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PA_989 [30 points]
A revisit of this location to Flashinvader this one. On a Sunday morning while the public transport was on strike for 57 days.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: YES! ONE MORE!
All my photos of PA_989:
PA_989 (Close-up, August 2011)
PA_989 (Wide shot 1, September 2011)
PA_989 (Wide shot 2, Re-Activated, January 2020)
Date of invasion: 15/05/2011 (First seen on Flickr on 22/05/2011 by Ausmoz one week after invasion)
DELETED November 2014
RE-ACTIVATED< April 2019
[I visited this one in person 10 days after invasion but came back to take photos of this one with better light conditions, this one is rarely in full sun.]
PA_1362 [20 points]
A red outlined space invader in the 11ème arrondissement of Paris. Classic sized but made in 2018.
Parisien space invader fan KOKA36 is 'flashing' and capturing this new red invader as well.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "I'M PROUD OF YOU!"
All my photos of PA_1362:
PA_1362 (Close-up, June 2018)
PA_1362 (Wide shot 1, June 2018)
PA_1362 (Wide shot 2, June 2018)
Date of invasion: 06/06/2018
[ Visited PA_1362 14 days after invasion ]
PA_320 [50 points]
The 14th space invader Invader made worth 50 points. This re-activation was on my list to revisit and flash for a while but I was not really around in this neighborhood.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: ^_^GG^_^ (no idea what this means, anyone?)
All my photos of PA_320:
PA_320 (Close-up 1, July 2006)
PA_320 (Wide shot 1, July 2006)
PA_320 (Close-up 2, Re-Activated, October 2019)
PA_320 (Wide shot 2, Re-Activated, October 2019)
Date of invasion: 09/08/2000
DELETED 2010/2012 (source: Google Streetview)
RE-ACTIVATED July 2018
PA_1439 [30 points]
A What's Up space invader in the 7ème arrondissement (quartier Gros-Caillou of Paris. Invaded right before Paris went in lockdown to battle the COVID-19 virus.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: CE QUI EST EN HAUT
All my photos of PA_1439:
PA_1439 (Close-up, July 2020)
PA_1439 (Wide shot, July 2020)
Date of invasion: 12/03/2020
[ Visited PA_1439 4 months and 6 days after invasion ]
PA_267 [10 points]
Another 10 points added to my account on FlashInvaders. Thanks to the re-activation team. This was the first re-activation I encountered in the year 2019. Located in the 16ème arrondissement not far from Trocadéro.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "YEAHHH!"
All my photos of PA_267:
PA_267 (Close-up, January 2019)
PA_267 (Wide shot, January 2019)
Date of invasion (original): 05/02/2000
DELETED ages ago (between roughly 2002 and 2005)
RE-ACTIVATED January 2019
MARS_10 [20 points]
This re-actiivated Galaxian space invader near Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles made that I found and flashed all 13 official space invaders in the city of Marseille.
Marseille has been invaded 13 times devided in 3 invasion waves and the total points in Marseille is 220 points. The first invasion wave took place in the Summer of 2004 with in total 11 space invaders, two other waves occured in 2014 (2019).
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: READY FOR THE NEXT ONE?
All my photos of MARS_10:
MARS_10 (Close-up 1, August 2006)
MARS_10 (Wide shot 1, August 2006)
MARS_10 (Close-up 2, Re-Activated, August 2019)
MARS_10 (Wide shot 2, Re-Activated, August 2019)
MARS_10 (Wide shot 3, Re-Activated, August 2019)
Year of invasion: 2004
DELETED < 2008
RE-ACTIVATED October 2018
PA_399 [10 points]
One of the forgotten re-activations in Paris I had to visit, to flash and to capture. I have only seen the re-activation, the original was visible before my passion for this kind of street art.
