Monday, 23 June 2025
Ed's Trash To Treasure Flagstop Station
Friday, 20 June 2025
Bill's Action Buddy
As this round of our MoonBase International custom toys slowly comes to a close, our latest reincarnation is this 1960's Action Man knockoff.
This was Bill's childhood buddy and along with some of the original kit he totally deserves a new lease of life. The buddy that is, not Bill!
With a good scrub-up and freshly cleaned clothes, Bill's buddy, via the Quartermasters Store, has been sent on one last mission before hanging up his dog tags:
To secure the back garden for the summer!
Thursday, 24 April 2025
Special Agent 707's New Case Opened
Just before Easter I treated myself to two Redbox toy special agent attache cases, a classic design that goes back decades: Agent 707 may ring bells with you readers?
One I've bought is an older boxed version and the other unboxed set a newer release like the one I bought at the Ridings Index store in the early 1990's, sadly since sold on.
This later unboxed release arrived this week and I've been busy cleaning it up and replacing the odd missing part, as always great fun messing with special agent stuff.

Thursday, 17 April 2025
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.
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!
A couple of home-made missiles completed the look.
Phew! Boy, was it fiddly but lots of Topper fun!
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Next up, Redbox Secret Agent.
Sunday, 6 April 2025
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!
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