FOUND PHOTOS: Burger King Gandalf Glass (2001)

I found yet another set of LOTR-related photos. These were taken in 2016 and I just never got around to posting them. I posted photos of Burger King's Frodo glass back in January 2016 and took these Gandalf glass photos on the same day, yet the Frodo glass got posted and these didn't - go figure. Burger King also made Arwen and Strider glasses but I never got around to buying those.

Ed

From 2001 when these glasses were sold, until 2016 when these photos were taken, the batteries still had a charge in them although it is a bit hard to see.

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 104 Set #93305 (2008) German 716th Infantry Division - Carded Pt 3 Pose 2

The second of five German Infantry poses in Set #93305. It's funny how FOV's German 716th Infantry Division figures look exactly the same as their 352nd Infantry Division. Just saying.

Ed

FOV German Infantry - Pose 2

Adventures in Chat GPT - Play Along Toys King of The Dead

This King of The Dead figure was pulled from Play Along Toys AOME Soldiers and Scenes Series set 'Army of the Dead' which was posted here on the blog back in 2011. These early photos weren't that good but I never revisited the series, preferring to post-and-forget. Well, with Chat GPT I can now breath new life into these old photos (hmmm breath new life into the King of the Dead - funny that).

Ed

The prompt was: place this King of the Dead from The Lord of The Rings at the head of a host of dead warriors. I can only surmise that the Chat program can access nearly whatever classic literature needed in order for it to draw inferences and generate a plausible image. In this case it worked great.

Awesome!

New Moonscape Diorama / Display Board - Pt 10 Finished and a Bit of Experimentation

The Moonscape diorama board is now finished and I experimented a little bit by culling a starry sky photo from the Internet and, using Photoshop, placing it in the background. I like this particular starry sky because it has a blue cast to it and contrasts nicely with the Moonscape. Next, I inserted a .PNG of my Hippo Toys Apollo Saturn rocket, also using Photoshop. The image of Earth was culled from the Internet as well and it may be something I use only occasionally vs. every time I do a Moon shot.

Ed

Even though I pulled the Hippo Apollo Saturn out of The Cave I opted to use a .PNG file to insert it in the photo for this experiment in composition.

I like the colors and contrast of the Earth in the background, but I probably won't use it in all my shots

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 103 Set #93305 (2008) German 716th Infantry Division - Carded Pt 2 Pose 1

The figures in this set are nothing special being repeats of previous set figures. However, they are good at fleshing out an army or battle scene.

Ed

FOV German Infantry - Pose 1