Spring Fling

 The local boot sale is in full Spring now.

I was chuffed to extend my Corgi Rockets haul by four this morning, including a golden electric one, which is all new to me.

I recognized Old MacDonalds chuck wagon from Paul A's recent haul post, altho Paul's was the Juniors version. 

The Juniors skiddoo I've yet to ID properly. 

The Wearem Scarem badge at the end was only known to me through Tony Ks marvellous post on the subject here on MC a few years ago. I was pleased to find one with its little paper and baggy.

The Shuttle is an early Transformer or similar.

There were toy collection books galore too. I passed on so many including a Kitahara Japanese tin toys guide but I enjoyed getting a Model and Toys annual a la the great Bill Breugman and a 1995 Collecting Toys, both from the US.

The middle book is an old unpunched Disney press out book.

The small plate is Arabesque. It has a small chip but I can convert it I to a Corgi Rocket I'll be pleased. 

What do you think?

Haul of the Wild

 Another very enjoyable boot sale in the wild Spring sun.

Here's my haul with three clamshell VHS at the back. I need the cases.

LtoR: Overkill isa Micheal Crichton novel, Cap Scarlet blaster, few Action Man spares, unknown red Batman, unknown Japanese vehicles, Aero Car, unknown long lance, unknown sci-fi darts, Paul's pants, 2 Corgi Rockets, Gene Autry novel.

Close-up.

Any good? 

Any idea about the unknown items? 

New Spring Boots

It was the first Spring car boot of the local season yesterday and great fun.

I picked up a few cheap bits to keep me entertained including some Action Man items, some action figures including Kevin Costner, a transformer, a Matchbox carry case, two clamshell VHS and a couple of die-cast. The Missus found a gorgeous Sixties toy called Match Blocks.

Oh, and a nice red Corgi Rockets. Is it a Morgan? 

Anything here you like readers? 

Have you got a sale or a fair coming up?

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These three items remain unidentified. Two plastic figures and an old die-cast. Any ideas? 

The Car Boot Strikes Back

Here's my car boot booty from this morning. 

Skeletor 1981, Darth Vader voice Changer 2004, little mystery figure, Shredder 1988.

Any good?

Mystery Man

Slim Pickens today, our last trip to Thorpe Arch boot sale this year.

 A forty minute drive is too much for a dwindling outdoor sale reduced solely to traders with only the odd family braving the cold with a stall. We'll start going again next year. 

My only purchase was the 50p mystery man dated 2016. Any ideas folks? 

Are you still car booting or flea marketing?

PS.

Identified by Bill, here's what a bubble carded Mechanic looked like. Mines missing the tools.

Anyone else got this figure?

Car Boot Wednesday

 The Missus and me had a car boot stall this morning at the local sale. We did OK and sold quite a lot of unwanted bits and bobs. Same again, next week, the last of the year before Winter arrives.

As usual, as there were two of us, we were each able to have a wander and a rummage. I personally like lots of house clearance boxes (bit sad I know) to rifle through and here's my inexpensive £3 haul for ID'ing and fixing. Well, it keeps me off the streets!

See what you think. Anything you like?

Rear: 1984 MOTU Battle Bones, just missing the backbone pins.

LtoR: unknown clockwork doll, Mertrade van, unknown pirate, unknown Disner figures, Dr.Who Tardis salt and pepper pots, MASK bike copter, Thrushbuster spares, TAT truck, unknown Laurel and Hardy figs.

Yesterday I invested a bit more, £7, on two well boxed Charity shop toys, a Borrowers keepsake and a Schleich Lava Hyena.

Any good?

Right, time for a kip. Pilates classes start again tonight. Nooooooooooo! 

Headless in Fitzwilliam

 We stood at a boot sale today.

As is traditional when two do it then each gets to have a wander!

My el cheapo haul today was thus:

LtoR:

Knockoff Mintex-style Action Man, Polistil Ambulance, 1978 Invicta Plesiosaur, 1984 Barbie exercise bike, 1985 Thundercats Cheetara without her head, MASK boulder.

I also got a MASK sports car and a small GEN 1 Transformer, but these are still in the car and I'm resting on the bed. Well I did get up at 5.30am!

Anything you like?

I'll clean them all up next and attempt some repairs.

Waiting for a Tuk Tuk

 Standing at the local boot sale this morning, I left the Missus on the stall and had a mosey.

One thing I saw was a plastic toy tuk tuk or rickshaw car with a small seated figure.

A bit like this one online but not the same. I'd spent up so didn't get it.

On the base of the one I saw was the word Paladone - no idea what that is - and also MS, which I'm wondering if it may mean Marks and Spencer?

Anyone any idea?

Anyone got one? Anyone ever been in a tuk tuk or a rickshaw?

Little Success

 

It was slim pickins in the sunshine yesterday but I did pick up these inexpensive bits 'n' bobs up at the local boot sale, all from the same basket of oddments. All little figures, some yet to be ID'd. 

I love the header-carded and bagged antiqued American Indian. The standing shooter next to it is from the same range.

The two blister carded figures were originally hung on the necks of Grants whisky bottles! 

Anything you recognise? 

Wednesday Wares

 It's mid-week and that means car booting.

This week's haul was fun to bag. All cheap and cheerful.

See what you think.

LtoR:

Mixer to fix, Road Monster, Barbie dog for our Granddaughter, Emergency TV jigsaw, Nacoral duck car to fix.

