Lolly Gobble Choc Bomb Anyone?

I saw these badges online and thought yes! I remember the top three, Brrr Blobs, Lolly Gobble Choc Bomb and Freak Out.

If memory serves, these were all ice cream lollies.

Tonibell sounds like cheese.

But what on earth was/is a Walls Kerb Driller? 

Unceremoniously Ejected

Bill's comment the other day about the Lone Star Gemini Space Capsule pilot being 'unceremoniously ejected' got me thinking if there were other toys in my childhood, which did the same thing.

The obvious choice was the poor passenger in the Corgi James Bond Aston Martin, that helpless blue suited gunslinger who flies through the air!

There's footage of his flight in Corgis own re-issue promo. They've also added a hilarious scream!

https://youtu.be/44ivANeoTq8?si=RZNgASPXPor6q8bn 

Do you recall any other ejected toy people readers? 

A Mr.Softee Landing

It's funny how the mind goes all Mr. Whippy when you're remembering stuff.

The Artemis II splashdown reminded me of eating ice cream as a kid from a plastic capsule.

After further mind splashing I realised I was recalling a plastic ball and not a capsule.

It was the Tonibell and I remember it being a yellow or beige plastic football with a lid.

Here's a couple floating around the web along with a mag ad at the time.

So what's the plastic capsule ice cream connection I'm thinking of?

It can't be Dinky's Sea King Helicopter capsule. You'd not get much I've cream out of one of those!

No, I know now I've been misremembering something from the very early days of the blog.

Wotan Bill posted a fabulous post in 2009 about an ice cream brand called Askeys which he had as a nipper. The brand had an offer for a fantastic Lone Star Gemini space capsule, pictured here from Bills original post.

It didn't get filled with ice cream but if you are enough Askeys you'd get one. 

There can't have been many sent out I don't think. Or?

Do you remember it or an ice cream connection to NASA splashdown capsules?

Further googling brings you pictures of auctioned boxed examples like this  (with a yellow astronaut this time).

 How cool is that! 

Multiple Toymakers Vans

Century 21 Toys borrowed Multiple Toymakers design for their Topo Gigio Ice Cream Van.

There were lots of Multiple Vans to choose from.

Here are two more by the great Multiple Toymakers.

Hot Dog King.

Mickey Mouse Ice Cream Van.

Multiple Toymakers Pizza Delivery Van & Boat

I love this I saw on eBay.

Yet a other variation on a classic design.

The Multiple Toymakers N.Y. Pizza King van and boat!

I mean, wow! 

Century 21 Toys fans may recall the similar Topo Gigio ice cream van.

Do you like them?

MAJOR MATT MASON AND HIS DAIRY QUEEN JET

 I've never eaten a Dairy Queen. I don't think they appeared in the UK, so the association of Major Matt Mason and Dairy Queen is new to me.

Here's an old advertising poster I saw on auction combining the Dairy Queen Jet and the Major.

Is this news to you?

Do you eat Dairy Queen?

MOON FLEET CAPTAIN BADGE

This badge caught my eye on Ebay so I saved a pic.

I used to eat Sky Rays and remember their Moon Fleet marketing.

Here's the Captain badge. I wonder of there were more? 

Do you remember Moon Fleet readers?

MAKING A MRS. TOPO GIGIO

 My latest fixer-upper from Bill is a Century 21 Toys Topo Gigio Ice Cream van.

Before I attempt the van I've been down a rabbit hole, one marked 'creating a figure'.

The van needed a female Gigio sat in the back serving.

As luck would have it I had a spare rubber Topo kicking about.

Making it up as I went along, this was about half-way in the transformation. Topo's now got long Papier Mache hair and after going under the knife, bent knees! The Christmas clown looks pleased anyway!

and so, the final result.

I give you Mrs. Topo Gigio!

I've never doctored an existing figure to make a new one before so it was a steep learning curve and it took ages, It was also a lot of fun! Have you done anything like this readers?

Now to the Ice Cream Van!

Mr Whippy is indestructible, you are not! Remember this and do not attempt to stop him and buy one!

 Courtesy of Looey and his Missus in Spitalfields in the UK last week!

A Captain Scarlet Ice Cream Van!

Like it?

FIZZ-NIK: THE AMERICAN CREAM

 

I was fascinated by this Fizz Nik.

At first I thought it was a space toy but no, its a straw!

You fill it with ice cream or ice, slot it in your fave pop bottle and away you go!

ha ha!

Love it!

Being a lover of 'floats' myself [I invented my own 'Disco Disaster' - the coke float] this Fizz Nik gets my vote for best straw ever made, easily the winner of Straw Wars!

