Poll
Question:
Pick no more than two.
Option 1: Creature from the Black Lagoon
Option 2: Dracula
Option 3: Frankenstein
Option 4: Mummy
Option 5: Phantom of the Opera
Option 6: Wolf Man
Which two of these Hasbro Painting by Numbers sets do you like the best?
Creature from the Black Lagoon
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HasbroCreaturePaint.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HasbroCreature3.png)
Dracula
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HasbroDraculaPaint5.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HasbroDracula3.png)
Frankenstein
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HasbroFrankensteinPaint5.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HasbroFrankenstein3.png)
Mummy
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HasbroMummyPaint.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Hasbromummy3.png)
Phantom of the Opera
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HasbroPhantom3.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Hasbrophantom3-1.png)
Wolf Man
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HasbroWolfmanPaintset.png)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HasbroWolfman3.png)
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I only owned THE WOLF MAN, so I went with him. The Dracula looks pretty cool, too, but for my 2nd choice, I picked Frank.
I think I might have shared this story on the forum once before, but since it specifically pertains to this subject I'll share it again briefly...
My father had the Creature one when he was a kid. His mom bought it for him and when they got home he immediately opened it up and set to work on it. He worked on it for quite a while and finally got it done. He was so excited when he finished it that he propped it up on his desk so he could look at it while he laid in bed that night. When he woke up the next morning, he found (to his horror) that the paints ran and dried like that over night and the whole thing was completely ruined! He never got another one and ever since then always wanted to re-do it. So for Christmas a few years back i decided it would be a cool Christmas gift to hunt one down for him so he could finally do one successfully. That quest is actually how I found this forum! I learned that it was an incredibly rare piece but some of you were awesome enough to share some photos of the packaging and the item itself. I used those photos and set to work in Photoshop retracing it and reconstructing a new one as close as I possibly could to the original! It actually worked out really well too! He flipped out when I gave it to him and he finally got to paint one and have it survive!
Wow! Too cool. Great story!
Why don't you take a picture of the piece your father finished and post it here for us to see?
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I definitely will! Shortly after he finished it we moved from South Florida up to Charlotte, NC and it's in a stack of items that we haven't unpacked yet. We are going to be finishing out our basement soon as a big entertainment area and part of it will be a display for all of our toys and collectibles and he want's to put it in there, so to keep it protected it's still in the sleeve we packed it in to move, but as soon as I get it out I will DEFINITELY post pictures up of it!
Frank & Drac. Although it's tough to leave out the Creech.
JP
Great story Creaturerevenge!
I'd have to go with Dracula or the Wolfman. Odd combo of Wolfman from A&C Meet Frankenstein, with Curse of the Werewolf clothes...again!
Chris
My picks:
Mummy
Phantom of the Opera
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It's hard to pick just two 'cuz I like 'em all. The first three that were produced -Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolf Man seem to have a little more detail in the actual paint by numbers than the second set of three that came out. I've had Frankenstein, Draula and the Wolf Man since I was a kid. My older brother painted them and gave them to me back in the '60's and I still have them and they're some of my most prized possessions. I don't have the boxes for them, though.
Hard call. I voted for Creature and Wolfman, but Franky would be a close third.
Quote from: Monolith on June 30, 2012, 05:01:36 PMMy older brother painted them and gave them to me back in the '60's and I still have them and they're some of my most prized possessions.
Cool! And the longer you keep them, the more prized they'll become!
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I'm surprised Dracula isn't doing better to me he is the one that looks the most well done.
I'm surprised that a total of only fifteen members have voted in a poll devoted to a Universal Monster item. I'd expect something like a hundred votes.
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I went with Mummy and Dracula.Don't know why, I just like the looks of them.
Anyone know why the box illos and the actual paintings are so different in color ?
Quote from: The Mighty Bongo on July 03, 2012, 07:54:04 PM
I went with Mummy and Dracula.Don't know why, I just like the looks of them.
Anyone know why the box illos and the actual paintings are so different in color ?
The art had to be dumbed-down so a kid could paint it, would be my guess.
BTW, if you notice, the Frank/Drac/Wolfman sets have more complex, better done box art based on movie stills. The Creature and Phantom are simplified versions of Bama's Aurora box art. The Mummy is just simple.
I voted for the Creature & Dracula.
The leaders in early returns:
Frankenstein 9
Dracula 8
Creature from the Black Lagoon 7
Wolf Man 6
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I kinda wish there were reprints of these with a color guide. It would be cool to pain them and hang them.
Quote from: horror1o1 on July 06, 2012, 09:46:15 PMIt would be cool to pain them and hang them.
Spoken like a true slasher movie fan!
ggege
Quote from: Hepcat on July 06, 2012, 10:12:37 PM
Spoken like a true slasher movie fan!
ggege
Oops! LOL! i do like slasher films i guess that showed threw. I actually love all horror.
