Tales From the Loop

Thursday, April 30th, 1986 : The adults are acting very strange around town. All of a sudden, dad doesn’t approve of the weekly D&D game. Mom says you can’t rent ‘Day of the Dead’ even though she promised to get it for you last week. The principal at school has banned all rock music. Suddenly, the movie theater is not offering to screen ‘Aliens’ anymore. What gives??? Will the kids be able to watch Day of the Dead? Will their D&D club get shut down? The terror begins. 14yo Jimmy Bunyard/Hick-Tinkerer  (Bill): Helping his mother finalize her crafts for the coming ‘Cultural Festival’. She suggests a break, “How about a movie night. Here’s some money to go pick out a VCR rental; your choice.” Ellen Wood at the video store helps find “Day of the Dead”. Adult wacko, Ms Janet Thompson, condemns the evil messages in the movie. She also disapproves of Ellen running D&D games at the community center. 13yo Alvin Yi/Com...

Intro : March 1986, local Loop designers have created a hot new line of toys, Transmorphers , transforming robots to be manufactured right here in Boulder City! A boost to the job market and local economy. Hyped since Christmas, in commercials, cartoon show, and comic books, the kids have been saving to buy their own. But perhaps there's “more than meets the eye” to these new toys. Now Spring break, the toys are finally hitting the shelves at the local toy store. 13yo Jimmy/Hick (Bill): Detention again because mom shops Goodwill clothing. Eddie’s mom donates there. Thus, him teasing me about scrounging thru his trash. So, I remarked, “I wondered whose stench that was.” He hit me; I kicked him in the crotch. I’d say “balls” but his haven’t dropped yet. Maybe I loosened them up. I’m building my own robot MOTO , with help from the others.      Jimmy had his sights on SEDIMENTA with its treads, but when his mom got involved, she steered him...

Intro : 19 December 1985 Boulder City, Nevada. The day before Christmas break has all the kids in town glued to the TV, anxious for a snow day. Meanwhile, strange things are afoot around town. Pets and people are going missing, Mom says something weird is going on at The Loop , and Dad is worried about the pack of wolves rumored to be roaming around the outskirts of town. Can a rag-tag group of kids find out what's going on before it's too late? Lisa, 13yo Bookworm (Leslie): latch-key kid, a bit of a Tomboy. Thirst to read - she'll read ANYTHING & everything. Johnny, 13yo Rocker (Mike K): He's a rocker and always seeking a thrill. His parent run a bookstore called ‘Talking Leaves’. Alvin, 13yo Computer Geek (Alex): Always smiling. Daydreams a lot and is easily distracted except when he is concentrating on his technology. Charlene Logan, 14yo Troublemaker (Jen): Does whatever she can to not be ho...