SPACEX LT10 LUNAR TRANSPORTER IN THE FILM GREEN SLIME 1969

LT10 Lunar Transporter spectacular landing on planet's surface - at 7.30 minutes. It's worth the wait!

For previous posts on the LT10 click here.

Waddington's BLAST-OFF!

Super collector Jim Lewis continues the gallery of great toys and games from his collection. Here's that classic staple of many a Sixties' childhood, Waddington's BLAST-OFF ! board game in all its glory. Excellent. Wonder who did the box art? I always remember this being in a games pile in the 'lounge' along with Formula 1, Battle of the Little Big Horn (a really beautiful game), Wildlife, Go for Broke, Go, Railroader and my two brothers' favourite, Twister!

SOLYENT GREEN

SOLYENT GREEN is one of my favoutite films from the 1970's. Starring Sci Fi stalwart Charlton Heston as the citizen who stumbles across a terrible secret, it deals with the eternal struggle between love, loyalty, authority and death set against the backdrop of urban collapse. All still highly relevant today. Not a film to spawn any memorabilia I wouldn't have thought, it's dystopian vision, like that of Heston's other seminal film, The Omega Man, remains unique and compelling.

JAPANESE MICRO TOYS

Its got to be said that I am a massive fan of japanese toys and design and I have always maintained that they have some of the coolest toys ever, but this is just out there...

http://www.asovision.com/magicpet/info.html

Basically, you drop one of these suckers into your water bottle and watch it bob round - available as squid, jellyfish and octopus! Watch out Astro Nautilus!

TADA SCOUT GLIDER

I was mucking about with the camera last night. I just thought the TADA tinplate Scout collage I saw on Ebay reminded me of my SWORD Glider, especially the undercarraige. I should of used my grey C21 scout instead of the orange one!

THIS ISLAND EARTH

Looking at those brilliant Outer Space Men in the side-bar again, particularly the pink big-brained Orbitron, it reminded me of the brilliant 1950's sci fi flick, THIS ISLAND EARTH. Orbitron is a deadringer for the film's iconic Metaluna Mutant and is obviously based on it. Full of fantastic imagery and planetary cityscapes, it has a compelling story about scientists and aliens. I can't say that I recognise any of the other Outer Space Men from B movie characters. Somewhere I have a couple of them and some excellent repro accessories. But where?

PS.
Blogger Jim Lewis has sent me this update:

I always thought ELECTRON was clearly based on this guy “THE MAN FROM PLANET X” (pictured above). There is also a nice YOU TUBE piece on these toys by I believe one of the guys who actually designed them (the side bar site is by the designer too. Ed.)

T in a Circle and Tarheel MOONBUS Anyone?

Has anyone got either of these SWORD Moonbuses? It would be great of you could send me pictures of the toys and boxes that could be posted. I am particularly interested in the nose of the moonbus. thanks.

PS.

I have had a great response from a reader. More to follow on the Moonbus in September.

MOON McDARE

Blog reader Jim Lewis has sent in these excellent pictures of the paperwork that came with his Moon McDare action figure. Funnily enough I saw a similar figure by Marx, Cape Kennedy, at the Space Exhibition at Bardford One Gallery yesterday, a museam of Childhood collection on tour across the UK. the first image I saw as woalked in was a JR21 new Flying Saucer!

More to follow from Jim's brilliant collection.