(also, the flowers in the flashback scene included Gardenia and Hydrangeas, while the present ones were Orange Lilies, Butterfly Weeds, and Buttercups, make of that what you will :])
So everyone knows a selection of D&D monsters were based on some knockoff plastic kaiju, but what I did not know until today is that the original “owlbear” is worth hundreds of dollars, and it occurs to me that I never actually owned or even saw one myself despite having gotten whole bags of all the other designs as a kid. Experience with Toy Lore tells me that if it stopped circulating so early, its original mold must have been lost or damaged at some point.
So if you have a grody old dirty plastic owlbear floating around in a bin somewhere you can possibly sell it on ebay for a pretty fat stack of cash (one sold for $500????) or just put it in a glass case and declare it a family heirloom.
I am so fucking sick of CGI this, CGI that. give me back on location filming (when possible), give me back intricate hauntingly realistic animatronics and puppets, give me back handmade props & masks & skillful make up……..just give me back practical effects I am begging
