I ventured into our attic today.
Hard to believe this used to be the office for my international power selling ebay toy shop 15 years ago! What a mess!
At least one corner is more or less tidy!
I went up to find a Century 21 Mobile Tank turret that Wotan gave me 12 years ago. As expected I didn't find it but I did unearth lots of old tat toys!
A very tall knockoff [KO] Spidey from a Greek holiday I think.
An old colouring book with a gorgeous space cover, one of the first things I ever found at a car boot sale, maybe 25 years ago.
Old super hero stuff, calender, paper cups and easter egg boxes. I kept everything!
Vintage games including one from Zodiac Toys, my fave toy shop when I was a lad.
Another Mediterranean holiday find from years ago. Mystery Man. I love this Batman KO!
The pose of Mystery Man looks familiar. Ring any bells?
A more recent morsel. Gorilla! Old Kongy has light-up eyes and likes to eat rockets - alas not included - but I did get a plastic palm. From a pound shop about 10 years ago.
Ahh, our old black and white telly! me and the Missus watched everything on it at one time when we were just married paupers in the early 80's. A casualty of the tech wars now. You'd just get static from its analog brain. What would Alexa say?
And even older, a Rosedale electric organ, the very same model I had as a kid in the 60's. I adored this instrument and when I saw one at a car boot about 15 years ago I snapped it up. The reedy misty sound is amazing and even David Bowie thought so too. He used one on his first album Space Oddity on a track called Memory of a Free Festival!
Anything look familiar readers?
The Rosedale Organ looks familiar! I had one when I was about 10 years old. The one that I had was Dark Brown, although it was the three octave version... This was the first musical instrument I learned to play! Sadly, and probably for the best, there are no recordings of my efforts.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you had one too Bill. There are a few on Ebay at the mo including brown ones! https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2512315.m570.l1313&_nkw=rosedale+organ&_sacat=0
DeleteMystery Man - Flash Gordon wearing a Bat mask?
ReplyDeleteOf course! Thanks Arto! Flash it is! Yay!
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