“And to make certain that Argos is destroyed, let loose the last of the Titans! Release the Kraken!” Zeus. Clash of the Titans by Beverley Cross.Ā
TVTA takes a glance at the 1981 Look-In Film Special for the official illustrated adaptation of the film Clash of the Titans, adapted from the Beverley Cross script by Mary Carey with art by Dan Spiegle.
ITV Books, 1981, Great Britain.
Thanks for looking š
The Vintage Toy Advertiser 
This is really great! Thanks for sharing
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Battleram. It’s a cool adaptation of the film. I found out there is also a US version of it with a different cover.
LikeLike
Never knew about this Clash of the Titans adaptation, looks great, what a find!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Paul. I discovered it when it came in a small lot of annuals and Star Wars comics I picked up a while back. There is also a US version of it with a different cover.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Brilliant find, bet you were chuffed with that š
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi TVTA, is it my imagination or does the Kraken monster look a little like George Peppard as he clambers out of a lake dressed as a “lagoon monster” in the A-Team? (You see the clip in the title credits as he opens a flap on the costume to light up his cigar)
LikeLiked by 1 person
Great memory FT! Peppard’s costume in the opening credits to the A-Team looks a lot like the Kraken’s! Also do you remember in season 3 or 4 credits they had Face (actor Dirk Benedict – once in Battlestar Galactica) hanging around some films studios when he sees an extra dressed as a Cylon walking past? His expression is like: ‘Hey, don’t I know you from somewhere… mm, nah.’
What a cool 80s easter egg!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi again, yes I remember Starbuck’s reaction! Priceless! I understood the joke but none of my mates did. And I just realised that the Kraken has a toy look-a-like too…it looks a lot like Merman from He-Man and MOTU!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ha, you’re right… Merman from MOTU! Love it š He also has another toy look-a-like in the 70s Stretch Armstrong ‘Stretch Monster’. I have a cool ad for it here: https://thevintagetoyadvertiser.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/elastic-man-monstre-pif-gadget-501-1978-post.jpg
LikeLiked by 1 person
Haha! Stretch Monster for the win! That one is uncanny. And I think the Stretch Armstrongs are still being produced if I recall correctly.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yep, he made a comeback along with the green monster, plus some stretch DC heroes, Scooby Doo, WWE and others.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I thought I had seen adverts for the range as I remember thinking the WWE Stretches were just bigger versions of the 1990’s action figure range called “Bend ‘Ems” (I think that was the name, but I know they were made of a much more solid rubber/plastic).
LikeLiked by 1 person
I just realised the company that makes the new Stretch toys is ‘Character Options’- who also make the Doctor Who figures I’ve been collecting a long while now.
I still haven’t seen a Bend Em toy in the flesh yet! The range they’ve made for the Star Wars franchise alone is pretty impressive.
LikeLike
I think they were called Bend ‘Ems but they were shorter (about 5in) and weren’t articulated – you literally had to bend them. You couldn’t do much with them. And Dr Who figures, I’ve seen a few of those and they’re pretty accurate (I saw the series 11 collection a few years ago). But all these toys and not enough money….I couldn’t buy any.
LikeLiked by 1 person
The Doctor Who figures are very well detailed. I’ve had to curtail many purchases but the Dr Who ones I’ll keep steadily adding.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh I’ve just been introduced to a range of snap together scale models from the Star Wars universe made by Bandai. There are a few I’d like to get including the droids R2-D2 and R4-D5 (R4-D5 is the one Luke called Red which then exploded after he bought it from the Jawas) . I’ll have to save up a bit first though.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s a very neat find! What a fab cast. Thanks, TVTA! š x
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Resa. You’re right, that really was a fab cast of stars back then for that movie. I always looked forward to seeing it on TV along with the Sinbad and Jason films, especially to see the special effects of Ray Harryhausen š
LikeLike