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Posts: 437 05/18/08 10:48:43	Tags : None As some of you remember, I posted on a thread about being in Vegas when Wynn took out The Dunes, staying at the old Aladdin. I finally found 4 of my old pics of that implosion. Here's the first 2 and if that damned Photobucket will ever let me download the last 2 (one of which is a real winner) I'll post them too. Keep in mind these were taken with an old disposable camera that had a zoom option while I was hanging out of the window in my room at the Aladdin. So from that distance and a cheapo camera I don't think these turned out too bad. Jack
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HAYLEYMSMOM		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1529 05/18/08 11:27:05	Jack, I hope Photobucket lets you complete the download for the other two photos - how cool to be there when The Dunes came down AND capture it on film! Awesome!
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irishmick		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 521 05/18/08 12:09:33	Weird..wasn't it? We went down to see it and I stuck around for awhile until the crowds were way too much and then I went back to our room and watched it on TV.... If we would have had a room in a strip Casino/Hotel where we could have watched it from the window..fine..otherwise it was not my cup of tea!!.....
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jackincols		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 437 05/18/08 12:33:12	irishmick wrote: Weird..wasn't it? We went down to see it and I stuck around for awhile until the crowds were way too much and then I went back to our room and watched it on TV.... If we would have had a room in a strip Casino/Hotel where we could have watched it from the window..fine..otherwise it was not my cup of tea!!..... mick, The one thing I spoke of on the thread I replied to was after it was all over we went down to the casino (Aladdin). Weirdest thing I've ever seen. People coming in from outside, all caked in the cement dust from the implosion. They all looked like extras in a zombie movie. Aladdin was giving out keychains that said, "I survived the Dunes blast" or something like that. Jack P.S. It's the only time I was glad, or even cared, to have windows that actually opened so you could stick your head out.
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jackincols		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 437 05/18/08 12:37:49	Ok, here's the last two and the hell with it. I know they'll not be cropped right, but photobucket is giving me fits right now. The last one is a real classic and a lotta luck on my part. I snapped it at the very second the explosive charge went off to take the Dunes sign down.
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Blonde4ever		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4100 05/18/08 13:16:59	Actually...they ARE cropped right. Even when you make them message board size, you still have to scroll just a tiny bit to see the whole pic. When someone doesn't resize it to Messageboard....you have to scroll a LOT more. Very cool historic pictures Jack! THANKS!!
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HAYLEYMSMOM		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1529 05/18/08 13:52:43	Okay, Jack, that Dunes sign implosion photo is great! It always makes me feel good when I time a photo like that just right. Awesome job!
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irishmick		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 521 05/18/08 13:53:50	The next day I ran into Steve Wynn and in passing I hollared at him.... "Steve, just one more time yell FIRE!!" All he did was laugh and continue on his way......
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jackincols		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 437 05/18/08 16:17:17	irishmick wrote: The next day I ran into Steve Wynn and in passing I hollared at him.... "Steve, just one more time yell FIRE!!" All he did was laugh and continue on his way...... Yes, Wynn did put on an extravaganza. It was very insightful to incorporate TI's Britannia into the festivities. There's one pic I can't find. For anybody that saw the implosion or replays of it there were way more pyrotechnics (for show) than were needed for the actual implosion. I got one pic of all of the floors on fire (stricly for show) before the various charges on each floor detonated, bringing the whole thing down. Jack
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jackincols		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 437 05/18/08 16:23:28	HAYLEYMSMOM wrote: Okay, Jack, that Dunes sign implosion photo is great! It always makes me feel good when I time a photo like that just right. Awesome job! Thanks. After looking at them again, it makes me wish I'd taken way more than I did, but I really didn't think they'd turn out from that far away.
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irishmick		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 521 05/18/08 17:50:07	Jezzz..I feel as if I am posting on this topic too much but....Do you remember (as Jack stated) there was way more hoop-a-la about this and the explosions than need be? There was made for TV movie that incorporated the implosion into it and had a lot of the action as part of the TV movie? I can't remember the name, nor even who was in it, but I am sure Wynn made a couple of bucks back because of it!......
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