Universal Studoos Halloween Horror Nights

These were all over the entrences. It is a large sign for The Walking Dead.

 

 

On October 4th 2013. I was able to venture out to see Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights. It is their 23rd year putting on the show. This is the first time I have been able to make the journey down to Orlando Florida to see it. The main theme which was my favorite was that areas around the park that were set up like AMC's The Walking Dead which airs again Sunday night October 13th. I have included several pictures of the area but i don't want to spoil it for those who want see it first hand.

 

This year they had several Horror Houses set up to walk/run through. Here is the list with my added comments. It was a very good event when can see everything.

 

Walking Dead: No Safe Haven

This one by far was my favorite. The house in side was set up great. It was as if you were in the middle of the zombie action. I wish I was allowed to take pictures of the inside to show the decor. one of the cool parts is the Governor's room with the heads in fish tanks. There you will also find his daughter trying to bite you.

 

Resident Evil: Escape From Raccoon City
This room was straight out of the video game. When you walk in the door there you meet the male player shooting at the undead as he tries to attack you.

Evil Dead
This house is based on the newly released remake of the Evil Dead. are are put in the middle with close contact with all the characters in the movie. It was like being one of them. Watch out for the woman in the floor, she is there waiting to get you.

The Cabin In The Woods
The details Universal has added to get the realism from the movie was great. This house is a strong house with all the bells and whistles. All I can say to not give too much away is the fact that the evelvators have all types of creatures waiting to eat you and any time. It was great.

An American Werewolf In London
This was for me a much anticipated house because I really enjoyed the movie. Like I had said before, they spare no expense to get these places to look as it did in the movies. I have to give you a warning on this one. There are LOTS of Werewolves.  
a Llorona
This one for me was not that good. Only because I have never seen or heard of this movie.

Havoc Derailed
It was with much regrete that I didn't get to walk through this house.

After Life: Death's Vengeance
This house was so different from all the others. It is not based on any movies, it was created by the people of Universal Studios. They give you paper glasses to wear while you walk through. I had a problem with them staying on but as I found out after they kept falling off that it doesn't cause any problems if you don't want to wear them.

This is the bycle woman from the show. ****Warning**** this is real, she has no legs.

As you can see I took this picure ealry in the day because of the wrapped dead body under the blue tarp.

When you walk through the park during the day, you can see where props are put out. The sword was in the tree by day and these two were added at night. They are still cool with thier pants falling down which might have caused them not to be able to get away fast enough.

This was the victim that was uncovered after the parked closed at 5pm to get ready for Horror Nights.

Yes that is a squirrel trying to get in to Rick’s guns. I guess theey need to fight off the undead as well.

They had dead people laying around where the undead would feed on them. They will also stop eating the old food for a chance to eat on some fresh food.

Pleygo Part 5

Hello again everyone. Today i am getting the chance to post about an update to the Pleygo.com Lego brick rental service. I received a new package in the mail yesterday in my mail box. Pleygo.com used a small box to ship Lego sets to it's customers. Based on the package I received yesterday, they are going in the right direction in saving money in shipping cost. The downside as they might find out later is that when kids get these in the mail they are going to rip open these envelopes that need to keep save so it can be used to send back otherwise parents will have to go out a buy new ones to use to for shipping.
One other positive point is that once they received my second set they 3rd in two was shipped out and it was in my mail box it just two days, a vast improvement to my first set. So I quickly put my set together and took it back apart bag it up and sent it back this morning to see a more accurate turnaround time for it. This will give my a a reason to keep my account or to cancel it based on the shipping of sets. If I can get a good turn around time I might just upgrade my membership from SuperFan to MegaFan. but only time will tell. Here are a few pictures of the package and set.

I chose to get the Desert Skiff 9496 from Star Wars

The new packaging use for my set.

Everything inside

The completed set and a few extra pieces

Luke getting ready to make a leap. "Use the Force"

I'm trapped. Or am I, Watch Episode VII to know more.

Z Day live game play

The following is from a kickstarter like site called pozible that is requesting money to start a zombie war zone.

Z DAY to view videos and to give money. We also need to have this done over here in the US. To me it looks like a great idea.

