The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Get Liquidated!

No, the band is not breaking up. BUT – the lead singer IS moving… and that’s me!

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Here we see the red space suit used during the Spaceship Zero tour and elsewhere. Made of space-age materials and surprisingly breathable! $100 OBO

“Chain Dragger” – a classic that has gone through many iterations. The light helmet still works! The gun makes 8 different noises which was primarily used for the instrumental breaks in “Rock Lords”. Worn by Toren at PAX in 2008 and many other shows all the way back to the 90s. $100 or best offer

Satyr Pants! Worn by Warren AND Toren, including at our show at PAX in 2008. $50

Complete set of Thickets-branded Jones Soda beverages produced as promotional prizes for Cthulhupalooza in 2008. Stainage on one or two of them. $35 obo

The Great Giant Pacific Octopus! SOLD

Staff of Eldritch Power +1 … SOLD

D&D and Call of Cthulhu Miniatures for Sale

Various sold individually. If something doesn’t have a price please ask. Please keep in mind all photos may not be 100% up to date, let me know what you’re interested in and I’ll visually confirm them for you.

Chainmail Gnolls – $10 each

Gaming Stuff for Sale (D&D, Call of Cthulhu, Pathfinder, Dungeon Magazines, Heroclix Etc)

See me and my stuff on facebook marketplace https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/profile/571600226/?ref=share_attachment

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Click below to see the Heroclix figures for sale

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Here’s the rest:

Dungeon Magazines – see below or make offer for lot

Fantastic Locations: Hellspike Prison: SOLD

PATHFINDER THORNKEEP – $25 OBO

Thornkeep, a 96-page softcover book, was a reward for backers of the Pathfinder Online Technology Demo Kickstarter project to fund the initial steps in the development of the Pathfinder Online MMO. It was written by Richard BakerJason BulmahnEd GreenwoodJames JacobsErik Mona, and the Goblinworks staff. The PDF of the book was released to Kickstarter backers in October 2012, and at retail in both print and PDF versions in January 2013.

Creature and Cultists first edition – Pagan Publishing – $45 obo

Star Wars Miniatures Map STARSHIP BATTLES SPACE Coruscant / Tatooine double-sided paper battle map, 22″x34″ – $10

DUNGEON MAGAZINES:

Dungeon Magazine 83 – $10

Dungeon Magazine 83 – $10

Dungeon Magazine #85 – $10

Dungeon 85

Dungeon Magazine 87 – $10 – well used

Dungeon 87

Dungeon Magazine 91- $10

Dungeon 91

Dungeon Magazine 95 -$20 obo

dungeon 95

Dungeon Magazine 105 – $20 obo

Dungeon Magazine # 114- $10

dungeon 114

Dungeon Magazine #124-$60 obo

Dungeon 124 – age of worms part 1

Dungeon Magazine 125- $40 obo

Age of worms adventure path 2

Dungeon Magazine #126- $30 obo

Age of Worms adventure path 3

Dungeon Magazine #127 -$30 obo

SOLD // Dungeon Magazine #134 – $30 obo

Dungeon 134

Dungeon Magazine #138 – $10 obo

Dungeon 138

Call of Cthulhu / Strange Aeons Miniatures for Sale

METAL miniatures facebook marketplace: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/798631464486348

PLASTIC miniatures fb marketplace: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/546957003830446

12 expertly painted cultists, metal $45
Shoggoth, about 3″ wide – resin $20

Dimensional shamblers (metal, painted – $15
Green polyp thing (plastic, partially painted) – $5
Serpent Man Cultist (plastic, painted) – $5
King in Yellow (plastic unpainted)- $8
Deep One in robe (plastic, painted) SOLD

Shoggoth, metal. RAFM – $20

Grenadier Call of Cthulhu Mini Loose Elder Thing (painted, metal) $10

Fungi From Yuggoth / Mi-Go (metal, partially painted) $10 for 3

Night gaunts Grenadier (small, 2) metal, painted. $5 each

Big night gaunt (middle) metal, painted – $15

Deep Ones – $4 each

Deep Ones of Innsmouth

Serpent Folk – $4 each

Serpent Men Folk

Servitors of the Outer Gods – inquire

Servitors of the Outer Gods – inquire
Transparent purple “From Beyond” manifestations – plastic – $5 each
amorphous black creature $5, slimy worm thing SOLD, magic-infused obelisk $6 (all plastic)

amorphous black creature $5, slimy worm thing SOLD, magic-infused obelisk $6 (all plastic)

Bag o’ cultists, plastic, unpainted – $20

Selling Comics For Sale

New home means clearing out possessions for currency! I’m at 4th Ave near Commercial Drive in Vancouver. Contact me on facebook or email:

$10 Graphic novels (deals on multiples, or make an offer):

Dungeon (Donjon) Graphic Novels

Dungeon (French title: Donjon) is a series of comic fantasy comic books created by Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim, with contributions from numerous other artists. It was originally published in France by Delcourt as a series of graphic albums; The series is a parody of sword and sorcery conventions in general, and specifically of the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. All of the characters are either anthropomorphic animals or other strange creatures. The “dungeon” of the title is, in the original series, a business establishment run by a mild-mannered chicken, where heroes come in search of adventure and treasure and invariably die. The timeline in the main continuity is described as the stages of day; the series that lead up to the dungeon’s creation are described in the (dawn) segment, the castle’s glory days are described as its (zenith), and its inevitable decay is described in the (twilight) stories.

