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Friday, 31 October 2014

MAD MONSTER PARTY! YEAH!

MAD MONSTER PARTY 1967

SUPERSCARIONATION!

Wonder if Gerry Anderson wanted to make a movie like this?

YOU'LL DIE LAUGHING THIS HALLOWEEN!

ABC You'll Die Laughing

English gum cards

1960's

Did you get these as a kid like me readers?

source: dixonverse.net

KEVIN'S SUTCLIFFE SEA WOLF TOY

Hi Woodsy

I seem to have developed a nautical theme here which was totally unintentional. Here are some pictures of my latest acquisition, the clockwork Sea Wolf submarine made by Sutcliffe. I had one of these as a kid and recently got this one for purely nostalgic reasons. It is a metal toy with minimal detail but it looks neat.

The clockwork motor still works and the sub dives by virtue of its forward motion and downwards pointing hydroplanes. When it slows down, its buoyancy brings it back up again. The key fits into a winder hidden beneath the rubber bung on the conning tower. Neat huh?

Here is a short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBJlL81lA6o

Take care,

Kevin

HAPPY HALLOWEEN READERS!

HAPPY

HALLOWEEN

2014

READERS!

WOODSY, SCOOP AND BILL

HAUNTING A MOONBASE NEAR YOU!

toys: soft plastic laughing skull 1960's, blushing mod monster frankenstein 1960's, singing dracula 1990's

Thursday, 30 October 2014

MOONBASE CINEMA: CENTURY 21 ZERO X BOX AND TOY REPAIRS 2

A second short video of me making simple repairs to my Century 21 Zero X toy, star of the Gerry Anderson film Thunderbirds Are Go. In this second part I finish the repairs of my box and start on basic upkeep of the toy itself!

Excuse my wobbly voice. No idea what's happened there! I don't usually sound like a live in a fish tank!

The final part to follow tomorrow if you can still stand watching!

OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WE'LL SHOWCASE SOME OF KEVIN D'S NEW AND FAB SCRATCH BUILDS AND TOYS.

KEVIN HEAVEN!

ENJOY!

ANIGRAND SPACE GLIDER

I love the Anigrand model of the M2F3, what we know as the Project SWORD Space Glider. I came across these cool model built-ups on a Japanese modellers' site called Dameya@1/144. To see the models being built check the website.

Wednesday, 29 October 2014

LEE SULLIVAN AND MIKE NOBLE ZERO-X PRINT

Further to Scoop's post about artist Lee Sullivan, check out this beautiful painting of Zero-X Lee has done along with the legend himself, Mike Noble. It sort of reminds me of what a US Tarheel box might have looked like for a Zero-X toy! To see this picture properly and more then check out Lee's website.