The radio is full of Xmas ads. TV too! Has it started earlier this year?
When does it start for you readers?
This strange space vehicle caught my eye online a while back.
Planet Surface Patrol.
Its has pull-back action and and was made in China.
The orange ribbed wheels immediately made me think of the SpaceX MEV2, but the picture shows a more conventional tyre.
And what is that design? It seems so familiar. Any ideas?
You think buying vintage toys is fraught with risk? Try buying a vintage rock T-Shirt.
My daughter wants a vintage Guns 'n' Roses T-Shirt for Christmas and I've been given the task of finding one. A real one from the 1980's.
We've discussed the word vintage before here on MC. I thought a search using it would prove easy.
No.
Vintage was the least of my problems. Words like original, classic, iconic, genuine, retro-styled, retro-inspired, old new, licenced and even more abound in the listings.
It would appear that these words are completely inter-changeable and are almost meaningless.
Some shirts cost hundreds of pounds and I assume these high-priced items are indeed the real McCoys, but alas I don't want to spend a small fortune on a T-shirt.
At the lower end its a shark frenzy. Old rock T-shirts are easy to re-print and that's what's happening. There are millions of 'vintaged' [my word!] T-shirts out there that are prints of 1980's designs and made this morning. It covers all bands and not just Guns 'n' Roses.
After searching for an hour - and taking a punt on a risk-free cheap one [which is likely to be too small] - I gave up.
I'll resume after several strong coffees!
Have you bought a vintage T-shirt?
I loved model yachts as a kid.
In fact any toy boats would do.
I'm adulthood I carried on having a few around the house like this wooden yacht on a stand.
As it's Bonfire Night, here in the UK, here's what I'll be watching tonight after some treacle toffee and sparklers!
As there's been mention of the Airfix Stingray on here, I thought I give a sneak peek of one of my build projects that's currently on the go.
I managed to pick up an original unassembled Airfix Stingray kit a while back and have unsurprisingly started to assemble it.
There are a couple of repro bits in the mix but in the main it's fairly complete, and will compliment my resin version I've already made and blogged about back in June.
https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-incredible-resin-stingray.html
I'll do a decent post on it once it's finished.
This clip appeared years ago on You Tube and I've just found it again. What do you think it is readers? Is it a Lyons Maid Stingray, like the one posted today from Will O?