Black and white and every fade of grey and near the Musée des Égouts de Paris.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: GOOD :-)
All my photos of PA_399:
PA_399 (Close-up, October 2021)
PA_399 (Wide shot, October 2021)
PA_399 ("52-Weeks", October 2021)
Date of invasion (original): 01/04/2001
DELETED unknown (2001 - 2004)
RE-ACTIVATED April 2018
MARS_20 [50 points]
This 50 points worth blue big space invader along the A557 became a personal milestone for FlashInvaders for me as this was my 1400th space invader flashed since I started this online game in 2015.
Till August 2020 I found and flashed all 13 space invaders of wave 1 (MARS_01 - MARS_11 - 2004 and wave 2 (MARS_12 and MARS_13). But during wave 3 in August 2020 the number of space invaders went up to 97. In total 84 space invaders on my list again.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: IT'S YOUR 1400TH INVADER FOUND -=[CONGRATULATIONS]=-
All my photos of MARS_20:
Date of invasion: 06/08/2020
PA_1297 [40 points]
A desktop computer space invader in the 12ème arrondissement of Paris. In May 2011 this location was the scene of PA_982 (30 points, date of invasion 08/05/2011), now deleted.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "AS GOOD AS DACID VINCENT"
All my photos of PA_1297:
PA_1297 (Close-up, June 2018)
PA_1297 (Wide shot, June 2018)
Date of invasion: 28/08/2017
[ Visited PA_1297 10 months and 2 days after invasion ]
RTD_10 [10 points]
My 16th space invader I encountered in the city of Rotterdam. Never seen the original before but thanks to the team of re-activators this one is visible and flashable again. Surrounded by skyscrapers and near the famous Erasmusbrug (bridge), this one is worth the trip!
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "YOU ROCK!"
All my photos of RTD_10:
RTD_10 (Close-up, November 2018)
RTD_10 (Wide shot, November 2018)
Date of invasion: 01/11/2001
DELETED >2005
RE-ACTIVATED 2018
THE INVASION OF ROTTERDAM
In the year 2001 the city of Rotterdam has been invaded by Invader. In 4 days Invader put 26 space invaders (1 hidden bonus) on the walls of Rotterdam. Sometimes hidden sometimes on very visible locations. As we speak (*January 2019) about 18 of 26 space invaders are there. Ten of them due to the work of the re-activations. Eight of them are still the original space invaders of 2001 put up by Invader.
[ 01 - 2019 ]
PA_669 [30 points]
This so-called space target made in 2006 and destroyed in 2008 is flashable and visible again due to the great effort of the re-activation team. Located on the railway overpass which connects the North of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and UK with Gare du Nord in Paris. The tram line is new at this location, line T3b has been extended on 24/11/2018 from Porte de la Chapelle to Porte d'Asnières.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "IN THE BOX!"
All my photos of PA_669:
PA_669 (Close-up, August 2006)
PA_669 (Wide shot, August 2006)
PA_669 (Close-up, Re-Activated, December 2018)
PA_669 (Wide shot, Re-Activated, December 2018)
Date of invasion: 08/05/2006
DELETED May 2008
RE-ACTIVATED October 2018
[ Visited PA_669 for the first time 3 months and 14 days after invasion in 2006 ]
PA_1342 [30 points]
How French would like to have a space invader? In total symmetry with PA_381 (January 2001, 10 points).
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "THIS IS PARIS"
All my photos of PA_1342:
PA_1342 (Close-up, June 2018)
PA_1342 (Wide shot 1, June 2018)
PA_1342 (Wide shot 2, June 2018)
Date of invasion: 01/03/2018
[ Visited this 'French' PA_1342 almost 4 months after invasion ]
PA_1378 [20 points]
A blue classic space invader hidden in the banlieu of Paris. Installed the same day (or night) as PA_1379 and number 3713 in the world.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: NEXT NOW
All my photos of PA_1378:
PA_1378 (Close-up, September 2019)
PA_1378 (Wide shot 1, September 2019)
PA_1378 (Wide shot 2, September 2019)
Date of invasion: 23/01/2019
[ Visited this 'insect' almost 9 months after its invasion ]
PA_1341 [50 points]
Another big space invader in Vincennes. The V of victory.
