I watched the original last night; seems like a good chunk of the movie budget was spent on the nixies, most likely the PolyPaks bargain barrel (I think they were less than 5 USD per tube). Also, an honorable mention goes to the tomato that got squished at the supermarket. Anyone remember "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" ?
On Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 2:54:37 PM UTC-8 Robert G. Schaffrath wrote: > Now we know where all the Earth’s supply of B-7971’s went. They are being > used in alien spacecraft. If they eventually set up their own manufacturing > plants then perhaps someday, if we establish formal relations, we will have > access to a huge supply like back in the 70’s 😂 > > On Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-5 martin martin wrote: > >> I’ve always wondered what aliens look like. >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 04:15 Robert G. Schaffrath <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I remember that movie LOL. Saw it on TV around 1979 IIRC. I had long >>> forgotten the title but remembered seeing the B7971’s as I had several by >>> that time. The only other thing I remembered was Robert Vaughn and >>> wondering how he got himself into that mess of a movie LOL. >>> >>> I wonder where those tubes wound up. >>> >>> On Monday, November 25, 2024 at 10:52:52 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Watched the Rifftrax version of "Starship Invasions" - 1977 turd of a >>>> movie. You can find the original on Youtube - but if you're familiar >>>> with the Rifftrax treatment of movies you should check out their version >>>> instead which makes fun of it all. B-7971 tubes all over the alien >>>> spaceships walls, just displaying random segments and not much else... >>>> >>>> [image: Starship_Invasions_7971-1.png][image: >>>> Starship_Invasions_7971-2.png][image: Starship_Invasions_7971-3.png] >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/8886dfdc-09c1-4244-884d-3a0898fd3659n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/8886dfdc-09c1-4244-884d-3a0898fd3659n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/aadaca21-139c-455d-a2ee-944ed0011f7cn%40googlegroups.com.
