KERRANG! Article: The King of Depravity (1988)

K! Article: The King of Depravity (1988)

by Giovanni Dadomo.

An article from KERRANG! magazine about Aleister Crowley. Issue number ???, but I'm pretty sure it was published sometime in 1988. It's a typical condensed magazine bio, but I know at least one person who might enjoy seeing it - the claim that Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat (1985) novel is 'brilliant' notwithstanding. Even self-indulgent wankery has its fans. YMMV.

Cadbury's The Dandy and Beano Card Game (1990)

Cadbury's The Dandy and Beano Card Game (1990)

Promotional Game by Waddingtons Games Ltd for Cadbury's

Unlike The Cadbury's Transformers Card Game (1986) that I made a post about previously, The Dandy and Beano one has no outer card wallet. The image to the right is a quick, crappy cut 'n' paste modification of the Transformers one.

The game is for 2-4 players. In addition to a single instruction card, there are 8 unique character designs. Each of those are reproduced 4 times for a total of 33 cards. You can find pics of them all below the cut. They measure approx 57 x 87 mm. The objective of the game is to be the first person to get rid of all held cards.

A retail Beano only version was also available with additional characters (Ball Boy; Gnasher + Gnipper; Billy Whizz; Walter the Softy; Lord Snooty; Ivy the Terrible), which increased the card count accordingly. It was packaged in a proper card pack with full colour artwork. I don't own it, so don't know if it had additional rules. Billy and Walter could certainly allow for some.

Masters of the Universe: Attak Trak (1983)

MotU: Attak Trak - Battle Machine (1983)

It's Motorized!

Scream!: Unused Logo, Banners, etc.

Related to the Scream! posts on The 7th and Last blog.

I mocked up quite a few variations of the Scream! logo for posts on The 7th and Last blog. The images weren't used, in the end — at time of writing, anyhow — but there's no reason to leave them collecting virtual cobwebs in a folder, alongside the hundreds of other unused things from dozens of other posts. It's a wonderfully nostalgic logo. Maybe they'll be of use to someone.

The Beano: Fan Club Stuff (c.1980s)

The Beano: Fan Club Stuff (c.1980s)

Cadbury's The Transformers Card Game (1986)

Cadbury's The Transformers Card Game (1986)

Promotional Game by Waddingtons Games Ltd for Cadbury's

I don't recall how I came to own the Cadbury's TF Card Game. I was a chocolate eater at the time, so it may have been a token collect thing, or it may have been another jumble sale purchase. The memory of it is lost to time.

The packaging is a simple cardboard wallet inside which are housed 30 cards. The wallet measures approx 90 x 120 mm. The cards are approx 57 x 87 mm.

In addition to 2 instruction cards (see below), there are 7 unique card designs: 4 Autobot + 3 Decepticon (also below). Each of the 7 designs are reproduced 4 times for a total of 30 cards. The objective is to obtain all 4 cards of any one design, so there being more 'Heroic' than 'Evil' characters doesn't unbalance gameplay at all.

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