Reliquary of The Rare, Ridiculous & Really Damn Weird - NOW OPEN

[Lexicon]

So wait, this was all filmed in California? That's even crazier. I guess it's not like either lions or tigers are native to California.

Yeah, they had trouble finding enough trained big cats, so they slowly accumulated them explicitly for the film. After filming, the Shambala Preserve was established & is still maintained as a big cat sanctuary, so... that’s a plus, at least.
Official site: The Shambala Preserve presented by The Roar Foundation

 

[SD45T-2]

Nifty invention from the late 19th century:

The baby cage

I guess that's safer than the Michael Jackson method.

 

[anticlimatic]

The hands resist him You can tell why it's creepy.

That painting always makes me think of this one. I get the same feeling looking at both.

 

[Maou]

That painting always makes me think of this one. I get the same feeling looking at both.

I know someone who hangs this in their living room lol.

 

[Lexicon]

The end is the worst.

 

[Z Buck McFate]

I love House On the Rock. One of my favorite things there is this 19th century lady's prosthetic leg gun (in a section full of weird weapons). I have a lot of favorite things there though.

This is from a 1975 made-for-TV movie called Trilogy Of Terror. If I'm remembering correctly, it started the beginning of certain kinds of shows only being broadcast after 8 or 9 pm because so many parents called in to complain about it scaring their children. I saw it a couple years ago and had "holy crap, this is that show!!" deja vu. I grew up with certain scary images in my head, with no idea where they came from (regardless of how funny this is by today's standards).

 

[Peter Deadpan]

I hate when that happens.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Warning: Contains claymation genitals.

I gotta say, I'm very impressed by the animation skills. I feel like the various movements are relatively lifelike within the confines of the medium. Claymation's interesting because where traditional animation is a series of drawings/painitings, claymation is a series of sculptures.

 

[Peter Deadpan]

Warning: Contains claymation genitals.

I gotta say, I'm very impressed by the animation skills. I feel like the various movements are relatively lifelike within the confines of the medium. Claymation's interesting because where traditional animation is a series of drawings/painitings, claymation is a series of sculptures.

That's some Sp/Sx shit right there.

 

[Lexicon]

Warning: Contains claymation genitals.

I gotta say, I'm very impressed by the animation skills. I feel like the various movements are relatively lifelike within the confines of the medium. Claymation's interesting because where traditional animation is a series of drawings/painitings, claymation is a series of sculptures.

I love this guy’s stuff! Saw this series a decade ago:

Absolutely belongs here.

 

[Luminous]

Ooh, I saw his Faust in college.

 

[Lexicon]

This creepy/hilarious gadget from the 1950s belongs here.

Massage your “gums.” Sure.

Manual:

Ad:

 

[Lexicon]

Friend emailed me this screenshot. I figure it belongs here:

 

[Luminous]

Friend emailed me this screenshot. I figure it belongs here:

And wallpaper... Arsenic and Old Tastes Made Victorian Wallpaper Deadly
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A deadly book... How a Library Handles a Rare and Deadly Book of Wallpaper Samples - Atlas Obscura

 

[The Cat]

Population control has always existed in fashion and architecture, I'm betting food is the current modus operandi. Welcome to my mind. There's no turning back.

 

[Peter Deadpan]

Friend emailed me this screenshot. I figure it belongs here:

The dress at left is basically my favorite color, so I'd have been screwed if given the resources. Go figure.

 

[The Cat]

The dress at left is basically my favorite color, so I'd have been screwed if given the resources. Go figure.

The needs of the many deadpan. Your inclination to self sacrifice for the continued evolution of the human race and preservation of the ecosystem has been duly noted *Hands you a ticket good for one favorite colored dress to be redeemed at your nearest government facility.* I'm starting a new conspiracy theory on population control. Want in on the ground floor? It'll be possibly fun and potentially distracting from the enneui of existence, while giving paranoid folks like me and Lark the screaming willies. [MENTION=7280]Lark[/MENTION] I'm starting a new consipracy theory want in?

 

[Z Buck McFate]

 

[The Cat]

A Fiji mermaid for your house warming!

 

[Peter Deadpan]

A Fiji mermaid for your house warming!

I want this.