The Gizmoplex officially opens to the public in May, but as a backer I got an invitation a little earlier.
So, what is it? The Gizmoplex is not a traditional streaming service, like Netflix, it's more of a delivery system for new episodes and shorts, with additional goodies thrown in, special events, and the curated classic episodes.
I compare it more to what the Mads are doing, where I spend around $147 a year for a livestream and a download each month hosted (usually) at Youtube. What's different with MST is that I'm getting a virtual theater dedicated to showing new episodes or shorts every two weeks, and a place to house and organize my purchases or freebies.
The new content is what I'm most interested in, and I pledged $85 to get a year's worth of that, which is not too shabby. I own all the MST episodes on disc anyway, and I can stream many of them at a variety of places, from tubi to Shout to Youtube and more. So, I look at the 6 curated classics, grouped by theme each month, as a cute addition - it's not why I signed on, but it's a fun little side dish.
How's the virtual theater look? Here's the sneak peek mailed to backers in early March
And that's all I had back then - but now it's gone, the virtual theater went first, and as of Sept 2026, the last vestige of the Gizmoplex shuttered it doors as well. But I saved a few images while it was open, standees and whatnot. Ticket art, vault pick-Synthia Selects art, and other screenshots were posted on the individual pages, but here are a few other bits and pieces I collected and saved...
With my pledge I received the Deluxe Collection with a selection of classics
Here are the standees for each new episode
Standees for the tributes - including a redone Manos that was more art than photo (seen up top)
No standees for the Santa trilogy of tributes, but I do have one with the mighty Turkules
While there was no standee for The Shape of Things to Come, there was this Mike Norton piece that showed how it might have looked.
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