tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82673772888094541082012-01-28T04:46:42.042ZGlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15003818408792107927noreply@blogger.comBlogger621100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267377288809454108.post-15100648257537498002011-11-21T10:19:00.003Z2011-11-21T10:19:00.671Z

I had mentioned this in older posts and thought it would be interesting for you to see. As you may know, I have had problems using metallic foil card in the past for my Ironman mask, but have now found a fantastic technique to achieve the same results with the added benefit of being able to leave the glue flaps un-foiled allowing for a proper glueable surface. I am not quite at the point where I

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Yep, you guest it. I have already made a start on the large version of Sword of Omens. For those not in the know, the Sword of Omens starts off as a small dagger which has the power of 'sight beyond sight'. I'm illustrating that model at the moment. Lion'O can then make the dagger grow into a large broadsword which he can use for battle and/or to send a signal flair overhead, to call the other

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Behold! - the centre section of Thirty/Thirty's beloved giant energy rifle, Sarah-Jane. This rough mockup was constructed to test some of the construction methods I had chosen to use. Eventually I'll re-design the nets to smooth out the shapes because I'm not a huge fan of these large faceted surfaces. Now I have it in hand, I can also see where some structural corrections are needed and am not

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It has been a while since I last tinkered with this project. I remember building the centre section of "Sarah-Jane", which was as I suspected - huge! but, as often happens life took over and I was pulled away from this project to deal with other matters. A while back I had been hunting for techniques to illustrate molten metal and decided to experiment with the Bravestarr logo because, if you

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He's a blast from my past. During my degree I was obsessed by the game, Worms. After a while I started to notice of the shear volume of packaging used to sell computer games. Back in those days the internet was in it's infancy and very slow, so the idea of being able to download a large files was nothing more than a pipe dream. It would have taken days, not the minuets we're used to

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The photographer Chris Coekin had once again asked me to create a bespoke presentation box for his latest book, The All Together. This box had to hold his book, one of the vinyl records he had produced for his exhibition plus an original limited edition photographic print. Inspired by the record sleeve, I created a slipcase box design. The final version, (pictured left), was made black to match

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IT's FINALLY COMPLETED!!! - Yay! So after all this time and hard work I can proudly see the fruits of my labour. True, i've been tied up with all my other projects and ideas as well, so perhaps it took long than usual, but I have to say that this kit surpasses my original vision of creating a full scale useable paper model of the Key of Thundera. I am really pleased with the final result. I

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Last and most important step in the creation of a model kit is to provide some assembly instructions. If you decide to cut corners at this stage then people will struggle to make your design and just give up altogether. I tried a lot of different formats and illustration methods for this because in my mind it's essential to provide good instructions that are easy to follow. In an ideal world I

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Once I finally figured how to add chrome foil to my card models, a whole world of possibilities opened up to me. One project I really wanted to experiment with first was to create a Klytus mask. General Klytus as he was refereed to, (pictured above), is the henchman of Emperor Ming and head of Ming's secret police force in the movie, Flash Gordon. Released in 1980 this film is a real cult classic

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Have been frantically searching for a gemstone to fit this model but couldn't find one the correct size and shape. i guess it would have to be custom made for this kit and something I can't afford to do at the moment. This wasn't my only irritation with this project. Whilst creating the artwork for the Key, it was also time to think about some other issues like how on earth I'm going to get my

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After having rescaled the key down to a more appropriate size. The next step was to finalise the net patterns making sure that the components fitted together correctly and designed in a manned to make it easier to construct, it was then time to start creating the artwork for this key. Quite a challenging task as I ended up going through quite a few colour combinations and even went as far a

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It has been a while since I last worked on this project. The last thing I remember doing was completing the back plate section and finalizing the nets ready to be illustrated. Then I got distracted trying to find better ways to turn this and other models into chrome foiled kits. A process which I've wanted to do ever since my Iron Man mask. I find inkjet printers father restrictive in terms of

