To walk off all the birthday cake Mrs. Moonbase and I visited the local boot sale this morning. Since its run by a cricket club we know it will be well organised!
There was the usual ornaments and tools and nothing really to write home about. This is the way with boot sales and I remember good days and bad days clearly when I used to go every Sunday years ago.
As long as there's something its not a wasted journey and I bagged a couple of Sindys and a huge Farah Fawcett figure, all of whom need properly ID' ing later today.
Stuff I walked away from include some old Super Mario figures including Dennis Hopper [what's his name?], loads of modern Action Man [I didn't know they had real hair!] and a monster truck called the Rhino, which I had initially thought was from MASK but no.
One plastic vehicle brought back happy memories. It reminded me of my first Project SWORD video I made in the September of 2013 called Moon Ranger Attack. For some reason Autumn makes me start videoing outside.
In that film I used a Lanard Tank as a prop. It was a particular tank with a red-tipped illuminated double turret, which made a really loud ack-ack noise when you pressed an orange button.
At the car boot sale was its companion troop carrier as shown below courtesy of Ebay. I recognised the style immediately: the greenish colouring, the red-tipped double turret and the orange button!
I didn't buy it but enjoyed the memory. I actually have no idea of the name of this Lanard toy range. You?
As its our birthday and I'm feeling nostalgic here's that first film again, Moon Ranger Attack. Enjoy!
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