14 September 2006
Since IHateSnakes.com announced his cool Indy Chamber Room he is building I thought I might mention that my wife and I are in the process of renovating a 3,000 sq. foot barn to house our Indy collection (as well as a few other odds n' ends). I'll follow up with pictures once the renovations begin....

03 September 2006
What a wonderful new find! Check out eBay as the Indiana Jones pachinko machines have finally made it to this side of the ocean. What is pachinko you ask?

According to Wikipedia - "Pachinko is a device used for amusement and prizes and is related to pinball machines. Although originally strictly mechanical, modern pachinko machines are a cross between a pinball machine and a video slot machine. Pachinko is said to have been invented sometime after World War II in Nagoya, though the date is sometimes questioned. The machines are widespread in Japan in establishments called "pachinko parlors", which also often feature a small number of slot machines.

The player purchases a large number of small steel balls which are inserted, in bulk, into the machine. Originally, machines had a spring-loaded lever for shooting the balls individually, but modern machines use a round "throttle" that merely controls how quickly an electrically fired plunger shoots the balls onto the playfield. The balls then drop through an array of pins, and usually simply fall through to the bottom, but occasionally fall into certain gates which make the machine pay out more balls.

25 August 2006
Indiana Jones.com has updated their site with an article about the real world locations where the Indiana Jones films were shot.

23 August 2006
As part of a huge Indiana Jones 25th anniversary celebration, Empire Magazine spoke to George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford about the current trilogy and Indy IV. Click here for the full story.

05 August 2006
Here's a blast from the past - a link is still in place for the famous Toys McCoy collectors doll and horse.

30 July 2006
We've all been asking for (licensed) Indy prop replicas for years. And every year nothing materializes. If only we'd known how close they'd been. Newly discovered - Icons did a proposal to LFL back in 1996. Check out the prototypes page for more info..

20 July 2006
Say - is that Steve Sansweet of Lucasfilm fame? And what kind of shirt is that he's wearing? You never can tell what's going to happen next at San Diego Comic Con!

19 July 2006
Indiana Jones fans rejoice!!! Live from San Diego Comic Con 2006 – I bring news of a licensed 24” Maquette shipping in 1st Quarter 2007. The Indy Cinemaquette details listed on the prototype's plaque are:

• 24 inches in height
• Constructed of polyurethane composite with silicon skin
• Each hair individually punched with real human hair
• Wardrobe reproduced in scale with precise detail
• Limited in production to 1,000 units worldwide.

Here's a link to a ton of pictures...

15 July 2006
An update to prototypes of two (undated) standee proposals. One is for the Indiana Jones lottery tickets in France and the other is for the release of the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles to VHS.

13 July 2006
A heartfelt HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Harrison Ford. He was born 64 years ago in Chicago, Illinois.

 

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