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Thank you for you comments regarding my Sword of Omens project. You'll be pleased to know that I'm currently in the middle of producing the artwork for this kit. Still debating whether to make the eye of Thundera look realistic, or to stay true to the cartoon representation. What do you guys think? I'm also making few additional improvements to its design that should improve the way the parts

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Back in December I was contacted by the international design and art book publishers Gestalten. During that time they were working on a new book based on the success of their first paper craft book. While researching the topic they came across my work and asked if they could include my movie “Kryten Flip top Head” in the DVD which was to accompany the book. Thrilled to be invited to make a

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Been exploring this idea further to discover what the limitations would have to be in order to make this paper product commercially viable. The only way to do that is to continue to make these displays, based on the original cross sell art to discover how much space they'd take up in a nesting plan etc.What I would really like is some entirely new illustrated scenes to try out, perhaps for some

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Wow! Look what project I've found! I loved this vehicle when I was a kid... Now, I thought I'd lost this work back in 2003 when an old external hard drive of mine became corrupted and I was unable to recover anything from it. That was a sad day indeed, I lost so many cool projects including the title sequence from the Masters of the Universe which I was trying to recreate for a fan film I had in

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I'm VERY excited about this! The animation may be a bit shaky but it's a technique which bodes very well for my long term future plans... I've already finalised the nets for this sword. The next step is to create the artwork for both this and my key of Thundera paper props. In addition, I've also plotted out the full scale schematics for both the Claw shield and the fully grown Sword of Omens

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projects: The Sword of Omens - Stage 1Well, my Key of Thundera model has finally been corrected and am now making a start on the artwork for this particular paper prop more updates on that to follow. However, now I've a properly scaled key I was able to use it to figure out the proper proportions of the sword of Omens - Exciting! After studying the Thundercats animation I thought I'd make my

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A quick up date for all you Thundercats fans - I've completed a full sized blank draft model of the The Key of Thundera. It ended up being slightly over scaled at this point by about 3cm (Doh!) however, it's an easy fix. The next stage is to correct a few components to ensure all the parts fit together better and then make a start on the artwork.

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This is my personal favorite idea: Scenic Backdrops.After all, what better addition to this fantastic toy line than a diorama fans can display their figures within and pose them in such a way as to re-enact some of the vintage cross cell art from the original 80's toy line packaging...I've produced a rough mock up of this idea to see if the visual illusion would work between the graphic artwork

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Now, I'm a huge Masters of the Universe fan and regularly cast my eye over at He-Man.org to keep up to date with the latest news. I was particularly inspired to read fans asking for some sort of card playset or backdrop to display the new Masters of the Universe Classics figures within. and I quote: Answers to WTFWTK 2.19 June 3, 2009Q: Are fans likely to see a cardbord fold out Crystal Castle

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Always wanted to be someone's knight in shining armor... :-)Continuing my experiments into creating jointed posable characters out of craft paper/card, I decided to turn this problem on it's head with my Knight in Shining Armour experiment.I like this solution better because it makes you become the "action figure" as opposed to making what is essentially just a paper ornament, that'll only ever

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I've been making a 3D model of Chorlton on and off all year. Chorlton is a happiness dragon from a great stop motion animated TV show created by Cosgrove Hall studios in the 70's called, Chorlton and the Wheelies. I started this experimental project to see if it was possible to design and produce posable paper model characters. (paper-craft action figures - as it t'were). I've still got his arms

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A skutter, for those not in the know, is a maintenance robot of the Jupiter Mining Corporation's ship, Red Dwarf. I'd been asked to make this a long time ago however, it's taken me this long to collect enough source material to enable me to attempt this project. Finally made a start on it and will begin turning this character into a paper model in the new Year.

