The thing on top of the kid’s head looks an awful lot like the Flying Sub from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea:
http://tinyurl.com/yjcp6gl
It’s not a precise match, but it’s close enough that it could be a toy or model from one of the show’s contemporaries, such as Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds, or one of Gerry Anderson’s other series.
As for the rest of that get up, it doesn’t look truly period-correct to me. I think it’s something thrown together in modern times and photographed in such a way as to give it a retro look. I could be completely wrong, of course.
Really though, I wish commenting was enabled on Frog Blog so I wouldn’t find myself burdening all of you here with this long tangent on which I’ve just gone.
margueritem about 15 years ago
Perhaps at this moment…
judyparka about 15 years ago
What is written on the left side?
judyparka about 15 years ago
For John McGrath http://fryolator.com
Sisyphos about 15 years ago
Ah, tovarisch! To be alive, it is sucking always sometimes. No?
zero about 15 years ago
Quotes from the documentary- Yoda: Behind the Force
grapfhics about 15 years ago
Sorry to hear that.
FLIGHT SUIT about 15 years ago
In the following Frog Blog post,
http://obituarytypo.blogspot.com/2009/11/whatever-it-is-i-want-one.html
The thing on top of the kid’s head looks an awful lot like the Flying Sub from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea:
http://tinyurl.com/yjcp6gl
It’s not a precise match, but it’s close enough that it could be a toy or model from one of the show’s contemporaries, such as Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds, or one of Gerry Anderson’s other series.
As for the rest of that get up, it doesn’t look truly period-correct to me. I think it’s something thrown together in modern times and photographed in such a way as to give it a retro look. I could be completely wrong, of course.
Really though, I wish commenting was enabled on Frog Blog so I wouldn’t find myself burdening all of you here with this long tangent on which I’ve just gone.
Digital Frog about 15 years ago
Hey, if the world didn’t suck so much, we’d all fall off…
cleokaya about 15 years ago
I’m not you. And that doesn’t suck.
Steve Bartholomew about 15 years ago
One born every minute.
Ushindi about 15 years ago
Interesting, the way Tiffany chooses to beckon to John…
grapfhics about 15 years ago
Too much GUG, a talking wolf, then he’s making eyes at you. Teresa what’s happening here?