This file is one of the Wolfstone archives of the Halloween mailing lists. You can find out more, and reach the entire collection here: http://www.pobox.com/~wolfstone/_r/HalloweenArchive.html This is a copy of Don Bertino's archive from http://www.calweb.com/~bertino/halloween.html on the subject of "sources". Minor changes have been made, mostly removal of E-mail headers and signatures, but the germane content is unchanged. - - From: dbell at cup.portal.com Subject: Surplus sources Date: Fri, 9 Jun 95 17:57:37 PDT Denny (milwiron) suggested we post some of our favorite sources for 'obtainium'. Good idea! Here are a couple I have used: Marlin P. Jones & Associates P.O. Box 12685 Lake Park, FL 33403-0685 (407) 848-8236 (800) 4-FAX-YES (fax, of course!) Surplus, new and used, electronics, electromechanical, test equipment, kits. A lot of motors, servos, some optoelectronic stuff. BASIC Stamp kits and add-ons. Quarterly(?) catalog. American Science & Surplus 3605 Howard St. Skokie, IL 60076 (708) 982-0870 (800) 934-0722 (fax) Terrific, broad-spectrum surplus house. Tools, books, kids' stuff (rubber toys, halloween(!) goodies, early science toys, etc.), lab supplies,mechanical, optics, and a weird sense of humor... - - From: milwiron at ix.netcom.com (D.D. ) Subject: More sources Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 10:29:43 -0700 (PDT) Some more sources for the Halloweenaholic builder- C & H Sales Co. P.O. Box 5356 Pasadena, CA. 91117-9988 1-(800) 325-9465 112 page free catalog of all kinds of electrical and mechanical surplus...motors, small air cylinders, pumps, valves, electronic components, etc. Fair pricing MCM Electronics 650 Congress Park Dr. Centerville, OH. 45459-4072 1-(800) 543-4330 325 page catalog free if you supply a company name. New electronics from home appliance repair parts to a big selection of semiconductor components, kits and everything in between. Nice strange selection J&R Music World (mentioned in an earlier post) 1-(800) 221-8180 New consumer electronics of every sort, free catalog. They carry FOG MACHINES starting at $129.95 and FOG JUICE for $24.95 a gallon. They also sell Disco/DJ type sound components, and special lighting effects etc. Also all types of stereo, computer and software products. Good service. LNS Technologies 20993 Foothill Blvd, Suite 307 Hayward, CA. 94541 1-(800) 886-7150 Small catalog of unusual electronic kits and supplies. They list a Recordable/Talking Infra-red Motion Detector kit for 79.99. A little pricy but ya never know. - - Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 10:29:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Bertino Subject: Sources Hi Everybody! Great list of sources!!! (I have included the ones already forwarded to the list below) Advantech 750 East Arques Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 800-800-6889 "Industrial automation with PC's" ;-) Free catalog available A bit pricy, but for $175, you get a 32input/32output digital I/O board. This can drive relays that run anything you want. I bought the daughter boards that go with it, so I have control of 32 digital "switchs" 230V/5A each. I have designed my control system in C (it can be easily run from basic). I have design my house on the screen, and when the lights go on the screen, they go on outside on the house. This year, tieing in the input channels! Buttons to push, pressure senstive switch on the ground, etc... ;-) - - From: dbell at cup.portal.com Subject: Surplus sources Date: Fri, 9 Jun 95 17:57:37 PDT Denny (milwiron) suggested we post some of our favorite sources for 'obtainium'. Good idea! Here are a couple I have used: Marlin P. Jones & Associates P.O. Box 12685 Lake Park, FL 33403-0685 (407) 848-8236 (800) 4-FAX-YES (fax, of course!) Surplus, new and used, electronics, electromechanical, test equipment, kits. A lot of motors, servos, some optoelectronic stuff. BASIC Stamp kits and add-ons. Quarterly(?) catalog. American Science & Surplus 3605 Howard St. Skokie, IL 60076 (708) 982-0870 (800) 934-0722 (fax) Terrific, broad-spectrum surplus house. Tools, books, kids' stuff (rubber