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Received an email from sweden where I was told about a forum called the Paper Modelers. I had a look and to my surprise stumbled over a discussion about Red Dwarf where my blog had been mentioned - (thank you for those kind words everyone)Amongst the chatter was a request for Ace Rimmer's Dimension Jump Ship, The Wildfire. (Great suggestion!) Luckily, I had bought an old magazine not to long ago

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Watched the entire Thundercats series on DVD over the holidays. Season 2 had a very interesting plot idea centered around the Treasures of Thundera.Decided to try and make the Key of Thundera, (above). This is going make a really cool full scale paper prop for all you Thundercats fans out there. I've completed my 3D model of it, will unfold it later in the new year when I've completed some of my

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This was an interesting challenge on two fronts. Firstly (the fun bit) to design and produce a three dimensional slot together mask for a youngsters themed Birthday party.This meant that the final design had to be fairly intuitive to assemble. I'm quite pleased with my solution considering that it only requires 8 component parts to make it look good. I'm still waiting to hear if everyone managed

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Howdy-doodily-Dooooo...Ar,ha! It works..! - (que the sounds from a hammer horror film)It took a few more attempts and longer than I had hoped, but I finally managed to figure out the mechanisum I needed to make my Talkie Toaster move in all the right places.In the end I even opted to use metallic and gloss red craft card on the outside instead of it being illustrated artwork. This has really

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Well this space ship needs no major introduction. Red Dwarf's - Starbug. This has been on my to-do-list for quite a while and i've begun to figure out how to make a large paper model of it. As you can see above, I'm still tinkering on this project in Sketch-up but I'm getting there slowly.The challenge here is for me to design it in such a way that the paper joins will form an irregular pattern

Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15003818408792107927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267377288809454108.post-20301092068117123672009-11-09T08:06:00.004Z2009-11-09T08:12:06.152Z

Ok, I admit it. I'm a huge Stargate fan... however the replica Zat gun props are really expensive to buy so, I've opted to try and make myself a full scale Zat gun from craft paper/card. It's going quite well at the moment, still think my current draft model is a tad over-scaled and would defiantly like it to be able to spring open with the aid of some elastic bands and a clever internal

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This idea from the show in my opinion was truly a stroke of genius. For me it opens up so many unexplored questions about the Royal Mail operating in space. there's simply loads of potential to make up some great fan-films based around this theme.Sadly you only saw a glimpse of the post pod in Red Dwarf, not enough for me to make an accurate replica from, so I've decided to design my own version

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Inspired by the success of my Bazookoid (and with my - 'giddy as a school kid' - head on) I've opted to try something truly ridiculous in terms of scale... Thirty/Thirty's beloved giant energy rifle which he lovingly refers to as "Sarah-Jane."Almost finished the 3D model in Sketch-Up (pictured above), only two extra attachments left to model, (the turbo booster). Have been watching episodes of

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Here it is, my first draft model of a full size Bazookoid, made from craft paper/card. WOW - This is a cool prop! but I can understand now why the actors felt that the MK-1 was awkward to hold and use in the show...Can't wait to see this model illustrated but, boy was I right in saying that this would be a complex model - so many component parts! Still, not as complex as some future Red Dwarf

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The initial youtube clips I produced were a little frustrating to film because there never seemed to be enough room to get the camera in just the right spot. Since then I've had a lot of requests about how to make my paper models so was determined to make some improvements to my studio layout AKA - the spare bedroom :-) in order that I'm able to produce better clips which can answer all these

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This was a very interesting concept. I'd been approached by a photography student via her tutor Chris Coekin who, I had done some work for previously. This time I was challenged to help develop and make some sample cardboard packaging designs which the photography student needed to help give her project an air of authenticity.My favorite box design which I developed for her had to hold a human

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This was a fun project. I've recently been commissioned to design and make a toy theater. It has to slot together without the need for any glue and will be used as a promotional give-a-way for a local University to help promote their BA (Hons) Creative Arts for Theatre & Film course.