FlashInvaders onscreen message: "VICTORY"
All my photos of PA_1341:
PA_1341 (Close-up, June 2018)
PA_1341 (Wide shot 1, June 2018)
PA_1341 (Wide shot 2, June 2018)
Date of invasion: 22/02/2018
[ Visited PA_1341 4 months minus 2 days after invasion ]
PA_104 [30 points]
Never seen the original version of PA_104 high above the traffic of the Boulevard Périphérique. Thanks to the re-activation team this one is back in the game.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: GOT IT =)
All my photos of PA_104:
PA_104 (Close-up, October 2019)
PA_104 (Wide shot, October 2019)
Date of invasion: 10/10/1998
DELETED ages ago
RE-ACTIVATED September 2019
PA_1460 [50 points]
Montreuil is a well invaded suburb of Paris. This green and white invader is within walking distance (400 meters) of métro station Croix de Chavaux of line 9.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: IT WORKS!
All my photos of PA_1460:
PA_1460 (Close-up, September 2021)
PA_1460 (Wide shot 1, September 2021)
PA_1460 (Wide shot 2, September 2021)
Date of invasion: 25/02/2021
[ Visited PA_1460 7 months and 3 days after invasion ]
RTD_15 [20 points]
Another new but old space invader in Rotterdam. This black one with a red reflector in the middle was presumed 'dead' for years but in fact it was hidden safely behind a billboard which have been removed recently. It was already considered 'lost' by Invader as RTD_17 had to be re-activated again in the online application game FlashInvaders.
I accompanied JoeTheCrab with 'flashing' all active space invaders in Rotterdam (8) and Amsterdam (9). It was lots of fun all the way along the space invaders. Re-activating RTD_17 was part of the tour. And this one was new for me as well.
Other view:
RTD_15 (Zoom-in, April 2015)
Date of invasion: 02/11/2001
THE INVASION OF ROTTERDAM
In the year 2001 the city of Rotterdam has been invaded by Invader. In 4 days Invader put 26 space invaders (1 hidden bonus) on the walls of Rotterdam. Sometimes hidden sometimes on very visible locations. I took some photos earlier but never put them on Flickr. Eight of the in total 25 space invader are still 'active' in 2015. Two were deleted in 2014 and 2 old new ones came back active (one re-activation and one became visible again due to the removal of a small billboard where it was hidden behind). Rotterdam was the 8th invaded city in the world.
PA_303 [10 points]
A good example of a re-activated space invader I forgot to revisit for a FlashInvaders treatment. Done when I was walking from PA_942 to the métro station.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUBS!!!
All my photos of PA_303:
PA_303 (Close-up, June 2006)
PA_303 (Wide shot, June 2006)
PA_303 (Close-up, Re-Activated, January 2020)
PA_303 (Wide shot, Re-Activated, January 2020)
Date of invasion: 25/07/2000
DELETED March 2010
RE-ACTIVATED May 2018
PA_353 [20 points]
A space invader featuring a 'reflect eye' in the 8ème arrondissement. This one is a reactivated classic low mounted space invader. I have never seen the original before.
FlashInvader onscreen message: "MISSION SUCCESFULL"
All my photos of PA_353:
PA_353 (Close-up, November 2017)
PA_353 (Wide Shot, November 2017)
Date of invasion (original): 29/10/2000
RE-ACTIVATED October 2017
BXL_15 [20 points]
Sometimes a re-activated space invader and its spot are better and more beautiful than the orginal one. BXL_15 is a good example of it. The building has been totally refurbished and the space invader is now new as well.
The city of Brussels has been invaded in 2012. Invader put up in total 40 space invaders during one single wave between 08/03/2012 and 15/03/2012 with a total score of 1130 points. Seven of these invaders are worth 50 points. No 10 or 100 points space invaders in Brussels.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: SUBLIME!
