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Back In those days

jmain44
It was really hard for a fan of UFO to collect stuff from the show
when it first aired here in the US. I remember getting the Dinky Toys
first and then the paperbacks. But unless you were CONNECTED to a sf
source or in a fan club it was pretty hard to get those other items
from the show. I only managed to get the Japanese as well as French
publications in the 1980's due to the club I was running at the time.
Those Bandai/Imai kits I got, as well as the Lark resin kits I picked
up at sf shows. Anyone else have collecting experiences to share?

JIM
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Re: Back In those days

stevec
I was able to get only the paperback when UFO was out. Most other items I
got from the club that you [Jim] ran. Lately eBay has been the source,
however I haven't gotten anything lately.
Steve Christensen


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>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: [SHADO] Back In those days
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:25:17 -0000
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>It was really hard for a fan of UFO to collect stuff from the show
>when it first aired here in the US. I remember getting the Dinky Toys
>first and then the paperbacks. But unless you were CONNECTED to a sf
>source or in a fan club it was pretty hard to get those other items
>from the show. I only managed to get the Japanese as well as French
>publications in the 1980's due to the club I was running at the time.
>Those Bandai/Imai kits I got, as well as the Lark resin kits I picked
>up at sf shows. Anyone else have collecting experiences to share?
>
> JIM
>
>
>
>

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Re: Back In those days

Tiger Fly
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:25:17 -0000 [hidden email] writes:
>from the show. I only managed to get the Japanese as well as French
>publications in the 1980's due to the club I was running at the time.
>Those Bandai/Imai kits I got, as well as the Lark resin kits I picked
>up at sf shows. Anyone else have collecting experiences to share?
> JIM


I aquired the few Anderson kits I have while I was
stationed in Okinawa Japan during my tour in the
Air Force during the 1980's. It was quite a surprise
because I was looking around in a small mom and
pop store which was down a side street away from
the main shopping district. I saw two kits made by
Imai...The SHADO Mobile and Sky 1. I also found
some T-Bird kits and others. Most of the Anderson
resin kits I obtained were through my on base Model
Club called The Shoguns.

Whenever one of the members would travel to mainland
Japan, they would take a shopping list with other
members * wants *....Quite a good arrangement since
many of us were always taking hops all over the far
east area.

David ( aka Tiger )
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Re: Back In those days

Sheila Holton-Brown
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Christensen" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: 11 August 2000 16:15
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Back In those days


> I was able to get only the paperback when UFO was out. Most other items I
> got from the club that you [Jim] ran. Lately eBay has been the source,
> however I haven't gotten anything lately.
> Steve Christensen

So Steve are you going to bid on the UFO Thermos? I just got outbid :-(
BTW the seller thinks UFO was a puppet show of Anderson's. We ought to put
him right on that really.
Looks at Amelia the Ebay Queen.

Sheila

Still UFO Crazy crazy crazy crrraaazzzzy!
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Re: Back In those days

stevec
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I have the thermos already, and won't let another fan be deprived.
If I have something, I won't bid on it either. Matter of fact, I haven't
even bid on any GA stuff in quite a while.
Steve Christensen


>From: "Sheila Holton-Brown" <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: <[hidden email]>
>Subject: Re: [SHADO] Back In those days
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 22:38:55 +0100
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Christensen" <[hidden email]>
>To: <[hidden email]>
>Sent: 11 August 2000 16:15
>Subject: Re: [SHADO] Back In those days
>
>
> > I was able to get only the paperback when UFO was out. Most other items
>I
> > got from the club that you [Jim] ran. Lately eBay has been the source,
> > however I haven't gotten anything lately.
> > Steve Christensen
>
>So Steve are you going to bid on the UFO Thermos? I just got outbid :-(
>BTW the seller thinks UFO was a puppet show of Anderson's. We ought to put
>him right on that really.
>Looks at Amelia the Ebay Queen.
>
>Sheila
>
>Still UFO Crazy crazy crazy crrraaazzzzy!
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: Back In those days

Suzanne Sutherland
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In message <[hidden email]>, [hidden email] writes
>It was really hard for a fan of UFO to collect stuff from the show
>when it first aired here in the US. I remember getting the Dinky Toys
>first and then the paperbacks. But unless you were CONNECTED to a sf
>source or in a fan club it was pretty hard to get those other items
>from the show. I only managed to get the Japanese as well as French
>publications in the 1980's due to the club I was running at the time.
>Those Bandai/Imai kits I got, as well as the Lark resin kits I picked
>up at sf shows. Anyone else have collecting experiences to share?

