Ed's McFarlane Toys Car - The Flintstones at The Drive-In

Woodsy,

This was a fun piece I added to my Flintstones collection some years back. 

There's a 'button' on the base which was supposed to allow you to raise or lower the car, however, it wasn't designed well and it's easier to just raise the car manually.

Hope you like it!

From Vegas Used Car Lot

Ed

Ed's Antique Marx Tin-litho Jalopy

Woodsy,

Here's my Marx tin-litho Jalopy from ca.1927. 

Apparently, cars like this were not unusual back then and Marx made several variations. The car features an early version of a friction motor and does work!

From Vegas Used Autos

Ed

Cuz I'm Bored

Woodsy,

I was bored and going through old files and came across this photo taken some years back: Modern BMC Sherman Tank vs. a Classic Toy Soldiers (CTS) Tiger II with Porsche Designed Turret

From Battleground Vegas

Ed

Ed's Captain Video Photo Shoot

Woodsy,

Here's some photos I took while recording my Lido Captain Video toys last year.

Enjoy!

From Vegas Base

Ed

Ed's Deluxe Reading Rocket Base U.S.A.

Woodsy,

A couple of years ago I got this boxed Deluxe Reading Rocket Base U.S.A. set to go with my Operation X-500 (which still hasn't been photographed!).

My set has issues - lots of them - however, all the major components are there (minus one missile launcher): the beautiful colors on the box are gone, faded to nothingness; a previous owner put decals on the truck that are more appropriate for the service pit at a Formula 1 race; there are no figures; two of the missiles are missing and railings are broke.

Yet, in spite of all that, when this is assembled it still looks like a formidable toy.

Has anyone else got one?

I have yet to find an item number or set number as none is listed on the box or any instruction sheet I've seen on the Internet.

From Vegas Base

ED

Ed's Job Lot Spaceman

Woodsy,

I got this as part of a job lot last year., and it appears to be a spaceman parachutist. There's a little hook on each shoulder that I'm guessing may have held a parachute and he appears to be designed to shoot out of a pistol like a dart gun.

What do you think?

From Vegas Base

Ed

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SOLVED!

Woodsy,

One of the guys on facebook (Meta) identified the odd spaceman I assumed was a parachutist shot from a dart gun. Turns out I was right. It was a parachutist included on a carded 'Battlestar Galactica' (original series) set with a ray gun looking pistol which propelled the astronaut heavenward.

From Vegas Base

Ed

Domed If You Do and Domed If You Don't

Woodsy,

Waaaay back in 2011, shortly after starting the blog, I made a temporary space diorama using a clear acrylic dome I bought off of fleaBay. I used bits and pieces to emulate structures within the dome and just had a bit of fun with the whole thing.

From Vegas Base

Ed

Small and Smaller

Woodsy,

I took this picture back in 2012. The astronaut is a Tri-ang but I have no clue who made the diminutive Apollo Lunar Module. The trouble is - just where did I put these things?

From Vegas Base

Ed

Vegas Base in Space

Courtesy of Ed

USA

Just Dial Y-AB-ADABA-DOO!

Woodsy,

Regarding your post about toy phones: this Flintstones phone, made by Empire, currently resides in my collection.

From The Town of Bedrock
Fr-'Ed' Feuerstein

Vegas Base

New Year's Ray

Woodsy,

I added a new ray gun to the collection so as to be able to take my Remco helmet nerd pic. This one is a Razer Ray Gun made in China either in the late '80s or in the '90s - not sure which. The mechanism works but it has a crack in the housing.

From Vegas Base

Ed

Ed's 2024 Christmas Tree and Train Display

Woodsy,

Every year I try to do something a bit different with the holiday layouts. This year I wanted two things:

- I wanted a Hogwarts Express

- I wanted to try and use some of my larger buildings, just to see how they would fit on the small 4'x6' table I have

The Hogwarts Express turned out to be a fail. I bought Lionel's cheapest, bottom of the line, battery operated set and it just wasn't suitable for what I had in mind. 

While the engine and cars were able to ride on 3-rail O-gauge track their bodies were more compatible with the smaller S-scale trains. Also, Lionel's cheapest version is also not an accurate copy of the real Hogwarts Express. 

The toy is an A1/A3 class 2-6-2 with 4-wheel tender while the real one is a Hall class 4-6-0 Pacific with 6-wheel tender. Lionel makes a good O-gauge electric version of the Hogwarts Express but at ca$400 for the set, I had to pass it up this year.

Instead, I opted for my trusted Lionel LionChief Polar Express. I have the early LionChief version with black roofed cars (vs. the simulated snow-covered roofs of later versions). Also, the fireman figure in the early version sets is missing his l-o-n-g red beard as seen in the movie. 

Later versions of the set corrected this error. I also acquired the last car Lionel made for this particular series. The boxed set included an engine, tender, and three cars plus Lionel offered four separate sale cars making for a 7-car consist. I was missing the diner car - aka the hot cholate car - and now I have it.

The larger sized buildings worked great and look just fine with the O-gauge train. I was going to add a couple of German Schreiber Bogen large playhouses (cardstock kits) but never got around to assembling them. 

The left side of the layout is a happy mixture of North Pole, Polar Express, Grinch and other figures and accessories as well as the large buildings.

 The right side of the layout is a forest. It could probably use some figures to make it more of an enchanted forest but for now I'm okay with it. 

Quite frankly guys, The Cave has so many Christmas decorations I could turn the entire living room into a Christmas train display!

In past years I used poly fiber batting as snow ground cover. As nice as that stuff looks as 'snow', it's next to impossible to get small figures, tress, and accessories to stand up on it. This year I covered the board with a plain white tablecloth - works just fine!

From The North Pole Vegas Annex

Ed

Enjoy!