Friday, 25 July 2025
Kev's Scratchbuilt Stingray World Navy Sub57
Wednesday, 28 August 2024
ATOM SUB 7-11
This is a a great looking Atom Sub 7-11; it has a real Gerry Anderson vibe to it.
I think its Italian. It's titled a Sottomarino A Molla. This is the only image I could find, this one on an odd auction site called Catawiki [I thought Catawiki was an encyclopedia site].
Do you like this Atom Sub? Any more info?
Saturday, 30 September 2023
SUB STANDARD
I had to chuckle when I saw this old carded frogman. I mean, the firm have just brazenly ripped off one of my favourite Action Man box illustrations! It was clearly the Wild West back then in Hong Kong when anything went!
The toy itself appears to not live up to the famous illustration, a super cheapo frogman and a one-man sub that looks like a soda siphon canister.
Still, back in the day I would have accepted this toy with open arms. I would today! ha ha
Did you have a one-man sub?
Thursday, 31 August 2023
KEV's AGENT X20'S SUB SCRATCHBIULD
Monday, 1 May 2023
SEEPY HOLLOW: THE BLOW MOULDED RACER USED BY DEREK MEDDINGS
This is Captain Jordan's submarine, the WN27, as seen in 'The Man from the Navy'. The actual model was about 12 inches long and had a hull made from a toy or kit midget racing car. The car body is turned back-to-front and the front of the conning tower fits into what would be the back of the driver's cockpit. This model was dressed up with Airfix SRN1 hovercraft kit turbine parts and repainted bright orange for use in the Thunderbirds episode 'The Man from MI5'. |
Saturday, 4 February 2023
AN ISLAND CRAWLING WITH MYSTERIOUS TOYS
I've just watched Jules Verne's Mysterious Island the movie from 1961.
I've seen it many times and despite crawling with the giant crabs and hungry rocs there are still a few toy related observations I can make.
One of the high points of the film is the appearance of Herbert Lom's Nemo and his futuristic submarine Nautilus. Nowadays they'd call it steampunk but back in the day when the first Nautilus appeared on the big screen in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, in 1954, a Leeds-based company got in on the underwater action.
Sutcliffe Pressings created the Nautilus tinplate toy, an icon of vintage play and a glint in the eye of most collectors. A beautiful toy pressed in various bright colours, what I hadn't realised was just how close Sutcliffes was to Moonbase. Literally half an hour away in Horsforth, Leeds!
Now the site of a residential car park, the Sutcliffe glory days are sometimes celebrated at the local Horsforth Museum and this is one of their past displays of submarines. You can also read about Sutcliffe's here: Sutcliffe Boats of Horsforth [there's a picture of the toy sub being sprayed in the spray shop!]. Did you own a Sutcliffe?
Watching Mysterious Island again I was also struck by Nemo's wondrous electric rifle and how it completely captured the atomic age vibe of many space rifles. See what I mean ...
Friday, 5 June 2020
BRI'S CHAP MEI DIVERS
Sunday, 31 May 2020
A Divers Selection
Monday, 20 April 2020
RC 3D PRINTED FUTURISTIC SUB
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Jets Away!
Check out the gorgeous illustrations on the japanese release!
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PROJECT SWORD SPACEX TIMELINE
- 1968 SPACEX LT10 CONCEPT
- 1966 SPACE GLIDER REAL THING
- 1969 LUNAR CLIMBER & MOONSHIP
- 1968 PROJECT SWORD ANNUAL
- 1968 TV21 #168 PROJECT SWORD PHASE 2
- 1968 PLEASURE CRUISER CONCEPT
- 1968 CENTURY 21 TOY MANUAL
- 1967 SCOUT 1 CONCEPT
- 1967 NUCLEAR FERRY TOY AD
- 1967 SWORD TOY AD
- 1967 SWORD TOY AD
- 1966 SPACE GLIDER CONCEPT
- 1966 HOVERTANK IN COMIC
- 1966 NUKE PULSE NEEDLEPROBE IN COMIC
- 1966 ZERO X FILM DEBUT
- 1966 MOONBUS IN COMIC
- 1966 SPACE PATROL 1
- 1966 P3 HELICOPTER IN COMIC
- 1966 SAND FLEA AND SNOW TRAIN
- 1966 MOBILE LAUNCH PAD IN COMIC
- 1965 SPACEX MOONBASE CONCEPT
- 1965 APOLLO FIRST UK TOY AD
- 1962 NOVA CONCEPT
- 1962 MOONBUS CONCEPT
- 1961 MOON PROSPECTOR CONCEPT
- 1953 MOLAB CONCEPT