All my photos of BXL_15:
BXL_15 (Close-up 1, March 2012)
BXL_15 (Wide shot 1, March 2012)
BXL_15 (Close-up 2, Re-Activated, September 2019)
BXL_15 (Wide shot 2, Re-Activated, September 2019)
Date of invasion: 10/03/2012 07h10 ALT+35 m
DELETED ages ago (building has been renovated)
RE-ACTIVATED August 2019
[ Visited BXL_15 11 days after invasion ]
MARS_05 [10 points]
One of the results of the re-activation wave of the Summer of 2018 is also this cyclope near Cours Julien, the street art walhallah of Marseille.
Thanks to the re-activation wave in Marseille I was able to flash all 13 space invaders of Marseille (August 2019).
Marseille has been invaded 13 times devided in 3 invasion waves and the total points in Marseille is 220 points. The first invasion wave took place in the Summer of 2004 with in total 11 space invaders, two other waves occured in 2014 (2019).
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: AWESOME!
All my photos of MARS_05:
MARS_05 (Close-up, August 2006)
MARS_05 (Wide shot, August 2006)
MARS_05 (Close-up, Re-Activated, August 2019)
MARS_05 (Wide shot, Re-Activated, August 2019)
Year of invasion: 2004
DELETED ages ago (>2010 - <2014)
RE-ACTIVATED August 2018
RTD_20 [10 points]
A green little space invader in the neighbourhood Oude Westen but within a few minutes walking distance of the Centraal Station. Encountered this space invader earlier but never uploaded this one here on Flickr at the time. Try to (noodle hot-) spot the re-acetivated space invader.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "SWEET!
All my photos of RTD_20:
RTD_20 (Close-up, November 2018)
RTD_20 (Wide shot 1, November 2018)
RTD_20 (Wide shot 2, November 2018)
Date of invasion: 03/11/2001
DELETED unknown (>2007)
RE-ACTIVATED 2018
THE INVASION OF ROTTERDAM
In the year 2001 the city of Rotterdam has been invaded by Invader. In 4 days Invader put 26 space invaders (1 hidden bonus) on the walls of Rotterdam. Sometimes hidden sometimes on very visible locations. As we speak (*January 2019) about 18 of 26 space invaders are there. Ten of them due to the work of the re-activations. Eight of them are still the original space invaders of 2001 put up by Invader.
[ 01 - 2019 ]
PA_223 [20 points]
One of the space invaders I forgot to flash since I started the game in 2015. PA_223 is still the original space invader invaded in 1999.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: GOOD EYES
All my photos of PA_223:
PA_223 (Close-up, March 2009)
PA_223 (Wide shot 1, November 2006)
PA_223 (Wide shot 2, August 2020)
PA_223 (Wide shot 2, August 2020)
Date of invasion: 16/10/1999
KLN_18 [30 points]
One of the two space invaders located on the Hohenzollernbrücke. This one is the most iconic one with the text I Invaded KLN.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: GOOD:-)
All my photos of KLN_18:
KLN_18 (Close-up, April 2024)
KLN_18 (Wide shot 1, April 2024)
KLN_18 (Wide shot 2, April 2024)
Date of invasion: 13/02/2007 (world wide # 1872)
INVASION OF KÖLN
The city and region of Köln counts a total of 27 space invaders divided over 3 waves. The first wave was in October 2006 and counted 3 space invaders, the second in February 2007 at the same time as the exhibition "Bad Man" in Galerie Joellenbeck. In 2015 a third wave followed in the European Astronaut Center (EAC) in ESA as part of the Space2ISS project.
I had already visited the latter on April 19, 2017 without visiting the other space invaders. I visited, flashed and photographed the others in February 2024.
My score for Cologne is: 22 of the 27 flashed, 1 could not be flashed and 4 were already deleted at the time of my visit.
