When Monsters Form a Mob!

Just when you thought it was safe to go into the castle there's even more monsters! 

Brian's Monster Base is overrun! 

New Jersey will never be the same! 

Anyone got any monsters too?

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Brian's Mego Mad Monsters!

Monster Base, New Jersey is just packed with monsters.

And what do you do when you've this many Megos?

Get more! 

Yes!

Brian certainly has his hands full at Monster Base!

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Century 21 Toys Luna Len Model Number Anyone?

I'm trying to figure out the model number of this obscure Century 21 Toys toy, Luna Len.

In this battered box I saw online it appears to be A91 on the top flap.

Can anyone confirm that? 

Luna Len was released by many toy companies Including Mortoys, Mego and more.

Alphadrome has compiled a fabulous rogues gallery of them on their site.

 https://share.google/ktB8xqeTq29RLoB2h

M.C."Screechin' Creech"

Introducing the latest member of Monster Base House Band!

I couldn't find a scale drum kit, so Creech is going to keep the beat with his laptop and provide the hook with his turntables!

- BrianF 

Monster Base 

NJ USA

This Week's Mixed Catch

 This week's haul at the local boot sale is a mish mash of different stuff.

See what you think.

This little fella is by Marx and as yet is unidentified. I have his legs.

Rear LtoR:

1980's Transformers x 2, Kleeware red beAr rattle, Spanish Godzilla, Mecki x 2, Bahamas plastic police figure, C21 Monkees Annual, wedding couple dolls as yet unidentified, plastic ball and holder game, clackers,

Front LtoR:

Corgi Rockets Capri, Mego plastic Corvette, unidentified Marx figure, Barbie clone, tiny metal deity, Italian white

 plastic miniature figures by Depose.

I spent about a tenner on this lot. Great fun as always looking for old toys.

See anything you like? Can you ID the mysteries? 

Midweek Medley

 This week's catch so far:

See what you think?

In Wetherby, a large David Bowie framed print £5

In Fitzwilliam, various: JR21 TB3 minus engine £1 ( I have a spare engine somewhere!) , Swing Wing Jet minus tail £1, Night of the Ghouls VHS video £1, diver roller 30p, Ryan's Spy Case £1 ...

Japanese phones ( came with long green wire): needs attention, 30p

I passed on a boxed set of Denys Fisher Speed Burners ( Mego 1974). £25 was too steep for me but the two golden cars were fabulous.

I need to start selling now! 

Logan's Done: A Custom Kmart Princess Logan's Run Doll

 Keeping the toy workshop rolling, here's our custom version of Kmart's rare 'Logans Run' Princess Doll completely finished.

See what you think.

As usual Bill supplied the fabulous card art and I finagled the card and blister and dressed the doll.

Something a little different, here's our mock-off on the left and it's inspiration on the right, the original carded doll as featured in the brilliant Megomuseum site.

LOGAN'S DONE! MY CUSTOM LOGAN 5 CLOTHED PRINCESS DOLL

 A while back after finishing Zython I was flicking once more through my new and fabulous Knockoffs christmas gift book and found a another rare cheapo toy I just had to make.

The original and elusive toy appears both in the Plaid Stallions Knockoffs book and the related Mego Museum website.

Here it is, the fabulously cheesy 1970's Kmart Princess with new Long Hair doll in original Mego Logan's Run garb. The maker's clearly wanted to use up male Mego Logan 5 outfits rather than kit her out in the more diaphanous slip Jessica 6 wears in the 1976 movie. 

After all, this is a knockoff and nothing to do with Logan's Run.

[you can read all about Mego's attempt at Logan's Run toys on the brilliant Mego Museum site].

Image: Mego Museum

I looked around for an original Princess Long Hair doll and found a few for sale but they were all too dear for a tight-fisted Yorkshireman!

I also found this modern repro Logan's Run jumper made professionally for 12" dolls on eBay by BlackAshKitBash. Beautiful work but ten pounds would make me cry.

image; BlackAshKitBash

I decided to start from scratch and raided my doll stash for a suitable 12 inch Barbie clone.

A few swags of felt and cloth later and hey presto!

The boots came courtesy of Ebay from a very inexpensive seller. I coloured them black,

All she needs now is a card and blister. I will have to be extra nice to Bill!

What do you think readers?

I'll have to watch the film again now. Do you like Logan's Run? Book, film or series? Any toys?

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A Fawcett Footnote: 

As a footnote, this project reminded me that Farrah Fawcett starred as Holly 13 in Logan's Run too wearing a glittery dress..

 and that I once found a huge doll that I thought was Farrah in yes, a glittery dress [it wasn't Farrah!]

You can read my blog entry at the time about this find here.

