Slim Pickins at Thorpe Arch

We returned to our old Sunday car boot haunt at Thorpe Arch in Wetherby after what was probably a six month gap. 

The Missus did well with a sackful of dolls but I struggled, eventually buying a small mixed box of violin fittings for future sale. Oh, and another Sunny Smile Action Man Jeep.

I passed on two things of note.

The Ajax style Okay Adventure Album. I thought wed seen all of the covers featuring Pyro spaceships but I'm not sure we've seen this one on MC. Is that a Pyro in the top right corner? What a cover! 

There's an Ace version of the above too. To be honest I forget which I saw, Okay or Ace! 

I also handled a toy car from 1989. Grey plastic with black wheels and very UFO. There was a white stripe on top and a word, which I can't recall. It reminded me a lot of time new UFO toy cars like this, just smoother, with no detailing at all, almost like solid rubber or even wood. Ring any bells?

Captions Needed! It's Magic!

 So here's a couple of old spacemen. I reckon the bluey is Magic Robot.

They need a good caption or maybe what they're saying to each other!

Have a go!

Arto's Cherilea Monsters

Arto recently picked up the 1950's Spaceways and Adventure Annuals. 

Arto says:

 I'm thrilled to see those toys, X-300 and the X-400 and Cherilea monsters like the Lizard and the Ant-Man (which I have as metal figures) featured in the Annuals' stories. 

(Pictures below.)

 I was unaware of this kind of connection until recently, and it adds a whole new dimension to the Pyro / Cherilea lore. 

It would be nice to know which came first, the annuals or the toys.

 The Pyro toys may have been already around in the U.S. at that time (ca. 1954), but how does the publication of the annuals relate to the launch of their Kleeware / Tudor Rose counterparts? 

Was there some kind of planned synchronicity?  

Arto

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