However, I am mystefied as to why almost all of the available moonscapes are all painted blue! I got a set of four Dekkertoys vacform moonscapes from the early 80's and shaded them in blue tones, to match the two main ones.
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I picked up a small vacform battlefield diorama, only about 8 inches long and after a quick wash of blues and lilacs, It made for a nice base for some of the very small toys.
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The Tri-ang Luna-Cy game goes a step further and gives you a whole moon hemisphere to play with too! You could attach this to the back of the door and blast spring powered rockets in to it!
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People were obviously obsessed with the song BLUE MOON. Certainly the BBC used to play it mercilessly, the Perry Como version that is.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! The nostalgic toy rundown I never knew I needed, but do I ever!
ReplyDeleteThose baseplates were such a feature of our childhood and you've scraped them all together into one wonderful steaming pile!
Well done!
Hey, cool stuff. That Luna-cy game is a thing I would enjoy even today. Wonder if those two orange tabby fellows would get in my way? Hmm, why the blue colored moonscapes? Maybe looks more attractive in the store than grey or brown tones and is less garish than Swiss cheese yellow?
ReplyDeleteThe launchers are really powerful, easily reaching a good twenty feet away. Good point on the colour! Bill
DeleteMy Tri-ang moonscape is grey while my MPC Golden Astronaut moonscape is purpley. I sent a photo showing the differences. I like them both however the Tri-ang version is more rugged and amore of a challenge to pose figures on.
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