Sir Winston Churchill - July 1952
The National Archives in Kew have just released the latest batch of UFO sighting reports for public viewing. De-classified information including reports, descriptions, witness testimonies and photographs are now available for public viewing courtesy of the Freeedom of Information act. Have a look, see if you are a believer or a skeptic! Meanwhile... our man in Canada sends this report of a recent sighting:
Here is a
lovely toy that many here might enjoy; found by chance under 'space
ship' in the 'toys & hobbies' listings on eBay. The un-dated
packaging has a late 1980's/early 90's look to it and the 'KB Toys'
(wonderful but defunct US toy retailer) price tag indicates $2.49; so
this cost about twice retail plus shipping to obtain from eBay.
This 'Mysteries of the Universe - UFO' has no toy-company
affiliation and is listed only as: Distributed by Midwestern Home
Products Inc. Made in CHINA. The 4 Alien grey figures are under 1 inch
tall PVC, while the rest of the playset is hard plastic of unexpectedly
good quality; reminding me of the 1990's Mighty Max playsets by Bluebird
Toys. Scale is a good match to the Mighty Max line, as is the design,
sculpting and play value (pleasantly surprising for what appears to be a
cheaper "me too" cash-in on the micro-playsets that were so popular at
the time).
The package card-back is interesting; showing 2 other playsets and
some speculative UFO 'education'. Personally I am glad to find the
aliens responsible for the Easter Island statues; they have a sense of
humor (and certainly a nicer saucer than those serious Pyramid builder
types, or those Peruvian graffiti vandals).
Looks like great play value and cheap too!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff Wote! Just the sort of cool carded space set I used to buy in discounts shops like Poundstretcher, Poundland and Poundworld. I remember one set with a white spaceship and small white suited spacemen like Playmobil. Has everyone got discount shops and stores near them in every country?
ReplyDeleteI work in a socially deprived area and there's discount stores on ever corner.you go into poundland and still hear people asking the price of stuff!
ReplyDeleteThis does have the 'feel' of a Bluebird (Kenner in the States) toy
ReplyDeleteI used to had the whole three ships back in my childhood, I saved money for a Megazord (of the Power Ranger first series) and when arrive to the store they were sold out so I bought a package with the green ship, a light blue one that contains a different type of aliens (brown, with big ears) and other ship, this last one was black and contains green aliens insect like, this pictures bring me awesome memories!
ReplyDeleteHey I've been trying to find this toy along with the other two with no luck at all. If anyone has them or knows where to get them for sure please let me know. Rosewell83@yahoo.com it would mean a lot. To me thanks
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