At 9:19, in the comparison photo, there’s what looks like a German soldier with his head down and I think that’s what they took for inspiration for the helmet for the machine gunner. Can’t explain the rest though, other than artistic licence.

I did notice the “Wasteland Ranger” shares footwear with the figure below; saving a few pence here and there? Doesn’t stop me wanting one, though...

And IDDQD; used to type that in chat on CS: Source and complain it wasn’t working, to see if anyone got the joke...

I miss arcades :-(

Wasn’t that because the rail the laser tracked bad and forth on was made of plastic and sat above the power supply, which inevitably got hot and warped the rail? I seem to remember a friend having to turn theirs upside down to play it was that bad....

Pffft, The Executioner would like a word......

Nah, more Mark Strong I think.

That’s the trouble I run into as well; love the outfit, no idea who they are or what they’re from.

It’s a nice idea, but having had to to rebuild the ConstructoMech when it’s spread across 3 35litre boxes is not fun (thanks, son!). We did discover that a kid’s paddling pool makes a good place to spread out the Lego while you spend hours looking for parts.

The Executioner got there first...

I was going to post this, glad I scanned down first

It has to be Farflame the Dragon Lord, from the Lords of Midnight.

What about Regular Shows’s episode “Fluffy Dice”? There’s even animatronic entertainers with an agenda!

Late to the party here, but about the same time the remake came out, there was a film which, as well as being an unofficial remake, capturecaptured the spirit of Carpenter’s film. Its title? The Nest, a French release which certainly didn’t get more than a straight to DVD release here in the UK.

Just remember; the molds are out there, somewhere.......

Hah! Everyone knows there was only one video game magazine with reading.....

Not without precedent; Bletchley Park used the Daily. Telegraph crossword to recruit icebreakers and (if I remember rightly), more recently MI5 hid a message broken into 5 pieces on their website for potential applicants to find. Each was concealed differently, similar to the above, which was a good idea, until The…

I reckon they'll just come up a variation, to maintain some control. Soluble Viagra, maybe a modified release version. I believe Viagra is used therapeutically in cardiology (pulmonary artery hypertension?)

Reminds me of the fun I used to have mocking up Shemue 3 cases and leaving them in the pre-owned section of my local Electronic Boutique.