THE UGLIEST SPACE TOY EVER? THE STARRIORS 'STAR WARS' SPACE SHIP

We all know that space toys can get ugly in the wrong hands. Here's one that takes the biscuit. It's listed as a Star Wars Starriors Space Ship by Hap-P-Kid 1997 and made in Greece I think. 

At first I thought it was a militarized Thunderbird Five. Then I thought it's a mash-up of a flying saucer with a Klingon Bird of Prey slapped on its rump. I gave up once I saw what was going on in the cockpit. Unless I need to go back to Specsavers, it looks like a bullfight! Bullfights in space, really! Its a whole new kind of ugly!

ANDERCON

Andercon is about to launch as one or two V.I.P.'s look for a parking space!

EASTER PRESENTS?

I remember getting a lot of Easter eggs at Easter back in the Sixties: cardboard clocks, big cups and a plastic truck all with a big foil-wrapped egg packaged in cellophane. I don't remember getting any other prezzies though like at Christmas like space toys or action men.

Did you get Easter presents readers?

EASTER X

Zero X Flyby

Easter Island

THE SCOOP HAS LANDED

I've arrived at the venue and booked into the hotel.

First impressions is the hotel is just a maze of corridors and very easy to get completely lost.  It would be perfect for a Prisoner convention!

Apart from this sign outside there's no indication in the hotel itself that hundreds of Anderson fanatics are about to decend

Still early days yet.

Boring Toys

Taking a break from essay writing, I'd just like to make a quick post to thank the generous and fabulously productive Will Schwartz of Secret Space Base, who expedited a tricky ebay deal for me and slipped some wonderful secret space goodies into the pack.

Most recognisable for me was the excellent little diecast version of the Disney Atlantis Tunnelling Machine. A steampunk style mole which makes a brief appearance in the Mike Mignola designed animation. Ever since Thunderbirds rolled out the Mole, I have had a fascination with drill toys, so this little beauty takes pride of lace in my collection!

GOOD FRIDAY FILMS AND TOYS QUIZ

OK, its Good Friday and the Statue of Liberty Quiz posed no problem for you film buffs. So lets try another quiz before all that chocolate eating starts and Scoop sets off for Andercon! Same drill, one answer per reader so choose wisely.

1. Which is the odd one out: Mondelez, Lindt, Hershey, Nestle
2. What was the name of the Lake in Friday 13th?
3. Who played the Bride in the Bride of Frankenstein?
4. What were the small furry cotton-wool-ball like creatures called in Star Trek TOS?
5. Name the odd one out? Squirm, Them, The Deadly Swarm, Day of the Triffids
6. In which episode of Thunderbirds did JR21 Thunderbirds appear with the Tracy family?
7. Which is the odd one out and why: the Creature from The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Kong in King Kong, Godzilla in the original Godzilla movie?
8. Which Sixties toy am I describing: the head glows red and the trousers fall down?
9. Which magazine kicked off the Sixties monster craze in the US?
10. In which country is the Karloff film The Old Dark House set?

GOOD FRIDAY SPECIAL: NEW SCRATCHBUILT SPACEX MODELS BY KEVIN D

Space Patrol 1 Taxiing

Nova launch