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2017/09/dont-fawcett.html

Farah's stint in Logan's Run has inspired others to make custom figures of her. Here's a neat one I saw on Figure Realm by Nightwing1975 with Holly 5 in an equally glittery dress, a project which also includes an Action Man dressed as Logan 5! Now why didn't Palitoy think of that!

What do you think?

Image: Figure Realm

Coming full circle, Farrah even had her own Seventies knockoff too called Tanya/ Sport Girl ripping off Hasbro's Charlies Angels range. Don't fawcett!

MOONBASE MR.ROCK: OUR MOCK SPOCK KNOCKOFF

 I've always loved Lincoln International's monsters and Mr. Rock, their Spock knockoff, is a member.

Fabulously rare, very few collectors will ever see one in the Vulcan flesh, never mind own one.

Here's a superb carded example as it appears on www.megocollector.com

This image by www.Lincolnmonsters.com shows in detail the turtle-necked pullover with its zig-zagged armbands and the thunderbird insignia.

The two accessories, both cheap knockoffs themselves from clones of Barbie and GI Joe, are pictured on the terrific www.Plaidstallions.com; a basic pink radio and a flare gun.

So, with a couple of custom Moonbase figures under our belts this Autumn I thought, why not have a crack at Mr. Rock!

First up I looked for the original accessories on Ebay and bingo! I found the radio in America and the flare gun in the UK. Result! All that was needed was a radio handle, which I added using a paper clip and painted it pink.

I paid $5 for the radio and $20 for its shipping. The gun was £1 and £2 postage.

Realising after a while that the jewel of the original toy is the figure itself, a figure that's nigh on impossible to find, I decided to cut my losses and buy a modern Mego Spock set. As it turned out, it was a real bargain at £15 and free postage.

I set about modifying the dressed figure to look more like Mr. Rock; Spock's hair was painted brown, the Star Trek insignia was coloured blue, the trousers were lengthened, a turtle neck was added to the pullover, double zig zag trim was put on each sleeve. and a new thunderbird decal was added to the pullover thanks to Bill.

Here's Spock Mr. Rocked.

Bill did wonders recreating the original Lincoln International card art, which I glued to card.

Here's our figure on the card.

So getting back to the original toy we began with, here's the real Lincoln International Mr. Rock.

Here's the blistered Moonbase International version [blister is temporary].

As soon as I get hold of a much better blister I'll bring the final article to show you.

Hope you like it so far.

Thanks to Bill for another fabulous bit of card art.

BRIAN'S MONSTER BASE BASH: MEGO'S HEROES AND LINCOLN'S MONSTERS SLUG IT OUT!

Reader and monstrous toy collector Brian F, he of Monster Base NJ, has kindly sent me this fabulous snap from a 1976 Montgomery Wards catalogue, which inspired him as only Lincoln Monsters can!

Yes, the Wards catalogue shot gave American kids a mouth-watering and magnificent bust-up between Lincoln International's Monsters and Mego's Greatest Superheroes.

Robin get's to side-kick the Hunchback: Supe get's a right-hook into Wolfie but Frankie has deffo got the better of Green Goblin. He's toast!

You would never have guessed it looking at the catalogue's angelic cover!

Do you have a copy? Do you remember this catalogue?

You can see another Lincoln Monsters fan's reaction to this image on You Tube. Here's Raymond Castile.

https://youtu.be/u9lcWDutcaA?feature=shared&t=1933

SWATS THAT?

I'm seeing SWAT and Police Cars with Action dolls all over the place!

This is a Japanese Hema toy AMERICAN Alfa Romeo Police car I saw online on Ebay.

Maybe those figures are Action Team? Have these GI Joe Action Men got stockings on their heads? These fighting men get everywhere!

Have you found them in strange places readers?

and here's LJN's SWAT set from 1976 courtesy of RetroWaste. Are the HEMA guys SWAT too?

Those SWAT figures, here close-up and courtesy of MYMEGOLIKE, look like little Action Men! Anyone got any SWAT toys. Was it a TV show?

and here's LJN's similar Rookies too courtesy of Plaid Stallions. Was that a TV show?

Have you a Police Car with action dolls like these or Action Man/GI Joe readers?

AURORA, MEGO AND CO: ARTO'S FANTASTIC JUTHBACKA FINDS

Arto has been kind enough to share pictures of his recent and amazing haul of vintage goodies at the Juthbacka vintage fair on the western coast of Finland.  The Juthbacka fair attracts sellers from Sweden too. 

A super post to end the summer, Feast your eyes!

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Aurora long box monster kits and Mego monsters, Super Heroes, Star Trek/ Space 1999

Assorted Super Heroes: Batcopter, Secret Wars, Super Powers and an Italian Diabolik figure, a candy box top!

Micronauts, Choc Rockets and Car [I have cropped this image and removed an amazing item that, with Arto's permission, will feature on the blog's anniversary  - our 16th bloggiversary - on September 15th. Watch this space!]