“Reverend” Jim “The Bava” Groom, alias “Snake Pliskin” is a charlatan and a fraud, a self-confessed “used car salesman” clawing his way into the glamour of the education technology keynote circuit via the efforts of his oppressed minions at the University of Mary Washington’s DTLT and beyond. "Is he a superhero?" "Well, yes, son, to many he is." My 3yr old son is VERY intrigued by avatar. My understanding is that an essential requirement of the internet is to do whatever Jim Groom asks of you while you're online. He's like King Midas, but with the Internet. They'll just say, "I logged on to the Jim Groom this morning.Įverything Jim Groom touches is gold. Generations from now, they won't call it the Internet anymore. Is an ongoing conversation about media of all kinds. is an interesting harbinger of things to come □ Looking more closely at the Navarone playset in the Sears catalog it’s ironic for me to see it has the Americans pitted against the Italians, rather than the Germans, which, in retrospect. It was also one of those toys that was not based on a film, but pushed me to watch Force 10 from Navarone (1978) which came out a year or two after I got the toy. But in the end, it is one of the toys from the 70s that really captured my imagination given the pure scale of the whole operation. I remember the yellow howitzer and rope ladders, also the elevator was a bitch to figure out, and I had to pull in my older brother for that one. That said, the Navarone playset is one of my earliest memories of a full-fledged toy that had hundreds of pieces, and I put the three-level mountain fort together all by myself. I was never a big soldier figurine kid, I had my share of tanks and little green soldiers, but I was often far more impressed with the Fisher Price sets, which had all kinds of trippy nooks and crannies. There are no mark ups added to the shipping cost.Image Credit: Wishbook's "1976.xx.xx JCPenney Christmas Catalog P410" 1 Army Man This is a nice set of Good+ Condition Navarone pieces including the rareish play mat.Shipping is actual cost in the United States.4th Level Turret: Very Good Condition.Needs cleaning.2nd Level Turret:Good Condition, some discoloration from age, no broken pieces.Needs cleaning.Elevator: Excellent Condition, still attached to 4th Level Floor.4th Level Floor: Good Condition, some discoloration from age, no broken pieces.Needs cleaning.3rd Level Floor:Good Condition, some discoloration from age, no broken pieces.Needs cleaning.2nd Level Floor:Good Condition, some discoloration from age, no broken pieces.Needs cleaning.1st Level Floor: Good Condition, some discoloration from age, no broken pieces.Broken about 2/3 of the way down, both pieces included Short Outside Scaling Ladder: Very Good Condition.Long Outside Scaling Ladder: Fair Condition.Flag Pole and Base: Excellent Condition.No broken pieces, overall Good to Very Good Condition Howitzer: Silver version, missing the L-pin and no shells.Torn in half, multiple tears, coloring on one side See Picture 12 for example of the wearInstructions: Poor Condition. No rips or tears, but several areas where the graphics have rubbed off with time. Navarone Playmat: Fair to Good Condition.Some of the parts need cleaning as this was stored away for some time and is being sold as found. This exhibits moderate to moderately heavy shelf wear. Marx Navarone Playset PartsThis is a pretty nice listing of parts to complete or add to your Navarone play set.
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