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My admiration of Ray Harryhausen's brand of stop-motion model animation gave me an idea... His skeleton warriors scene from the 1963 film, "Jason and the Argonauts" has always been a great source of inspiration for me so I decided to make a paper skeleton of my own.Initially I wanted to recreate this scene with paper models. Models which others could easily reproduce and use in their own home

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Been wanting to get stuck into a full scale wearable paper costume project for some time. I think paper and card are perfect materials for this because they are cost effective and diverse enough for you to easily customize/personalize your own versions. Whether that's for an event, a fan film or simply for a conversational display peace. All I need supply are the basic net patterns and assembly

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I'm not really a gun fanatic but figured that any self respecting Red Dwarf fan will need this classic prop from the show to create a 'proper' fan film or to add that finishing touch to their Red Dwarf costume. I think that's is more a mining tool than weapon anyway... Originally, this prop had two handles, one either side, and joined to an accompanying back pack by two thick tubes. Throughout

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I thought I would try to recreate the Talkie Toaster prop from Red Dwarf because I could envision many a fan wanting to recreate their own Youtube version of the infamous.., "no baps, bagels, buns..." gag from the show. This particular version is the one which Kryten had reconstructed as part of his experiment.Making a quick three dimensional model of it in Sketch-up was simple enough, and after

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With the success of my first attempt, I've made at start working out how the other replicator forms might work as slot together cardboard kits.This is a rough hand cut version of the original replicator form created by the android Reese in the episode "Menace" from season 5. (at least it will be when I've finished it... :-) ) and I'm simply itching to try the replicator human skeleton version as

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Ever since I found out that I could have limited access to a lazer cutter I've been thinking hard as to which of my projects would benifit the most from this manufacturing process...I'm a huge fan of Stargate SG-1 along with Stargate Atlantis. After stumbling accross some fan site communities and seeing what they get up to, I thought would'nt it be cool for the fans to have full scale cardboard

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Midway through my frustrations developing a paper model of Kryten's head I decided to make something quick and simple for a change. and you couldn't get much simpler than one of my favorate props from season two - 'The Holly Hop Drive'..Yer! - basically "it's a big red box with start and stop on it" :-)This particular model is approximatley half the size of the original prop, but I figured

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A new enthusium for this project came over me resently and I have finally reached a point where I'm happy with it. I've included Kryten's flip top head feature as seen in season 7 - "a tika to ride" which reveals his brain as it t'were.All I have to do now is complete the assemvbly instruction and to find an approprate place on the web for you all to download make and enjoy my model. Personally

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I love Red Dwarf and have long thought that the angler shape of Kryten's head could be made into a rather convincing paper model. I decided to start this project shortly after being made redundant to cheer me up in between a rather disheartening spell of job hunting.Kryten, (pictured left), for those not in the know, is a series 4000 Mechanoid from the BBC's popular Sci-Fi comedy series Red Dwarf

Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15003818408792107927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267377288809454108.post-86976563598074847352009-01-26T14:31:00.004Z2009-01-26T14:38:38.615Z

Been hard at work over the Christmas period moving my Cyberman project forward. As you can see from the pictures it's almost complete - Exciting!From my initial half scale version I scaled the model back up to full size to see what it would be like. This also scales up any imperfections in the nets making them much more pronounced so I had to correct them before trying again.For my third attempt

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I was approached by the photographer Chris Coekin, who'd challenged me to design and produce a bespoke presentation box for his new book, The Hitcher.He needed a 'limited edition' collectors set to help promote its launch. The box had to contain his book, an original photographic print and a sheet of corrugated card with marker pen to complement the underlying theme of this book.He was so pleased

Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15003818408792107927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267377288809454108.post-36016083771886922052008-11-24T16:08:00.006Z2008-11-24T16:26:23.822Z

Kirigami is like origami, only with this method you're allowed to cut the paper. I much prefer this to origami and started to explore it for a number or uses. Greek mythology seemed an intresting theme to try...Pegasus in Greek mythology, a winged horse that sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa as she was beheaded by the hero Perseus.Cerberus was a three-headed dog that guarded the gate to

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Finally! I'm starting to construct my initial paper mock-ups of both the tank and facehugger. I've had a lot of problems with Pepakura, unfolding my 3D computer models. For some reason this program really doesn't like curves plus I've exceeded it's polygon limit -Doh! So, some careful lateral thinking required here...I've got enough information of this model into a 2 dimensional net patten now

