Orbitron - Outer Space Men (Colorforms)

The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)

It's funny because I spend so much time on Deviantart looking at monsters created by electronic computers.

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I finally figured out where I know that face from.  It's been bugging me for a while.  The photo of the woman wearing the diamond is on the carbon page of Matter by Ralph E. Lapp. The diamond is called the Idol's Eye, and the book credits the picture to Bob Gomel.  Doing a little research, it seems the photo appeared in a magazine feature in 1963 (probably Life, which employed Gomel as staff photographer at the time).  I still don't know who that woman is, but she reminds me of David Bowie in drag in the inner sleeve of the Lodger album.

None of this is really important; it just ties up a loose end in my mind.

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Destination: Inner Space (1966)

Diener Industries made a toy in the late Seventies based on this creature.

Source: Neato Coolville

Stills from Battle Beyond the Sun, the 1962 American localization of the 1959 Russian science fiction film Nebo Zovyot or The Heavens Call.

Roger Corman was in charge of the localization, and he made little attempt at accurate English translations.  Once the movie was dubbed, edited, and supplemented with newly filmed scenes, it was almost a new movie.

Lunar livestock from a 1964 film adaptation of The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells, brought to life by the late Ray Harryhausen.

My eBay Listings Ending 9/30/12

Please take a moment to view my items on eBay.  I’m selling 2 large hardcover Star Trek books, 40 sci-fi novels, 7 fantasy novels, 4 Love Hina D.V.D.s, 8 volumes of the Love Hina manga, and 4 remastered Move C.D.s.  I listed much of this before and it didn’t sell, so now the prices have plummetted and shipping is free across the board.  Click here to see all my listings or click the pictures to see them individually.  All these auctions end Sunday, September 30.

Signal boost!  Sort of.

My eBay Listings Ending 9/16/12

Please take a moment to view my items on eBay.  I’m selling a total of 63 books, 8 manga volumes, 4 D.V.D.s, 4 C.D.s, and 5 video games.  All auctions end next Sunday except for the Move lot, which ends this Sunday.

Help me  be less broke, guys.

On this day in LIFE Magazine — August 28, 1964: The Beatles: They’re here again and what a ruckus!

See more Beatles photos here.

What a ruckus!

Could you describe the ruckus?