UFO Photos from Polly Products 1986-1993

Hi all,

Here's some more UFO fandom history of sorts...

Marc-
The link for the color photos leads to the black and white photos as well...

Marc Martin wrote:

> The link for the color photos leads to the black and white photos as
> well...

All of the Polly Products ads in these magazines were in black&white.
Which means that the color photos showed up as black&white in the ads.
And since these are simply the scans of the ads, they are in black&white
as well.

You can tell the black&white photos from the color photos by the codes
shown below the photos -- codes which start with "BU" are black&white
photos, and codes which start with "CU" are color photos.

Marc

Thanks for the post! I too found S.I.G. and CENTURY 21 too late to take
advantage of the ads. Did these photos end up in any of the recent DVD sets?

Actually, somewhat off the subject, are the UK PAL sets much better than the
A&E sets when it comes to extras? I know that the A&E "photos" are just
frame grabs, but the commentaries are the same, correct?

Brian

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Oh! Duh. Sorry!

Marc Martin wrote:

> Actually, somewhat off the subject, are the UK PAL sets much better than
> the A&E sets when it comes to extras? I know that the A&E "photos" are just
> frame grabs, but the commentaries are the same, correct?

The UK DVDs only have the IDENTIFIED and SUBSMASH commentaries, so the
A&E DVDs are better since they've got those KILL STRAKER and TIMELASH
commentaries. Also, the A&E sets have more of the unused audio/video
extras than the UK sets.

The UK sets are much stronger on things like behind-the-scenes photos,
publicity photos, merchandise photos, script excerpts from deleted
scenes, character bios, cast bios, etc. Also they've got much better
menus.

One of these days (if I ever get around to it), I'm going to write up a
comparison of all the various UFO DVD sets, as each one has something
unique to it!

And no, I don't think very many (if any) of the photos offered by Polly
Products appeared on any of the DVD sets. The DVD sets have different
photos. (which sort of indicates that there must be a vast, nearly
unlimited supply of UFO photos out there, although for the most part
companies seem to use the same ones over and over).

Also, the photos on the UK DVDs are dissappointing in that they only take
up about a quarter of the screen (poor resolution). There are examples
of this on my website, BTW.

Marc

> He advertised in issues of "SiG" and "Century 21" magazine
> during this time.

Marc, I seem to recall owning a few issues of SIG. Particularly the
ones relating to UFO or Captain Scarlet...I have to dig through
things, but I'm sure I have a few. BTW, do you know how many issues
of SIG featured articles on UFO? If possible I'd like and try to
complete my collection (you might still be able to find back issues
of SIG at the larger SF conventions -- I believe that's where I got
mine).

Doug

> BTW, do you know how many issues
> of SIG featured articles on UFO?

Check out this page on my website:

http://ufoseries.com/magazines

> If possible I'd like and try to
> complete my collection

Another place to periodically check
is eBay -- there's a SiG#15 up for
auction there right now!

Marc

Marc,

I wonder if I could ask you a big favour?? Would it be possible for you to do some scans of Mike Billington's interview from FAB 10, and post it up, I would be enternally grateful to you, as this will help me in my research.....

Many thanks

Carie.

> I wonder if I could ask you a big favour?? Would it be possible for you
> to do some scans of Mike Billington's interview from FAB 10, and post it
> up, I would be enternally grateful to you, as this will help me in my
> research.....

It's my general policy to NOT post things from FAB magazine unless I get
permission from Fanderson first. Also, I should check and see if FAB 10
is still available as a back issue -- if it's not, then I suspect they
won't mind.

Marc

I went to fanderson first, but that issue isn't available anymore,
hence why I have come to you once again, I would be very grateful, as
this would be a great help to me, I appreciate your position on this,
and would not be offended if you feel you couldn't do this.

Regards,

Carie

Dear All,

As far as I know, Phil Rae gave his original negatives to Paolo Malaguti in the mid 90's.

The following page

http://digilander.libero.it/quattroamiche1/teresa1/ufo/photocatalogue/catalogue.htm

- hosted on my website - shows (and offers) many of them!

teresa
ISOSHADO
----- Original Message -----

>As far as I know, Phil Rae gave his original negatives to Paolo Malaguti
>in the mid 90's.
>
>http://digilander.libero.it/quattroamiche1/teresa1/ufo/photocatalogue/catalogue.htm

If you compare the Polly Product list with this list, I still see a LOT of
photos which are only on one (or the other) list, so there are still a lot
of the original Polly Product photos which are no longer for sale.

