http://page8. auctions. yahoo.co. jp/jp/auction/ h134488978# iteminfo

No, I don't speak Japanese either, but I think it says sale closed with no bids 4 October. Asking price was 20,000 yen (about $220). Nice photos of the front + back cover though, it looks quite thick.

That picture didn't come through for me, for some reason.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, "Michael & Sally Whitty" <mswhitty@.. .> wrote:

>
> This may be relevant - Tim sent this to the group October 2007!
>

http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/PotaDG/ photos/album/ 465000129/ pic/1185764248/ view

My sister in Miami called me 3 times to rub it in my face that her & her husband were at the show. But I win because I saw them in the 70's with Ace & Peter. Ya know, back when they were cool. :)
I was sickened when she told me they let Tommy Thaier go as far as singing "Shock Me" as if he was Ace. They play here at VooDoo fest on Halloween but I don't think my son wants to go.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, Alex Ruiz <pota1968@.. .> wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Alex Ruiz <pota1968@.. .>
> To: pota@yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Fri, October 23, 2009 8:38:50 AM
> Subject: KISS ALIVE 35 ROCKS!
>
>
> Hey everyone. Just saw KISS ALIVE 35 last night and it was FANTASTIC!
> If any of you have a chance to go, don't pass it up.
>
> Took a lot of pictures of the show and posted them on the web. About

the only way in the future fox can ever make any more money on apes is to retreive the original soundtracks or something as bold as that. they dried up all the other options and gimmicks...john m

--- In pota@yahoogroups. com, scott bosco <digitalcinema@ ...> wrote:

>
> Right Rory.  The one thing that drives me nuts is that the French mix

i dont want to speask for rory but in reality,we were told they were around and that fox was lazy or to cheap to spend the money to search or follow leads.bart pierce, lewis lagrone, and a few others confirmed that extra footage and better sound element are around. i personally spoke to a former employee in pennsylvania back in 89-91 who had 4 track sound elements of planet but when he offered them to fox for a small price they said f### you and " what are you doing with them." even though my association with bart ended acromoneasly he was fustrated that fox didnt really care. the first laserdisc version of beneath was mostly his doing and by the standards at the time time it was very good esp. compared to the planet laserdisc.he said he found most of the elements in spain of allplaces. this is a long time ago and like rory said we are all tired now of the crap and feel let down.persons find new elements of old music,moviesif they keep looking and if they want to. fox has a bad history of the quick buck and charging 10to30%more than the other companies for their inferior product. before the bluray the framing of conquest [ the 2.40 picture ]and the sound was screwed up and every new version of planet is different and basically getting worse.the new planet is no new print. the digitally fixed beneath and escape make planet look sick.the new book is nice and the new docs, are nice but what fox is doing is putting a bandaid on the gunshotblast. people like rory, scott,jeff,myself[ john] and many others simply want good elements.the extra stuff is just that...extra! sorry for keep harping on this but it brings back alot of bad b.s. memories from tjhose suites at fox and they killed the fun for us audio/video guys who want[ and know the movies deserve] the best....john m

--- In pota@yahoogroups. com, "Michael & Sally Whitty" <mswhitty@.. .> wrote:

>
> How do you know this Rory?
>
>
>
> Where did the original cut of Conquest come from?
>
> MIchael
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: pota@yahoogroups. com

How many POTA fans do you think there are? And how many of them do we lose now days?

You'd have to base the amount of "lost fans" on the amount of people who can't believe someone would choose film music over Mc Cartney and company... ;)

 

--- In pota@yahoogroups. com, scott bosco <digitalcinema@ ...> wrote:

>
> No, FOX will continue to make money on APES because most people just don't

 If they exist they are somewhere down in the saltmine in unlabeled or mislabeled boxes.  It would be a very expensive undertaking to search for them and then restore them to a usable condition.

that was a great reply. i dont want to take sides but now you see the different camps when it comes to films.people who take it as art and people who take it as light entertainment. .. john m

--- In pota@yahoogroups. com, Haristas@... wrote:

>
> "OK understood but Rory shouldn't’t go claiming he

how are you two michael and sally.im john and im more of the opinions of rory, scott and jeff and such.

