I used to love these UFO effects
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Bring back the UFO
I used to love these UFO effects
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The Health and Safety Act 1971
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Is another UFO like light out of Russia, and yes the classic UFO is great!
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Nearly bought a set of four of these off FleaBay recently, but was outbid in the end...
I'd like one of these and a harvester, just for my own retro pleasures... as I doubt I could hire them out realistically
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The Troll formerly known as Herbert Von Poople-Futtocks
Damn!
Must be an age thing.
I saw the thread title and started reminiscing about Ed Straker, S.H.A.D.O and Lt Gay Ellis.
I bet Lady Gaga watched this when she was a nipper and drew on it for inspiration.
I recall they also had Peter Gordeno in a string vest many years before it would be "re-imagined" by Rab C. Nesbitt.
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That's weird, I don't seem to remember noticing that camel toe when I was 9?Originally Posted by soforene
Damn!
Must be an age thing.
I saw the thread title and started reminiscing about Ed Straker, S.H.A.D.O and Lt Gay Ellis.
I bet Lady Gaga watched this when she was a nipper and drew on it for inspiration.
I recall they also had Peter Gordeno in a string vest many years before it would be "re-imagined" by Rab C. Nesbitt.
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The Health and Safety Act 1971
Recklessly interfering with Darwin’s natural selection process, thereby extending the life cycle of dim-witted ignorami; thus perpetuating and magnifying the danger to us all, by enabling them to breed and walk amongst us, our children and loved ones.
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LOL...
I don't think you're showing your age that much...
Think I've still got a S.H.A.D.O.W. explorer tank thing in the attic!
If in doubt... Give it a clout?
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Those effects are still fetching good money these days aren't they (not the camel toe, that effect seems to come cheap these days...)
You are using Bonetti's defense against me, ah?
I thought it fitting, considering the rocky terrain.
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If this one breaks free of it's mounts (or breaks the building) everybody is dead!
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The Health and Safety Act 1971
Recklessly interfering with Darwin’s natural selection process, thereby extending the life cycle of dim-witted ignorami; thus perpetuating and magnifying the danger to us all, by enabling them to breed and walk amongst us, our children and loved ones.
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Whatever happened to the old school innovation? Today it's either moving heads or LED screens, nothing much else, boooo...
I remember seeing a Kremesa Krypton on a monorail at a club in Bedford, so it appeared to fly around the club, never saw one since... Crazy Mad thing...
Here's the only video I can find, crap quality but you get the idea...
Bring back the old Astrons, Astrospiders, harvesters etc...
Mark
Edit: Another crap video, but two kryptons in a club!!!!
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I'm guessing Health and safety what with all those spiky bits mark
You wouldn't like that on your head if it broke free!
That UFO looks interesting. Wonder how long the joints lasted though?
In fairness out of recent light fittings, the Pangolin Dazzler and Discoscan are innovative. Not cheap but neither is a moving head.
http://www.pangolin.com/_Videos/WideangleWMP9.wmv
They say video games are bad for kids but if Pacman had affected us we'd all be running around in darkrooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music.
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Nice to see the lighting operator exhibiting the wringing hands and wildly chewing jaw that was typical of club techs of the era
You are using Bonetti's defense against me, ah?
I thought it fitting, considering the rocky terrain.
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Any lighting unit dropping on your head ain't gonna be nice...
What I was saying is that I go to PLASA every year and it is full of moving heads and video, never really anything new on the market, it's about time someone came up with something different... Back in the day, we had Derby Lights, Harvesters, UFO's, Astrospiders, PAR Scanners and all manner of different fixtures... In this day and age, you go to a club and they are all the same lighting wise, movers and video...
London Hippodrome was legendary for its huge satellites full of mad FX...
Here is the only video I can find
There was also a place I went to in Lloret De Mar called Moef Gaga and it had a ceiling that revolved and had a different light show on each of its 4 faces... Can't find any pics of that, it's all lasers in there now, good on em...
The Pangolin Disco Scan is a very nice bit of kit and well worth the money, but it's a laser effect and not traditional lighting as such...
I would just like to see some of this old stuff come back again, like Optikinetics Strobeflowers...
Mark
Having said all that, I was in New York back in '04 went to Crobar and Avalon (ex Limelight) and both had nutter light shows that dropped in and out of the ceiling.. Crobar had a CuBR too
I'm guessing Health and safety what with all those spiky bits mark
You wouldn't like that on your head if it broke free!
That UFO looks interesting. Wonder how long the joints lasted though?
In fairness out of recent light fittings, the Pangolin Dazzler and Discoscan are innovative. Not cheap but neither is a moving head.
http://www.pangolin.com/_Videos/WideangleWMP9.wmv
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here's your UFO...
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