Z DAY CONCEPT & GAMEPLAY


Z DAY is a Live Action Role Playing Event that will be held in Sydney in 2013. If you've played video games like ‘Left 4 Dead’ and ‘DAYZ’, been addicted to TV Shows like ‘The Walking Dead’ and can't wait to see movies like ‘World War Z’ then you are going to love Z DAY!

This is a physical outdoor open world experience played on a 70 acre property in Sydney. Once you drive through our gates you will be immersed into a post apocalyptic landscape. It'll be like playing a 3D video game but everything that happens will be real and not virtual! The action and events will be unscripted. We will set up some parameters and missions but the rest will be up to you and your fellow players and every session has the potential to be different.

The setting is a world ravaged by a previously unknown virus. Once the virus broke out into the general population it quickly spread to create a global pandemic. Although vast areas and huge numbers of population have been lost to the infection, governments have been able to establish small containment lines known as Safe Havens. These last bastions are strongly guarded and remain the last hope of humanity. Outside the Safe Havens lie the Quarantine Zones and it is here that you will pick up the plot and play your role in Z DAY.

PLEYGO Part 4

I have been charged the next month's charge. I chose the $25 "SuperFan" that allows me to select sets from the "Fan" and "SuperFan" sets. It took me some time to get my first set as you can see in my first set of Pleygo entries. Just days before I was charge for my second month, I received my second set. both sets were from the "Fan" sets and I have yet to receive a set from the "SuperFan" selection. I still think this is a good service but they need to add more sets to choose from. I still have the second set as I have not had time to sit and put it together. that will change today, for I will be heading to Disney's Animal Kingdom on the 5th of July. If there is anything that you want me to check on for you while I'm there just let me know.

I will be tweeting and instagraming while I'm there.

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Twitter- @Plastictrooper1

Also once again to the people who work for Pleygo, let me know if you need someone to run the distribution center from SC.

World War Z movie review

Well it's been a couple of weeks since I was able to get on the computer to give my thoughts on the latest Brad Pitt movie "World War Z". I'm going to review without giving too much information to spoil the movie for you. I've read other reviews that compare this movie to other "Zombie" style movie and they don't give it a chance on it's own. If you have read the book you know it's a different style all together. This movie does not go in to the gore zone with Zombie slashing and heads rolling like scenes from AMCs The Walking Dead. But the movie does keep you on the edge of your seat waiting for what around the corner. There is a lot of action that takes place so watch each character you encounter. The money numbers are not as strong on the first weekend of release, but I'm sure Blu-Ray and DVD sales will exceed expectations. This is a movie that needs to be seen more than once and talked about for some time. This is a movie that involves the skill of thinking. trying to solve the problem before and seeing the connections that Brad's character. It will also make you read the book to get more information. It is a different type of "Zombie" for new fans.

Well worth the time and money to see it.

World War Z (movie)

As some of you may have noticed based on earlier post that I like all things Zombie. There is an upcoming movie staring Brad Pitt that everyone already knows and Mireille Enos who plays his wife. For those who don't know who Mireille, she portrays Sarah Linden the lead detective. The story of the movie is based on the novel by Max Brooks that takes Brad Pitt's character around the world looking for a solution for the possible zombie pandemic. I have high hopes for the movie that I hope that has not been over hyped.
The movie will be out in theaters on June 21st.
The book on the other hand was out in 2006.
There is an audiobook that was released in 2007. It can be bought through iTunes and Amazon.
Here is a link to thier website. World War Z
There is also a video game app you can download for $4.99. There is a nice video showing the game in action and looks great. Please read the warning before buying.
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Lone Ranger 79108

I just bought a new set the other day. It is from the new Disney's Lone Ranger collection. I like all of the former western Lego sets and these are even better.
This set is of the Stage Coach. It comes with 5 mini figs including The Lone Ranger and Tonto, two bad guys, and a female rider. You may notice in the pictures that the Lone Ranger is on a different black horse. That horse does not come with the set. That horse is from my Hobbit set. I just didn't want to take the others apart and saddle one of them up. The horses and the front of the Stage Coach are free flowing. In past sets, anything that is horse pulled was basically one long piece. A nice addition so new Lego fans can do the same in their own creations.

 

 

Here are a few pictures.