shootsfx (August 29, 2008 at 10:35 am)

Thanks for the message. I was the director. The camera was a 35mm photosonics (developed for NASA originally) running at 360 xps. I did quite a lot of film fx stuff back in the day. Cheers.

debuglive (August 27, 2008 at 12:46 pm)

Shootfx, that exploson description is Genius mate! All this new age 3D rubbish - they don't make ad efx like they used to :-/

rebornonline (August 15, 2008 at 9:43 am)

I've still got one of these in my studio, it still works too....JUST!I'm only just now considering replacing it as the phono sockets are faulty.A very cool piece of kit. Nothing like it has been made before or since!Kudos to Amstrad for thinking outside of the box!

shootsfx (August 5, 2008 at 8:17 pm)

It was shot in reverse, but it wasn't blown-up. If it had been the action would have speeded up in the last second (like all reverse explosions). In fact, the set was built on the studio ceiling. Thus the wooden floor was facing down. The product had been sliced up and was dropped sequentially. At the last minute 2x2000psi air mortars were fired at the falling sections which blew them spinning out of shot. The four mikes and the cans were pulled out first. The explosion was fine magnesium flash.

aahbut (July 29, 2008 at 8:30 pm)

I bought one, they were awful

MarkWillsUK (July 1, 2008 at 9:05 pm)

Yeah, I think that was the Amstrad TS-88. Er, apparantly.

dmt2 (June 5, 2008 at 8:27 am)

I always wanted a set of octagonal drums and a piano guitar

iTalented (June 5, 2008 at 7:05 am)

The state of them speakers! Although it didn't stop me buying one!

Jerraph (May 8, 2008 at 9:01 am)

Amazing - I never knew such a thing existed! I would have LOVED that when I was a kid in the '80s.I'll stick to my Cubase and synths now though... a bit more versatile... :)

monsigna (April 30, 2008 at 8:44 pm)

Hey!.......ive still got one and it works fine lol....