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Tuesday, 12 May 2020

ORANGE ALERT!

The Prisoner TV series, some people loved it and some people struggled to understand it. As the 17 part series unfolded viewers at the time all wondered who Number One was going to be, even series show runner Patrick McGoohan it would seem.

One thing Patrick had definite ideas about was spin off merchandise, and was not prepared to see himself as 'a toy dolly'.

Dinky did manage to produce a 'Prisoner Mini Moke ' based on the Village Taxi seen in the series, but it appears to have had a very limited run.

I'll resist the temptation to say 'be seeing you!'



And for good measure here's the Lotus 7 model that came with the Prisoner and Dangerman part works set a few years ago.




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8 comments:

  1. KevinD5/12/2020 8:31 am

    Like these!

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    1. SCOOP5/12/2020 12:04 pm

      Yes, you don't often see Prisoner based stuff. Plenty of reading material about but not much in the way models.

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  2. WOODSY5/12/2020 8:45 am

    Me too! Lovely morning shots Scoop and a definate blast from the Port Meirion past! I visited the Prisoner village in Mid-Wales at least once when I was a kid and remember the Italianate architecture. I'd like to think I bought my Mini Moke there but I imagine it was from Thomas Mears shop in Preston. I drove a Moke when we were on holiday on Crete. Very breezy!

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    1. SCOOP5/12/2020 12:09 pm

      Ah, Portmerion,yes it's a lovely place, and Port Madog down the road, I've been several times, and I admit I've run along the beach waving my fist shouting I'm a free man. Oddly enough no one gives you a second look ;D

      I can't say I've ever driven a Mini Moke, I bet it was a fun drive, Woodsy

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  3. Paul Adams from New Zealand5/12/2020 10:46 am

    Very nice, the buildings and the orange (?) add greatly to the atmosphere. I am not familiar with the Prisoner and Dangerman part-work mentioned. Was this one or two sets ? Did these come with a DVD, like the Dad's Army set I collected ? Britain gets a lot more of these part-works than NZ, which might be a good thing for my wallet.

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    1. SCOOP5/12/2020 12:20 pm

      I buildings in the background, the Green Dome and the Clock Tower I bought years ago at Portmerion. There was one that incorporated the Prisoner's house, but that was unsurprisingly sold out. The orange I got from Sainsbury's!;)

      The partwork was just like the Dad's Army one, a magazine and a set of Prisoner and Dangerman DVD's before the days of Boxsets. I got the first six issues, and the film version of the final two episodes of Dangerman.

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  4. SCOOP5/12/2020 12:37 pm

    Oops, that should be Porthmadog and Portmeirion in case there's any spelling Nazis watching.;D

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  5. ZigguratSF20005/13/2020 5:43 pm

    I devoured The Prisoner when it was first run on network TV in the US in '69 I think? Didn't understand much of the complicated narrative, but the sets, the music, the supporting characters and everything made it almost like a live-action Supermarionation show to me.

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