Some of the booty netted this half term holiday at boot sales and on the net. All interesting in one way or another. The old Dutch Prins Valiant comic is opened at the start of a Zero X strip.
Bill built a Thunderbird 7/ Project SWORD Beetle by Imai, which had been lying around for ages. It looks neat on an empty LP Moon Explorer box he kindly donated. Like many Imai models this one has a battery-operated remote control for forward and reverse motion.
Blue dog is just about to stretch and yawn its all so exciting!
The opened Thunderbird 7/ Beetle reveals a pull-back spring missile firing chute. One of the missiles is a small copy of the Project SWORD Booster Rocket. The model's labels have yet to go on.
Mint Imperials! Some more bagged LP cake toppers
A lovely Major Matt Mason cake decoration in its original shop bag...
..... which when turned over reveals a super cool SWORD Apollo Saturn cake decoration, based on the Sears version [more on this to come]. This is the icing on the cake!
A US flag cake decoration
A JR21 Land Rover sans windscreen
On the base it simply says Made in Hong Kong [do you have a different colour to this red readers?]
A Kidco Turbo Firebird from 1980 - the key is missing [how did they work?]
and two pirate action figures which remain a mystery if anyone can help me identify them?
Great treasure finds Woodsy - u been busy! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe best car boots are in yorkshire, its official. You have a magpies eye for the precious and the obscure, how you find these rarities is beyond me! The Imai kit is a little cracker, even though I had to cannibalise a motor!
ReplyDeleteThe Imai Beetle is a great addition to the Moonbase fleet. Had a spare model for years and its cool to see it finally built and ready for action. Cheers Bill!
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