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Post by 10incher on Jul 22, 2005 15:33:50 GMT -6
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Post by turnbolt on Jul 22, 2005 15:40:42 GMT -6
Me too......the caslte is so fragile...I am surprised any have survived. I taped it up.....it is gonna need lots of cosmetic surgery. But it looks ok from 5 feet away. See:
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Post by Hammer 0f The Gods on Jul 22, 2005 16:43:57 GMT -6
Oh man, its painfull to look at those pictures. That is a shame. What did he do, throw the box inside another box without any packing materials? Glad you got it looking decent.
I have to say, I've never seen a toy thats as fragile as this thing. The only way I think it could be more fragile is if it were made of glass and thats no exageration. It IS amazing that any of these have survived the years.
Raines, did you try contacting the guy about it. He should at least refund some of your money for that
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Post by turnbolt on Jul 22, 2005 17:20:20 GMT -6
I emailed him....he hasn't gotten back to me. It looks good from far away...but up close it is tape central.
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Post by THE KNOCK-OFF MESSIAH on Jul 23, 2005 8:56:37 GMT -6
the same exaxt thing happen to me. twice!! both of my ice castles are been damaged by shipping its the most god awful thin knock off plastic. the last one i got was shipped with paper over the box the castle slammed against its box walls for days. and glue doesnt really help. the plastic is too cheap for it to even matter. it sux that others have had this happen as well.
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starhorse
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Post by starhorse on Jul 23, 2005 23:06:56 GMT -6
Jeeze that is just terrible. The toy looks so cool too. Did galoob just make it out really crappy quality plastic or something? Are all the blackstar toys that fragile?
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Post by turnbolt on Jul 24, 2005 11:35:05 GMT -6
The figs and acces. are all sturdy...it is just the caslte is made from very thin crappy plastic. it looks great display but it feels like a slight breeze would blow it over and break it. I think any kid that had this back in 83 must have broken it very quickly. I used to take castle greyskull with me everywhere back then. This wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes in my dads trunk.
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Post by Hammer 0f The Gods on Jul 24, 2005 11:35:13 GMT -6
The figures are pretty sturdy. The castle is made out of the same brittle material as castle greyskull, only much, much thinner.
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Post by THE KNOCK-OFF MESSIAH on Jul 24, 2005 19:55:55 GMT -6
its almost like a halloween mask from from the kids costumes
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Post by starhorse on Jul 24, 2005 20:40:25 GMT -6
So is BlackStar a pretty cool cartoon? Seems like you can get the entire series pretty cheap on dvd's up for auction on ebay. Is it even worth watching any more?
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Post by Hammer 0f The Gods on Jul 25, 2005 3:49:10 GMT -6
Its ok. You probably wouldn't like it if you didn't watch it as a kid.
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Post by 10incher on Jul 25, 2005 9:36:43 GMT -6
It only ran one season (13 episodes) in the fall of 1981. I have never seen an episode, but I am trying to download the season to put to DVD.
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Post by starhorse on Jul 25, 2005 9:40:22 GMT -6
Where do you go about finding something like that for download? I'd love to get Dino Riders. The dinoriders.com guy has a set up but he wants 40 bucks for only 14 episodes. A bit steep i'm thinking considering that a lot of the captures are from old poor quality vhs tapes. I might just buy it though and try to clean it up and make a much better menu for it.
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Post by turnbolt on Jul 25, 2005 10:03:02 GMT -6
I have seven of the blackstar episodes on dvd if anybody wants them. Also...It is a pretty crappy show. I do love the trobbits though.
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Post by Hammer 0f The Gods on Jul 25, 2005 10:50:22 GMT -6
I have the ebay Blackstar dvd set. Its pretty decent considering the price. The episodes look pretty good for being 20 year old vhs transfers.
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Post by Hammer 0f The Gods on Jul 27, 2005 16:51:36 GMT -6
Bad day for my Ice Castle....... I was carrying the box into the living room to take the castle out and snap a picture of it. I made it about halfway through the kitchen when the tape on the bottom of the box let go. I think you guys know where I'm going with this
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Post by starhorse on Jul 27, 2005 21:49:12 GMT -6
Dude i'm sorry. That totally sucks. It must have shattered like glass!
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Post by Hammer 0f The Gods on Jul 28, 2005 6:35:04 GMT -6
It could have been alot worse I guess. The tower snaped clean off, the lip around the base of the castle shattered and one of the tabs that hold on the smaller demons came off. I superglued it back together and you cant really tell it was broken, except for one spot around the base where it shattered into about 20 small pieces.
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Post by 10incher on Jul 28, 2005 9:10:50 GMT -6
Man, all these recent Ice Castle woes, I am actually scared to buy one! I think if I do, I will try and find one where I can physically take it home and not have it shipped.
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Post by turnbolt on Jul 28, 2005 10:01:55 GMT -6
That's a good idea. That is the only way I will ever get one again. Jason.....that sucks...I'm sorry bout that.
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Post by turnbolt on Aug 1, 2005 10:11:28 GMT -6
That Gumball machine is hilarious!!!!!! Boy they got alot of use out of the logo.
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Post by turnbolt on Aug 4, 2005 11:51:04 GMT -6
Hey galaxywarrior you seems to have some cool Blackstar stuff.....what other rare stuff do you have? Any of the vehicles?
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Post by THE KNOCK-OFF MESSIAH on Aug 4, 2005 22:22:56 GMT -6
i have the red jet and yellow warlock. i was going to bid on the trobbit humvee that just past on eaby but someone here i believe was high bidder at the time so i bowed out i do have a pencil sharpener. ;D
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Post by turnbolt on Aug 9, 2005 12:36:19 GMT -6
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Post by THE KNOCK-OFF MESSIAH on Aug 9, 2005 17:59:24 GMT -6
nice. hey does anyone have the variant chair? i used to have two different chairs that came with the ice castle but sadly i no longer have it.
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Post by turnbolt on Aug 9, 2005 18:04:53 GMT -6
What did it look like?
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Post by THE KNOCK-OFF MESSIAH on Aug 9, 2005 20:44:53 GMT -6
i cant really remember its been 4 years since i seen it last. i only just remembered when i saw the pix. i wish i could remember. i was hoping someone else might have been able to refresh me...damn
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Post by Hammer 0f The Gods on Aug 10, 2005 5:55:04 GMT -6
The catalog scan I posted above(with the completely different caslte) has a different throne. Is that the one you had?
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Post by THE KNOCK-OFF MESSIAH on Aug 10, 2005 8:53:17 GMT -6
The catalog scan I posted above(with the completely different caslte) has a different throne. Is that the one you had? na it wasnt that far different only slightly like they changed their design at some point to conserve costs or something.
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Post by turnbolt on Aug 10, 2005 11:42:19 GMT -6
So...got that Blackstar Battle Wagon in the mail from England. Of course it was packed terribly and the head was snapped off. But, lukcily it was an easy fix. This thing is HUGE!!! I had no idea how large this thing is. See the pic of blackstar next to it. Anyways. It is a great vehicle. It has motorized lights in the eyes and the wheels are mechanized so it can roll across your floor and destroy your Ice Castle. I can't Believe how hard it was to find this thing. Check the pics......
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