Yes, I can vouch for the fact if you were a fan of UFO, you were a fan
in the wilderness. I never realised that I was living in one of the
cities that helped get UFO to its number one spot for many weeks.
Despite living in a densely-populated place, I never met another UFO
fanatic until I joined fab-UFO in 1997. It's amazing to find we've been
here all the time scattered about the globe.

So, I was too shy to buy the UFO lunchbox and thermos in 1973. Mind
you, I went to the Garden Centre a few times to gape at them. That was
the only place where I saw the lunchboxes for sale. My mother would
have had a fit if I had brought one home. She certainly was not a fan
of Straker. She had no taste.

However, once I knew the show was to be no more and I was pretty upset
about it, let me tell you, I did have a happy UFO experience. I was
escorting my Swedish pen-friend and her family to view the sights of Los
Angeles (you had to fan away the smog, no, only joking...just) and part
of their tour was a stop at Farmer's Market on Fairfax Avenue. Lo and
behold, just as we were leaving, I let out a loud squeak. My pen-
friend's father came over to see what I was fretting about. As soon as
I pointed (I couldn't say much), he quickly bought me a GAF viewmaster
and the UFO reels. No questions asked, he just took them over to the
counter and paid for them. What a nice man. I still have the
viewmaster and the reels. They came over the Atlantic with me when I
arrived in Scotland in 1979 so they are about as widely-travelled as I
am.

During my time when I was in the UFO desert (1973 - 1997), I did manage
to acquire my UFO annual. It was in 1983 and I was not working at the
time. It was a feat of engineering to get Gary to part with the 8
pounds to pay for it!!!;-)

Yes, happy memories during the Dark Time;-)
--
Suzanne Sutherland
aka drdougjackson
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Re: Back In those days

carly.ward
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Suzanne wrote:
<<During my time when I was in the UFO desert (1973 - 1997), I did manage to
acquire my UFO annual. It was in 1983 and I was not working at the time.
It was a feat of engineering to get Gary to part with the 8 pounds to pay
for it!!!;-) >>

Over the past few months - having so joyfully discovered these lists - I've
found it more and more difficult to believe that during the UFO Wilderness
Years, I threw out the UFO annual and the Robert Mialle books... I'm not
even sure that I gave them away... I think I may have just binned them. I
thought I'd grown up you see... what a ridiculous mistake that was!!

Carly
still dumbfounded at just how dumb...
:-D





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Re: Back In those days

Yuchtar
Carly Ward wrote:

> Suzanne wrote:
> <<During my time when I was in the UFO desert (1973 - 1997), I did manage to
> acquire my UFO annual. It was in 1983 and I was not working at the time.
> It was a feat of engineering to get Gary to part with the 8 pounds to pay
> for it!!!;-) >>
>
> Over the past few months - having so joyfully discovered these lists - I've
> found it more and more difficult to believe that during the UFO Wilderness
> Years, I threw out the UFO annual and the Robert Mialle books... I'm not
> even sure that I gave them away... I think I may have just binned them. I
> thought I'd grown up you see... what a ridiculous mistake that was!!
>
> Carly
> still dumbfounded at just how dumb...
> :-D

I left behind my original Star Trek Bridge Playset and complete set of
figures. <sigh> Yeah, it's off topic, but I didn't discover UFO until
just a few years ago, so I didn't have a dark time for UFO. <shrug>


<<
could someone tell me who this Dr. Evil is?

Thanks

Lieve
>>

He's the baddie in the Austin Powers films.


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Re: Back In those days

Sheila Holton-Brown
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> I have the thermos already, and won't let another fan be deprived.
> If I have something, I won't bid on it either. Matter of fact, I haven't
> even bid on any GA stuff in quite a while.
> Steve Christensen

Well that is very good of you Steve. I personally want these things because
I wasn't allowed them when I was a little girl:-(

I will be hitting Edbay with avengeance once I get my finances in order.

Sheila

Still UFO Crazy crazy crazy crrraaazzzzy!
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Re: Back In those days

Suzanne Sutherland
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In message <[hidden email]>,
Carly Ward <[hidden email]> writes

>Over the past few months - having so joyfully discovered these lists - I've
>found it more and more difficult to believe that during the UFO Wilderness
>Years, I threw out the UFO annual and the Robert Mialle books... I'm not
>even sure that I gave them away... I think I may have just binned them. I
>thought I'd grown up you see... what a ridiculous mistake that was!!

Carly, how could you????

If I had Yuchtar's flamethrower, I'd flame you;-)
>
>
>Carly
>still dumbfounded at just how dumb...

You're a very naughty girl!!!
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Suzanne Sutherland
La Grande