Telly Talk

Seen a few more things on the telly box.

Punisher The Last Fall. A TV special movie. I like the Punisher. No messin' about. No fancy talkin'. Frank basically goes nuts and rids NYC of every hoodlum going. It doesn't take long. He's done by the end of the film. I like the big actor but the action was a little staid. Not for the squeamish. On Disney+. On reflection I preferred the old Thomas Jane Punisher TV special set in the launderette. Now that's punishing!

Jessica Jones. Another Marvel on Disney+. I worried this series before about the super strong private eye. It is engaging but just not super heroey enough for me. I ditched it again. Sorry Jessica.

WandaVision. I love the Scarlet Witch. so damn powerful and gorgeous too that Miss. Maximoff. Vision's OK I guess. A bit tame.. But I didn't like their marital soap at all. Too Off-piste Marvel for me. Stick to what we like Stan. Lotsa Bashin' and tight Spandex! Ditched 

VisionQuest: Vision and Ultron talking. The actors that is. Nope thankyou very much. Too much talk by actors about acting. They should have stayed in costume at least. Ditched.

SoulM8te. A sci-fi Ai-fi on Disney too. An 18+! Jeepers I thought, that's a strong rating. As a flick it was OK. I don't think it said anything new about AI home bots though (not like Kubrick's astonishing AI), except that, they're likely to destroy you, but We knew that already didn't we. Think Stepford Wives and Ex- Machina and you're close to the servo. It didn't warrant 18+.

Tray Station

 Further to my earlier Hairspray Starship post, I've now added a painted lunchables tray truck to my spray ship to haul it round the dark side station.

Go for launch! 

Or should that be lunch! 

Sticking Around

 Ever since I played with my Action Man German Soldier as a kid I was intrigued by the stick grenades Palitoy provided, as seen here on eBay.

All grown up now and not wanting to pay the prices for these albeit superbly made toy? replicas available in eBay and elsewhere.

... I thought I'd experiment and make my own, whilst my Friday morning sausages were frying.

Using a plastic vitamin jar I tried different 'sticks'.

Chair leg.

Bike pump

Different plastic top and wooden pole

Monochrome set

And my personal favourite, with a watering can spout, ready for throwing at my mates back in 1970! 

COR! ARTO'S ALFA ROMEO CARABO RERUN

Here are photos of my wooden and motorized model of the 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo concept car.

 Made by an unknown but obviously quite skilful Finnish model maker, it measures an admirable 37 cm.

 There are two electric motors inside, and it had some kind of remote control, now sadly lost.

Arto

Helsinki Base

Grail Tale: the Diaclone Black Corvette Stingray (Tracks) + LD Reissue Black Tracks

A good friend sent me this link about the story of the elusive and glorious Diaclone Black Corvette. Enjoy! 

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Cook Book: Bubble Gum Card Price Guide 1993

Recent talk of gum cards got me thinking about an old booklet I once bought.

It will have been the mid- '90's and it was about sets of gum cards by a chap called Henry Cook. It was my first real I introduction to how many sets collectors were interested in and their values. Not a thick book, it was released in 1993 and I read it cover to cover many times.

I would like say I bought it at the NEC's Memorabilia weekend but that's because one Henry Cook organized that too before it was taken over and went very sports- based.

Is it a book you know? Did you go to Memorabilia?

Shipley: the Vinyl Score!

 Our recent visit to Shipley did garner a bunch of fabulous TV and Film LP records, all in one particular charity shop and all £1.99 each except for the Beatles, which was £7.99.

A Yorkshire bargain I'd say! 

Here are pics of the same online. Have you got any of them? 

More Half-Recalled Sixties and Seventies TV

More Half-recalled TV from when I was a kid dragged up like partly-eaten waffles through the mists of time! Without googling can you expand? 

Kodiak: Canadian bear country Cop ranger?

Man Alive: adult news like Panorama? Yawn!

Nationwide: more News? Regional? Double Yawn! 

Highway: holy stuff with singing Harry Secombe? Not for me.

Songs of Praise: even more Sunday evening Holy Harry?

Morph: Vision On's Wallace?

Casey Jones: a happy steam train driver?

Astronut: cartoon alien with TV aerial who befriends an ordinary Joe?

Going for a Song: Arthur Negus antiques roadshow?

Dill Death Do Us Part: scouse git was said a lot. Pipe smoking politics. Cherie Blair's Dad?

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: early safe American Dad?

Please Sir: Seventies classroom mayhem with lots of denim and lipstick?

Fenn Street Gang: Please Sir in the street?

Lotus Eaters: Greek ex-pat soap yarn?

Man at the Top: a big Truckin' boss?

The Baron: a cop show?

Man About House: Dick Turpin in a flat?

The Lovers: Godber with girls?

Film Review: Barry Norman's movie talk?

Clapperboard: Kids movie talk?

Screen Test: kids movie quiz?

Krypton Factor: assault course show in the cold North of England?

It's a Knockout: Krypton Factor and Eurovision mixed together somewhere Continental?

Flying Doctors: was this the same as Woobinda?

Galloping Gourmet: chef who grabbed an audience member to eat? 

Omnibus: arty farty stuff?

Arena: even more arty farty stuff?

Belle and Sebastian: french boy with his huge Dulux dog living in the snow?

Wag: about a dog that thinks it's human?

Can anyone add anything? Without googling!