I came across this nifty diecast spaceship on ebay the other day, with 30 mins to go, no bids and an opener of £1. I didn’t recognise it, but it was clearly reminiscent of the cool Popy models of the late 80’s and very similar to the UFO Power line.
Needless to say, I bought it and found it was missing something off the back end, a bit scuffed and the cockpit was loose. So I quickly unscrewed the body, popped out the chrome parts and the cockpit, took off the peeling stickers and resprayed the body in a nice Spacex lime green, I had to hand.
The chrome parts were touched up and I knocked up a pair of engine bells from the parts box.
It’s a lovely thing, probably five inches long, but does anyone recognise it? Google Lens said Britains Stargard or Thunderbird 4!
I tried Google Lens and AI Overview butted in, with it's two cents worth -or as is too common,
ReplyDeletetwo cents worthless...
"AI Overview This vintage toy is a Diaclone UFO spaceship, also known as the Shogun Warrior UFO.Origin: It was released in the 1970s as part of the Japanese Diaclone toy line and later imported to other markets.Design: The yellow spacecraft features a clear blue bubble canopy and two blue and silver laser cannons.Markings: The vehicle has "Z-1" stickers on its rear wing fins and "SPACE V..." labeling on the side."
I can't believe people are actually losing their jobs to this junk app, that is so obviously unfit for purpose!