Went to the local car boot sale this morning looking for toys for Moonbase Junior. I was somewhat distracted by a nasty summer cold I've picked up so I wasn't as keen-eyed as normal.
Moonbase Jr. did get a new bookcase and some toy cars. Beyond this there was a distinct dearth of vintage anything. The best days for finding vintage toys seem to be over at car boots. Do you agree?
One thing did catch my eye, the Rescue ship and yellow submersible from the Matchbox Mega-Rig Rescue Squad released in 1998. But at five pounds I gave it a miss. I recall Bill blogging about it ten years ago so its on Moonbase somewhere.
Here's a TV advert I found on You Tube, where you can see the ship and the sub.
Modern Mega Rig is a large, almost Fisher Price like toy, with 2.5" figures and multi connectability.It started with Jurrassic Park tie in dinosaur hunter vehicles, before moving on to shark ships and a few space toys. The classic Mega Rig from the 90's as shown on the advert was far superior and scaled at 1" figure. Loads of cool aircraft and ATVs, which all connect seamlessly, but have a container style module common to all. The big Space set is especially good.
ReplyDeleteI nearly bought you the sub but at two quid I got that sinking feeliing! ha ha. You've got one anyway and your 2009 post is called sub standard or something pithy like that.
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