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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Ed's Ferrero Star Wars Happy Hippos

Woodsy,

Here's a few pics of the Happy Hippos Star Wars crew from 2002. 

To the best of my knowledge there were 10 figures, the Landspeeder, and a 150pc puzzle. Each of the figures has a nice insert with a short storyline of the character, but unfortunately, I only have five of the ten inserts.

 I haven't yet started taking photos of my Burger King 'Revenge of The Sith' stuff.

From Rebel Base Vegas

Ed

The Countdown has Started!

 

This is the US Saturn 5 plastic toy model released by Countdown circa 1969.

At first glance you could mistake it for the Century 21 Toys Cape Kennedy toy.

I understand that the Countdown model was available at Cape Kennedy itself.

Does anyone have one?

Humber Land

 The big river running to our coast is the Humber.

One of Britain's biggest, its a vast dark vein of water, bristling with turbines, draining Yorkshire into the cold forbidding North Sea, which separates old Blighty from the European Continent.

I love the Humber and enjoy time spent on it.

Here are a few snaps.

Looking across to Lincolnshire

A passer-by

The mysterious spit of land called Spurn Point, here, it's rounded end.

Spurn's lifeboat jetty and lighthouse

In our wake.

Have you a favourite river readers? 

O Ráio Laser: The Rays in Spain

I love the box art on this Estrela made board game, o raio Laser, which I guess means Laser Beam.

The game itself looks pretty basic but the art is where it's happening. A space jet, a Gemini and a flower pot laser canon.

Do you like?

My Missing Hong Kong Novelties: Your Help Needed

 Like many of you I have a few collections on the go. Completing them is always the tricky part. There's always a stubborn rump of items, which evade capture.

Such is the case with my collection of 1960's plastic friction Hong Kong novelties.

I'm missing five and I wondered if you had any of them by chance? 

Boxes aren't essential, loose examples are fine, even ones in bits. Equally should you see an inexpensive one at a sale or toy fair it would be great to hear from you.

I can also trade vintage toys too.

Anyways, here are the stubborn five.

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Bunny and Bunny Jr. 

( Forget the duck!)

Policeman on Scooter

(Telsalda box)

Postman on Scooter

 (Same box as above, they share!). 

This is often called US Mail Man on Scooter by collectors.

Friction Carrot Eating Bunny

Hitch Hiking Piglets

 ( they share a box with Hitch Hiking Doggies. Picture from my book on these toys)