IF YOU CAN FIND BETTER PRICES THAN THESE LET ME KNOW – open to haggling.

The Early Years Vol 1: the Night Shirt $18

The Early Years vol 2: Innocence Lost $12

Monstres vol 1: The Crying Giant $85

Dungeon Parade Vol 1: A Dungeon Too Many $100

Parade Vol 2: Day of the Toads $30

Dungeon vol 1: Duck Heart $40

Dungeon Twilight Vol 1: Dragon Cemetery $20

Dungeon Twilight Vol 2: Armageddon $30

Dungeon Twilight Vol 4: The end of Dungeon $13

Dungeon Monstres Vol 2: The Dark Lord $12

Secret Wars #1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 – $5 each if you take them all

All the rest:

Amazing Spider-Man 342, 343: $2 each
Amazing Spider-Man 336 $3
Amazing Spider-Man 337 $8
Amazing Spider-Man 338, 339 $5
Excalibur Special Edition The Sword is Drawn 1987 1st Team Appearance $5
Terror Inc 1-4 and 7: $5 for all.
Tick Big Yule Log Special #1 – $3
Rick Big Blue Destiny #2 – $2
Clan Destine Preview $5
Clan Destine #1 foil cover $8
Clan Destine 2-6 $1 each

Original Spaceship Zero Art

Astro-Automaton

If you see something you like make sure you contact me! I may have neglected to remove previews of unavailable items. I’m that way.

All reasonable offers considered! Prices in USD unless otherwise stated

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The following drawings were published in Spaceship Zero: The Roleplaying Game. All of these are pencil on paper unless otherwise noted

Comic Book Art!

These are original comic paper size 11″ x 17″ – they don’t have text on the original art. Photos forthcoming

Post-Apocalyptic Movie Review: Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)

In the spirit of Buck Rogers, a pilot is propelled into the far future and learns everyone he knows is dead. This time it’s because of a cosmic radiation storm (enabled by nuclear weapon testing) which causes a plague of ‘mutation’ in humans. The last bastion of a dying civilization is run by an old man with deaf/mute daughter who can read minds. Most humans are deaf/mute – it’s the first stage of mutation – and also sterile, except the daughter. The boss’ plan is to mate his daughter with the pilot to repopulate the species (not sure that’s how biology works). There’s also three other ‘scapes’ who escaped the plague (who are not in the repopulation program for some reason) who have the ire of the security chief while they set the pilot up with their own plan to undo the apocalypse.

Despite the fact the film is a hodgepodge of established sci-fi tropes, it was moderately interesting. I can imagine the producers saying “if we make most of the characters mute, we can save on dialogue and acting costs!” Many elements (sound effects, architecture) are recognizable from Forbidden Planet, with the addition of spiffy triangular wipes. When the mutants escape their confinement the scene is surprisingly visceral (for a completely bloodless sequence). The whole affair would be shorter if they had cut out all the unnecessary walking and driving scenes.

Tropes: ladies are catty to each other; future women wear skirts and high heels; exposition with a blackboard; double & triple crossing, sexy lady goes for a swim.

Toren’s rating: 5/10

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Overdue Who Review: The Sun Makers

Season 15, 1977, 4 episodes.

An evil corporation on Pluto has a stranglehold on the economy and freedoms of mankind. But The Doctor, Leela and K-9 foment rebellion! Surprise, the creep in charge is an alien!

This is a less gonzo episode than the past few and that’s welcome. It’s perfectly serviceable and apart from K-9’s errant laser beam there’s not much groanworthy special effects. The characters are standard but fun, especially the smug tax collector who reminds me of a greedy pompous Fred Willard who really loves his job. Apparently the writer of this episode really had a grudge with taxation.

You’d think an episode called the Sun Makers would have more focus on the artificial suns around Pluto. But really it seems just a way to justify the typical English grey skies when the characters are outdoors.

Next up: Underworld

Overdue Who Review: Image of the Fendahl

Season 15, 1977, 4 parts.

Some unethical scientists do some kind of sciencey-scan on an unusual, possibly alien, skull. This ‘activates’ the skull which slowly transforms the lady scientist into a gold, gorgon-like woman and summons beasties reminiscent of H.P. Lovecraft’s From Beyond…I think so that it can manifest into it’s previous gestalt form and do some bad things to the universe. Luckily, old local Mrs. Tyler is a disciple of the ‘old religion’ AKA witchcraft and knows some tricks, and she teams up with our heroes.

This is one that probably could have been done in 2 episodes, especially considering The Doctor and Leela don’t do much until the climax. As usual it’s a mix of occult and space/time gobbledygook. The most mad of the mad doctors has a bad accent but the other doctors are less hammy. Overall, another germ of an interesting concept, left out so long that it becomes stale, and tentatively kicked down the hall a bit.

Next up: The Sun Makers

Post-Apocalyptic Movie Review: The Noah

THE NOAH (1975)

A lone soldier, having survived the nuclear war, washes up on a tropical island and slowly goes crazy, inventing imaginary friends and foes.

Compelling acting, dialogue and cinematography, but the third act devolves into a sound design student’s film school project. 

Tropes: biblical themes; castaway’s friend is named Friday; firing a gun into the night and screaming; prostitution is derided

Toren’s rating: 6.5/10

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