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2012/01/12 15:53:07
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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CT GAMER wrote:
Is the guy to the right of c-3po Frazzled?
If you added more body hair, skins, and my favorite spear of course.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2012/01/12 17:20:08
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Imperial Agent Provocateur
Mississippi
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Avatar720: Thats some funny observations right there. I'm trying not to get in trouble at work by laughing.
13 isn't to bad at all.
I like the look on the guy in 16. Its that 'I'm going to score bigtime' grin. That or he's stoned.
What the heck is 27 supposed to be???
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2012/01/12 18:14:38
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Battlefield Tourist
MN (Currently in WY)
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So, cosplay has always been stupid?
I kid, I kid... maybe...
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2012/01/12 19:59:00
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
Mesopotamia. The Kingdom Where we Secretly Reign.
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CrazyBones wrote:Those are some impressive photos!
Anyone else notice that the average age is MUCH higher than what we typically see today?
And the average weight is significantly less.
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Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
W: 1.756 Quadrillion L: 0 D: 2
Haters gon' hate. |
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2012/01/12 21:20:39
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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Easy E wrote:So, cosplay has always been stupid?
I kid, I kid... maybe...
Yup.
There have always been more of the 'bad' than 'good'.
It means the really good ones stand out from the pack so much more.
Of course, back then, outside of Japan, it wasn't called "cosplay".
You had a "stage" (for the costume parade on stage, come out, do your bit, twirl and go back) costume and the "hall" costume (which was for walking around in - for the comparison, think "extra"/"long shot stunt double" or "Hero". Stage costume was supposed to be seen from 5-6 metres away and look good. Hall costume had to look good close up. You could get away with more with a stage costume.
If people really want eyeball and cortical scarring, I can post some pics of people in "Star Blazers" costumes from the 80s. The carpet/wallpaper combos in those date from the 70s and the costumes are bad, too.
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2012/01/12 21:30:12
Subject: Re:Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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You just opened the box of curiosity. You MUST post the pictures 
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2012/01/12 22:14:56
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander
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CrazyBones wrote:Those are some impressive photos!
Anyone else notice that the average age is MUCH higher than what we typically see today?
While I admit they look a little older, you are also looking at it from a different point of view, namely a present day POV. Check out a high school year book from 1982. Everyone in the book looks like they are 30, but they are all 16-18. Maybe it has something to do with the hairstyles.
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2012/01/13 01:55:20
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Infiltrating Hawwa'
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Talk about blast from the past. I'm also seeing a distinctive lack of fat in those pics.
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
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2012/01/13 03:44:52
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Necroshea wrote:Talk about blast from the past. I'm also seeing a distinctive lack of fat in those pics.
Also seeing a distinct lack of taste; I can barely stand the carpets and furnishing when I look at them in a photo, imagine what it'd have been like in person...
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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2012/01/13 04:01:44
Subject: Re:Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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KingCracker wrote:You just opened the box of curiosity. You MUST post the pictures
The box once opened cannot be closed again.
"Tron guy" makes them look good.
White lycra backlit is transparent is all I need to add to that.
Now, off to dig out the box of photos.
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2012/01/13 09:36:18
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Lady of the Lake
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I'm pretty sure that curiosity box may have belonged to Pandora at some point by the sounds of it.
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2012/01/13 10:25:22
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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No, Pandora's box was the lesser version.
You don't have to trust me, but that bleach is going to sting when it hits your eyeballs.
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2012/01/13 10:27:58
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Lady of the Lake
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Why use bleach, it doesn't burn the images out of your soul.
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2012/01/13 10:55:16
Subject: Photos from an 80's Sci-fi convention
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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It's a symbolic cleansing.
The pain will scrub your soul.
Besides, I'm white - I ain't got no soul, brah.
I can't even shuffle properly.
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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