A few weeks back I loaned a ton of toys from ubercollector SWORDGrasshopper. They arrived at Moonbase in these crates and boxes one Saturday lunchtime in Autumn.
After transporting the boxes into the Moonbase attic - the Loft in Space - I have begun to unpack them! And what glorious treasures! It's like Christmas Day 1969 on a constant loop!
So, for your viewing pleasure readers - and to the sound of Roman Candles zooming across the dark sky [its Bonfire Night here in the UK] - I present the contents of the first boxes I opened: the fabulous vintage range of clockwork Captain Scarlet toy vehicles by Bandai.
Each one came carded on a bubble card beautiful artwork - punched for a small textile string for hanging on shops' racks - along with a coloured card back depicting the range of toys, the Spectrum pendent - signature element of the range - and instructions for use, whereby the pendant was used as a key to wind up the clockwork mechanism.
So, here's the toy range - one by one:
Hope you enjoyed that lot! Here's a snifter of what's to come soon - bottom right - so tune in again for the great unboxing!
Green with envy. You are feeling sleepy...now pack it all up again and send it to me at once. You will remember nothing when you come out of your trance. (Well, you never know - it might work.)
ReplyDeleteI am feeling sleepy and packing it all up again and sending it all to Kid.....Zzzzzzzzzzz
ReplyDeleteBodoing! What the hell just happened?
I'll tell you what happened - I just became the new owner of some wonderful toys. What do you mean you were only joking? Drat!
DeleteI'll tell you what happened - I just became the new owner of some wonderful toys. What do you mean you were only joking? Drat!
DeleteLOVELY POST!!!! I recently bought the Helicopter/Cloudbase two pack from Japan and assumed it was a one-off. I assumed it might be some small shop keeper trying to make damaged stock sellable by combining two toys on one card. I now see it's more common than I thought! So nice to see all the other members of the Spectrum family!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work with your thoroughly wonderful blog!
The Helijet & Cloudbase are quite tough to get hold of and still rare, Bandai made these because Individually the Cloudbase and the Helijet did very well in the sales and bringing out a 'special' increased sales.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately not many of these survived as the kids opened them up and toys got lost to the graveyard of great played with toys.
Hurry up with the other crates SWORDmaster , may bring a few more up to yours for you to open up. Lol