Super Sideral Robo Gear

 This an amazing Spanish

 robot space costume for kids. 

The helmet is terrific!

It looks familiar.

The dart visor is a separate toy too ...

... The Videolaser.

Not sure this arm is connected but I threw it in anyway, as it's very roboty! 

Anyone seen this set before?

Cor! A GOR Helmet

This GOR toy space helmet looks great. It also looks really sturdy but I'm going on the picture.

What do you reckon it's influences are?

Here's the pictures origin:

https://www.catawiki.com/no/l/90271309-kingsford-leketoy-space-gor-helmet-star-force-robot-spaceman-1970-1980-hong-kong 

MYSTERY JOSMAN COSTUME

 

I saw this on Todocoleccion recently. Anyone know what this costume is from?

Bill Ev's Thunderbirds Memories

Hi Woodsy

Reading through your Blog resulted in a cherished memory resurfacing!

When I was a kid, we didn't have much spare cash, and many things from the Gerry Anderson Universe were out of reach of my family pocket.

So one Christmas, I had to make a choice of either Thunderbird 5 or an International Rescue uniform. I chose TB5. But my Grandmother was a very talented and qualified Tailor (in those days women were called Dressmakers) - and surprised me Christmas 1966 with a perfect copy of the uniform, because I understood about the lack of money and had been such a good child.

My Gran (Kittie) had sourced pretty much the exact colour material of the IR uniform, and when it was finished, there was a small amount over, which she put aside for other odd projects.

In 1967/68 I went Zero X mad, and as I had an Action Man, I managed to convince my Gran to make a Zero X uniform for Action Man, as the material was the same colour as the Zero X uniform! - about a week later she produced this really faithful reproduction complete with Nehru Collar. It was designed to fit over one of the red jumpsuits so Action Man looked completely authentic, and ready to pilot Zero X.

Somewhere in the vast collection of photos from my childhood I do have a picture of the Zero X suit worn by my 12 inch high friend...

As regards my own IR uniform... I still have it, and its in pretty good nick, but a tad too small, so no cosplay for me!

FAB!

Bill Ev~

C A T W O M A N

 

Today at the May First Ruhrfestspiel festival.

I think this lady's a cat! 

What do you think?

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Then came the Workers' and Unions' band!

ARTO'S MYSTERY BAT SUIT

 

Arto kindly sent me this snap of his late December find, a fabulous vintage vinyl Bat Suit.

Can anyone shed any light on the make of this old costume?

Do you recognise it?

Or the catalogue shown open in this old Catawiki sale picture?

In Space No-one Can Hear You Knit

Sent in by MJ

Southcoast Base

Holy Crochet! Batty Cosplay!

Sent in by MJ,

Southcoast Base

Holy Fire Escapes!

In response to your question about Batman and the Joker, here are some shots I took of the Hyde Fundraisers.

Zap! Pow!

Kevin

UK

GOTHAM CITY BUS

Batman boarded the bus but he turned his back on us!

Just then Joker started eyeing me up.

What do you think happened next?

This!

No worries, the police were following us!

Have you ever seen the Joker or Batman in 'real' life or dressed up?

Troy Boy

I did find one other baby boomer like me at Comic Con! Troy Tempest himself! And I got to hold his raygun! 

Oldies rule!

Standby for traction! 

TO THE BAT KEV!

Hi,

Just saw your Batman photo, here you go, took these recently when I was out and about with the Hyde Fundraisers.

Holy fire escape!

Kevin D

UK