Friday, 17 October 2025
Just Visiting
Thursday, 16 October 2025
The Klatu Quasar Mystery
In Case You're 007
These four cases appeared on the Antiques roadshow the other Sunday.
They were props for the James Bond film You Only Live Twice.
The Universal Exports cases contained dummy components for assembling the autogyro called Little Nellie in the film.
They were valued at around a staggering £100K!
It didn't include Little Nellie as it's currently part of a charitable exhibit.
Icons of 007, have you ever seen these props readers or got any toys or kits relating to them?
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Tommy Gunn Ad 1966
Suicide Squad: Were you Enchanted?
Caught Suicide Squad last night, the old one from 2016.
It's DC's anti-Justice League. It shouldn't work on screen but somehow parts of it did.
Like Marvel, DC, being an old comics house too, has lots of lesser-known and in some cases completely unknown characters to fool around with. Slipknot is one. Who?
Yep, Suicide Squad is a ragtag of B and C-List jailbird metas tasked with disciplining the uber-evil slinky Enchantress. The squad includes interesting super-villains like Deadshot and Diablo.
Besides Harley Quinn, Killer Croc is the probably most famous. The unknown Slipknot only lasts five minutes. Still, he did get a whole five!
But, predictably, it is Harley Quinn who steals the show. It might as well have been her film, played brilliantly by the screen-chewing Margot Robbie, clearly on a roll as she went to do more Harleying in Birds of Prey (yet to see it).
Other high points in SS were Jared Leto's Joker, which he does so well. After Heath Ledger's untimely death it was hard to find a plausible Joker, but Leto pulls it off superbly with his insane slow cackle and gangsta teeth.
Another treat for Affleck fans is the short cameo of our Ben's fantastic Batman, who, like Henry Cavil's Superman, defined the roles for a new generation. I'm with them and a real treat to see the Bat again in this flick.
I've yet to see the latest bash at Suicide Squad. It requires payment so I'm waiting. This is Yorkshire!
Have you seen the Squad?
Bug in a Box
Having given my Grandson, Junior, a few things over the years, it's always fun to spot them still in his room.
This Soviet watch was a gift earlier this year. With the telltale red star, I think it's a commanders watch. I have another one with a picture of a sub on it.
Junior had another car inside his bug. What did you put in yours?
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Clear Cut: A Transparent Space Car From Japan
The Future Was Then Exhibition
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CHECKLISTS BY BRAND (FOR COUNTRY BY COUNTRY SEE TOP OF BLOG)
PROJECT SWORD SPACEX TIMELINE
- 1968 SPACEX LT10 CONCEPT
- 1966 SPACE GLIDER REAL THING
- 1969 LUNAR CLIMBER & MOONSHIP
- 1968 PROJECT SWORD ANNUAL
- 1968 TV21 #168 PROJECT SWORD PHASE 2
- 1968 PLEASURE CRUISER CONCEPT
- 1968 CENTURY 21 TOY MANUAL
- 1967 SCOUT 1 CONCEPT
- 1967 NUCLEAR FERRY TOY AD
- 1967 SWORD TOY AD
- 1967 SWORD TOY AD
- 1966 SPACE GLIDER CONCEPT
- 1966 HOVERTANK IN COMIC
- 1966 NUKE PULSE NEEDLEPROBE IN COMIC
- 1966 ZERO X FILM DEBUT
- 1966 MOONBUS IN COMIC
- 1966 SPACE PATROL 1
- 1966 P3 HELICOPTER IN COMIC
- 1966 SAND FLEA AND SNOW TRAIN
- 1966 MOBILE LAUNCH PAD IN COMIC
- 1965 SPACEX MOONBASE CONCEPT
- 1965 APOLLO FIRST UK TOY AD
- 1962 NOVA CONCEPT
- 1962 MOONBUS CONCEPT
- 1961 MOON PROSPECTOR CONCEPT
- 1953 MOLAB CONCEPT