Things seem to always happen in threes. Perhaps space-time operates on a tri-level system, causing triplicate reverberations
throughout what we perceive as reality (which is three dimensional,
interestingly enough). Or maybe it’s all just chaos and coincidence, I dunno.
What I do know is that November turned out to be very Zanti-centric month for
me in three distinct ways.
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First and foremost, I finally acquired the elusive
Zanti Prisoner action figure from Sideshow Collectibles. The Zantis are generally
scarce on the secondary market but, for some bizarre reason, a total of seven
of the critters showed up on eBay all in the span of two days. I figured the
universe was telling me something, so I threw financial caution to the wind (I
sold a few things to make up the difference, because I’m conscientious like
that). The Prisoner is every bit as cool as the Regent (which I picked up last
year), and I’m delighted that my set is complete (now I just need that
Andro/Helosian two-pack and I’ll have the entirety of Sideshow’s sadly limited OL output).
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Next up, the quarterly magazine Screem published two series-related articles by OL sensei David J. Schow, one covering
the show’s history and production, and the other discussing the series’ silver
anniversary. How is this a Zanti-related item, you ask? 500 issues featured a
beautiful alternate cover depicting one of the skittering little buggers. I
would’ve bought a copy no matter what, but I ended up buying two because….
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Schow’s encouragement and support for this blog has
been invaluable, and being mentioned in his article is just icing on the cake.
And speaking of cake….
I turned 45 in November, and my wife Teresa surprised
me with an awesome Zanti cake. She’s done a few Twilight Zone cakes for me over the years, but this was the first
(and hopefully not last) Outer Limits
effort. And yes, it was delicious.
We also dealt with a minor ant problem in our new
place throughout November, but I can’t prove a Zanti connection. Not yet,
anyway.
This is all cooler than I can take. And your WIFE made you a Zanti cake!!!! My wife won't even watch an episode with me. She sees all my Outer Limits and Twilight Zone books and DVDs and thinks it's ridiculous. She doesn't get it...and then returns to watching NCIS reruns. **shaking head**
ReplyDeleteI feel you, my friend. Wives, am I right?
ReplyDeleteAhem... just what about wives are you referring to, honey? ;)
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