Ali nel Cielo! Wings in the Sky!

 I love this Italian box art!

The rear's not quite so fab.

Inside It looks like fairly standard model plane. 

Anyone recognize it?

What a box!

Das Rod

 Some recent acquisitions include this Red Baron model I picked up at a boot sale. 

Rough and ready with fading chroming, the front wheels are missing and the Helmet's spike gone, otherwise it sort of looks the part.

No idea of it's age or make. The original Revell kit was reissued a few times.

Anyone got the Red Baron?

Made in Germany

 Images of Germany

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Water towers and wheat fields in Herten.

A gorgeous Wooden music box with individual dancers

Fries and mayonnaise. Das Beste! Anyone had it?

Second hand Tupperware. Is Luke Skywalker's blue milk flask in there?  Nearly. I thought the white one was! 

Images of Holland

Liquorice sweets in Jumbo supermarket. My favourite. Yours?

Total Loss sweets! The gummi cars are actually crashing!

Kewpie Mayonnaise. Kewpie is an old doll brand. Or?

Dutch lunch. The chocolate drops get dropped in the hot milk and melted. Cream on top. Heaven? Do you like hot choc?

My new favourite soft drink, Spezi or Mezzo Mix aka cola and Fanta. Have you tried it?

The Baldnerney reservoir in Essen

A photo of a photo of wild boars, exhibited in the Oberhausen Gasometer.

A photo of a photo of woodlouse and slime mould, exhibited in the Oberhausen Gasometer.

The window nearby.

The Gasometer in Oberhausen, a vast reclaimed gas silo now used for exhibitions. A huge tourist attraction. Anyone been?

The elk at the entrance of the Gasometer.

The illuminated tree display at the top of the Gasometer. Wunderschön. Anyone been?

Space Police on the Beat

 

The early years space vehicle looks fun. 

It reminds me of a Scramble Bug.

Space Police is it's name.

Although unrelated I seem to recall that being the working title of what became Gerry Anderson's Space Precinct. Is that right?

It was all Yellow

I've no idea what this is. It's got Kleeware or Renewal vibes with all that coloured plastic. 

But there's a metal base.

I do know that I like it! 

You?

Mattel's Fembot: Spectra

Spectra!

I don't think I've ever seen a robot doll like this before.

Lacy, spacy, out of this world, it reads on the box.

She's like a female Micronaut or Cyborg.

There's five of them too. 

It's Mattel branded but I have a feeling Spectra was more common in mainland Europe. Is that right? 

What is Rogun?

 Arco's Rogun is a mystery to me 

Is it a toy robot or something else? 

Anyone come across a Rogun?

Do you like Eggbread?

 I recently overheard someone talking about eggs in a basket - or even a blanket, which if I'm right is toast with a hole in where a fried egg goes. The bread might even be fried rather than toasted.

It reminded me of how much I loved egg bread as a kid. This was white bread dipped into a scrambled egg mix and lightly fried. Totally delicious, it's also known as french toast and no doubt has many different names. What is it called where you are?

Egg bread for me was always a savoury, something that you might even season with salt and pepper, but for my Missus, who grew up elsewhere, it was sugared and was a sweet.

What do you do with eggs and bread readers?

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