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Posted by video567 on 08-05-2004 at 20:35:

birthday of gatchaman and new series

anyone read wizard. the old gatchaman ses being played in boomerang tv channel and there is a plan for a new series of gatchaman in the works. the boomerand channel will be holding a 24hour marathon on the show in may. i dont have the channel but if you do look in your guide for more info. also i heard on modays at 2am in the same channel the are showing an episode of g-force or battle of the plannets. just wanted to share

Posted by Cep on 08-05-2004 at 23:33:

Ya I think Meridian mentioned this too, is this the same thing or was that BoTP?

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Posted by meridianday on 09-05-2004 at 08:41:

The one I know about is that they're making a new version of BOTP, which may or may not contain Zark, redubbing the voices and selling it to Cartoon Network. So Boomerang would show the old series, and CN would show the new one. Dunno whether the new BOTP will be old or new animation - can't see the point of redubbing the old animation yet again though.

I've heard nothing about a new gatchaman series under development in japan.

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Posted by video567 on 09-05-2004 at 15:59:

yeah it is just BOTP im just so used to it being called gatchaman that i forget there is a difference

Posted by Tengu on 09-05-2004 at 16:09:

You cant call BOTP, Gatch, they are as different as Chalk and Cheese. (a good Wiltshire saying for you)

I, personally, have heard so many rumours I wont believe any untill I see the goods...

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Posted by CondorRTB on 09-05-2004 at 16:44:

personally myself i would love to see a live action gatchaman.

Posted by video567 on 09-05-2004 at 17:09:

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Originally posted by CondorRTB
personally myself i would love to see a live action gatchaman.

a few of my friends wanted to make a live action fan film of gatchaman a while back you can go here at http://boredathome.0catch.com i have a section where i was working on the gatc communicator and i was also working on a helmet i jyst cant figure out how to make the beak faceshields. so i put it on hold. my goal of making a gatchaman fanfilm has gone to the dump for now

Posted by Tengu on 09-05-2004 at 17:36:

I may be able to help you there. My Father worked in acylics many a year, Ill ask him.

Might have to simplify the shapes though, (as in the NTT ads)

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Posted by Tengu on 09-05-2004 at 19:31:

Right! I have seen my father and showed him some pictures.

He says that though acrylic would seemingly be an ideal medium, (cheap, easy to form, availible in all the right colours.) It can `only` be bent in one plane. (ie for G4 and G5 you would be ok but not the others)

perhaps you could make the visors in two halves??

He would turn the project over to a vacuform company (see under plastics in your yellow pages)

the other way would be injection moulding (Waaayy too expensive!) This is how the visors are formed on both the dolls and the action figures...ok for mass production, the cost of the moulds is high for a one off.

hope this is of help

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Posted by video567 on 10-05-2004 at 01:39:

thanks i contacted a few places a while back im in washinton , bu i also contacted some people in oregon and montana and idaho and most people wont make the face shield because they are afraid people would use them for real bike helmets. i even explained its for a movie and no luck. I started building a vacuform table 6 months ago and never finished it. maybe ill get off my butt this summer and finish it., I need to find some good pictures or models in 3d so ican sculpt the visors out of clay and vacuform them. we'll see thanks ofr the info

Posted by Cep on 10-05-2004 at 08:59:

I would have thought that you could get a wooden reverse mould of a beak and heat up some sheet PVC to mould over it? Confused

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Posted by Tengu on 10-05-2004 at 11:05:

try it, it can be done in the oven

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