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Friday, 14 September 2012

Johnny Seven: King Of Toys

It's Johnny Seven time!

1964's top toy [courtesy of You Tube]

as we mentioned on Radio Celtica tonight!

Yehaaa!

SWORD ON RADIO CELTICA TONIGHT: LET THE BLOG PARTY ROLL!

Pilots Woodsy and Wotan are interrupting normal service on the radio again tonight when blog reader and super DJ Bill Everatt chats to them about space toys, monsters, secret agents and of course Project SWORD! Just click on the RADIO CELTICA logo at the top of the blog OR

Click here at 8pm British Summer Time in the UK or 7pm GMT overseas. Then simply clisk on the online format you want: Real Player, WINAMP or To listen live. We'll be on shortly after that!

The show will light the fuse to the fourth anniversary of the blog. Be there!

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Jupiter Takes One for the Team

A large asteroid or meteor struck Jupiter on Monday, an incident which was captured on video by amateur astronomer George Hall. The brief impact was automatically captured by his trusty telescope.

Jupiters massive gravitational field effectively 'hoovers up' stray asteroids, comets and meteors, drawing them into its gaseous bulk. In 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy broke into 20 pieces before pelting the face of Jupiter, leaving scars the size of the Pacific Ocean on the surface.

Satellite Sci Fi

If you haven't got cable or satellite TV, like I haven't, then there's very slim pickings on the box when it comes to Sci Fi in the UK. OK there's re-runs of Red Dwarf and Stargate but that's about it. Am I missing out? What's your experience of Sci Fi on Cable, Sky or Satellite TV? Any good?

BIRTHDAY MEMORIES: SECOND YEAR

September 2010: amongst the the birthday cards two years ago was this cool image from Andy B!

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

KELLOGS SPACE AGE: ANOTHER BOWL

Last month I spotted these on Ebay, box sides from vintage Kellogs packets showing the SPACE AGE plastic premium fleet, which includes a miniature version of our chum, the SpaceX MOLAB. I've seen the yellow panel before but the two structure sheets - Moon Craters and Computer Centre - are new to me. Has anyone got these?

FAB GEAR USA

One for our North American readers, FAB GEAR USA is stuffed full of the latest Anderson and Irwin Allen goodies for sale. The site is also a great place to window shop too!