I've picked up a few quaint little stocking fillers recently.
The white van is a Hot Wheels Spoiler Sport from 1976. I had hoped it was a Red Line but never mind. It's still got those Seventies design chops, which I love. I may repaint the white since all the livery has come off.
The orange Matchbox Speed Kings is a K-42 Nissan 270 X. Just missing its windscreen, again its got those cool Seventies lines and just needs a few spots of orange. A gift from the Missus last week.
The two figures are my most recent find. Asleep in a junk box of old soldiers, they were 20p each. Result! The diver is a Palitoy Action Force Red Shadow Muton from 1982. A nice figure but I've struggled up till now to class these soft plastic Action Force as GI Joe. I've thought it through and OK, yes, they are and Muton can join the cabinet squad after all.
The Joe next to Muton is an as yet unidentified Lanard Corps! soldier from 1986. He's the first Joe I've found since I totally Joe'd out in Summer and never thought I'd Joe again. Having been through that summer craze I've no problem classing Lanards as proper Joes so in the cabinet he too will go!
The last toy find but not the least is my fave of the bunch and a Charity Shop gift from the Missus too. Its a soft plastic Mickey Mouse trike and at 1993 its not that old but I really like it. Its all those colours and the clever design that's bowled me over.
Have you found any interesting bits and bobs of late readers?
Action Force were the palitoy answer to GI Joe. Vastly inferior, as they had hardly any articulation and like Muton, were basically old figures repainted. Muton is essentially a deep sea diver with a couple of radar scanners stuck on his head. the only good figures for this line were the RoboSkull pilot, Red Wolf, Skeletron and Kraken. Bill
ReplyDeleteCheers Bill. You know your Action Force!
DeleteHi Woodsy! Sorry to disappoint, but that ain't Micky Mouse....Heck it ain't even Disney! it's Warner Brothers in fact. It is from the Steven Spielburg produced animated series 'Animaniacs' and the rider is Wakko Warner of the Warner Brothers (and thier sister Dot as she would say) hope this helps!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. That's good to know. I really thought it was Mickey!
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