Quote from: Hepcat on July 06, 2012, 10:56:38 AM
The leaders in early returns:
Frankenstein 9
Creature from the Black Lagoon 8
Dracula 7
Wolf Man 6
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Did Creech lose one?
Creature from the Black Lagoon 7
Dracula 8
Frankenstein 9
Wolf Man 6
frankenstein & dracula
although, i love them all !!!!!
Quote from: aura of foreboding on July 06, 2012, 11:05:38 PM
Did Creech lose one?
Sorry. I believe I transposed the vote totals for Dracula and the Creature. It's fixed now in my post.
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Okay. No need to apologize. I was just wondering if people could retract votes! hahaha
I honestly think Dracula and Frank are the best done. Although Wolfman comes in right behind. At least in my opinion.
I honestly don't care that much for the finished Frankie, but I love Dracula and the Wolf Man. The Creature is also very cool.
Quote from: aura of foreboding on July 07, 2012, 05:52:37 PM
Okay. No need to apologize. I was just wondering if people could retract votes! hahaha
Yes they can.
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Quote from: Hepcat on July 07, 2012, 09:08:56 PM
Yes they can.
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But who would want to do that to old Gill? ;)
Quote from: creaturerevenge on June 26, 2012, 12:56:38 PM
I think I might have shared this story on the forum once before, but since it specifically pertains to this subject I'll share it again briefly...
My father had the Creature one when he was a kid. His mom bought it for him and when they got home he immediately opened it up and set to work on it. He worked on it for quite a while and finally got it done. He was so excited when he finished it that he propped it up on his desk so he could look at it while he laid in bed that night. When he woke up the next morning, he found (to his horror) that the paints ran and dried like that over night and the whole thing was completely ruined! He never got another one and ever since then always wanted to re-do it. So for Christmas a few years back i decided it would be a cool Christmas gift to hunt one down for him so he could finally do one successfully. That quest is actually how I found this forum! I learned that it was an incredibly rare piece but some of you were awesome enough to share some photos of the packaging and the item itself. I used those photos and set to work in Photoshop retracing it and reconstructing a new one as close as I possibly could to the original! It actually worked out really well too! He flipped out when I gave it to him and he finally got to paint one and have it survive!
THAT is a cool story!!
Quote from: creaturerevenge on June 26, 2012, 12:56:38 PM
I think I might have shared this story on the forum once before, but since it specifically pertains to this subject I'll share it again briefly...
My father had the Creature one when he was a kid. His mom bought it for him and when they got home he immediately opened it up and set to work on it. He worked on it for quite a while and finally got it done. He was so excited when he finished it that he propped it up on his desk so he could look at it while he laid in bed that night. When he woke up the next morning, he found (to his horror) that the paints ran and dried like that over night and the whole thing was completely ruined! He never got another one and ever since then always wanted to re-do it. So for Christmas a few years back i decided it would be a cool Christmas gift to hunt one down for him so he could finally do one successfully. That quest is actually how I found this forum! I learned that it was an incredibly rare piece but some of you were awesome enough to share some photos of the packaging and the item itself. I used those photos and set to work in Photoshop retracing it and reconstructing a new one as close as I possibly could to the original! It actually worked out really well too! He flipped out when I gave it to him and he finally got to paint one and have it survive!
very cool story
cool story .yes..
i really need to post pics of all the paintings I've done. . some of these here, and some originals I've done
in all my " spare time " ... lol.
( geez. not lately.. but I do have some really rad ones I've done back in the day :) )
Quote from: missdead13 on July 09, 2012, 01:30:29 AM
cool story .yes..
i really need to post pics of all the paintings I've done. . some of these here, and some originals I've done
in all my " spare time " ... lol.
( geez. not lately.. but I do have some really rad ones I've done back in the day :) )
let's see them
And we also need to see the ones Monolith's older brother painted for him so many years ago!
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Quote from: Hepcat on July 09, 2012, 09:39:52 AM
And we also need to see the ones Monolith's older brother painted for him so many years ago!
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Here they are. I always looked up to my brother, so anything he gave me I took care of and cherished. These and some other '60's monster items that he gave me are what started me collecting. I've had these since the '60's and they are in the same condition as when I got them.
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3628.jpg)
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3629.jpg)
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3627.jpg)
Cool! You should frame them.
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First choice for me was no contest, The Wolfman....love that image! The second choice was a little harder so I just went with my old standard, "Who's your favorite monster?" answer, Frankenstein! Don't own any of them but of course wish I did!
Frankenstein is still clinging to the lead over Dracula here!
