2D scans of old Nimslo 3D photos!

With Rhonda Williams, California. Christmas in USA, 1983.


"The Wizard of Oz" wax figures at Movieland Wax Museum, January 1984.
The museum used to be opposite Knott's Berry Farm in Los Angeles, USA.


Our award-winning costumes from the gala premiere night of "Ghostbusters", 1984.

The signs on our backs read "Rent-a-Ghost". I'm holding a red fly-swat, but included in our winners' goodie bag was... an official logo "Ghostbusters" ghost-swatter.


"Cometcon Blankety Blanks" (1986) with guest panelists, T'Pring, Spock and a Peoplebuster.

Wicked Witch of the Trek?

Here's my customised Gaila the green Orion figure, from the recent "Star Trek" movie, made via a simple clothes swap between a Mattel's Barbie as the Wicked Witch of the West ("The Wizard of Oz") and Barbie as Uhura (JJ Abram's "Star Trek").

Obsessing over this idea for several weeks now, from when I first saw the Oz figure in a collectibles shop, with her green complexion, arching eyebrows and tufts of curly hair under her pointy black hat, I realised she seemed to be the shortpacked figure in a range of Ken & Barbie "The Wizard of Oz" dolls.


Gaila the Orion.

I then lucked across a cheap(er), spare Barbie Uhura, but now the Target toy sale catalogue was featuring the "Oz" Barbies even cheaper (but sold out). I did a fairly good eBay deal, but hadn't anticipated that the witch Barbie might not have been green all over. So, there's a little more work to be done.

There are plans afoot for the spare (now near-nude) Uhura.




Click: My Flickr slideshow (Seven images)

"Melting, melting, I'm melting..."

Okay, it's the age-old mystery:

"How did the Wicked Witch of the West ever take a bath?"

It was raining in Mittagong today, our last pitstop before arriving home from our Canberra vacation. I just couldn't resist snapping this witch's hat, which was sitting so forlornly on the pavement in the constant drizzle.

It was perfect weather for fish, chips, battered savs and potato scallops. But please don't tell anyone. (Sadly, every day of this holiday has been Junk Food Day. I just hope I did enough walking...)