LITTLE WIERDOS BLOG

I love little toy figures. I did as a kid and I still do. So its a no-brainer that I like this cool blog, Little Wierdos. 

Have a gander! http://www.littleweirdos.net/

PROJECT SWORD GIF ANYONE?

I'm a great fan of animated GIFS and often feature them on the blog. There are some great Sci Fi GIFs on the net, which I've used but I've no idea how they're made.

Wonder what a Project SWORD or SPACEX animated GIF would look like? Anyone up to the challenge?

PLASTIC TOY TOOL KITS

I loved plastic tools when I was a small kid. Hammers, screwdrivers, pliers and spanners. I'm pretty it was a set like this Busy Boy pack that I had. My Mum used to tell me that I actually drew pictures of hand tools on the staircase wallpaper, much to her horror! 

I suppose the next stage of development was plastic meccano; you know, big bolts and wrenches. Then came some junior tools like small hacksaws and a wooden toolbox. Alas, it stopped there as I have no practical skills whatsoever now!

Did you like plastic tools as a kid readers?

PROJECT VEG

I recently came across these cool veg machines on Colossal. I love the blue plastic parts. the turnip looks just like a Moon prospector! ha ha. What do you think readers?

FOR THE LAST TIME BY RORY GALLAGHER

In this age of amorphous pap charading as modern music, wrap yer lugs round some proper stuff courtesy of You Tube: For the Last Time by the late great axemeister Rory Gallagher! Subtle celtic balladic rock at its finest from 1971 when, like the mighty hammers of horned lords, electric guitars ruled supreme! There could be only one reason to have moved on from our beloved space toys as the Sixties turned into the Seventies - and that reason was rock music.

IS TV-RELATED DEAD?

Is TV-related and Sci-Fi toy collecting dead in the press? When I started collecting there were loads of magazines in the UK specifically for the TV and Sci-Fi collector like me, magazines like Model and Collectors Mart, Memorabilia, not to mention those cool US titles like Collectable Toys and Values.

What on earth has happened? There aren't any on the UK shelves anymore and haven't been for ages. OK, the Collectors Gazette newspaper occasionally runs something Sci-Fi but virtually all the magazines in the shops are relentlessly devoted to die-cast cars. 

Now don't get me wrong, I loved die-cast as a kid growing up in the Sixties. Hot Wheels, Superfast, Sizzlers, I loved them all BUT I don't collect them now I'm all growed up. I collect space and Sci-Fi TV-related plastic toys and particularly love to read about them, which used to be easy when publishers took a chance on publishing magazines about them.

Are we destined to drown in countless column inches about die-cast forever? What do you think readers?

MIDORI LUNAR TRANSPORTER: NEW BOX ART?

We've seen the MIDORI Lunar Transporter from Japan before but I'm unsure if we've seen this particular box on the blog. Set on a lunar landscape, its remarkably SWORD-like and would not look out of place as SWORD box art. 

You see from the contents that the unpainted model appears to be dark bluey green and comes with a picture of the Transporter and chums.

Anyone got one of these?

MOEBIUS 1/128 FLYING SUB

Here's a few candid photos of the Flying Sub that comes with the Moebius Seaview I'm working on.
It's quite small and I've fitted a magnet inside so it can be easily attached inside the Flying Sub bay (Moebius do provide a hook to attach the Flying Sub but if that's used the top hatch can't be glued in place).