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I voted Dracula and Mummy. I used to have Frankenstein,Dracula, Wolfman and Phantom (wish I still did) I never saw the Mummy before. I like the paint scheme and likeness of Lon Chaney Jr. That's why it got my vote. I just don't care much for the makeup version of the Wolfman from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Westmore was not on the same level as Pierce IMHO. Even though the actors I am sure preferred Westmore's rubber appliances over 4 hours or more in a makeup chair, Pierces' makeup was more realistic looking.
i wish there was templetes of these with what colors to use. I would color these and hang them
it's quite the two-way battle here between Frankenstein and Dracula for the gold!
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Quote from: horror1o1 on March 20, 2013, 04:54:21 PMI wish there was templetes of these with what colors to use. I would color these and hang them
A suggested paint scheme is typically part of the instruction sheet for these paint-by-number sets. Your real problem would be finding an unused set in the first place, and then at the price you'd have to pay it wouldn't make any sense whatsoever to "vandalize" the sheets of the mint set by painting them.
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Couldn't these be easily xeroxed and distributed to all members who care to have a painting (coloring?) contest?
Love the vintage painted ones by the way!
Quote from: jimm on November 19, 2013, 03:55:54 PM
Couldn't these be easily xeroxed and distributed to all members who care to have a painting (coloring?) contest?
They could, if anybody has opened boxes of all the P-B-N and is willing to scan them for us.
I'd like to have a scan on the Creature box art (front) to make a fake SPP binder! :)
Even if we did just one to begin with, may be a hoot! Most of us will never see one in person, let alone own one...
Quote from: jimm on November 19, 2013, 04:04:30 PM
Even if we did just one to begin with, may be a hoot!
I should have said "any or all".
Quote from: jimm on November 19, 2013, 03:55:54 PMCouldn't these be easily xeroxed and distributed to all members who care to have a painting (coloring?) contest?
Great idea! We could have a UMA colouring contest just like they do at Big Boy Restaurants! We could have separate divisions - crayons, coloured pencils, markers, chalk, watercolours, acrylic, oil paint, etc.
;D
Funny, I can still recall the smell of those old oils. Never had a subject this awesome but we did do them.
Quote from: Hepcat on November 19, 2013, 01:02:41 PM
A suggested paint scheme is typically part of the instruction sheet for these paint-by-number sets. Your real problem would be finding an unused set in the first place, and then at the price you'd have to pay it wouldn't make any sense whatsoever to "vandalize" the sheets of the mint set by painting them.
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your right there. very cool.
The box art on all are so cool, but my first choice would be the Phantom!!
Here's a good video featuring these Hasbro Paint by Number sets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OcOjy25i8g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OcOjy25i8g)
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Quote from: jimm on November 19, 2013, 04:10:57 PMFunny, I can still recall the smell of those old oils.
Interesting that Hasbro (unlike some others including Kenner) didn't cheap out on the colour palate offered in these painting by number sets:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/Hasbro_zpsaqijgpbw.jpg)
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Phantom & Creature
Still a three way battle for the lead here!
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Hep, it's been 16 months since freddie poe's post, just name the three winners!
I own the Phantom and I love it. But my vote goes to Bela.
Bela Lugosi is dead undead.
(Bauhaus)
Still only two votes separating the top three!
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And only the Mummy is failing to draw much support.
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Jeeze, over 4 years and still no winner!
Quote from: Kidagain on September 07, 2016, 02:55:34 PM
Jeeze, over 4 years and still no winner!
I'm calling it for The Creature.
Mmmmmmm, I wonder why?
Quote from: Kidagain on September 07, 2016, 02:55:34 PMJeeze, over 4 years and still no winner!
Well then get out the vote! I'd like to see a couple hundred ballots cast here anyway.
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Hep, there are over 7,000 members listed here but if you notice it's only a small percentage that actually posts on the board.Don't know if you will get the couple of hundred votes your looking for but good luck. If you don't mind how many votes have you received in 4 years?
Quote from: Kidagain on September 14, 2016, 06:37:10 AM
If you don't mind how many votes have you received in 4 years?
83. Only 5 more years to go!
Quote from: Kidagain on September 14, 2016, 06:37:10 AMHep, there are over 7,000 members listed here but if you notice it's only a small percentage that actually posts on the board.Don't know if you will get the couple of hundred votes your looking for but good luck. If you don't mind how many votes have you received in 4 years?
In all seriousness I really don't understand your problem. It's as if you're opposed to me, or anybody else, bumping up this thread once or twice a year.
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But this is not only the single best thread on the Hasbro Painting by Numbers sets on this board, but it's likely the most comprehensive overview of these sets anywhere on the internet. Therefore it should be bumped up periodically! There's no way this thread should be left to fade into the mists of time.
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Every contest needs an ending and a winner. If you don't have that, people are going to loose interest, fast.
