Thread: Terra at Transworld 2011

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This was a surprising year! Transworld upped their game (once again) and we met so many forum members & Hauntcast.... partied hard with fellow haunters and lived to tell about it.

As with previous Transworld reports, made a video but now it's improved... it's in full HD! (new camcorder):






Notes about Video (I'll post show prices if I have them):

Beginning: (Pale Night Productions) Just love how he pulls you right into the scare. At Time Stamp :37 - when the furnace opens - a fan blows a burning scent at you. WoW! At 1:14 - when the window breaks, not only do you get a huge breeze but there is a water sprinkler above you.

1:26 (Robert Kurtzman's Creature Corps): Best statue costume ever! Very hard rubber and part of the costume is the table. The actor slips in from behind and stands with his elbow resting on the table ledge. Effective.

1:34 (Dead House Designs): These just aren't any bugs projected onto the wall. You can program the software to tell the bugs to react to the surface they are on. So, if there is a beam on the wall, the bugs will hit it, stop and turn away. Made the illusion realistic.

2:21 (Midnight Studios FX): The standout vendor at the show. Acres of jaw-dropping realistic props and costumes. The artistry was incredible.

2:47 (Haunted Enterprises): Wanted to show everyone the simplicity to get a prop to swing like that. $900

3:30 (many vendors): This was a walk-through haunt on the show floor. What a treat! At 4:01 check out the swarms of bugs on the wall. Looked real.

4:36 (Gore Galore): They rocked this year especially with that Goat Head. If you look under the canopy you see that it's suspended from the ceiling and you can slide it forward. There are less pneumatics needed and with the actor moving the prop, it becomes much more realistic in it's movements. $3500

4:44: Fright Theatre (Boogedy's creator) and DC Design Studio (we know them as DC Props): They teamed up for a stand-out booth. This is great stuff for us home haunters.


5:12 to end (The Scare Factory): They surprised me with their focus on electrical motors. Loved them! 5:14 - That FCG is electric. If you look towards the floor, it is using a lot of counter-balancing to get the hovering (see the weights?). $2200 5:44 - That is an incredibly powerful air cannon under that coat rack. $2300 6:30 - Another electric-powered motor here. Love the slow, spooky movement. $1400 6:54 - This monster must have been over 20' tall. It just went up and up and moving everywhere. Show-stopper! $14,000 Christmas present!!!!







Onto the Pictures....



Midnight Studios FX: Just thinking of them again makes my mouth gap open. The creativity... I mean a werewolfy monster with wings??? Oh yeah, it works! Costume - $2200








Midnight Studios FX: Loved this little guy so much that he became our big purchase at the show. His eyes glow red too. $400







Onadira: This is sold as a kit, you supply the lumber and they supply the hardware. $180








NightScream Studios: This is a wall panel that they put on the ground to make a skull pile. Thought it was a great idea. $145









Little Spider Creations: This 'little' spider had to have been at least 10 feet! $2355








LHB Designs: These masks have air supplied to them and when you set it off, the hair or hat (or whatever) flails. $300









Immortal Masks: Look at the detail of the vampire one. $450










Haunt Tactics: A costume that when he was walking the show floor, you got outta the way! $1300









Hauntek: These are 10 watt LED Outdoor lights. They have a remote so you can change the colors, pulse and strobe. Thinking of getting these to uplight the Demon Horse just made. $60




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GAG Studios: Great-looking gargoyle. It's outdoor rated, mists and the eyes light up. The table top comes off. $280










Froggys Fog: Seen several versions of this at the show. This one has the scents in a cat food-type can and you put it in the scent distributer and it's fan blows the scent through the room. $20. Scent cups were $20










Fright Props: Here was another prop throughout the show floor.... crackers. Obviously, it will be the new big prop this year. $29










Fright Props: They focused on their electric motor and all the uses for it. $250










Edge Designs and Theme Decor: Simple but effective. You hear weeping and the roses pull down slowly like they are wilting then suddenly pop back up. $650










Digital Sound & Lighting: Finally had a chance to check out a Butt-kicker. It's simply mounted on a plywood platform (with rubber bumpers to avid damaging concrete). When you are standing on it and he turns it on, you swear you are being electrocuted. All by using a butt-kicking mega subwoofer speaker. Hee!










Dark Raven Designs: Loved the look of this gothic window. $550











Dark Raven Designs: His snakes are as awesome as his spiders. Thought this pose for the snake was really good. Simple pneumatic pushes it forward but it looks so real that it scares 'ya. $850










Dark Raven Designs: Speaking of their awesome spiders. You can now get a static version. Yep, we got one... I mean, really.... who could resist this beauty? $300



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NightScream Studios: Those crackers were also jammed into tubes to make a wicked and scary hand-held prop.











Trick or Treat Studios: Ordered these three new masks. $30









Here's the stuff we got and took home. Couple of T-shirts, awesome claws ($5), fangs ($5), latex vampire prosthetics ($20), airbrush stencils ($30 each - chain link and broken glass), two How-to DVDs ($50 each), Bloody Mary Ice Crystals make-up ($6 each), Wolfe makeup ($8 & $12) and some gifts and samples










And, before we left .... WHITE CASTLES! mmmmmm..... mmmmmmm. $ priceless







There are some more pictures in my album here: http://www.halloweenforum.com/member...orld-2011.html




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Whoa, I so want to be part of that someday. Good choice on the Midnight Studios Prop...I love his sculpture! Did you meet Kyle? ....Love the spider you got to.. and, you just cant beat the price Trick or Treat Studios is selling their great mask's for.. Good for them!

Everything is so inspiring...always makes me want to get better...thanks for all the photos!!

Looks like loads of fun and the props are amazing. Thanks for sharing, Terra

Thanks for showing us all the fun we missed.

Now I'm thinking I need to build a big gargoyle that won't blow off my roof

What does that flash cracker do?

Thanks. It was a hoot!

Originally Posted by chop shop

Good choice on the Midnight Studios Prop...I love his sculpture! Did you meet Kyle?

I shook his hand and gushed about how great everything was.

Originally Posted by Scatterbrains

What does that flash cracker do?

Not sure if you've seen the Sparking Fuse Box thread talking about Pale Night's prop at the show last year: Sparking fuse box but we've been trying to figure out how it made the sparks. Well, it seems the pro industry was too because this year they were everywhere!