IF WE WERE INVADED FROM SPACE

Hello Woodsy,

It was the season of goodwill to all men, but if there is an Alien Invasion then I'm ready to repel invaders with both bright lights and sound effects.

LET THE GALAXY BEWARE!

Regards,

Terranova47

NYC

OFF BASE

I shall be off base for a while this week. Some much needed RnR is required.

My responses to comments and emails will be delayed as a result.

The Base, however, remains open for continuing operations.

STOMPERS BY LANCE

On the Stomper version of the Flex the tires do not split. Same with the Stomper version of the Animal, the claws are always out.

Galoob made large versions of the Flex and Animal where the tires reacted. If the Flex ran into an obstacle, the hubs moved in and made the tires balloon out so it could go over it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tPAktnTq9o

The Animal had 'hidden' claws that would come out (3 per each tire) when it encountered difficulty. People confuse the Animal with the Claw which on the latter, the tires would split open revealing claws and extend the overall size of the tire to clear an obstacle.

Both the Animal and the Claw can be seen in this commercial compilation video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy_vM7VzBn0

( it also features a low quality of Tomy's Monster Machine that you might like)

Lance

USA

WORLD NAVY SUB 57 AND THE TOY RACING CAR

Yorkie's ace observations  in the comments about this mystery toy racing car and its possible use as a Century 21 prop were so good that I had to post them.

Yorkie said that in the Stingray episode 'Man from the Navy', the World Navy Sub 27 is a converted racing car toy or model. A conning tower has been added and the rear of the car becomes the front of the sub. It could be the toy pictured.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/stingray/images/4/47/Wn27.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20170721030724

Yorkie said it also appears in Thunderbirds painted red in the episode The Man from MI5.

https://securityhazard.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/themanfrommi500015.jpg

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Woodsy adds:

Since posting the 'mystery' racing car post I've realised where I first saved the picture from. It belonged to modeller Mike Delamar and I asked to use it nearly 10 years ago on an online thread. You can see the thread on the Eagletransporter Forum [you may have to register after a while]. Mike's a master scratch builder and the old thread detailed his search for original parts to create the World Navy Sub 27 from the toy racing car. Sadly the thread peters out and the finished model is not shown.

See what you think anyway:

https://www.eagletransporter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68150

KEN HOLT REMEMBERED

Today would have been our ol' pal Ken Holt's 89th Birthday, so many happy returns in heaven, mate.

SPACE:1999 COMING TO FORCES TV

Scoop here, and pleased to report that hot on the heels of their popular showing of the UFO TV series here in the UK, Forces TV will be screening Space:1999 next month.

https://www.facebook.com/ForcesTVChannel/videos/1039009462962121/

Generally speaking, my Space:1999 posts usually turn out to be my most popular on the blog in terms of views along with UFO, so based on that simple poll I should think that having Space:1999 back on UK screens should prove a winner for Forces TV.

I believe the series was shown recently on Comet TV in the USA, so it's nice to know fans in the UK haven't been left out.

So, time to plan for a few more Space:1999 posts...

Terrahawks Cube Scratchbuild by Kev D

Hi,

Just finished a scratchbuild of one of Zelda's cubes from Terrahawks. Evil box!

Take care,

Kevin D

ARES AND OUT

After 15 years on Mars, one of NASA's most successful rover missions has ended. Opportunity rover went dark on June 10 2018, following an especially heavy dust storm. NASA has tried in vain to reconnect with the rover, but after a final attempt on Tuesday, they declared the mission to be at an end. Designed to last just 90 martian days and travel 1,000 yards, the rover travelled over 28 miles, recording beautiful blue sunsets and discovering ice on Mars. Its twin Spirit, ceased function on March 22 2010.