now thats a lot. Quercetti XL5, Brains and Gordon heads, Try Tempest and Phones heads from the Stingray slippers, Cherilea Robin, Cherilea Dalek, Rolykins Dalek, Marx Dalex eyestalk, Captain Scarlet waterpistol and holster, Kellogs Thunderbirds Hood figure (?), some nice space guns and a lovely Supercar esque pennant like one I used to have on my Raliegh bike as a kid! Id kill for this lot! Bill
I think the Kellogg's THUNDERBIRDS figure is Jeff Tracy, rather than The Hood... (I did have a full set of these back in the day which I acquired from a schoolfriend in a trade because my parents refused to buy SUGAR SMACKS ... can't remember what I traded with him for them) ...
... the doll bodies are the Fairylite "Brains" and "Gordon". The blue shoes belong to the Brains figure, the IR hat to Gordon...
There are two of the large CAPTAIN SCARLET badges (you can see one hiding under the BATMAN badge). I have no idea of the source for these -- I daresay some Gerry Anderson fan will know -- but they turn up on eBay fairly frequently. There were five in the set -- all vehicles.
I had the BATMAN badge -- but, again, time has washed away the memory of where it came from...
... and there's a vintage Robin figure -- missing his cape. I had one of these -- and a Batman. I found them very disappointing because they didn't actually do anything other than stand around... unlike their TV counterparts.
Thanks D.C - didn't have my glasses on! I had the Batman figure, utter rubbish as his head was attached to his cape and the whole lot came off at a touch! Ive never seen Fairylite figures in the flesh, they are remarkably like Action Men in their styling. Theres a cap bomb in there too. Think the Captain Scarlet badge was a Sugar Smacks premium
The bodies of the Fairylite THUNDERBIRDS dolls were very inferior to those of Palitoy's Action Man (or G.I. Joe, if you prefer) -- although, at the time, I remember being bowled over that they existed. They were made of very cheap, spongy (is that a word?) light plastic -- which made them challenging to pose. Their arms tended to flop around -- and they refused to sit down; the elastic inside them would pull the figure into a standing position regardless of what you attempted to do with them. They were very expensive, too -- 27/11 -- which in 1966 was a fortune. But, as I've said, as a child I was incredibly excited to see them. Interestingly, here in the North West of England, they turned up in a bargain bin in one of the local covered markets in my home town about six months after the Christmas that they appeared in time for; my mother bought me Parker and Brains very cheaply.
now thats a lot. Quercetti XL5, Brains and Gordon heads, Try Tempest and Phones heads from the Stingray slippers, Cherilea Robin, Cherilea Dalek, Rolykins Dalek, Marx Dalex eyestalk, Captain Scarlet waterpistol and holster, Kellogs Thunderbirds Hood figure (?), some nice space guns and a lovely Supercar esque pennant like one I used to have on my Raliegh bike as a kid! Id kill for this lot! Bill
ReplyDeleteThose Plastoid Batman badges were included as freebies in biscuit packages in Finland.
ReplyDeleteWow I think between you two you've IDd the lot. What a bundle! I love those Plastoid Bat badges Arto!
ReplyDeleteI think the Kellogg's THUNDERBIRDS figure is Jeff Tracy, rather than The Hood... (I did have a full set of these back in the day which I acquired from a schoolfriend in a trade because my parents refused to buy SUGAR SMACKS ... can't remember what I traded with him for them) ...
ReplyDelete... the doll bodies are the Fairylite "Brains" and "Gordon". The blue shoes belong to the Brains figure, the IR hat to Gordon...
There are two of the large CAPTAIN SCARLET badges (you can see one hiding under the BATMAN badge). I have no idea of the source for these -- I daresay some Gerry Anderson fan will know -- but they turn up on eBay fairly frequently. There were five in the set -- all vehicles.
I had the BATMAN badge -- but, again, time has washed away the memory of where it came from...
... and there's a vintage Robin figure -- missing his cape. I had one of these -- and a Batman. I found them very disappointing because they didn't actually do anything other than stand around... unlike their TV counterparts.
(What an ungrateful wretch I was...)
D.C.
Thanks D.C - didn't have my glasses on! I had the Batman figure, utter rubbish as his head was attached to his cape and the whole lot came off at a touch! Ive never seen Fairylite figures in the flesh, they are remarkably like Action Men in their styling. Theres a cap bomb in there too. Think the Captain Scarlet badge was a Sugar Smacks premium
DeleteThe bodies of the Fairylite THUNDERBIRDS dolls were very inferior to those of Palitoy's Action Man (or G.I. Joe, if you prefer) -- although, at the time, I remember being bowled over that they existed. They were made of very cheap, spongy (is that a word?) light plastic -- which made them challenging to pose. Their arms tended to flop around -- and they refused to sit down; the elastic inside them would pull the figure into a standing position regardless of what you attempted to do with them. They were very expensive, too -- 27/11 -- which in 1966 was a fortune. But, as I've said, as a child I was incredibly excited to see them. Interestingly, here in the North West of England, they turned up in a bargain bin in one of the local covered markets in my home town about six months after the Christmas that they appeared in time for; my mother bought me Parker and Brains very cheaply.
DeleteAnd The Flintstones wind up 'walkers'. Don't forget them !
ReplyDeleteaddendum - its a Captain Scarlet Cap Gun, rather than waterpistol. Really need to wear my specs more. Bill
ReplyDeleteIs the ginger haired head the head from the Steve Scout action doll?
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