In the movie The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl there are a couple of scenes where the main character has an alarm clock in the shape of a rocket that I'm looking to build. Before I go off and build the rocket from scratch I'm wondering if anyone knows what toy or objects it could have possibly been built from.
Rocket Clock
- Thread starter jgage
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I'm guessing the SBLG prop is a lot smaller, but I just yesterday discovered that a company called Pegasus Hobbies is about to release several really cool model kits, including something called "Apollo 27", which actually looks more like an old 50s sort of rocketship like the alarm clock. Of course this model is 27 inches long! :lol
http://www.pegasushobbies.com/prod scifi apollo 27.html
But it looks easy to modify into all sorts of cool rocketship designs, particularly if you replace the engine supports and the engine pods with something sleeker and more aerodynamic looking. :thumbsup
http://www.pegasushobbies.com/prod scifi apollo 27.html
But it looks easy to modify into all sorts of cool rocketship designs, particularly if you replace the engine supports and the engine pods with something sleeker and more aerodynamic looking. :thumbsup
Contec
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Any info you wanna share with everyone else?
Looks a little like the rocket Tintin traveled to the moon with.
I wasn't sure how much interest there was in this.
An old co-worker told me that the rocket clock was designed by Troy Engel who has been very helpful in answering my questions. You can see some production photos here: http://troyengel.com/html/rocketclock.html
The clock he built and the one that was used in the movie have different electronics. I'm waiting to do that part last because the one actually used in the movie can't show times past 9:59.
I'll post photos when I'm done.
ENDO-HUNTER
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Now that's very cool.