[ Meteorry ]
PA_340 [50 points]
A big space invader from which I have never seen the original re-activated. Located along the Seine in the 4ème arrondissement on one of my favorite islands.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "I'M PROUD OF YOU!"
All my photos of PA_340:
PA_340 (Close-up, June 2018)
PA_340 (Wide shot 1, June 2018)
PA_340 (Wide shot 2, June 2018)
PA_340 (Wide shot 3. June 2018)
PA_340 (Wide night shot, July 2018)
Date of invasion: 03/09/2000
DELETED ?
RE-ACTIVATED May 2018
PA_296 [10 points]
About 10 "ground" space invaders have been re-activated in June 2020. One of the re-activators must have mastered him- or herself the method how to put an invader in the asphalte. This one is located in the Rue Étienne Marcel. Never seen the original before of this orange "runner".
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: LAST BUT NOT LEAST
All my photos of PA_296:
PA_296 (Close-up, July 2020)
PA_296 (Wide shot, July 2020)
Date of invasion: 14/07/2000
DELETED ages ago
RE-ACTIVATED June 2020
MARS_58 [50 points]
A flying gabian over the Vieux Port. Seen by many tourists on their way to Fort Saint-Jean and Mucem.
Till August 2020 I found and flashed all 13 space invaders of wave 1 (MARS_01 - MARS_11 - 2004 and wave 2 (MARS_12 and MARS_13). But during wave 3 in August 2020 the number of space invaders went up to 97. In total 84 space invaders on my list again.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: FLYING GABIAN
All my photos of MARS_58:
MARS_58 (Close-up, July 2021)
MARS_58 (Wide shot 1, July 2021)
Date of invasion: 12/08/2021
PA_1409 [100 points]
This pink, red and white huge space invader is an official space invader worth 100 points. In fact, it is invaluable because of the thought behind it. It is made by Invader and a huge tribute to organ and tissue donors. Given the plaque next to it in collaboration with the Hôpital Kremlin AP-HP.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: GIVE ORGANS, GIVE LIFE!
All my photos of PA_1409:
PA_1409 (Close-up, August 2019)
PA_1409 (Wide shot 1, August 2019)
PA_1409 (Plaque, August 2019)
PA_1409 (Wide shot 2, August 2019)
Date of invasion: 25/06/2019
[ Visited PA_1409 1 month and 28 days after invasion, in full afternoon sunlight as well ]
RTD_20 [10 points]
A green little space invader in the neighbourhood Oude Westen but within a few minutes walking distance of the Centraal Station. Encountered this space invader earlier but never uploaded this one here on Flickr at the time. Try to (noodle hot-) spot the re-acetivated space invader.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "SWEET!
All my photos of RTD_20:
RTD_20 (Close-up, November 2018)
RTD_20 (Wide shot 1, November 2018)
RTD_20 (Wide shot 2, November 2018)
Date of invasion: 03/11/2001
DELETED unknown (>2007)
RE-ACTIVATED 2018
THE INVASION OF ROTTERDAM
In the year 2001 the city of Rotterdam has been invaded by Invader. In 4 days Invader put 26 space invaders (1 hidden bonus) on the walls of Rotterdam. Sometimes hidden sometimes on very visible locations. As we speak (*January 2019) about 18 of 26 space invaders are there. Ten of them due to the work of the re-activations. Eight of them are still the original space invaders of 2001 put up by Invader.
[ 01 - 2019 ]
AMI_13 [30 points]
The medieval centre of Amiens was certainly not missed by Invader. AMI_13 is located not far from Saint-Leu.
On June 12, 2025, the news came that the northern French city of Amiens had been visited by my favorite artist Invader. In total he installed 16 space invaders. In the days that followed, the idea came to visit Amiens on the weekend of June 28 and 29 to search, capture and flash them. And so it happened..
