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Aeromar ATR-72-600 XA-UZE at Puerto Vallarta (PVR/MMPR) August 21, 2022. Recently arrived from Aguascalientes as TAO 164.
Forged from evil. Probably worth more than it should be for someone that appreciates terrible 90s television. Still, this thing's pretty neat considering that it's diecast and produces actual sound effects from the show. It would be even better if I could actually use it to dice vegetables in my kitchen.
A collection of most of my 6x6" acrylic paintings.
A personal project I painted for fun over the span of a year.
This image has no connection whatsoever to any other legal entity other than the artist.
"Okay... show me."
It is Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween countdown! This year, will the fearless Blue Ranger, Akiko, remain fearless when she finds herself in the most famous, frightening, fantastically foreboding films of horror?
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Bandai SHFiguarts - Akiba Ranger - 2013
Greenlight Collectibles - Christine 1958 Plymouth Fury 1:24 - 2018
A girl's gotta have a car, even if it's a fixer-upper. But when the car can fix up herself, that's the ride you want.
Director John Carpenter takes one of Stephen King's weaker novel entries and turns it into something quite memorable among horror films.
The element of a demon possessed car does not overshadow the angst and vulnerability of Arnie Cunningham. We relate to him, and empathize with him, which puts us in the difficult position at times of rooting for something as abstractly evil as the car.
It is these twin plot devices, plus the hip and likable friend, Dennis Guilder, AND the flat out cool factor of a red '58 Plymouth Fury that make Christine such an enjoyable movie.
Christine won't necessarily scare you but, if you will forgive the pun, you'll certainly enjoy the ride.
See our previous 4 Daze of Halloween:
2017
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37858968242/
2018
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/31698493078/
2019
Volaris Airbus A320-271N XA-VRI "Mario" pushes back at Puerto Vallarta (PVR/MMPR) August 21, 2022. Departs for Toluca as VOI 1315.
I grew up watching MMPR. On every occasion the Zords were summoned, they never did much as individual units. The show was always in a mad rush to get them combining into the Megazord. It was nice to be reminded that the Zords were interesting and useful in themselves.
"There's a man out there."
It is Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween countdown! This year, will the fearless Blue Ranger, Akiko, remain fearless when she finds herself in the most famous, frightening, fantastically foreboding films of horror?
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Bandai SHFiguarts - Akiba Ranger
LJN - Gremlins - Stripe - 1984
Our Generation - Lori - Luxury Jet
From the 1963 Twilight Zone TV series and remade two decades later in Twilight Zone: The Movie, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet!" is a classic story sequence culminating with the iconic face at the window.
We used the OG Lori Luxury Jet interior. Since it's modeled after a private jet, the seats are positioned catty-corner rather than parallel to the windows, so we had to adjust the framing a bit.
And as the creature in the episode was identified as a 'gremlin' it was appropriate to use Stripe from the LJN toy line from the 1984 movie, Gremlins.
See our previous 11 Daze of Halloween:
2017
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37797161386/
2018
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/44758870834/
2019
I like the updated Zords. I like the organic alien look and the muted colors. I like the fluidity of their movement and their cache of weapons. My only gripe was just that they're kinda smaller than what I'm used to *that's what she said*. But who knows? Maybe they can rearrange their masses and grow larger along with Rita's monsters. But then again, their smaller sizes work as an interesting disadvantage from a storytelling point of view.
Another small aspect of the movie that I enjoyed was just its overall restraint. I can imagine teens and kids getting bored during the movie due to the lack of action and explosions. It was a Power Rangers movie without Power Rangers.
"Lookit what I bought! A screamin' banshee!"
Is that what it's called? A 'screamin' banshee'?
"It's what I call it, so that's what matters, see?"
And, who are you?
"I'm Bulk! I'm the terror of Angel Grove! My buddy Skull was on this here stage show youse all got goin' on so of course the Bulkmeister needs ta be!"
Skull? Who's that?
Grand High Heckler, you're the original ticket holder. Any ideas?
Hm. Oh, right! Those Power Rangers comic relief dweebs.
That wasn't recently! That was a long time ago!*
"Anyways! With dis here bike, I'mma roar through Angel Grove and everybody will FEAR the BULK!"
You don't even-
Shh!
What?
If you don't say anything the act will be over and he'll leave.
"Whatcha gotta say BOUT DAT??"
...
"I'm leavin!"
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Collectible Figures
Bulk
Farkas Bulkmeier
PVC
1994, Bandai
It worked, he left!
