"On the day the last human died...the Age of the Sleekstak began."

Sleestak by Arthur Adams (2023).

I stumbled on to the 3 seasons of Land of the Lost (currently on YouTube for free) and I started watching an episode. When I was a kid this was a show I loved. There’s a lot of GenX love for the Saturday morning shows of the 70s, but the truth is a lot of those shows were pretty terrible. Land of the Lost was a cut above. There’s actually some interesting writing in various episodes (the Zarn is Star Trek level of impressive) and of course the stop motion animation/puppet work was impressive. It’s one of the few shows that immediately gives me those reverberations of being a little kid. A detail I noticed was how throughout the episode there is this consistent sound of dinosaurs and environment in the background. Sonically very alive. The music is this weird/effective mix of banjo and synth. Quite memorable.

Land of the Lost (1974 - 1977)

Sleestaks, the poor man's Gorn.

LOTL Factoid: Land of the the Lost actor John Locke who played the Sleestak Leader also played the Tappa in Abominable Snowman.

From the classic TV show here is the Land of the Lost resin kit. The kit is approx. 8" tall and 7" wide. A must have for land of the Lost fans.

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Entitled “the Abominable Snowman”, this set tells the story of Corny the Unicorn and how the Marshalls survive their encounter with the dreaded “Tapa”, the name the Pakuni have given to the Abominable Snowman.

These are so freakin cool… You can find a lot more of this kind of thing at the Mego Museum.