Rexard dolls, Roboom transformer to fix, Anglo Captain Scarlet cards set ( need checking), Japanese tin jet, action figures including Dr. Malcolm and '79 Boba Fett, toy soldiers and astronauts, solid metal planes ( make unknown)

Fixing toys is heaven for me. Wednesday is my favourite day! 

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! 

Bandai Sunday

 I didn't bag any Star Wars down today's boot sale, but I did get some nice stuff.

The plastic bell jar skeleton is from 1991, the cast Romans from 2000 and the two figures are Thunderbirds are Go 2015.

I dropped on with the Bandai Terrahawks for a fiver the two. The Snorkel tender will be fun to do up with parts from the plastic Teamsterz one. Similarly Ill clean up the Goofy car and Plymouth Gran Fury.

The two other die-casts are for my cabinet, a lovely gold Superkings Merc from 1974 and a fabulous black Toyota Crown from Universal Hobbies. This car has four passengers and all are either gangsters or FBI. This is my fave buy today, just 50p!

What do you like readers?

Fitzi Finds

Today I bagged a decent haul of cheap and interesting tat down at Fitzwilliam's bid Wednesday boot sale. Lots of vintage toys to be had along with knick knacks galore.

The 2005 Darth Vader Imperial Motorbike cleaned up well and once he got a DIY lightsaber in his mitt he was off! 

Moonbase Morsels

 Been to a few places this week, an emporium in Rotherham and a boot sale in Fitzwilliam. Both great fun in Spring sunshine.

Here are my purchases.

LtoR: All about Cars by Century 21/ Corgi £2, KO Action Man (I think) 50p, two Lanard GI Joes £1 each, Kirk 50p, Dalek bubble bath £8 and a 2003 long robot vehicle £2. No idea what it is, I just loved it! 

I also picked up a Beastmaster pre-cert big box VHS for £1. Not pictured.

Anything you like readers?

An Annual Event

 Mooching round Thorpe Arch boot sale this Mother's Day morning. There's a brisk wind and a Spring chill.

I saw these annuals on a stall. Champion the Wonder Horse is not one you often see. I liked that show as a kid, with it's catchy theme tune.

Is there anything you would have got?

THE BARBIE STAR TRAVELLER: A REALLY BIG TOY!

I used to love buying and selling Barbie and Sindy stuff. It sort of made up for all the times everyone told me as a kid that I mustn't play with dolls 'cos I was a lad! I was already playing with Action Man, Matt Mason, Tommy Gunn and Captain Laser! They were dolls!

Besides the super exciting episode with the rare dress that I've blogged about before, another favourite find was a complete Barbie Star Traveler Motor Home as pictured. There wasn't a box - but that was OK. All the tables and chairs were there.

As soon as I saw it at the car boot sale I just had to ask 'How Much is the big van?'. The answer was £2 I think and before you could say Lets Go Barbie I was walking off with my own Star Traveler!

Probably more exciting than the purchase itself is getting home and checking stuff over. I love that and this baby took some checking. With the help of the net I was able to check off every part. Aaah. The simple joys of life.

I've heard that Barbie and Ken drove off in their Star Traveler and are somewhere in the Plastic Rockies now! No doubt Big Jim will be along soon to crash the party!

Have you bought anything really big and collectable readers?

Lips Manlis and the Sunny Smile

A recent car booting trip proved fun. I bagged this trio of vintage toys that came back to Moonbase with me.

The two carded figures are the only two carded figures I own and at £15 for the pair I couldn't resist. 

I've been aware of Playmates' Dick Tracy figures for decades, including the fabled Blank and this Lips Manlis is a trip down memory lane.

Captain Power is not a line I know at all really but this carded Chase figure was in such fab condition I got it as well.

The huge green Action Man tank is not the Cherilea original but the later Sunny Smile release, which I think is the same as Strike Force. It just needs a dusting and some of the decals re-glueing before going on maneuvers. A snip at £4 I thought.

Are these toys you know readers?

REMEMBERING MY CHIMERA

A few times selling on Ebay I have hit the jackpot. Well, my jackpot, anything over a tenner! ha ha.

This was one such sale five years ago, the small blue creature in the middle of the shot. Found in a box of tat at a car boot sale and purchased with the other figures for peanuts.

After some research at the time during the pandemic I discovered that the plastic creature was in fact a premium from an obscure line of lucky bags called Horror n Heroes, which have a collectors' cult following. The blue creature was and is a prized collectable for fans! The Chimera. Who knew!

You can read more about Horrors n Heroes here on the sadly now defunct Fantasy Toy Soldiers blog.

I'd never seen a Chimera before and haven't seen one since.

Have you?

SUNDAY SERVING

Feels like ages since we visited a Sunday car boot sale, but today we braved the Autumn cold and headed to Wetherby, where stalls of goodies and a small fry-up awaited.

The breakfast café fry-up was frugal but tasty - me and the Missus are on a diet called 'intermittent fasting' - no food now till this evening!

The stalls were interesting too.

What do you think of my meagre catch readers including some freebies?

LtoR; British Rail book [free], Action Man Jeep £1, BR Diesels book [free], Sculptor photo [free], Photography Year Book 1963 [free]. Torchy The Battery Boy Book £1, brass scope and other optical ring £2 

the free photograph, from a huge pile of free prints, is unusual. It shows a sculptor showing his work to someone, whilst the sitter who is being sculpted sits.

The sculptor has a distinctive 'artists' beatnik-style tash and beard.

The bust appears to be nearly finished.

On the back of the print is this Glasgow address for the photographer, John McLean.

Does it follow that the sculptor was in Glasgow too, maybe in the 1950's or 60's? 

Anyone recognise anything in this picture?