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: MISSION SUCCESFUL
All my photos of AMI_13:
AMI_13 (Close-up, June 2025)
AMI_13 (Wide shot, June 2025)
Date of invasion: 12/06/2025
[ Encountered AMI_13 and all other invaders in Amiens more than 2 weeks after invasion ]
INVASION OF AMIENS
WAVE: 1
INVADERS: 16
WORLD WIDE: 4304 THRU 4320
TOTAL SCORE: 540 POINTS)
PA_1136 [30 points]
Apart from and PA_1137 and PA_1138 which are installed the same night, this one is not installed in the Northern outskirts of Paris ("93") but in the 12ème arrondissment of Paris. Well visible from departing and arriving trains from and at Gare de Lyon.
Professsional space invader hunters Hadrien and Paul were happy to pose with their Flashinvader devices to give PA_1186 some animation in this silent street along the tracks. Thanks guys!
Other view:
PA_1186 (Zoom-in, March 2015)
Date of invasion: 10/03/2015 (Source: Instagram - official website, first seen on Flickr on Tofz4u on 18/03/2015, but first seen on Instagram on 17/03/2015)
[Visited PA_1136 for the first time 8 days after invasion and 1 one day after first appearance on Instagram]
PA_1356 [20 points]
A blue and white classic framed space invader in the 12ème arrondissement of Paris.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: "I'M PROUD OF YOU"
All my photos of PA_1356:
PA_1356 (Close-up, June 2018)
PA_1356 (Wide shot, June 2018)
Date of invasion: 12/04/2018
[ Visted this one 2 months and 16 days after invasion ]
Paris #invaderwashere #pa_1094 #streetart #paris #street #streetview #mosaicart #mosaique #patm666photos
PA_337 [20 points]
A reflecteyed space invader on a for me historical spot in Paris. The first time I entered Paris was at this location back in the year 1979.
Never seen the original of this one in person. Thanks to the great work of the R34CTIV4T10N T34M.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: BIEN OUEJ!
All my photos of PA_337:
PA_337 (Close-up, Re-Activated, February 2020)
PA_337 (Wide shot, Re-Activated, February 2020)
Date of invasion: 27/08/2000
DELETED ages ago
RE-ACTIVATED January 2020
Boulevard Saint-Germain 11/03/2015 18h34
A revisit to this Megaman space invader in the 6ème arrondissement to 'flash it' (the game FlashInvaders in full swing on my smart phone since February 2015). To my surprise I found this one protected behind acrylic glass. No idea who did this but it is the first time (apart from the only surviver in Aix-en-Provence) I have seen this in Paris. Protect them all, the work of Invader can already be considered as cultural heritage.
PA_1075 [50 points]
PA_1075 (Zoom-in, August 2013)
PA_1075 (Street view, August 2013)
PA_1075 (Street view, March 2015)
Date of invasion: unknown (first seen on Flickr on 22/08/2013 by Alexandre Feuvrier (Street_art77))
[Visited this 'Megaman' in person 4 days after first appearance on Flickr]
PA_1442 [40 points]
One of the two space invaders installed right after the COVID-19 lockdown was released on 11/05/2020. People were allowed again to leave there homes without a permission and Invader took the opportunity to put up some fresh space invaders like this one.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: PARIS PARIS!
All my photos of PA_1442:
PA_1442 (Close-up, July 2020)
PA_1442 (Wide shot, July 2020)
Date of invasion: 11/05/2020
[ Visited and flashed this one 2 months and 7 days after invasion ]
MARS_08 [10 points]
Five of the 13 space invaders in Marseille are cyclopes like this. I have never seen the original of this one in the Panier neighbourhood of Marseille. A successful re-activation which made it possible for me to flash all the 13 space invaders of Marseille.