how are you two michael and sally.im john and im more of the opinions of rory, scott and jeff and such. you two sound like your on happy pills. fox can do no wrong in your opinion.if left to your devices we would still have the magnetic videos to watch.i could be wrong beacause i did not research all your posts but you seem to be on opium and everything is great in ape land. if it wasnt for the "complaining" of the afore mentioned people and many others during the laser days and the burgoining dvd market the public would be watching crap. your type seem to like the extras above all else.its the films that made history not a carol burnette skit.if i sound like an ass its only because of your attacks on rory and such that seem infantile so i thought id do the same[ridiculous isnt it].their are tons of apes fans probably as much as most other franchises,its just were mostly an older group and do not have the luxury of constant sequels, and t.v. to keep us on the front page sort of speak.did you see the movie lines back in the seventies and most recently 2001. it was amazing. we atract a different type of fan and their are alot of us.just all the different editions of the films on dvd is enough to prove that we are making tons of money for fox[a video spokesman for fox had confirmed this] he did alot a live chats at dvd file and other sites a few years ago. im not hear to protect rory,he doesnt need me, its just hes alittle jaded like my self. remember its the squeaky wheel that gets the oil and we should all be squeaking... . john m

--- In pota@yahoogroups. com, "Michael & Sally Whitty" <mswhitty@.. .> wrote:

>
> OK understood but Rory shouldn't go claiming he knows where these things

In my interview with J.Lee Thompson, the cuts during the final portion of CONQUEST were NOT to accomodate running time, but in response to a preview where the violence alarmed the parental members of the audience. For years I was fixated on seeing the "better" extended version, but believe now it does play slightly better in the general released form, although the poor looping and repeated shots to cover the Caesar speach at the conclusion ring false.It's great to see the extra footage, though. Still, there was footage shot of an ape escaping and climbing a wall which remains unseen.Brech references the scene when he says "that ape caught trying to escape last night" (if I recall the dialogue closely enough)-J Russo

--- In pota@yahoogroups. com, "JohnM conquest-idor" <johnmermigas@ ...> wrote:

>
> it wasnt rory who stated most of this stuff but mostly myself. we knew

"OK understood but Rory shouldn't’t go claiming he knows where these
things are because he does not know."

But I DO claim I know certain things... yes, I do!

I know for certain that the chances of you ever seeing your precious
"deleted scenes" is a million to one, maybe even worse than that!

Live with it!

-- Rory

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael & Sally Whitty <mswhitty@dodo. com.au>
To: pota@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Sun, Oct 25, 2009 10:41 pm
Subject: RE: [pota] Re: planet sound on dvd blu-ray is bad

OK understood but Rory shouldn't’t go claiming
he knows where these things are because he does not know.

 

And again I ask – does anyone know
where CONQUEST came from?  Maybe it is from the mines and maybe they
grabbed a
few things for the 50th anniversary while they were there?

Michael 

 

i stand corrected joe if i was misunderstood . i do have the black and whites of that chimp climbing the wall[2 pictures it looks like irvine college] that was the jist of my post of why the prolouge was cut. bart piece had said that at that time they were so cheap that keeping a film under 90 minutes was advantages.

--- In pota@yahoogroups. com, "softparadeband" <softparadeband@ ...> wrote:

>
> In my interview with J.Lee Thompson, the cuts during the final portion of

joe russo might have the correct answer but i was told that for battle it definitly was to keep it at 90 minutes and in doing so they cut out the only good scenes in battle.

--- In pota@yahoogroups. com, "Michael & Sally Whitty" <mswhitty@.. .> wrote:

>
> Again James you don't know this, or do you have information and a source
> that you have not let us know (like the person who told you why they cut
> BATTLE ?).

Oh, thanks - now I have to go back to the drawing board, I didn't know about these!

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, PotaDG@yahoogroups. com wrote:

>
>
> Hello,
>
> This email message is a notification to let you know that
> a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the PotaDG
> group.
>
> File : /aperodeo.jpg
> Uploaded by : munkeyman63au <ntfoster@.. .>
> Description :
>
> You can access this file at the URL:
> http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/PotaDG/ files/aperodeo. jpg
>
> To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
>

These were sent to me by Martin, the guy who filmed his mate's POTA + collection for YouTube recently. He got the badges as a member of the UK fan club. He also saw the live show, an in-store appearance and... the stage show! He's sent me his memories of all three, which I'll add to the wiki site soon.

