tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post1071379517005100868..comments2024-03-29T08:36:23.901+00:00Comments on MOONBASE CENTRAL: LOTS OF TINY MINIATURESWOODSYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-20950389308655130792019-10-10T18:14:46.196+01:002019-10-10T18:14:46.196+01:00Yeah, lovely little things Tone. Charms is a good ...Yeah, lovely little things Tone. Charms is a good name for them. I wonder if all charms around the world have a more superstitious origin, the old small votive talismans that fended off malign spirits and bring good luck?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237005016866918414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-36957793983549181172019-10-10T18:11:27.282+01:002019-10-10T18:11:27.282+01:00Fascinating Brian. A glimpse of another teenage su...Fascinating Brian. A glimpse of another teenage sub-culture, one that I never came across. Ultraman completely passed me by but then again I'm nearly 59, it may have been on UK TV when I wasn't watching kids programmes in the mid-Seventies. I admire how the makers of Stranger Things have captured another teen sub-culture I was never part of, Dungeons and Dragons and the ensuing role playing games craze.WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237005016866918414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-39929777923195202112019-10-10T18:06:04.769+01:002019-10-10T18:06:04.769+01:00Yes, they are quaint and super appealing aren'...Yes, they are quaint and super appealing aren't they Arto. I still have a few trinkets like this from Christmas crackers over the last decade. Moonbase Junior loves the box of compendium of games parts they have found the way into. Very tactile things.WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237005016866918414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-11017871513914132572019-10-10T18:05:13.576+01:002019-10-10T18:05:13.576+01:00Nice to see these Japanese Omake. They're new ...Nice to see these Japanese Omake. They're new to me, Woodsy. Arto has a good point - small, simple, HK plastic captivated many of us as kids and often still does :)Tony Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-65882092563080329302019-10-10T09:25:22.935+01:002019-10-10T09:25:22.935+01:00Something in the first photo immediately caught my...Something in the first photo immediately caught my eye.In the lower right hand corner is a Science Patrol communicator badge from the TV show Ultraman.The Science Patrol were a team of researchers who work to keep the world safe from monsters.unbeknownst to other members,one of them is actually Ultraman in disguise.the red and silver flying guy above the Science patrol badge is Ultraman(Ultraseven I think,there was many different Ultramen).That badge would have been popular with the kids from my neighborhood.We were always making our own Ultraman and Science Patrol costumes and weapons out of sticks,cardboard and aluminum foil.BrianFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-24717477320954589012019-10-10T07:38:18.133+01:002019-10-10T07:38:18.133+01:00I am a sucker for all these kinds of trinkets, cha...I am a sucker for all these kinds of trinkets, charms, rings, pins and whatnot. However, the variety is (though many originate from HK) wholly different from these Japanese items.<br /><br />You are absolutely right about the Submarine Aircraft Carrier missile lookalike, most likely about the Maiti Jakku one too. Charming altogether!Artonoreply@blogger.com