Usually when we bump threads, it's because there's something new to add, even if it's just a new guy expressing his thoughts on the subject.
If someone wants to do the research, I'll put up a sticky topic with links to the most interesting threads. To qualify, a thread should have a good amount of info on the topic.
Hep, don't take anything I said as being nasty to you.I stay out of any thread that seems to be getting out of hand between members here but like Mike said you started this thread as a contest so there needs to be a winner in a reasonable amount of time and this will be my last comment on your post. So do what you wish with it.
Quote from: Kidagain on September 15, 2016, 12:01:22 PM...but like Mike said you started this thread as a contest so there needs to be a winner in a reasonable amount of time....
Interesting! My thinking at the time was that the best general catch-all thread on these Hasbro sets would be a poll. I thought the poll feature would just serve as an added element of interest.
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Quote from: Hepcat on September 16, 2016, 10:19:23 PM
I thought the poll feature would just serve as an added element of interest.
I guess I misunderstood your intent, as most people use the polls as a "who's/what's best" contest.
But these "old" polls are fresh and new to members who have joined in more recent months.
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Here's a very cool Captain Company ad from Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine for the first three Hasbro Paint by Numbers sets:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Hasbro%20Paint%201_zps3cvw1efq.jpg)
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Quote from: Hepcat on May 13, 2019, 09:17:44 AM
Here's a very cool Captain Company ad from Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine for the first three Hasbro Paint by Numbers sets:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Hasbro%20Paint%201_zps3cvw1efq.jpg)
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Awesome....ness!
Hasbro also released several wild cool Munsters Painting by Number sets in 1965. Here's the one for Granpa Munster:
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Hasbro%20Munster%20Painting%202_zpsgz9nvu8b.jpg)
The Munsters Painting by Number sets are even harder to find than the Universal Painting by Number sets these days.
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All six painted canvass panels.
(https://iili.io/wke3P.md.jpg)
Oh wow! Those are fabulous.
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Here's a good picture that RPM discovered from a catalogue displaying three of these sets:
(https://iili.io/wkka1.jpg)
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Hopefully, these can help pass the time away while we are all stuck in self-isolation. I found this art online and cleaned them up as best I could. While they are still a bit hard to make out, they are FREE!!! As long as you can determine where the basic lines are, you can paint them or color them as you see fit. You can see the color scheme in the post above, as well as the color key, below. Enjoy!
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/10/9jnnnl.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/5879/aCMJDg.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/3997/XE3riO.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/i/pnaNeDrRj)
Three of the sets featured in the above poll were also included in the Hasbro Horror House Paint and Pencil by Number set which was a Sears exclusive listed for $3.97 in the 1963 and 1964 Sears Xmas catalogues:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/(edited)_DSC_0035.webp?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
It was the mother of all paint and colour by number sets! Included were:
1. The three individual 12" X 16" canvases from the Hasbro Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolf Man Paint by Number sets.
2. A whopping 36 8" X 10" sheets of sundry horror-themed scenes from the Hasbro Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolf Man Paint and Pencil sets for colouring with pencil crayons or water paints. The 36 sheets included cropped versions of the Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolf Man canvases mentioned in the line above.
3. Two racks of oil paints with a combined total of 28 vials.
4. Two mixed packs of pencil crayons and water paint cakes with a combined total of 20 pencils and 20 paint cakes.
5. Three oil paint brushes and two water paint brushes.
6. Two pencil sharpeners.
(https://oi1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Hasbro%20Pai_zpsuev1ialo.jpg?t=1576338381)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Hasbro%201_zpsbzgxqks2.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Hasbro%202_zps7omuqkym.jpg)
(https://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/General%20Album%203001/Hasbro%203_zpskufxal8e.jpg)
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Here are some pictures of a still sealed Hasbro Painting by Numbers Munsters Grandpa set from the collection of Freddie Poe. He believes it may be the best surviving copy in existence and I think he may be correct:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Munsters_Paint_by_Numbers_8.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Munsters_Paint_by_Numbers_1.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Munsters_Paint_by_Numbers_5.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Munsters_Paint_by_Numbers_2.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Munsters_Paint_by_Numbers_3.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Munsters_Paint_by_Numbers_4.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Munsters_Paint_by_Numbers_6.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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Love to find a Creature one day!
Quote from: LFSPaul on August 21, 2021, 11:16:07 AM
Love to find a Creature one day!
Me, too! And also find the money to pay for it! ;D
Got the money, need the numbers set. :)
Does anyone have a scan of the creature without the paint?
Here are a couple of shots of the Hasbro Oil Paint and Pencil sets in Richard's monster dungeon:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Olsen_room_3.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Olsen_room_1.jpg)
The Wolf Man picture beside the Hasbro Wolf Man Oil Painting by Numbers set is one he painted as a kid and kept to the present day.
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