Vilpa's Beauties

 Spain's Vilpa released corkers.

Look at their gorgeous metalliced capsule, the Hucha Espacial.

And these beautiful saucers. 

Those boxes look like presentation boxes, but maybe that's just how they were sold.

Anyone got any Vilpa?

Oh Man! Monte-Man

 I love these Monte-Man miniatures. 

Plastic novelties along with a small poster. 

This model has something of a hover speeder about it.

And this green saucer is nifty, with its opening top.

The figures remind of if Action Jacks or Matchbox MACs.

You got any?

Beach for the Stars

 

This Space Beach carded set is quite neat. I'm unsure of the make but it looks more modern than not.

The green LEM looks great.

I love the idea of a space beach! Maybe some sun loungers! Cocktails! Manhattans* on Mars!

*Never had one. You? 

Gemini Spacecraft: Rockets Away!

I liked the look of this auctioned bundle. The two-seater Gemini Spacecraft carded rocketry set in particular looks fab.

Like all these catapulted rockets it's got Fireball XL5 looks like the Mach and Tor from Quercetti.

Have you anything like this? 

The Steeple of Io

  Being a lover of mountains I'm in awe of Steeple Mountain on the moon of Io.

Olympus Mons may be the biggest in the dark system but this has to be the most spectacular.

What do you think? Here's NASA's artist's impression.

 https://share.google/CqtarQVILG98ZG2Ry

I wonder if any human will ever stand next to it or even scale it? 

Lima Loco

I'm not a big train fan but I do like this plastic Trans Pennine carriage our friends' little lad bought in an antiques shop.

It's by Lima of Italy. 

Is that a well known company?

Tomy's Big Loader TV Ad 1994

I would have loved this set as a kid. Would you?

https://youtu.be/f7t8RXJCD94?si=2V53qhG6MW8Qwy9N 

I once found a similar toy at a boot sale, tne Romper Room ferry set. Huge and boxed, it was great to have for a while.

 

Do you recall the Romper Room brand? 

Hi Ya! It's all in the Deetail

 On a trip out with pals I had a major memory surge when I saw this toy in an antiques shop.

It's the Britains Deetail Karate Kung Fu figures on a metal base. God I adored this thing in the early Seventies, when I was Kung Fu mad. One of those little icons of the Bruce Lee era that captivated my young mind.

I also recall Britain's Mini-Sets, which I loved too, like the Police Rider or the Army Dispatch Rider or the green Mortar set.

I'm not sure if the Karate pair were a Mini-Set, but boy seeing it again gave me a real kick! At £19 though I left them sparring. 

Did you have Britains Deetails or Mini-Sets?