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Hey Gang!

Just got back from the San Diego Comic Con last weekend and do I have news for you!  Majestic Studios has licensed the DS property from Dan Curtis productions, and will be releasing new 12 inch DS Action figures in the fall 2005!  Follow the link below for a peak at the prototype figures on display at the Majestic table at the Con.  This is hot news that has not even been announced by the Festival yet!!!  Here is the story on the figures from what I was told direct from Majestic.  There will be possibly be 4 initial figures released in fall 2005. Barnabas, Quentin, Angelique and Dr Hoffman. Barnabas and Quentin are already in prototype stage, and you can see them at the the link below.  Barnabas comes in 2 versions. In his 1795 and present time outfit. There will be 3 changeable heads for Barnabas, including one with fangs, and the "Old Barnabas" from 1967.   Quentin comes in his 1897 outfit, and will have an interchangeable Werewolf head!   If these figures sell, Majestic wants fan input on what characters they should do in the future.  I suggested Nicholas Blair, but there is plenty of time for everyone to make their favorites known. They said are even considering a coffin to go with the Barnabas figure. But it will not come with the figure as they need to keep the costs down on the figures.  The figures will retail for $40.00, and be sold at chains like Tower Records and Suncoast Motion Picture stores.  These figures are still new, and plans can change. I urge all fans to write in your support for Majestic Studios.  Let them know we WANT THESE FIGURES!!!  I will post their contact information in a separate message below.

Here is the link with photos of the prototype figures from the convention last weekend!

ENJOY!  ;D

http://69.93.119.2/photo/1/showgallery.php?cat=1604


Hey Connie, you will finally have your own Q Man action figure!!!   LOL!!

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Current Talk '04 I / DS DVD set 12 out already!!
« on: May 16, 2004, 06:18:51 PM »
While at Best Buy yesterday, I was shocked to see on the shelf 2 copies of DS DVD set #12!  Two weeks before it's actual release!!  I couldn't resist at $43.99 and picked it up.   For the first time since I have been buying these DVD's, I have a problem with one of the discs. Disc #2 in the set will not play at all. I have tried it in 3 different players. It's so bad, that it won't even boot up to the menu. It just grinds in the players.

So my question is, what does one do with a bad disc? I suppose I could take it back to Best Buy and maybe they would trust me to replace the whole thing.  But they only had one left and that may also be bad.

Does MPI have a good track record for replacing bad discs?  If I call them woud they send me out a replacement?


On a side note, there is some more ediiting being done here on some episodes.  At least 3 snips I have noticed so far. Nothing major, but it's very frustrating in my opinion.  In episode 695, there is a scene with Barnabas reading about Quentn's life in the family history book. Maggie is beside him talking with him.  In the orginal Worldvision tape that was syndicated in the 80's, the tape starts jumping between their scene, but you can still hear some dialog. The MPI DVD has completely removed the scene between Barnabas and Maggie. I understand why they do this. They want a seemless looking show with no tape breaks. However, my humble opinion is that we should be able to see the show in the way it is original presented. Tape breaks and all.  I guess I will be keeping my 1980's syndicated tapes that have all of these gaffs intact!

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Calendar Events / Announcements '03 II / Next Festival in Tarrytown????
« on: September 12, 2003, 02:48:41 PM »
Jim Pierson has announced on the Festival website the following:

Plans for next year were announced: the Festival will present a special Weekend in Tarrytown, the New York location of Lyndhurst, "Collinwood" in the films "House of Dark Shadows" and "Night of Dark Shadows." Details will be announced soon.

What happened to the posting I read on this board where Marcy Robin said the next get together would be in CA??   >:(  I am very upset and disapointed in Jim's decision to do the next event on the east coast for 2 years in a row. That is ridiculous!! The original idea was to alternate the Festival between west and east coast every year.  I live in CA, and simply cannot make it to an east coast event.  I very much looked forward every 2 years to attending the west coast conventions.  Now I have absolutely nothing to look forward to.  Thanks Jim....

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Current Talk '03 I / Classic Blooper edited out on MPI DVD#6
« on: June 29, 2003, 04:26:56 PM »
More mysterious tape editing is being done by MPI that I discovered on DVD set #6. One of the all time great bloopers occurs in episode #451.  This is where Bathia Mapes is performing the exorcism on Barnabas, and forgets her lines. Off stage a crew member is heard shouting out the line to her. "Then go to the house"...... For some bizarre reason, MPI chose to mute over the sound of the crewman shouting out the line, by inserting a loop of the background music!!!  Why is this happening??  I thought these DVD's were unedited, and remastered from the original source material? This classic blooper appears on the 1990 MPI videotapes, Sci Fi channel reruns, and even the MPI Blooper tape!

Why all the altering with these episodes on DVD?

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I was listening to a wonderful site of vintage radio broadcasts yesterday. It's called Reel Radio and it's located at  http://www.reelradio.com/

One the main page, if you scroll down to the  new additions for November 24th 2002, (Reel Radio hitbound) Their is an aircheck you can listen to for Tiger Bob Raleigh, WPGC Washington D.C. 1969.  At about 1 hour and 33 minutes into the aircheck, you can hear Roger Davis doing voice over for a Polaroid commercial!

Check it out, it's a great blast from the past!    

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