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TOM SPINA In Conversation With DAVE CARSON

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In this edition of Blast Points Presents we are honored to share this seriously fun chat with our friend Regal Robot’s Tom Spina and ILM FX legend Dave Carson about his work sculpting Nien Nunb for Return of the Jedi and so much more.   From joining ILM during the end of Empire, designing some CLASSIC creatures from Return of the Jedi and the continuing question of what music was playing in the creature creation department! 

And don’t forget, Regal Robot’s insanely cool 40th anniversary edition Nien Nunb maquette is available this THURSDAY 6/25 for only 40 hours! 

SO, CHECK OUT ALL THE NEW SIGNATURE EDITION NIEN NUNB AND THE AMAZING STUFF REGAL ROBOT HAS GOING ON & JOIN THE EMAIL LIST HERE:

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EXPERIENCE TOM SPINA DESIGNS HERE: 

www.tomspinadesigns.com

Episode 359 – The Human Jabba Controversy With TOM SPINA

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This week it’s all about one of the greatest controversies in Star Wars history : HUMAN JABBA!  George Lucas claimed he always intended for Jabba to be a “large, loathsome creature”, but just how true is that?   Listen as we’re joined once again by Tom Spina and we explore all the evidence for and against this idea,   What about that mysterious art in From Star Wars to Jedi?  Who made it?  Was it even possible during the time of the original trilogy?  Who knows the truth, who’s lying and why did Han have fry poor Greedo like that?   We’re peeling back the layers of the mystery in this epic episode!  

So, get in your time machine, listen today and celebrate the love!  

CHECK OUT ALL THE AMAZING STUFF REGAL ROBOT HAS GOING ON & JOIN THE EMAIL LIST HERE : www.regalrobot.com

EXPERIENCE TOM SPINA DESIGNS HERE: www.tomspinadesigns.com

Check out the original article on The Secret History of Star Wars by Michael Kaminski

http://fd.noneinc.com/secrethistoryofstarwarscom/secrethistoryofstarwars.com/jabba.html

TOM SPINA In Conversation With JUDY ELKINS

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In this edition of Blast Points Presents, we are honored to bring you a conversation with our friend Tom Spina and the incredible Judy Elkins.   Star Wars fans know Judy as the creator of some of our FAVORITE Return of the Jedi creatures like YAK FACE, YUZZUM, THE TOADSTOOL TERROR!!   Tom and Judy also talk about her amazing and inspiring story of getting into work at ILM through studying art and animation, her influences, what music she listened to at ILM and so much more!  Listen today! CHECK OUT THE NEW YAK FACE ARCHIVE COLLECTION BUST AND ALL THE AMAZING STUFF REGAL ROBOT HAS GOING ON & JOIN THE EMAIL LIST here : www.regalrobot.com

Tom Spina In Conversation With ROGER CHRISTIAN

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In this edition of Blast Points Presents, we are honored to bring you a conversation with our friend TOM SPINA and ROGER CHRISTIAN! You may know Roger’s massive contribution to Star Wars for creating the lightsaber hilt and being a key figure in designing the “used universe” look that’s become just part of the galaxy far far away. Tom and Roger talk about life, work, design and everything in-between in this incredible chat!

Episode 343 – The Creature Creators of Jabba’s Palace with TOM SPINA

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We’ve talked about the creatures of Return of the Jedi but now the time has come to talk about the creators of the creatures!  They’re the aliens of Jabba’s Palace that we’ve loved for 40 years but who designed them?  Listen as we are joined once again by Regal Robot and Tom Spina Design’s Tom Spina to uncover the facts on who made who and what were they thinking?  Which ones are Phil Tippett monsters and which ones are Chris Walas?  Who made Yakface and how do you say Boushh? 

Listen today & celebrate the love!

TOM SPINA in conversation with CHRIS WALAS

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In this edition of Blast Points Presents, we are honored to bring you a conversation with our friend TOM SPINA and VFX and monster legend CHRIS WALAS!  You may know Chris from some little stuff like RETURN OF THE JEDI, GREMLINS, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, THE FLY and so much more.  Listen as Tom and Chris talk about life, work, design and everything in-between in this incredible chat.  

CHECK OUT ALL THE AMAZING STUFF REGAL ROBOT HAS GOING ON & JOIN THE EMAIL LIST here : www.regalrobot.com

EXPERIENCE TOM SPINA DESIGNS HERE: www.tomspinadesigns.com

TOM SPINA In Conversation With PHIL TIPPETT

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In this new edition of BLAST POINTS PRESENTS, we are happy to share the audio version of a conversation “our friend and frequent guest” Tom Spina from Tom Spina Designs and Regal Robot had with the legend that is PHIL TIPPETT!  Join them as they talk about creativity, inspiration,  stop motion, Mad God, Tauntaun heads, Starship Troopers, Howard the Duck and more!      

Check out the original video here : https://youtu.be/hJHu0P-nXgY

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VAN HALEN 1984 SERIES – HOT FOR TEACHER

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Our insane Van Halen 1984 project with Regal Robot’s Tom Spina continues as this time we examine the classic track, HOT FOR TEACHER in 19 minutes and 84 seconds!  Joining us on this incredible feat is Lucasfilm creative art manager, author and Van Halen fan PHIL SZOSTAK!  Listen as we wonder how this song is even possible and wonder if there is time travel happening in the iconic video!   You may think the clock is slow, but it only goes to 19 minutes and 84 seconds!   Listen today!

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Tom Spina in conversation with PHIL TIPPETT, DENNIS MUREN And JON BERG

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In this new edition of BLAST POINTS PRESENTS, we are happy to share the audio version of a conversation “our friend and frequent guest” Tom Spina from Tom Spina Designs and Regal Robot had with the group of legends that is PHIL TIPPETT, DENNIS MUREN and JON BERG!  It was originally recorded in April of 2021 and a video cut with only the Star Wars related content was released with the debut of the (now sold out) holochess replicas produced by Regal Robot.  

It’s a fascinating chat with some amazing moments and we are thrilled to present this for all of you to hear!  

check out the original video here : https://youtu.be/Ml5nUwLpOPg

CHECK OUT ALL THE AMAZING STUFF REGAL ROBOT HAS GOING ON & JOIN THE EMAIL LIST here : www.regalrobot.com

EXPERIENCE TOM SPINA DESIGNS HERE: www.tomspinadesigns.com

BLAST POINTS PRESENTS – A Conversation With Tom Spina And Ken Ralston!

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In this new edition of BLAST POINTS PRESENTS, we are happy to share the audio version of a recent conversation “our friend and frequent guest”  Tom Spina from Tom Spina Designs and Regal Robot had with multi-Oscar winning Vis. FX Supervisor Ken Ralston!  They’re talking about Ken’s incredible career, his visionary creature contributions to RETURN OF THE JEDI and more!  We all know and love the maquettes from From Star Wars To Jedi and Classic Creatures and Ken sculpted a handful of those AND now Regal Robot has just released their replica of the Weequay maquette that Ken created.  So check out this awesome chat with Tom and Ken!  

get your own Weequay here : https://regalrobot.com/shop/star-wars/starwars-busts-statues-collectibles/weequay-concept-maquette-replica/

watch the original video here : https://youtu.be/KWuSrbUeC0Q

and here : https://youtu.be/JHJaRMV1wnk

CHECK OUT ALL THE AMAZING STUFF REGAL ROBOT HAS GOING ON & JOIN THE EMAIL LIST here : www.regalrobot.com

EXPERIENCE TOM SPINA DESIGNS HERE:

www.tomspinadesigns.com