TOY HUNTER ANYONE?

Is anyone watching the new series of Toy Hunter? I think its series 2. I really love it and reckon it's made for Moonbase readers or anyone into vintage toys like most of us. OK, there's an emphasis on the value of toys but it's made for the telly and most people want to know.

This week Jordan was searching for a Kenner Bigfoot from the Six Million Dollar Man line. I had no idea it was that rare and I'm struggling to recall what he traded for it, some sort of rare GI Joe set I think.

Cool stuff indeed!

CLIFFORD RACING TEAM CAR TRANSPORTER

Cream Transporter version with Century 21 Toys Sam's Car and Joe 90 Car

Ferryman Collection

above

Green Transporter version with original cars

Ebay

Cream Transporter with one original car

Woodsy Collection

Anyone else got the Clifford Car Transporter?

NEW TRICKS

Seeing Kitten Kong rampage across Glenn Field, reminded me of my own furry friends fondness for fotos!

Murphy and Noah, my black and chocolate labradors, are very fond of the camera and Murph im particular, is not averse to a little dressing up for the occasion.

Heres his interpretation of his favourite films: Yoda from Revenge of the Sith, The Fly, Catwoman, The Mummy and finally  The Thing! After a little session, he likes nothing better than recreating the trench scene in Warhorse!

Noah on the other hand, is much more reserved and despairs of such antics..

SPLISHING AND SPLOSHING

During those warm Sixties Summers the only thing that would cool down us overheating children was water. We weren't bothered which form it took. Ice was great for eating, especially flavoured and covered in sprinkles with neat names like FAB and SkyRay. When ice didn't do it then there was nothing for it but to leap into the nearest pool of liquid water like a gaggle of ducks!

Butlins, the quintessential British baby boomer holiday resort, was festooned with all manner of water features for leaping into: fountains, paddling areas and full-on swimming pools with that most terrifying of childhood haunts, the Deep End!

Here are a few snaps my family took of me dabbling in Butlins' many wonderful watery playgrounds. Did you enjoy a good paddle when you were Kids readers?

OK Mum, I'll take it from here!

Wow, I'm the King of the Fountain!

Damn, Stuart's here! There's no peace!

And now my Big Brother Steve's here!

Where's Steve gone?

I'm here! C'mon Paul, the Deep End's great!

That's easy Bro! Hmm, on second thoughts!

Sci Fi On UK TV

Besides my fave TV programme Toy Hunter, which I'm currently watching, there are two more series I aim to check out. One is called The 100 about 100 teenagers who return to a devastated Earth. Sounds a little like project SWORDen so I'll have a look. The other is Falling or Fallen Skies, which I know nothing about. I once watched a series called Dark Skies, which I enjoyed years ago. The names similar so I'll give it a whirl.

Anyone seen either of them?

SUMMER MYSTERY TOY PARTS QUIZ

OK, another summer quiz. This time its mystery small parts from toys. Not easy! One go per reader. Identify the parts 1 to 6 and also the any of the unnumbered bits like the mini space rifle, which remain a mystery even to me! Go readers go!

ON THE CATWALK

While I do try to make the effort to take the odd original photo to illustrate my different posts, from time to time I can get some unwanted attention from Oscar the cat who likes the idea of getting in on the act.

Here's a few examples from his portfolio.

Oscar with a JR21 Thunderbird 1

Oscar with a JR21 Thunderbird 5

Oscar walking across the backdrop of Glenn Field

Oscar about to flick a Husky Piranha - The Cat from UNCLE

Oscar strolling past my Marx Bristol 188

Finally, the Cat with Ten Lives

As Richard has reminded me of the famous Kitten Kong from the Goodies here's a post script photo.

SWORD CURIOSITY

NASA's curiosity would make a great plastic toy. I'm not the only one who thinks so either. My preferred format would be a large plastic toy, like NASA's own model shown here, together with a remote control. It would make a brilliant addition to a modern re-incarnation of either Project SWORD or Spacex toys.

What would be in your modern SWORD SPACEX toy fleet readers?