I was going to point out that he had something gross under his nose.
Oh, you should have!
You shushed me!
* Indeed, waaaaay back in BP 2019 Day 187!
Thomson Airways
Lining up on 23L at Manchester Airport as Tomson Eight Five Zero (TOM850) to Puerto Vallarta (PVR/MMPR)
19-11-2016
United Airlines Airbus A320-232 N456UA at Puerto Vallarta (PVR/MMPR) August 21, 2022. Departs soon for Houston-Intercontinental as UAL 2263.
"You play a good game, boy, but the game is finished. Now you die."
It is Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween countdown! This year, will the fearless Blue Ranger, Akiko, remain fearless when she finds herself in the most famous, frightening, fantastically foreboding films of horror?
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Bandai SHFiguarts - Akiba Ranger - 2013
NECA - Phantasm - The Tall Man - 2019
An oddly engaging and thoroughly memorable horror film with next to no budget and a cast that consisted of the creator's friends or whoever could be talked into playing a role.
Phantasm lives up to its name and presents a surreal narrative involving two brothers and a friend, a mortuary, a tall man and other-dimensional corpse slavery.
But, even with all those elements and a few more, the key is how tightly paced the film is. The locale is limited to a neighorbood in which we see the home, the mortuary, a bar, a mystic, and an antique shop. The star, Mike, is able to walk or bike to every point in the film.
And the plot is tight too. Don Coscarelli, who it seems brought this film into being through sheer will, keeps everything on track. "What is going on out there at the Morningside Mortuary?" That's it.
Phantasm may be our most re-watched horror film. We've seen all the sequels because it was enjoyable following Coscarelli's mythos of the Tall Man and dimensional trouble but once the story expanded the view like that, it stopped being a home-spun horror flick and became a sci-fi vehicle.
For this reason the original Phantasm stands alone in its appeal.
With multiple memorable scenes to choose from, including those with the Willard Green designed silver sphere, we chose the final shot from the movie where Mike discovered it wasn't a dream, and the nightmare was just beginning.
Neca's Phantasm set is excellent. In addition to the Tall Man, it comes with a dwarf and the inter-dimensional tuning forks. We've always wanted to have a Phantasm chapter in the story but, so far, we've only manged to introduce the idea:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/27957616729/
We added the Jawa as a bit of indulgence. Two years after the debut of Star Wars, Coscarelli, for some reason, made his dwarves look exactly like Jawas. 😊
See our previous 2 Daze of Halloween:
2017
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37858973222/
2018
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/45625023251/
2019
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48986413206/
Original Scene:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/49370154732/
1979 Trailer:
KLAX (Los Angeles International Airport) - 27 DEC 2024
"Xray Alpha Yankee Echo Sierra" from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International (PVR/MMPR) - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - on short final to RWY 25L.
Production Site: Sao Jose Dos Campos (SJK)
Year of Manufacture: 2001
Test Registration: PT-SAI
Delivery to Fadesa: 30 SEP 2002 as EC-IIR
Operated by Audeli Air Express
Operated by Gestair beginning in MAY 2007
To First Jet: 21 APR 2014 as XA-MAX
To NASJet Saudi Arabia: FEB 2016 as T7-JSJ
Operated by Jetex Flight Support
To FlyMex: 2024 as XA-YES
Passengers: 18
Engines: 2x AN AE3007A1E
Wednesday night cruising in Paprihaven at the Market Street Chevron.
A feature of the holiday season, which never fails to draw an interesting assortment of onlookers, is the Jingle Rally! All the bikers come out and roar down Market.
When they reach the end, they present a check for food, clothing and toys to the Paprihaven Benevolence Society. Lots of children will be happier this Christmas!
As usual, the Turtles and the Rangers are competing for who leads the pack! *
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
* This has been going on for a while...
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Illuminations Alpine Christmas Collection
Andy Stadden
Horse and Carriage
Man and Woman
Woman
Two Couples
Lawyers
1995 Great Britain
VENOM (2016) # 4
Venom’s back and badder than ever! But people are starting to take notice, including Mac Gargan, who’s suited up as the SCORPION for the first time in years! Also featuring another WEB-SLINGING, WALL-CRAWLING, SPIDER-SENSE-ATIONAL GUEST STAR!
BATMAN/TMNT ADVENTURES # 4
The Turtles must face their worst fears when they confront the deadly Scarecrow! Meanwhile, Batman takes the fight to Shredder and the Joker only to find that the greatest danger has yet to be revealed!
