark accessories. TV commercials for the figures used the tag line "They're gross, but they still get girls!" A total of nine characters as well as some rather unorthodox vehicles saw toy shelves. Similar to the Ninja Turtles' Retro mutagen Ooze, Playmates also marketed a canister of slime labeled Toxie's Toxic Waste. A toy line principally conceived by Aaronian and the design team at Troma and Pangea Corporation, some of the toys came packed with "Toxic Tips," which instructed kids how to make messes in their homes and otherwise muck up the environment.

In 2020 Super 7 released a 7 inches tall Toxie, modelled on the original Playmates figure from the classic animated series , its features multiple points of articulation, and includes a wide selection of accessories including a glow in the dark blobby.

Toxic avenger movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgXtR-Tk0ZA

Toxic Crusaders episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT_gn9ETWbo

Toxic crusaders playmates tv commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5ctZSbfvH8

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Wastelands Radio Show - Snack-Size Episode 55 - Vintage Toys - Viewmaster

May 09, 2021 by adam lewczuk in podcast, music, film, collectables, art

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Episode 55

Vintage Toys - Viewmaster

In this snack size episode, Adam and Mark take a look at a time when your little red viewer was the way to not only relive your favourite movies and tv shows, but to also see the world. The magical world of the View-Master.

View-Master is the trademark name of a line of special-format stereoscopes and corresponding View-Master "reels", which are thin cardboard disks containing seven stereoscopic 3-D pairs of small transparent colour photographs on film.

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The View-Master system was introduced in 1939, four years after the advent of Kodachrome colour film made the use of small, high-quality photographic colour images practical. Tourist attraction and travel views predominated in View-Master's early lists of reels, most of which were meant to be of interest to users of all ages. In the 80s View-Master reels were directly aimed for children with reels featuring all the popular kids franchises like - Cabbage Patch Kids, Disney, Star Wars, Masters of the Universe, Transformers, Jem, Hanna Barbera Care Bears just to name a few.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 54 - Star Wars Holiday Special

May 04, 2021 by adam lewczuk in podcast, music, film, collectables, art

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Star Wars Holiday Special

In This Episode Adam and Mark celebrate May the 4th with the oddest entry into the star wars filmic universe, from 1978 the Star Wars Holiday Special.

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A seasonal show hastily greenlit by CBS to push merchandise and keep fans thirsty for The Empire Strikes Back, this hodgepodge production was never going to live up to the ground-breaking success of Star Wars

Starring all the big stars from the first movie the special suffered from the script was revised within an inch of its life, actors in full Wookiee attire dropping like flies on set in the LA summer heat, director David Acomba walked away after filming just a handful of scenes. George Lucas, his name pointedly wiped from the production, has not only publicly condemned the show but called for the destruction of its now strictly bootlegged existence.

The Variety segments provide us with a flamboyant, psychedelic playground for misfits and performers. A camp cooking show has Harvey Korman in drag rustling up something called Bantha Surprise, a musical number set in the Mos Eisley Cantina unites its shady patrons in a spirited act of rebellion against an Imperial-enforced curfew. For some reason Jefferson Starship perform, singing into what look like neon hot dog – and the Art Carney plays a trader on the Wookie home world of Kashyyyk. where is also secretly a member of the Rebel Alliance.

The most impressive segment though is a short animation commissioned from Nelvana, an independent studio co-founded by Clive A Smith, a frequent collaborator of the Beatles. Instructed by Lucas to mimic the style of Jean Giraud, the studio created a mini-story within the Star Wars timeline that introduced Boba Fett for the first time. The sketch, with its pop punk palette and fluid, dreamy landscapes gave the bounty hunter a dazzling entrance into the franchise that the films simply couldn’t provide.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Snack-Size Episode 53 - Vintage Toys - Street Sharks

April 25, 2021 by adam lewczuk in podcast, music, film, art, collectables

In this episode of snack size proportions, Adam and Mark dive in to the rippling, slamming world of hybrid muscle-man shark dudes toys - Street Sharks.

Wastelands Radio Show - Snack-Size Episode 52 - 80's Toys - ALF

April 19, 2021 by adam lewczuk in podcast, music, film, art

In this tasty snack size episode, Adam and Mark fondly remember the cat eating Alien Life Form that is ALF and talk about the spinoffs and toys the 80’s TV show inspired.

In ALF, ALF is an alien from the planet Melmac who has arrived on planet Earth, and lands in the Tanner family's garage. On Melmac, ALF was a member of the planet's Orbit Guard. He was given the nickname "ALF", by Willie Tanner in the pilot episode. ALF was born on October 28, 1756. He is troublesome, sarcastic, and cynical. ALF is generally regarded as one of the only Melmacians to survive his home planet's cataclysm. ALF stayed at the Tanner's house, in order to stay hidden from the government, and very rarely interacted with anyone outside of the family. In an episode from the first season, "Help Me, Rhonda", Willie is able to contact ALF's friend from Melmac, Skip, and Skip offers fly by Earth to pick up ALF. ALF initially decides to go with Skip, but later changes his mind and decides he would rather stay with the Tanners instead.

Due to the series becoming popular with children, ALF didn't drink any alcohol after the first season, because NBC thought it made him a bad role model. ALF is also known to want to eat cats, including the Tanner family cat, Lucky, this later stopped after an episode in which ALF tried to microwave Lucky caused a child to try and microwave their own cat. Also, the episode "Try to Remember", depicted ALF using an electric mixer in a bathtub, and getting amnesia, which caused a child to attempt this and nearly electrocute himself. The episode was then edited for all future airings, with ALF slipping in the shower instead causing the amnesia.

ALF-related merchandise was sold during the show's original run, including a 1987 22-inch plush doll produced by Coleco, and a 1988 calendar with Melmac's planetary holidays, such as "Shout at a Shrub Day", prominently marked In 1987, over $250 million in ALF merchandise were sold, including $85 million worth of Coleco's dolls.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 51 - 80's Toys - MOTU - RAM MAN

April 10, 2021 by adam lewczuk in podcast, music, film, art

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80’s TOYS - Masters of the Universe - Ram Man

In this episode Adam and Mark dive in to the Studio Obscenito toy box and dig out some nostalgic 1980's gold.

The Ram Man action figure was released as part of the line's second wave, and was one of the first figures of the line to break away from the construction design of the standard figures. Instead, the figure has a hollow body, allowing his legs to slide up inside his torso and clip in place. A latch on the back of his boot releases him, causing him to spring forward with a headbutting action.

The original prototype for the figure gave Ram Man an orange tunic and red legs. The final release had a red tunic and green legs, but his original prototype colour scheme was still used on back of box listings and in a number of appearances in the franchise's other media.

Ram Man's first appearance is in the early Mattel mini-comic "He Man meets Ram Man". In this comic Ram Man is portrayed as a loner who lives on a stretch of barren land. He will attack anyone who crosses his land, believing their intention is to fight him, and although his past is not delved into it is implied he had retreated to this stretch of land after being continuously victimised by others. The story began with He- Man crossing his land, and despite stating his peace, Ram Man disbelieves him and attacks him. Left with no choice but to fight Ram Man, He-Man fights back and quickly beats him.

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