Marseille has been invaded 13 times devided in 3 invasion waves and the total points in Marseille is 220 points. The first invasion wave took place in the Summer of 2004 with in total 9 space invaders (2019)
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: WELL PLAYED
All my photos of MARS_08:
MARS_08 (Close-up, August 2019)
MARS_08 (Wide shot 1, August 2019)
MARS_08 (Wide shot 2, August 2019)
Year of invasion: 2004
DELETED ages ago (2004 - 2006)
RE-ACTIVATED August 2018
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PA_1013 [30 points]
A space invader of the third generation (PA_1001 to PA_1500) which was deleted in 2016 returned to Earth and ready to get photographed, flashed and admired again.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: IT WORKS!
All my photos of PA_1013:
PA_1013 (Close-up, November 2011)
PA_1013 (Wide shot 1, November 2011)
PA_1013 (Wide shot 2, « re-activated », July 2021)
Date of invasion: unknown (Estimated: Autumn 2011 - First seen on Flickr on 23/10/2011 by Tofz4u)
DELETED (reported March 2016)
RE-ACTIVATED June 2021
[Visited this location in person 28 days after the first appearance on Flickr]
My first space invader encountered in person in Germany and part of the invasion of Köln (Cologne) on the site of ESA’s astronaut centre ...
Location: ESA’s astronaut centre near Cologne (Germany) in the community called Wahn.
Coordinates: 50°51'8" N 7°7'53" E
Reason: A visit to three of the space invaders on the site of ESA in Köln which are normally hidden away from the public. A visit was organized by V ("JOETHECRAB" on FlashInvaders) and about 20 of space invader fans from France, Belgium and the Netherlands (including yours truly) travelled to Germany to see, capture and flashinvader the three space invaders on the strictly guarded and normalitarian inaccessible terrain of ESA.
Invasion of Cologne: As we speak (April 2017) the city of Cologne (including the ones on the ESA site) counts 27 space invaders, invaded in 3 waves and in total 670 points. The first waves took place in the year 2007 and the last wave was in 2015 and contains the 3 space invaders on the site of ESA (in total 250 points on the ESA site).
Other views:
KLN_26 (Zoom in, April 2017)
KLN_26 (Overview featuring Yuri Gararin)
KLN_26 ('52 Weeks selfie', April 2017)
KLN_26 [100 points, 2015] and on the foreground (apart from me) the bust of Yuri Gagarin (in French Youri Gagarine). Yuri Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.
To Listen: Herbert Grönemeyer - Männer
Weather: Mostly cloudy, 9° C
Self-portrait technics: 'Stretched arm' method without self-timer.
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PA_1448 [50 points]
A big green invader in a narrow street in the 15ème arrondissement of Paris. Invaded in covid-19 times with curfew. A few weeks later Paris was in a kind of lockdown again. It was the 3956th space invader in the world.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: READY FOR THE NEXT ONE?
All my photos of PA_1448:
PA_1448 (Close-up, September 2021)
PA_1448 (Wide shot 1, September 2021)
PA_1448 (Wide shot 2, September 2021)
Date of invasion: 01/12/2020
[ Visited and flashed this one more than 9 months after invasion due to the covid virus ]
PA_650 [30 points]
I was in the neighbourhood and realized that I never took the time to "Flashinvader" this PA_650. Surprisingly this one was in full sunlight when I got here. Good enough for a photo revisit as well.
Onscreen FlashInvades message: GOOD CATCH
All my photos of PA_650:
PA_650 (Close-up 1, April 2006)
PA_650 (Wide shot 1, April 2006)
PA_650 (Close-up 2, August 2006)
PA_650 (Wide shot 2, August 2019)
Date of invasion: 26/03/2006
[ Visited PA_650 for the first time by incident 26 days after invasion in 2006 ]
PA_1070 [30 points]
A watermelon, and apple or lime on a historic building on the border of the 11ème and 12ème arrondissement of Paris. Re-activated and because I never flashed this one I had to come back here to get my 30 points which made me on the 255th rank of the game FlashInvaders.
Onscreen FlashInvader message: "OHH YEA, YOU GOTTA GET SCHWIFTY!"
