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    Museum Robot
    • May 9, 2007
    • 5795

    Coluring Book Theatre: Buck Rogers

    Whitman Buck Rogers Color and Activity Book"
    As much as I love Buck Rogers, I really have to say this is book is a pretty big Fail.

    Right from the cover you can kind of see that it's rendered in a hasty style, as if who ever did the art really had to be somewhere and really just didn't care. Most of the characters have blank stares (especially the women) or really over the top expressions.
    Also why is Reed Richards on the cover?
    The book retells the story of the movie, Buck gets launched into space, frozen and woken up by the Draconians and then sent to earth and believed a spy.





    25th Century court is apparently held on Living Island. Buck looks sad but don't worry, he finds a way to cheer himself up:



    Jeez, Buck you never heard of will power? I know it's been 500 years but sheesh. This image by the way is the first thing you see when you open the book, there is no way that this isn't an in joke.




    "Biddy-Biddy-Biddy what's with you and Phallic symbols Buck?"




    The loving way the space battle is rendered makes me wonder if Whitman paid in beatings and broken glass.




    This is how me and my wife look after leaving most parties we're invited too.



    Then there's a whole long filler sequence of the celebration, mainly of Buck showing his disco moves. Let's figure this out, Buck Rogers left earth in 1987 and he's really into disco? No wonder he was single.




    Of course they throw a parade and nobody looks at all happy to be there, even Twiki looks ****ed. It's probably that tiny vehicle twisting their torsos causing them incredible pain.



    Oh and of course, we'll check in on Kane and Ardalla, who are still in transit, not much has changed, Kane still looks mad although Ardalla seems to have found something shiny to amuse herself with.








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  • toys2cool
    Ultimate Mego Warrior
    • Nov 27, 2006
    • 28605

    #2
    Cool, i dig it
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    • Cmonster
      Banned
      • Feb 6, 2010
      • 1877

      #3
      That's really, really funny.

      SC

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      • HardyGirl
        Mego Museum's Poster Girl
        • Apr 3, 2007
        • 13933

        #4
        That is a pretty pathetic rendering. I wonder if Gil Gerard or Erin Gray ever saw that.
        "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
        'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
        Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
        If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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        • vulcan2074
          Live Long and Prosper
          • Mar 23, 2008
          • 7811

          #5
          Wow! That really is bad LOL.
          Sammy

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          • ctc
            Fear the monkeybat!
            • Aug 16, 2001
            • 11183

            #6
            >The loving way the space battle is rendered makes me wonder if Whitman paid in beatings and broken glass.

            Best. Line. EVER!

            Don C.

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            • Earth 2 Chris
              Verbose Member
              • Mar 7, 2004
              • 32526

              #7
              That's bad. Whitman was the king of coloring books. They should have known better.

              That cover is horrendously amateur.

              Chris
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              • Cast-a-Way Toys
                Museum Patron
                • Apr 15, 2010
                • 117

                #8
                Funny as per usual...

                Do the faces haved a trace Kirbyness to them in some spots? or is it just me...
                Cast-a-Way Toys

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                • ctc
                  Fear the monkeybat!
                  • Aug 16, 2001
                  • 11183

                  #9
                  >Do the faces haved a trace Kirbyness to them in some spots?

                  Maybe not DIRECTLY; but they kinda look like somebody imitating Buschema.

                  Don C.

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                  • palitoy
                    live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                    • Jun 16, 2001
                    • 59229

                    #10
                    Originally posted by ctc
                    Maybe not DIRECTLY; but they kinda look like somebody imitating Buschema.
                    Yeah! You nailed it.
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                    • UnderdogDJLSW
                      To Fear is Not Logical...
                      • Feb 17, 2008
                      • 4883

                      #11
                      Wow. Glad I never got that as a kid. I'd have been angry. lol.
                      It's all good!

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                      • spamn
                        Minty and All-Original!
                        • Mar 28, 2002
                        • 2128

                        #12
                        The rendering of Twiki's head reminds me of something....

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