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS # 12
As Jason tries to hunt down his missing teammates, Tommy and Billy uncover a truth that will change everything.
KLAX (Los Angeles International Airport) - 29 DEC 2024
"Alaska 686" from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (MMPR/PVR) - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on short final to RWY 25L.
Production Site: Renton (RNT)
First Flight: 04 DEC 2006
Delivery to Alaska Airlines: 19 DEC 2006 as N565AS
Hex Code: A7398E
Fleet Number: 565
Configuration: C16Y141 (until 2014)
Engines: 2x CFMI CFM56-7B27
Re-configured "C16Y147" 2014-2016
Re-configured "C12Y147" 2016 - DEC 2022
Re-configured "C12Y150" in JAN 2023
Painted in "Disneyland Resort - Toontown" special livery in OCT 2023
"Brother, stop playing this weird joke on me."
It is Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween countdown! This year, will the fearless Blue Ranger, Akiko, remain fearless when she finds herself in the most famous, frightening, fantastically foreboding films of horror?
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Bandai SHFiguarts - Akiba Ranger - 2013
Japan horror cinema relied less on special effects and more on distortion. Scenes with the human body in odd contortions, the face in horrible or anguished expressions. It was the most accomplished look back to the silent era that modern cinema has seen. And Ju On, or The Grudge, epitomized that style.
Because the movie relies so much on the shocking visuals and the final plot twist Ju On does not hold up well through repeated viewings, but that doesn't matter. The first viewing will stay in your memory for a long time to come.
See our previous 5 Daze of Halloween:
2017
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/24037953928/
2018
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/44661750395/
2019
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48970993982/
Japan movie trailer:
"Heeeeerre's JOHNNY..."
It is Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween countdown! This year, will the fearless Blue Ranger, Akiko, remain fearless when she finds herself in the most famous, frightening, fantastically foreboding films of horror?
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Bandai SHFiguarts - Akiba Ranger
Craftone - Jack Torrance
While we knew we would need to scale-merge the 1:6 Jack figure with the 1:12 Akiko, additional factors caused this shot to be more challenging than expected. Of course we wanted the scene with Jack smashing through the bathroom door as that is the most iconic.
First we were surprised that the sequence in the film never pulled back to show the full door, which we wanted in our shot.
The reason we wanted a full shot was to feature the Akiko figure. The iconic shot from the film with Wendy only has her head and upper body in frame as she's slumped against the wall, and that image is completely sold by Shelley Duvall's gaunt, terrified face. Akiko has an impassive mask, so it wouldn't have been as effective to recreate that angle.
The door was the next. Without a full door shot from the film we edited what was available.
See our previous 12 Daze of Halloween:
2017
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37797170986/
2018
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/44730902824/
2019
"You killed the wolf.
Well, there's no crime in that is there?
The wolf was Bela."
It is Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween countdown! This year, will the fearless Blue Ranger, Akiko, remain fearless when she finds herself in the most famous, frightening, fantastically foreboding films of horror?
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Bandai SHFiguarts - Akiba Ranger - 2013
MEGO - Wolfman - 2019
A return to the classic Universal Studios monsters, with the Wolfman! Mego's excellent figure with full body flocking helped make this an easy entry.
And of course, any time a woodsy scene is needed, our largest diorama, Turtle Crossing Park, is pressed into service!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/23809333691/
A classic terror, beware of the full moon!
See our previous 3 Daze of Halloween:
2017
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37587862820/
2018
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/45557765272/
2019
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48983738467/
Original Poster:
To celebrate 5,000 supporters I wanted to build some additional MOCs to support and have fun with this project. Again, THANK YOU to everyone for the support so far, and please spread the word if you'd like to see this become a LEGO Ideas set!
SUPPORT THIS PROJECT on LEGO Ideas! #LEGOMMPR
"I expected to be frightened on my wedding night, but nothing like this!"
It is Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween countdown! This year, will the fearless Blue Ranger, Akiko, remain fearless when she finds herself in the most famous, frightening, fantastically foreboding films of horror?
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Bandai SHFiguarts - Akiba Ranger - 2013
Menagerie Productions - Saucer Man - Unknown
Amok Time - Saucer Man - 2008
One of our favorites of the 50's sci-fi B-movies. There's nothing production-wise that raises Invasion of the Saucer Men above the other cheap fare, but the story is so enjoyably quirky. Drunk bulls. Disembodied hands that have hypodermics in their fingers to inject alcohol. The Saucer Men having a fatal weakness to car headlights. GROOVY!!