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, "Michael & Sally Whitty" <mswhitty@.. .> wrote:

>
> Awesome!
>
>
>
> How gay do Alan and Pete look!
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: PotaDG@yahoogroups. com

"Not as easy as it used to be Rory – most of the new HD TVs cost an
absolute fortune to get one that plays NTSC.

Also, NTSC looks crap – main reason all my 200 or so BRs are PAL.

Michael"

I agree that PAL was better than NTSC, but we're talking the HD realm
now. I haven't seen PAL HD so I really can say what's better there.

An "All-Region" Blu-ray player converts the NTSC Blu-ray signal into
PAL, so you don't have to get a NTSC TV. As to whether a convertered
NTSC to PAL HD signal will look on just as good on a PAL TV as a PAL
Blu-ray, I don't know.

-- Rory

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael & Sally Whitty <mswhitty@dodo. com.au>
To: pota@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 6:44 pm
Subject: RE: [pota] Re: The wisdom of FOX (UK)

 

Not as easy as it used to be Rory – most of
the new HD TVs cost an absolute fortune to get one that plays NTSC.

 

Also, NTSC looks crap – main reason all my
200 or so BRs are PAL.

 

Michael

 

 

"I realize a lot of you like to take this as a cue to dump on me but
you are just looking like fools because the fact is Rory does NOT know
where they are and nor does James or anyone else on these groups."

Wait a minute here.... Did I ever say I know where the deleted scenes
are? I don't believe I did. For the record, I have no idea where
deleted scenes are or if they even exist! What I do believe -- very
strongly -- is the chances we'll ever see the legendary APES deleted
scenes are very, very low.

I believe this so strongly that I believe it is a FACT that you,
Whitty, will die and become a fossil and be dug up millions of years
from now by a future advanced race of apes, that will have also found
all the "lost" Fox footage in a salt mine in Kansas and will be
laughing their heads off watching while they drink beer from you empty
skull!!!!

-- Rory

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael & Sally Whitty <mswhitty@dodo. com.au>
To: pota@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 6:56 pm
Subject: RE: [pota] Re: planet sound on dvd blu-ray is bad

 

Ummm.,..I’ve SEEN the films John.

 

I live in Australia and got a BETA release of
BENEATH to watch until 1990 when I first got my hands on the VHS
release of the
entire series.

 

There’s a context to all this you
might want to consider before you judge people.

 

I’m VERY happy with the releases and
it’s not your place to attack or judge me.  I’m actually jealous of
people who can stand to have a $100 sound system because I need more. 
Or
people who get a $100 DVD player with “surround sound” and are
satisfied, but I wouldn’t claim to be better than they are – just
different. 
And I can allow people to be different.

 

All I have said is that Rory does NOT know
the deleted scenes are in the Salt Mines. I didn’t call him names, just
stated a fact.

 

I realize a lot of you like to take this
as a cue to dump on me but you are just looking like fools because the
fact is
Rory does NOT know where they are and nor does James or anyone else on
these
groups.

 

You don’t know me John so why start
attacking me?

Michael (just me!)

I'm shocked, were the moderators asleep or something when this got through?

Neil T. Foster

--- In pota@yahoogroups. com, Haristas@... wrote:

> Britian is the country that sent all your -- well, I won't go there -- to

<005501ca5777$ de3943a0$ 03000004@ default>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso- 8859-1"
Content-Transfer- Encoding: quoted-printable
MIME-Version: 1.0

I've been requested to do a custom box for Mego custom Return figures. I wa=
nted to have a landscape orientation box back showing the main cartoon char=
acters that were likely to be done by Mego (with the possibility of being a=
ble to add more if the customizer does others).

The background is a stitched together pan shot and the figures came from fu=
ll body shots in the cartoon with which I pasted on closeups of the faces (=
for better detail) and just did a heck of a lot of redrawing.=20

Here's how it looks (still some minor touchups to do on it)

http://reboxyourmeg o.com/returnsamp 3.jpg
=20
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _

Sorry to nit-pick when the guy's done such a good job, but that should read 'Jeff Allen' rather than 'Jeff Carter' (it's mis-quoted on loads of sites for some reason). He might want to fix it before printing. Otherwise - it looks great!

--- In PotaDG@yahoogroups. com, "Michael & Sally Whitty" <mswhitty@.. .> wrote:

>
> Nice!
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: pota@yahoogroups. com