mystery anderson caravan

I'm sure I recently saw an image of a futuristic caravan trailer from an old Gerry Anderson show. It looked like a shortened double-decker version of this transcontinental bus toy.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

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POSTSCRIPT:

We're getting warmer I think. Just seen this. Its not the double decker but its interesting nonetheless. Anyone know which episode of Joe 90 its from?

hawk talk

From my Freeserve email archive:

Bill B 2009

SpaceX Hawk origins?

Above: I spotted this Rapier in TV21 which I think is close too.

Below: SpaceX Hawk and green Tarheel Nove II

2017 Update

For a comprehensive look at the origins of the SpaceX Hawk visit Paul Vreede's Tri-ang SpaceX Toys website.

http://www.triangspacextoys.info/SpGAorig/Hawk_OrF/Hawk_OrP.html

the hot wheels of time and space

In January a mystery red space truck toy was identified by reader Maddox as coming from the Hot Wheels Space Patrol Command Centre.

http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/space-patrol-truck-mystery-solved.html

This week another toy was identified as coming from this same space centre by reader Realaze on a post by Bill B 7 years ago, Its Raining Men! 

Patience is clearly a virtue in the world of toy ID.

It relates to the white figure at the right end of this line-up named as Astro Recon by Bill B and hailing from an unknown ship

Realaze has realized that its also from the Hot Wheels Space Patrol set.

As Realaze points out it can be seen in Maddox's own You Tube video here https://youtu.be/GrP8zgzpMM0?t=11m43s

I assume that the white figure fits into any of the spaceships in the set, the white rocket or the small black one that looks like a Dinky Trident Starfighter.

You can watch all 17 minutes of Maddox's video here if you want. It looks an amazingly detailed set with tons of play value. 

Has anyone got one?

hordak's a slime ball

Talking of the Green Slime on the radio put me in mind of a boxed set I once found at a car boot sale in the Nineties, the He-Man Evil Horde Slime Pit Playset by Mattel.

Here's the TV ad from the Eighties via You Tube.

Did you have this set or do you collect He-Man toys now?

star excplorer mercury shop display

These caught my eye this year.

Its a whole shop display box of space vehicles called Star Explorer Mercury.

It says Made in China on the box but I can't see a makers' name.

They sort of remind me of Explorer 12 and a SHADO mobile rolled into one.

Do you like them?

new radio show tonight!

New SWORDcast on the radio tonight

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Toys, 2000 AD, Monsters, Goo and Judge Dredd

Be there or take the Long Walk!

red three

Japanese SpaceBird Probe Force Three clone.

Red window and red engine variation.

Courtesy of Terry Harle

[part of my 2009 Freeserve email archive]

Summer Swordcast

The July cast will be available at all your usual Celtica Radio outlets at 8pm tomorrow, 12 July! Miss it and you'll be green with envy!