Nerd Block Unboxing May 2014

 

First up on the box is an awesome Star Wars/ Game of Thrones T-Shirt "Fett is Coming"

Available in Boba Fett Green or Black.

Next up we have a Super Mario Bros. U Dangler figure. We got Squirrel suit Toad in our package. There are 6 different figures to collect!

This next item is called a "Stick-it-Pad" used on car dashboards or desks to keep your mobile phone handy.

Another Star Wars themed item is these cool Star Wars Mini Plushies from Lucasfilm. We got a tiny Darth Vader, but there is also Yoda, Wicket, R2-D2, & Chewbacca. It looks like this line has been revived specifically for this Nerd Block

More Star Wars! Funko, the people who make those awesome POP figures have made this Star Wars Papercraft set. I've never done papercraft before but this set looks really awesome. It is of 2 scenes both from Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. My Favorite!

Amazing Spider-Man #001 FanExpo Exclusive cover

Overall a pretty decent haul. A lot of Star Wars items, perhaps for "May the 4th be with you" and the anniversary dates of the release of every Star Wars Film released so far. The amazing Spider-Man movie came out this month along with a new #1 comic so it's a big month for Spidey too. And last we have Super Mario Bros U.  which I think was thrown in because later this month Nintendo is releasing Mario Kart WiiU. Soo everything except for the Stick-It-Pad seems to be related to the month in some way.

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Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror

"You're traveling to another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but also of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose bounderies are that of the imagination. At the sign post up ahead, your next stop, the twilight zone"

Today's painting journey was inspired by one of my favorite Disney attractions Twilight Zone Tower of Terror! 

Check out the quick little clip I threw together to showcase my artwork. I used a clip of the intro video from the Disney attraction and spliced in an audio clip from the original series and added photos of the shoes. Let me know what you think!

This specific pair was inspired by the concept artwork for the Tokyo Disney Sea version of the ride

Here is an actual picture of how the ride looks today.

It looks as though imagineers stayed pretty true to the original concept design

Of course this is different from the original version of the ride at Florida's Disney Hollywood Studios park

This version is personally my favorite because it operates differently than all the others. This original incarnation of the ride features a 4th dimension room that once the elevator reaches the top of the floor it actually moves forward into a spooky scene featuring elements from The twilight zone and an amazing light effect that ends with the freefall that the ride is famous for. 

Here is a shoe that I made inspired by this version of Tower of Terror (the other shoe is Rock'n Roller Coaster but I'll save that for another post!)

Other newer versions of the ride all operate in one single elevator shaft that takes you up to view a long hallway and a ghostly mirror but the elevator stays in the same drop shaft as you go up in. 

Here is a photo of the California Adventure/Disneyland Paris version of the ride as they were built to be identical to one another.

The final result of the shoes are pictured below

I do hope you've enjoyed todays terrifying post and feel free to DROP IN anytime....