toys, halloween(!) goodies, early science toys, etc.), lab supplies,mechanical, optics, and a weird sense of humor... - - From: clburdick at aol.com (CLBurdick) Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft,rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft Subject: Re: Fake brick? Help pls Date: 25 Jun 1995 20:33:25 -0400 In addition to the foam idea, there are companies that make Vacuum formed brick sheeting out of plastic. The stuff is aamazingly lifelike. I think you can get it from Great American Market. Address-826 North Cole Ave, Hollywood, California, 90038, (213) 461-0200 - - Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 11:44:52 -0700 From: milwiron at ix.netcom.com (D.D. ) Subject: Web Halloween source There's another source on the web for Halloween props, costumes, small quantities of latex, fake blood, books and videos, it's a company called The Nightmare Factory. Their home page is at I have no experience ordering from them, if anyone does let us all know. - - From: robwk at owlnet.rice.edu (Robert William Kimbro) Subject: yet another source Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 11:39:07 -0500 (CDT) Hello all, I have yet another source for halloween effects and costuming. My employer, Performing Arts Supply Company, has just entered the net with an e-mail address at pasco23 at aol.com. PASCo is a theatrical supply company located in Houston, TX which rents and sells costumes, lighting equipment, fog machines, makeup, other effects equipment and supplies, and the occasional property. I am the head of the technical department (translate - everything but costumes) and can be reached at (713) 681-8688 or at my personal e-mail address, robwk at owlnet.rice.edu. - - Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 08:39:44 -0700 From: milwiron at ix.netcom.com (D.D. ) Subject: ...and More Sources Here's a good source if your into working with special make- up effects, masks, etc. They offer a large selection of latex, silicone and urethane molding compounds, colorants, paints, sculpting materials, hair, eyeballs, fake blood, false teeth, make-up, latex face appliances, how-to books and videos. Burman Ind. Inc. 14141 Covello St. Suite 6-A Van Nuys, CA. 91405 (818) 782-9833 Catalog cost? - - Date: Tue, 29 Aug 95 08:16 PDT From: bdosfx at wimsey.com (Brian Oberquell) Subject: Re: ...and More Sources >Burman Ind. Inc. >14141 Covello St. Suite 6-A >Van Nuys, CA. 91405 >(818) 782-9833 >Catalog cost? Catalog cost is $3.00 US (includes P&H) Here are some more sources and books I've found in my "travels":: Tri-Ess Sciences Inc. 1020 W. Chestnut St. Burbank, CA 91506 (800) 274-6910 FX catalog $3 Alcone Company, Inc. 5-49 49th Ave. Long Island, NY 11101 (718) 361-8373 Catalog $5 Kryolan Corp. 132 Ninth St. San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 863-9684 Catalog $5 Pink House Studios Inc. 35 Bank St. St. Albans, VT 05478 (802) 524-7191 No catalog listed but...? And, if you want to _really_ go all out... Dick Smith's Advanced Professional Make-up Techniques $1995 (gasp!) for 600 pages of text, slides, video, newsletters Send SASE to: Dick Smith 5313 Siesta Court-C Sarasota, FL 34242 Here's a list of books that may be of some help: TECHNIQUE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MAKE-UP ARTIST by Vincent J-R Kehoe (1985 Focal Press, ISBN 0-240-51244-8) Covers _everything_ about makeup but also has a section on FX makeup and casting that was later published separately (I don't have the ISBN number for that...) TECHNIQUES OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAKEUP by Lee Baygan (1982 Watson-Guptill, ISBN 0-8230-5260-5 THE text to get -- if possible: it's out of print but I hear that Burman got some copies in... THE PROP BUILDER'S MOLDING & CASTING HANDBOOK by Thurston James (1989 Betterway Publications, ISBN 1-55870-128-1) Covers most aspects of M&C, a very good book. GRANDE ILLUSIONS by Tom Savini (1983/1984/1987 {printings} Imagine, Inc., ISBN 0-911137-00-9) Not a tech manual but lots of good stuff on "how did they do that?" PLASTER MOLD & MODEL MAKING by Chaney & Skee (1973 