sas@leadsv.UUCP (Scott Stewart) (07/08/85)
On July 3rd, I visited the Exploratorium in San Francisco. After four hours of playing with the various scientific exhibits, I decided to visit the gift shop While exploring the shelfs for any interesting gifts or books, I came upon a wonderful discovery. Setting in a little box, incon- spicously, near the corner of a shelf was a small toy. The box had the Buckaroo Banzai banner across it. As I looked in I saw a little round object, similar in size to the toy roulette wheel you get in Vegas. It came with a little key attached to a string. When you looked inside the object, the background had scenes of a dessert with mountains, and attached to the center by a long pole was BB's rocket car. On the key was a sticker of a mountain. The instructions on the bottom said top stick the key in the whole, sliding it all the way through the box. Then when you pulled the lever on the side of the disk, the rocket car traveled right through the key. Back and forth you pulled the lever, and BB would travel back and fourth through the mountain key, completely intact. This toy was called the Bickaroo banzai Illusion (or something similar). I had to get it, so I did. I paid my $1.49, a small price to pay, a wlaked of a happy man, secure in the knowledge that my day had been worthwile. Now, here's a question. Being a recent convert to the Buckaroo Banzai fandom, I'm looking for anymore BB paraphanelia. Please inform me of any you might know of. Scott A. Stewart LMSC "Order is organized Chaos"
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (07/12/85)
> > Now, here's a question. Being a recent convert to the Buckaroo Banzai > fandom, I'm looking for anymore BB paraphanelia. Please inform me of > any you might know of. > > Prior to the movie being released, they made the rounds of the science fiction conventions giving out "Team Banzai" headbands. In addition, they raffled off one "Team Banzai" jacket. -Ron Still feeling compelled to put a watermellon in our ten ton press.