Like the Gorgo and Big Gorillas toys and kits weeks we had on MC last year, there'll be another special week of posts in the last week o...

I'm remembering Konga week, with this recent re-discovery, a 1948 adventure film called Unknown Island.  A terrific movie, with some exc...

Hi, Firstly, I would like to thank Max from Max's Models for pointing out the existence of this model, which I missed when doing my list...

The Matchbox-sized Tomica die-cast range is made by Tomy of Japan. Their Mitsubishi Fuso Animal Carrier truck had a large plastic cage on th...

Saw a modern flick called Primal Force recently about angry baboons. It was dire but I appreciated the aping around. Here's the German ...

Hi Back in the Golden Age of Hollywood, no thriller or comedy movie was complete without a gorilla on the rampage. Played by a man in a ...

There have only been a few Gorilla kits over the years [o ther than Aurora's famous King Kong]  . Here is a quick run-down. Some of thes...

 Seeing this black and white image on the back of Ken Films' box, as posted by Paul, it rang a distinct bell. At first I thought it was ...

Hi The Ghost Busters was a live-action Seventies American children's TV show.  It only ran for 15 episodes, all of which are available t...

Sometimes films and TV series get as mixed up as spaghetti. So it is with Ghostbusters. Or should I say Ghost Busters. As such characters ge...

Before the appearance of videotape in the 1970s, watching a movie at home involved running real film through a projector, on to a real movie...

I adored 1949's Mighty Joe Young as a kid in the Sixties. It must have been on the telly if I saw it. The amazing black and white scene ...

In 1961 Michael Gough commands Konga to do fell deeds in Konga, despatching his enemies and disparagers with wild abandon. Konga isn't a...

Zuru Metal Machines are a range of die-cast model cars, along the lines of Hot Wheels. Not really in the same league, but they do have some ...