See our previous 8 Daze of Halloween:
2017
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37845558391/
2018
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/28544117287/
2019
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48951497158/
Original Movie Poster:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/49925418917/
Interstellarly inspired by StarRunn
To celebrate 5,000 supporters I wanted to build some additional MOCs to support and have fun with this project. Again, THANK YOU to everyone for the support so far, and please spread the word if you'd like to see this become a LEGO Ideas set!
SUPPORT THIS PROJECT on LEGO Ideas! #LEGOMMPR
As cool as Mega Dragonzords are, even as a kid I thought the design could’ve been better. The Dragonzord could become more than just a hat!
I aimed to integrate all six Zords together that would accommodate the hand-to-hand combat element of a Zord’s purpose as well as long to medium-range combat.
KLAX (Los Angeles International Airport) - 04 JAN 2022
"Xray Alpha Romeo Whiskey Sierra" from Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR/MMPR) - Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico - on short final to RWY 25L.
Production Site: Sao Jose Dos Campos
Year of Manufacture: 2006
Test Registration: PT-SFW
Delivery to Ekspres Transportasi Antarbenua / Premiair: 27 SEP 2006 as PK-RJG
Hex Code: 8A013D
Passengers: 13
Engines: 2x Rolls-Royce AE 3007A1E
To Bank of Utah Trustee: 17 OCT 2014 as N184SP
Hex Code: A15126
Passengers: 13
Engines: 2x Rolls-Royce AE 3007A1E
To Redwings SA de CV: 20 FEB 2015 as XA-RWS
Hex Code: 0D08E7
Passengers: 13
Engines: 2x Rolls-Royce AE 3007A1E
KLAX (Los Angeles International Airport) - 21 JAN 2021
"American 312" from Licenciado Gustavo Diaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR/MMPR) - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - on short final to RWY 25L.
Production Site: Mobile (BFM)
First Flight: 19 APR 2016
Test Registration: F-WZMB
Delivery to American Airlines: 16 MAY 2016 as N162AA
Ferried BFM-DFW on 17 MAY 2016 on delivery
Hex Code: A0F91D
Fleet Number: 894
Configuration: C16Y165
Engines: 2x IAE V2533-A5
Painted in "Stand Up To Cancer" special colors in SEP 2019
"It's not like my mother is a maniac or a raving thing. She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?"
It is Paprihaven's annual 13 Daze of Halloween countdown! This year, will the fearless Blue Ranger, Akiko, remain fearless when she finds herself in the most famous, frightening, fantastically foreboding films of horror?
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Bandai SHFiguarts - Akiba Ranger - 2013
Epoch - Calico Critters Deluxe Bathroom Set - 2006
Takara - Microman Blue Woman - 2005
McFarlane - Movie Maniacs Norman Bates - 1999
The great impact of this Alfred Hitchcock movie was not so much the psychological horror, but the swerve. That unexpected turn midway through. Hitchcock even released movie posters with the blurb, "No one... but NO ONE... will be allowed in after the screening starts."
Audiences settled in to what seemed, frame by frame, to be the typical, well made Hitchock mystery thriller. Janet Leigh was a huge star and it was expected that she would be in the entire film as her embezzlement scheme unraveled.
Then there was the shower scene. And so, added to the excellently staged visuals of the brutality of the knife attack, and Bernard Herrmann's frenzied violin score accompanying the attack, was the fact unfolding before the audience that Janet Leigh was being murdered.
That just didn't happen to the main star, and that was the shock that completed the swerve from a crime drama into full-fledged psychological horror.
See our previous 7 Daze of Halloween:
2017
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37845552891/
2018
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/31658032248/
2019
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48957406597/
Iconic Shower Scene:
Hello everyone! I’ve been pretty quiet in the last few months. I just realized my last post on the LEGO Ideas MMPR Project was just over 6 months ago… WOW! Life’s kept me busy–not completely away from LEGO–just away from the internet.
Anyway, here’s my latest: a rathtar from The Force Awakens. I’ve always loved making brick-built Star Wars creatures, and The Force Awakens offers several cool new ones. It was a fun build, and I’ll admit it’s always fun to use the Lowell Sphere as a base for any build but also incorporate different elements like the tentacles. My favorite little feature is that it fits a minifigure!