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Thursday, 5 May 2016

SATHER'S CANDY FILLED SPACE FLEET? WHAT ARE THEY?

Saw these old Sather's Candy Filled Space Fleet packets on Etsy.

They look like interesting connectable plastic modules.

Anyone know what they are? Anyone got them readers?

EXPLORING TOMORROW IN SPACE BOOK COVER

Saw this online and thought, oh yes, bottom left there's the Astronomical Telemetry Station [is that right?] or ATS of the SpaceX toy range!

Wednesday, 4 May 2016

FISHER PRICE STAR WARS ADVENTURE PEOPLE: THERE IS ANOTHER

I used to enjoy collecting Fisher Price Adventure people. I've blogged about the range before. At one time they were common fair at UK Car Boot Sales.

However, in all my booting I never came across anything like these Adventure People - Star Wars crossovers! Given the global success of Star Wars it was inevitable that virtually every other minor space line would be unscrupulously morphed with it like this at some point!

Called HOMBRE ESPACIAL they hail from Argentina and were made by PPL. Sought after in their own region, you can read about the whole range here in this fascinating online article by John J. Alvarez.

Do you collect anything like this readers?

Happy Star Wars Day!

WHEN DID YOU FIRST SEE STAR WARS?

When did you first see Star Wars readers? I don't think I saw it in 1977. I was 16 and preoccupied by a death in the family to have really noticed what was on at the flicks, not even Star Wars.

Shame really. I would have liked to have seen it at the time as it was basically for my generation.

It was years later when I first saw it and quickly caught up with the two subsequent movies.

When the second trilogy was out I remember queuing for quite some time to see the Phantom Menace at Doncaster Dome when it opened. I still have the ticket stub somewhere.

So did you see Star Wars in '77 readers? If not then when and where did it happen?

CAR WARS

As it's Star Wars day today, here's a photo of the amiable Dave Prowse, who towered over a rather awe struck Yours Truly. The photo was taken by my mate, Andy Kerr at a Cult TV festival at Hemsby around ten years ago.

In spite of his cult Star Wars status, especially with UK fans, Dave's favourite role was as the Green Cross Code Man, the costumed superhero promoting road safety.

Green Cross Code TV advert courtesy of YouTube

One of the Green Cross Code comic strip adverts.

KYLO REN'S MASKED VOICE: MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU

Just watched Star Wars The Force Awakens again.

Kylo Ren's masked voice rings a bell.

Maybe a bit of Darkness from Legend?

Perhaps some Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men?

Or maybe a splodge of Jeff Bridges suited up in Iron Man?

Who does Kylo Ren remind you of readers?

Tuesday, 3 May 2016

VEXILLE: JAPANESE S.W.O.R.D

2077

The veil is breached. Japan is infiltrated by agents of the organization S.W.O.R.D., a fighting force operating outside the protection of the United States and her allies. Their mission: Determine if the Japanese are developing banned robotic bio-technology, forbidden due to its threat to humankind.

In the battle between machine and man, humanity stands to suffer the most.

VEXILLE MOVIE [2007]

Anyone seen Vexille?

KEV'S STEREOGRAM, ROB'S MUSIC CENTRE AND TONY'S STEEPLETONE

Hi,

Prompted by the recent blog post, I trawled my old photos to see if I had one of the old stereogram or music centre This was the best I could find, it is the stereogram and I think the photo was late 60's or early 70's (we moved into that house in 1968). Couldn't find the music centre but it was a 'Ferguson Studio 50D', you can still see them online in all their smoked plastic glory!

Sorry the photo is so poor (I doubt it is useable) it is just part of an image from an old 126 camera, I just thought you'd be interested.

Take care,

Kevin D