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  • PNGwynne
    Master of Fowl Play
    • Jun 5, 2008
    • 19444

    Attention Ozophiles! CARD CONTEST

    A trivia contest for four sets of new MegoMeet '17 Oz cards! The first member to message me with the complete correct answers to a question will receive a set--but you can only win once. I'll post winners and answers as applicable.

    The Wizard of Oz, though now much-beloved, had a turbulent and varied production history. The trivia questions that follow reflect that production process.


    *1. ANSWERED. Several characters had actors that were either seriously considered, approached, or actually cast. Name the alternate actors that might have or did play the following parts:

    a) Dorothy

    b) Tin Man

    c) The Wizard

    d) The Wicked Witch


    *2. ANSWERED. The film had several directors at different times of filming. Besides credited director Victor Fleming, name the other three.


    *3. ANSWERED. The red-sequined Ruby Slippers are a famous icon from the film.

    a) But ruby slippers are not in L. Frank Baum's original Oz story--what magical footwear does Dorothy wear in the book?

    b) What subsequent film, now a cult classic to Oz fans, had to obtain special permission from MGM to depict the ruby slippers?


    *4. ANSWERED. The Wicked Witch has some other talismans and familiars only hinted at in the film, but directly or indirectly inspired by the book:

    a) What magical item, briefly presented to the Witch by monkey general Nikko in the film, is worn in the book by the Witch to control the Flying Monkeys?

    b) What pest, depicted in a deleted dance number and perhaps inspired by a swarm of bees in the book, does the Witch mention she sends "to take the fight out of" Dorothy and her comrades in the forest before the monkeys' attack?


    Have fun!

    (And BTW, I need PS card #1 Evel Knieval and #30 Kenner Alien.)
    Last edited by PNGwynne; Aug 9, '17, 3:53 PM.
    WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.
  • generic
    Persistent Member
    • Jun 25, 2009
    • 1237

    #2
    PM sent!
    Nostalgia just ain’t what it used to be.

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    • PNGwynne
      Master of Fowl Play
      • Jun 5, 2008
      • 19444

      #3
      Member Generic has correctly answered question #1 and won a set! Congratulations!!

      Answer: Alternate cast--

      Dorothy: Shirley Temple
      Tin Man: Buddy Ebsen & Ray Bolger--he knew both!
      Wizard: W. C. Fields
      Wicked Witch: Gale Sondergaard, in the vein of Snow White's Evil Queen
      WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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      • Timothy2251
        Jerks beef with Ten Bears
        • Mar 15, 2008
        • 1959

        #4
        PM sent!
        "It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life."

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        • PNGwynne
          Master of Fowl Play
          • Jun 5, 2008
          • 19444

          #5
          Member Timothy2251 has correctly answered question #2 and won a set! Congratulations!!

          Answer: Directors besides Fleming--

          Richard Thorpe, George Cukor, & King Vidor. (Norman Taurog was assigned in preproduction but did not actually direct.)
          Last edited by PNGwynne; Aug 8, '17, 6:45 PM.
          WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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          • Timothy2251
            Jerks beef with Ten Bears
            • Mar 15, 2008
            • 1959

            #6
            Huzzah! Much thanks, PNGwynne! I'll PM my address posthaste! Thanks again!
            "It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life."

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            • mikeoz
              Mego Maker
              • Mar 9, 2007
              • 1435

              #7
              PM Sent
              Looking for:
              Lincoln Phantom of the Opera

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              • PNGwynne
                Master of Fowl Play
                • Jun 5, 2008
                • 19444

                #8
                Member MikeOz (very appropriate) has correctly answered #3 and won a set! Congratulations!!

                Answer: Original magic footwear and later Oz film--

                Silver shoes
                Disney's Return to Oz. Beware the Nome King! (Unless you're a hen.)
                WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                • PNGwynne
                  Master of Fowl Play
                  • Jun 5, 2008
                  • 19444

                  #9
                  #4 is probably the most difficult question, but if you read it carefully I've given some hints.
                  WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                  • warlock664
                    Persistent Member
                    • Feb 15, 2009
                    • 2072

                    #10
                    PM sent!

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                    • PNGwynne
                      Master of Fowl Play
                      • Jun 5, 2008
                      • 19444

                      #11
                      Member Warlock has correctly answered question #4 and won a set!! Congratulations!

                      Answer: Monkey controller and pesky insect--

                      The Golden Cap
                      The Jitterbug, both an unnamed antagonist and a deleted dance sequence in the film
                      WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                      • PNGwynne
                        Master of Fowl Play
                        • Jun 5, 2008
                        • 19444

                        #12
                        Thanks for playing, folks. Card sets will be mailed (with extra goodies) this week.

                        Avoid the Winkies and the Deadly Desert and have a great week.
                        WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                        • PNGwynne
                          Master of Fowl Play
                          • Jun 5, 2008
                          • 19444

                          #13
                          Winners' sets have all been mailed today.
                          WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                          • warlock664
                            Persistent Member
                            • Feb 15, 2009
                            • 2072

                            #14
                            Thanks again for doing this; fun contest!

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                            • PNGwynne
                              Master of Fowl Play
                              • Jun 5, 2008
                              • 19444

                              #15
                              I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's the second card contest I've run and they're fun for me, too.
                              WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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