Monsterpalooza April 2013

I was out in Los Angeles in mid April for Monsterpalooza.    I’ve been attending this show for the last couple years and it is always fun to go out, visit friends, and meet new people.     Monsterpalooza offers a great variety of film panels celebrating monsters, cult movies, classic sci-fi and much more.   I was able to attend the King Kong presentation which included Bob Burns.   I sat in on the panel about the Phantom of the Opera with Carla Laemmle, and preview of the Ray Harryhausen Special Effects Titan documentary.

I did manage to add a few autographs to my collection including Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea on my Moebius Moonbus kit.   I chatted with the lovely Lisa Marie who played Vampira in Tim Burton’s Ed Wood, the hauntingly lovely Barbara Steele,  and the adorable Virginia Madsen.

Terry Webb brought the Amazing Figure Modeler Monster Maker model contest to the show.  There were plenty of great prizes to be awarded.  Some prizes were also provided by Moebius Models and the Alternate Universe Model Club

Here’s a gallery of many of the kits in the contest.    Sorry if I missed any!   There were plenty of great entries.

Hope to see you at the next show.  Visit the Monsterpalooza website for more information about future shows