Marc

> I went to fanderson first, but that issue isn't available anymore,
> hence why I have come to you once again

The Michael Billington interview is no longer available in FAB 10,
but it does appear in the currently available "FAB Yearbook 1":

http://www.fanderson.org.uk/fansales/fansale2.html#Books

This version is even better, as it features more photos, and color
photos! This yearbook also features interviews with UFO actor
Harry Baird, and UFO director Alan Perry.

But I did ask Fanderson about reprinting the version that's in FAB
10, and did get it, but with my overloaded schedule, you might be
better off buying that FAB Yearbook.... there have been things on
my to-do list for YEARS.... :-/

Marc

I have that issue in my collection and if Fanderson said yes to you Marc and unless they say no to me I'd be happy to copy it for you if you send me a SASE and a not saying what issue you want.

The best way would be to buy the FAB yearbook though as it has more material and looks cool on the shelf or magazine box.

----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Martin <[hidden email]>
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:24 am
Subject: [SHADO] Re: Michael Billington interview

> The Michael Billington interview is no longer available in FAB 10,
> but it does appear in the currently available "FAB Yearbook 1":

> But I did ask Fanderson about reprinting the version that's in FAB
> 10, and did get it, but with my overloaded schedule, you might be
> better off buying that FAB Yearbook.... there have been things on
> my to-do list for YEARS.... :-/
> Marc

Hi,

I am the person that asked Marc for the Mike interview, I would be grateful if you could do that for me with permission of course.

All the best

Carie

[hidden email] wrote:
I have that issue in my collection and if Fanderson said yes to you Marc and unless they say no to me I'd be happy to copy it for you if you send me a SASE and a not saying what issue you want.

I haven't heard anything against copying the interview so sure.

My mailing address is

Phil Merkel
PO Box 1134
Sound Beach, NY 11789-0966

and remind me in the mail which interview and issue.

Send a self addressed stamped envelope.



At 06:15 PM 1/21/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>>I am the person that asked Marc for the Mike interview, I would be
>>grateful if you could do that for me with permission of course.

It's a pity this subject didn't come up sooner -- FAB 10 was
sold on eBay 3 days ago for 2 pounds!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3579175151

Marc

i have the usa dvd set and i love it. the timelash commentary is mostly
fashion opinions from sylvia anderson and wanda ventham(sp). i heard it and
laughed out loud. like a fashion commentary was more important than a technical
commentary. scott


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At 07:11 PM 1/21/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> >>I am the person that asked Marc for the Mike interview, I would be
> >>grateful if you could do that for me with permission of course.
>
>It's a pity this subject didn't come up sooner -- FAB 10 was
>sold on eBay 3 days ago for 2 pounds!

Sheesh! I just hit reply to this and didn't realize it was going out to
SHADO. I meant to send it to the author and not the list. Sorry
Marc! Okay everyone! Send me a postcard! ; - )

Talking about YAHOO GROUPS I've been pretty happy overall with the
features, there seems to be so many compared to an old style email
list. But also the big difference I've noticed over the years is today a
lot of people just don't know to edit their posts compared to the old text
only 2600baud modem days. Perhaps the front end web pages make it all too
easy???? Maybe an automatic preview of email before it is sent?

But, even with the aggravation of being an owner and a moderator (And the
heat that position generates....imagine accusing my parents of never being
married! ((Didn't happen of SHADO))) when I look at other lists hit with
porno webcam ads, tremendous reply to errors (This happens on the SFTV
lists a lot) and the rest I'm kind of pleased with some of the functions of
YAHOO.

I HATE the ads though and I'd be happy to pay to have them removed. I
don't think they've offered that option yet, have they?

And I just got the Secret Service DVD set today and watched a couple of
episodes. Lots of UFO content in there, in each episode I saw they used
the same road the UFO chased the Rolls down in Identified and the music at
times is Very Familiar!

And there is a glossy ad in the Cards Inc catalog for the new UFO
cards. It's probably on their website too but if it isn't I could scan it
and upload it to the files section if there is a demand for it. I'm
guessing a lot of us already get this catalog. Hmmm another plus up from
the old listserv days.