Prentice Hall Press, ISBN 0-671-60896-7) Written for ceramics work but excellent for understanding multiple-piece moulds, determining parting lines, etc. I hope you took notes as there'll be a quiz next week... :-) - - From: "BHendrsn at kirk.microsys.net" Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 13:17:10 +0000 Subject: Southern California Halloween Stores This is directed to listmembers in Southern California. Has anyone seen any Halloween stores that impressed you? I'm still looking for some ideas and some of these stores seem to have some really nice ideas. One that I would suggest people visit would be the Halloween Store in the Montclair Plaza in San Bernardino county. Not only do they have a big selection of supplies but it looks like the people who work there really love what they do and have put together some interesting displays. - - Date: Mon, 14 Aug 95 06:49:59 EDT From: lewisw at oasys.dt.navy.mil (Bill Lewis) Subject: Spencer's Gifts This past weekend I was at the maul, and they just opened the Spencer's Gifts seasonal store for Halloween. It's almost that time of year again. They do have some neat props, as well as the usual stuff. Some of the props are not too expensive, and quite effective. It all gets me thinking on what I can add for this year. - - Date: Tue, 15 Aug 95 06:16:05 EDT From: lewisw at oasys.dt.navy.mil (Bill Lewis) Subject: Re: Spencer's Gifts >On Mon, 14 Aug 1995, Bill Lewis wrote: > >Hi Bill! > >> This past weekend I was at the maul, and they just opened the Spencer's >> Gifts seasonal store for Halloween. It's almost that time of year again. >> They do have some neat props, as well as the usual stuff. Some of the props >> are not too expensive, and quite effective. It all gets me thinking on what >> I can add for this year. > >Well...... Lets here about it! You got me slobbering all over myself and... >:) If you get a chance, can you post what you liked and what was new? >(and prices :) Well the most impressive items were the soft and hard foam props. They have some large Gargoyles that are very good, about $30. They also have body parts, leg, arm, and head that are $20-30, pretty realistic. For about $150 you can buy a corpse torso. For $20 they have a hard plastic, lifesize skull. An electric 3 stick candelabra for about $15-20, with flickering flame bulbs and lighted skull base. $50 gets you a foam skull stack, $30 a fairly decent skeleton. That's about all I can remember on the prices. They also had some other interesting stuff, a 3D front door hanging depicting a goul breaking out of a boarded up door, flashing eye lights $2 that you can put into anything, glowing eyes on a string and little lighted skeletons (like xmas tree lights), cammo netting, large spider, large spider with web, assorted goulish wall hangings, noise activated ghost and spider $15. They also carry costumes and supplies including the hard to find full face latex "appliances" that are painted and glued to your face. As well as the usual assortment of rubber masks. One last thing to mention, they had a life size Frankenstein monster that is strapped to a table, wrapped in bandages with clear tubes running in and out. I have no idea how much it is, I would guess that it would be on the order of $500, possibly more. - - From: dak at biosym.com Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 05:57:57 PDT Subject: Re: Spencer's Gifts >Maybe if there is enough interested, I'll repost them to the list in >digest format. Hey, I'm interested! BTW, if anyone is near San Diego a Halloween shop opened last weekend at Grossmont Mall. They had some great stuff, life size rotted corpses being gnawed with battery operated rats, styrofoam tombstones-not those cheap ones-these have gargoyles and skulls and look realistic. They also have a panel that hangs on the wall made out of latex & styrofoam that looks like Frankenstein breaking through a brick wall. The prices are pretty steep for the more elaborate stuff, but hey, where else are you gonna find a rotted corpse (legally). Deb I keep trying to tell you I'm not morbid, I just love HALLOWEEN! - -