Spaceballs Eagle 5

I had to look twice at this!

I thought it a Barbie dream winnebago but it looks like it's a 3D printed custom toy.

Wow! 

By GreeblerElf of Utah, USA, it's got lots of fab features for the space travelling camper!

Do you like it? 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1664253027/spaceballs-eagle-5-winnebago-vehicle 

Gripping Red

 You just knew it would happen. 

Custom heads for Action Man!

This auctioned beauty I saw is Kryten from Red Dwarf complete with eagle eyes! 

Who's head would you want?

DIY Toy Noddy See Saw: The Ups and Downs

 I've always loved novelty plastic toys.

This rare Noddy Seesaw by Linda is a great example. Colourful, simple, plasticcy, gorgeous.

Having a similar base spare I thought I'd have a go at making my own.

I got some cheap plasticcy cake gnomes to represent Noddy and Big Ears. Actual Noddies are quite expensive and not simple enough.

I added fencing and signs and a seesaw plank with handles.

With some carefulish heating I spread the gnomes legs apart, which was by far the hardest part, as two legs fell off! 

Still, with some paint, glue and a bell, I got Noddy seesawing.

Not perfect, a passable clone.

See what you think.

As I had spare gnomes I made another, simpler plank. 

Bob Aucutt's Space Angel Figures

Woodsy,

I just saw your post.

Space Angel! A show that inspired me, and help form my love of science fiction at a young age. My Space Angel 12 inch figures.

Regards,

Bob Aucutt

USA

Custom SpaceX Moonbase Box and Board

Another old gem from Worthpoint, a custom made box and board for SpaceX no less!

What do you think?

The description read

 "Includes a professional custom mars landscape and custom box. What you see is what you get. Very unique. Very large set...will be shipped in 2 boxes. The Mars Battle board landscape is large enough for 54mm too. BattleBoard made by Jim Clouse, terrain artist."

One Man Custom: My Home-Made Johnny Seven

Since childhood and my parents giving me a Johnny Seven one Christmas I've always loved this classic Topper toy rifle.

Like all my old toys I guess it went to Preston's landfill back in the mid-Seventies.

Remembering how much I loved it, in 2000 I bought myself a boxed Johnny Seven at the NEC's Memorabilia show. It was from an affable young dealer called Ian and cost £300, the most I've ever spent on a collectable.

It's tucked safely away in the attic.

 I do occasionally get it out on maneuvers!

I restored another Johnny Seven in 2007 for re-sale, replacing some missing parts with original and repro replacements.

I blogged about it some years back, the post comments becoming a sort of talking shop for J7 restorers! 

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2018/04/rebuilding-johnny-seven-one-man-army.html?m=1

And so to the present. Having finished my Secret Sam rifle recently I was looking for something else to make, when I came across a bunch of old Nerf guns at the Thorpe Arch boot sale. Bingo! £4 later I had my raw materials for making a ........

..... Johnny Seven! 

With a good dose of bits from my bits box and a pair of plastic shoe horns the toy began to take shape.

A couple of home-made missiles completed the look.

Dipping my toe into paint spraying for the first time, I took my mock-off in the garden ......

... And primed it red.

I made a whole armoury of missiles!

And here's Johnny! 

The One Man Army made in the kitchen! 

Hope you like it.

You can see it's a similar size to the original.

Phew! Boy, was it fiddly but lots of Topper fun! 

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Next up, Redbox Secret Agent.

The Secret's Out: My Custom Topper Secret Sam Rifle and Attaché Case

 As a young agent I adored my Secret Sam attache case by Topper.

The black plastic case contained all the parts to make the secret rifle, together with a high scope, a message missile and camera.

The camera and toy bullet-firing pistol could be operated even when the case was shut! 

The camera actually took real pictures! 

One of the best toys I ever had, the rifle put together was a thing of beauty.

Here's the 1960s black and white TV ad.

https://youtu.be/5DkYTRYB6tU?feature=shared

After having so much fun on the Golden Sniper, I thought I'd have a crack at Secret Sam. 

I bought a suitable toy rifle on eBay for a tenner.

And I dropped on with this old Delsey briefcase for just £2 on eBay.

So, after a good few hours tinkering, sawing, glueing and painting, I came up with this:

The spirit of Secret Sam: scope, orange bits, chrome discs: I tried to get them all in. 

A car booter gave me two black plastic pipes earlier in the week and I just had to use them as a massive silencer. I know it's outside the 'scope' of Secret Sam, but hey, it's junior espionage! 

You can see the DIY orange message missile below the barrel.

I was going to saw off the stock to replicate Topper's detachable one, but it would have meant cutting through good battery wiring in the rifle, which powers some amazing light and sound effects, so I opted to leave it as is.

Besides, the rifle was a fit for the case, albeit very snug.

For the sake of completeness I made a white case tray and a small Sam pistol and added some toy bullets and an instamatic camera courtesy of my late Father in Law.

Oh, and that DIY message missile, which I forgot to put in.

Hope you like it.

Case closed!