Some people march to a different drummer. Tom marches to a Sousaphone. Bruce
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Roger Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > Most people see the world through rose colored glasses. > > Tom Martin sees the world through tomato colored glasses. > > -Roger > > On Jul 1, 2009, at 8:28 PM, Tom Martin wrote: > > well I think the armor we made back in 83 was used by Jackson and is >> on display in the Grammy museum >> >> I was watchin CNN and they showed it.... >> >> We made Legg gauntlets ( scaled leg armor ) and the ones they had looked >> like ours however modified >> >> The story behind the armor - I was at a auction and bought a semi load of >> white Footbal shoulder pad parts,, >> >> I called Lucasfilm to sell it to be used as Stormtrooper armor... they had >> just shelved the Star wars franchise. >> >> So I called Doud white makeup effects... he bought some for a gilm called >> metalsorm... Peter mosen of starlog >> >> Bought some to make a ceylon centurion and also a Rock group called >> THOR.... also Clyde Calwell a artist >> >> of Dungeon and dragons fame used it for packageing..\ >> >> Basically we took the pieces and plated them in Chrome... sold through >> Morris costumes in Charlotte NC. >> >> We also made some spiked leather and accessorys and advertised in back of >> Starlog.... sold as >> >> Warrior fantasy Armor..... actually used a local Female impersonator in >> the photos because he was the only >> >> one that would dress that wild in 1983.... Funny eh?? Now is the norm.. >> go figure,,,, >> >> So it appears Michael Jackson did use our armor.... or at least parts.. >> we also had contacted WB about making Mad max jackets as we had the >> exact parts.... However they wanted 50K upfront//// so we never did them >> The idea was to have Miller and Gibson sign them and do a collectable >> piece. >> >> Ohhhh.... when I bid on the shoulder pad parts... the auctioner thought I >> was a nut as no one wanted the >> Lot... so when I offered 2.00 for a 48 foot truck full... he pointed and >> said SOLD!!! >> >> It cost several 100 to move >> Our 1st order we sold 12,000.00 not bad ROI eh? >> We sold it until like 86 when i thought my son would wonder what the >> heck his parents did . >> well when he was older he said what?? you gave it away.. and cried... and >> said " I couldd have made Robocop costume of that !! >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: >> [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely >> responsible for its content. >> >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
