Hi Woodsy, I'm not sure if you remember my last post, but I continue to
get the most absurd joy from your blog!
As a model-maker inspired by Gerry Anderson, I've had the good fortune in
my life to work on miniature effects for films like "Dark City" and
props maker on Star Wars Episodes 2 and 3.
Now approaching the twilight of my professional career, I'm turning my
increasing spare time and talents towards satisfying myself instead of rabid
Art directors!
I hope you like the following, I couldn't wait to share this with you and hopefully your worldwide followers...
I had an acquaintance who a fanatical props collector. He had an
original space helmet and laser gun from the 1965 "Lost in Space" TV
series.
He would tantalise me with stories of a wooden box marked "For Mr. Kubrick" which
he said contained a rubber miniature spaceman used in the Pod accident scene. I
doubted the veracity of his claims, but even so, I wanted to believe it was really was real.
Somewhere out there, just beyond our sight, lurk the objects of our
desire. They are real and tangible -even if only as figments of our
imagination...
This brings me in a roundabout way to the secretive Arthur Bigge-Oakes,
toy collector extraordinaire. Arthur's health is not good at the moment and
maybe because of this, he has started to show me actual examples from his fabled "black
collection".
He has hinted mysteriously for a while about a supposed tin
toy Yellow Submarine, but until recently no concrete evidence of its existence has come to light.
The following is a page from an obscure Gokken Publishing guide book
"Nostalgia of Toys" which features the previously mythical toy from two angles.
Soon after Arthur spent a not inconsiderable sum on this book, an actual
example turned up on the same Japanese Auction website.
Spending over $7,500 on a rusty toy that doesn't even work would seem insane to most people, but Arthur was
insanely happy with that result. (being a retired Banking Industry
super-annuant allows him a certain financial latitude!)
He also displayed a photo of the toy's actual discovery, in the dusty cellar
of a house in Futei-no Prefecture where it had lain for almost fifty years.
When I asked him about the other toy boxes in the photo, he switched on his
annoyingly familiar Bigge-Oakes ignorance. In fact, I suspect he may also
either already have those toys too, or knows how to get them...
Here are pics of the actual toy. Sad that it is in such poor condition,
but then I suspect it may have been played with in the bath!
I love the fact that whoever sculpted the Fab Four, it is obvious they
were more used to working in the Japanese anime/chibi style...John is especially a hoot!
Anyway, keep producing your blog, it has a special place in my heart as
I was a SpaceX boy!
I have more photos coming soon, which may amuse those tin-toy James Bond fans
out there!
Best wishes,
Lewis P Morley
Very nice. A pristine one will now probably turn up, with an asking price far lower than your friend paid for his. That's what usually happens whenever I buy something.
ReplyDeleteWoodsy, Scoop - that's twice in a row now (since last time) that I've left your site, only to watch the text vanish from my blog when I click off yours. It occasionally happens with other sites, but nowhere near as often as yours. Anyone else got this problem?
ReplyDeleteI often get that problem too.
DeleteKid, sorry about this. I'd hoped that running a bug check on my PC would solve this. It removed several 'threats' safely. I will do ot again now and hope there's nothing else. Have you ... and Kevin ... done scans of your own devices for any bugs? I will also check with Blogger to see if there are any reported issues from other blog users.
DeleteThe only thing I've noticed over quite a while now is photos are no longer in a single row when viewed on a computer, although that's probably unrelated.
DeleteKid and Kevin, does it happen on my posts or Woodsy's or both? I've run an extra security scan on my laptop ,and that's clean, so I don't think I'm passing anything onto the site, and I rarely schedule anything more than a few hours ahead so recent anti virus scans should cover that. That's about as much as I can do as I don't mess with the site settings.
I don't have that photo issue Scoop. All in a single row on my laptop. As to the main problem, I am running a full PC scan again now. I have looked at Blogger's Forum to see if anyone has a similar problem. Can't see our specific one which is as pain. I am at a loss as to know what to do next, short of rebooting the whole blog on some way.
DeleteDon't forget to check your blog scheduled stuff too Woodsy, just in case.
DeleteMy whole computer scan is checking everything at the mo for any potential threats.
DeleteI can't find anything wrong on my side of the fence, and I'm not saying that it's definitely your site that's the problem - it sometimes happens with others. However, it happens far more often with yours - I click out of your site and then, in front of my eyes, the text on my site disappears, leaving only the pictures. Could any of these moving little visual displays on your site possibly have something to do with it? Having said that, if I'm the only person who's affected, it's unlikely to be anything to do with your site. Just thought it was worth letting you know just in case.
DeleteAnd it's just done it again.
DeleteHi Kid, so sorry this is happening to you. I've done another full three hour PC scam and there's nothing. Its clean too. I will take up your suggestion and remove some of the gizmos on my blog. See if that works. Does your blog text coma back?
DeleteOK Kid, I've removed all moving images like the globe from the side bar and most of the side bar content in general. I've also adjusted one thing - http accessibility - in the settings. Let me know of there's any difference. ta.
DeleteWhen the text disappears, I have to open Google Chrome again, click back into my blog, and delete the Blogger page I was on. When I click out of this, I'll let you know if it happens again or not.
DeleteDidn't happen this time.
DeleteI only ever use my phone to post. It hasn't happened for a while but when it does it can be on anyone's post.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Viewing the blog on a phone means all the side info isn't included, only the posts. I wonder if that's a factor?
DeleteThat's the phone view, which is more streamlines and misses out the sidebars I think.
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ReplyDeleteI suspect its a javascript issue, some of the scripts running effects in various browsers, such as Internet Explorer remain active in the background and affect other websites as you move around the web. Try a different browser such as chrome or Firefox and close off any unecessary extensions or add ins in any browser you use.
ReplyDeleteWould that explain why it happens on my phone? Don't they use different browsers?
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