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I stumbled upon Jan Rukr's 'Aliens Papercraft' website a few years ago. It's well worth a look. There are some impressive free models you can download & make including, a full scale model of the Pulse Rifle from the Aliens film. The only things missing from the site I felt, was the Aliens... So, I starting to formulate a cunning plan...This image has always stuck with me for some reason? It's

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Stumbled upon Lady Littlefox Designs. I thought her caricatures of the key characters from the hit TV show Stargate SG-1, had potential and would look great in a pop-up book so started to design something suitable with two of her strongest illustrations.My 'S.G.C Gate Room' was proving to be a tough scene to achieve because of it's intricate gangway/ramp but, I've come up with a partial solution

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Originally inspired by 'The Vader Project'... Only this time I wanted to 'pimp' a different Sci-fi icon, The Cyberman, from Doctor Who. So, I set to work on a paper version of him because it would be a lot simpler for anyone to replicate, customise and decorate it using this material...The helmet is almost finished, just the small back panel and the tubing bits at the top to resolve. I'm hoping

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Quite a few paper attempts later and some sore fingers I've finally finished it.!It would be interesting to try and make this paper model again without all the fold lines for a smoother look. One of these days I'll actualy finish the original 'hand made' skull I'd started, to compaire which method looks best, Hand-Made or Computer Modeled so to speak..To be honest I was so fixcated on resolving

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This seemed a good idea in the beginning and number two on my childhood creative paper model wish list... There's just something appealing to a young lad about a brain in a glass jar bent on revenge... :-)From Left to right; Boskov - Evil Con Carne, Krang - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Alien Brain - The Fiend Without a Face, and Cain - Robocp 2My inital sketch model works well enough, it even

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There are many Paper models I would have loved to be able to create in my youth. A complex shape like the human skull was always top of my agenda.Sketch-Up, the only 3D software program I've managed to really get to grips with, has finally enabled me to explore this level of complex forms and in combination with a program called Pepakura I’m able to translate that shape back into the conventional

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Before my time making greetings cards I had sent several speculative designs off to Weetabix, in an attempt to get cut out models back onto cereal boxes. Excess waste was fast becoming a public concern who's focus seemed to settle on the food industry. I thought that cut out and make models seemed an ideal way to re-use the cardboard packaging...One of my ideas was based on the popularity of the

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Having successfully passed their initial practical test with my "Skeleton in the Closet" concept, Santoro Graphics Ltd employed me as their in house paper engineer. I worked with Lyn Hourahine the inventor of the Swing Card™ for the first year. During the following three years I helped expand their award winning Swing Card™ range creating a wide selection of themed cards for them, including a '

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The Cardboard playset of the Robotech SDF-1, by Play Make.Scale within paper models is a key theme I wish to explore within my own work. Paper and card are extremely cheep compared to other materials and yet most commercially available paper models I've found are fairly small scale (?)Click to view - Now this is what I'm talking about!I found these rare images on web years ago and kept them as a

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I can't carry on without briefly mentioning what is, in my opinion, possibably the most sought after playset ever. Palitoy's 1977 Star Wars Death Star. This set consists of thick die-cut cardboard pieces all nicely detailed and illustrated with some small plastic parts including a laser gun unit that fits on the top, an escape shoot which lead to the trashcompactor, plus 10 plastic clips for

Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15003818408792107927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267377288809454108.post-44614663370426572872008-11-09T19:22:00.002Z2009-01-27T21:36:59.666Z

This is a really good example of a cut-out model which you would regularly find on the back of cereal boxes. This particular one was part of a set of 4 promoting Star Trek the Motion Picture way back in 1979, when the price of a 24 pack of Weetabix was only 36p.!Click on this image above for the full scale version.Print it out on some good quality paper, stick it to the printed side of a cereal

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Ah - the 80's... (nostalgic sigh) I must have around eight years old back then. Masters of the Universe cartoons on the TV, computers were in their infancy, no one knew anything about the internet and the mobile phone which was as big and heavy as a house brick, was used purely to boost a yuppie's status... Through out my childhood I was obsessed by only two things, Masters of the Universe and

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