All my photos of PA_1070:
PA_1070 (Close-up, September 2013)
PA_1070 (Wide shot 1, September 2013)
PA_1070 (Wide shot 2, Re-Activated, February 2019)
Date of invasion: unknown (estimated August 2013, first seen on internet/Flickr on 24/08/2013 by Tofz4u)
DELETED December 2014 (reported)
RE-ACTIVATED January 2019
[Visited these water melons and apple (?) 11 days after first appearance on Flickr]
A walk through Paris with the sole purpose of flashing the reactivated space invader in the Rue de Tolbiac; PA_876...
Location: Rue de Tolbiac, Paris 13ème
Coordinates: 48°82'64"N 2°36'37" E
Reason: I had a nice walk with a friend living near Marne-la-Vallée who doesn't want his picture on the media through Paris. I decided to take him to this part of Paris and realized that PA_876 was also missing from my online game FlashInvaders. Another 30 points on the counter and a nice walk through the neighbourhood of Peupliers and Butte aux Cailles. It ended with a nice dinner on Place d'Italie.
Rue de Tolbiac: A 2 715 meters long street in the 13ème arrondissement of Paris in the quartier Maison-Blanche. This street owes its name to the battle of Tolbiac, victory won by Clovis in 496 against the Alamans. The town of Tolbiac, which today bears the name Zülpich, is located in the region of Cologne, Germany.
PA_876: The original of PA_876 was put up almost 10 years prior to this photo. Deleted somewhere in 2013 and re-activated in February 2020 before the confinement (lockdown).
All my photos of PA_876:
PA_876 (Close-up 1, Original, September 2010)
PA_876 (Wide shot 1, Original, September 2010)
PA_876 (Close-up 2, Re-Activated, July 2020)
PA_876 (Wide shot 2, Re-Activated, July 2020)
PA_876 (52-Weeks «30/52 2020», July 2020)
FlashInvaders: When I flashed this one, I was on rank 454 of the game with in total 1337 space invaders (1139 of them in Paris, in Paris in total 1446 invasions as we speak). Total score: 38,770.
As we speak there are more than 138,000 players of the application game FlashInvaders.
Weather: Sunny, 28° C
To Listen ♫: Edith Piaf - La foule (Youtube)
Self-portrait technics: 'Stretched arm' method without self-timer. ("SPAAL")
MARS_09 [10points]
FlashInvader players are everywhere. Even this one year ago re-activated cyclope in Le Panier has at least one two fans at the same time including myself.
Marseille has been invaded 13 times devided in 3 invasion waves and the total points in Marseille is 220 points. The first invasion wave took place in the Summer of 2004 with in total 9 space invaders (2019)
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: YOU DID IT!
All my photos of MARS_09:
MARS_09 (Close-up, August 2006)
MARS_09 (Wide shot 1, August 2006)
MARS_09 (Close-up 2, Re-Activated, August 2019)
MARS_09 (Wide shot 2, Re-Activated, August 2019)
Year of invasion: 2004
DELETED 2007
RE-ACTIVATED August 2018
PA_356 [30 points]
A re-activated space invader type "GOLDORAK" (a UFO Robot Grendizer science fiction series) in the 3ème arrondissement of Paris. Never seen the original of the year 2000. Not from PA_655
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: BIEN!
All my photos of PA_356:
PA_356 (Close-up, Re-Activated, September 2020)
PA_356 (Wide shot, Re-Activated, September 2020)
Date of invasion: 29/10/2000
DELETED ages ago
RE-ACTIVATED August 2000
PA_326 [50 points]
This videogame monkey has been re-activated and thanks to this wonderful action of the Re-Activation team I was able to capture and flashinvader this one which is very close to PA_1356 (invasion date: 12/04/2018).
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: YES! ONE MORE!
All my photos of PA_326:
PA_326 (Close-up, August 2019)
PA_326 (Wide shot 1, August 2019)
PA_326 (Wide shot 2, August 2019)
Date of invasion: 13/08/2000
DELETED 2008
RE-ACTIVATED July 2019