But did it float your coke readers?

Did it catch on?

New Zealand Icecream Wrappers

Here is a look at some New Zealand icecream packaging, from frickr. Most of which I have never seen before. The majority of the wrappers and containers look to be fairly modern.

There is even a set of horror-themed icecreams from Walls: Frank 'n berry, Count Chocula (I think those were both American breakfast cereals ?), Witchy Goo, and Slimey Limey. Totally new to me.

I do remember Joe 90, Zorro, Garfield, Popsicle Band, and Alf.

The regular ones, such as Topsy, Jellytip, Eskimo Pie, and Joy Bar.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenwilliamsnz/albums/72157631780750774/page1

Paul Adams from New Zealand

ICE CREAM MEMORIES

There's much to please the ice cream nostalgic on the net, not least those confections licenced to Gerry Anderson TV shows like FAB, Super Sea Jets, Orbit, Space 1999, Sky Ray and ZOOM.

Less well-known ice creams from the swinging Sixties can also be found. I used to love the milky Haunted House and the chocolate filled Lolly Gobble Choc Bomb. Don't remember Luv, Crime Squad or Captain Rainbow. Do you?

Cornet was fave of mine too, a block of vanilla ice-cream stood in a T shaped cornet. Woppa and Heart were delicious, as was the minty Tiger Mint. Don't recall Wiz though!

Happy Faces were fun, as were Choc Top Woppa. Kinky was an absolute favourite and looking at Big Wiz I'm wondering if the centre was butterscotch, which rings a taste bell.

Which ice creams did you like in your country?

MISTER SOFTEE'S BACK

I can hear the tinkling music of the Ice Cream van outside. It's a reminder that its summer in the UK.

Its such a nostalgic sound the ice cream van, like a sweet bell ringing from our childhood. Ice Cream vans were a constant feature of our streets in the Sixties and Seventies.

With memorable names like Mister Softee and Mister Whippee, getting an ice cream from the side of the van was a real delight. 

The ice cream was soft and piped into a sort of pyramid on a cone or in a tub. The finishing touches were just the best: chopped nuts, sprinkles and a swirl of delicious sauce. My favourite was raspberry. What was yours?

For something different I sometimes asked for an oyster, a nougat wafer or a screwball. Remember them?

Sometimes my Mum asked me to take a large bowl to the van and get it filled for a Sunday dinner dessert. Great fun!

What are your ice cream memories readers?

FAB1 ICE CREAM VAN

I'm glad they cite Thunderbirds as the source for the name FAB1! They've made millions off it!

https://p50cars.com/fab1-creating-the-worlds-smallest-ice-cream-van-for-nestles-fab-ice-lollies/

LITTLE TWINS AND POOCHY HOT PIZZA AND SODA VAN

I don't think we've had this Pizza and Soda Van on Moonbase before.

Its a Multiple Toymakers variant on their ice cream van.

Here it is complete in its nifty case along with the three figures of the little twins and poochy.

Century 21 Toys also issued the van as a Topo Gigio ice cream van in a Project SWORD style box.

LOLLIPOPPERY

I was wondering about ice lollies I ate as a boy. For some reason I associate Cleveleys near Blackpool with delicious lolly scoffing.

But I'm confused. What was the difference between a Split and a Mivvi? Any?

LOTS OF LOLLIES

This Ayreshirehistory.com page on lolly wrappers is superb. So many to mentally lick. So many frozen memories. Have a bite yourself. Which were your fave lollies?

http://www.ayrshirehistory.com/sweetie_papers_ice_lollies.html

JELLY JUMBO

 

I'm pretty sure I remember this lolly, the Jelly Jumbo!

Ice Cream with jelly ripple! Yum-mee!

Do you remember this lolly?

Is this where the label 'Jelly Wobble Tester' came from?

ZOOM? BOOM!

A year ago I missed the re-issued Zoom lolly at Morrisons

https://ashleighmoneysaver.co.uk/morrisons-is-throwing-it-back-zoom-ice-lollies/

but they're back with a different name at Iceland!

Do you like Zooms?

FAB FIFTY YEARS ON

There can't be many brands that came emerged from Thunderbirds which are still going today, but Fab is one of them.

Yep, Fab, named after Lady Penelope's car and the Tracy Brothers' famous sign-off.

You can read about Fab Land at the moment. Its over 50 years old!

Alas, there's no reference to its Lady P past though. 

http://www.myfabland.com/#news

Can you think of any other spin-off brands from the worlds of Gerry Anderson still going today?