QUATERMASS REBOOT

As some of you may know, this Quatermass reboot was talked about last year, and apart from a few snippets I haven't heard any news on how it's progressing. I'd certainly be interested in seeing it.

Assuming it's going ahead, I'm hoping that it's a got a cast more visually convincing to me  than the
2005 BBC 4 remake of The Quatermass Experiment which starred a youthful looking 39 year old Jason Flemyng as Prof. Bernard Quatermass , a 34 year old David Tennant as Doctor Gordon Briscoe, and the versatile Mark Gattiss, (who, when he's not writing them, appears in just about every cult thing these days),was also 39 at the time. All, I hasten to add, are fine actors and highly successful, and I'm certainly not criticising their respective performances, but to my mind everyone just appeared too young to me.

It's worth noting that Andrew Keir who played Quatermass in Hammer's Quatermass and The Pit was a more convincing 40 year old when that was made in 1967.

masterful miniature board games and vintage toy boxes from sweden

I have always loved small things.

Over the last 9 years I've had a go a miniaturising a few toys and we've even offered some as exclusives on the blog.

So I was awestruck when I saw an Etsy seller's miniaturised toys and games boxes. They are on a whole different level of accuracy and brilliance.

LCminiatures from Sweden appear to be masters of the art and I can now see what really can be done.

Here's one example, some miniature Aurora monster boxes [thimble for scale]:

I have only seen LCminiatures work online but you can judge for yourself. There are hundreds to choose from. Just check out the board games!

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LCminiatures/items?search_query=aurora

Let me know what you think readers. Have you miniaturised anything?

SEAKING

After seeing Kevin's Dinky Seaking yesterday, here's a few photos I took of a real one at Southport Airshow a couple of years ago...

did you ever have an accident with your toys?

Did you ever get injured playing with your toys as a kid? or maybe even messing with your collectables as an adult?

When I was a wee one in the Sixties I wanted to make a spy cigarette lighter out of a small plastic double decker bus. I tried to cut it in half with Mum's scissors and bam! I gauged a chunk of flesh out of my little finger! It bled like mad and I still have the scar to remind me over 50 years later! I bought a spy cigarette lighter from a shop after that!

Did anything like this ever happen to you? Toy accidents, board game injuries, swallowed a tiddlywink, die-cast mishaps, costume catastrophes?

Let us know your playtime tales of woe readers!

Sea King and spacex apollo recovery by kevin d

Hi,

Here are a couple of shots of my Dinky Sea King during capsule recovery. Kevin

submissions for our 9th birthday bash anyone?

Hard to believe, its the blog's 9th birthday on September 15th. Yay!

If readers would like to submit a galactic picture, contribute a toy article, create a cosmic poster or anything else astronomically vintage that we could feature the week commencing the 15th September then please consider yourself invited to do so.

Let all Moonbase Central readers see your creations and inspirations.

You can me email me with your stuff for inclusion in the Moonbase party week here.

Thanks centrally,

Woodsy

NEW SIXTEEN 12 EAGLES

Remember those fabulous 12" die-cast  Product Enterprise Eagles that ceased production in 2009.

Of course you do. Since Product Enterprise stopped trading, those Eagles have been highly sought after by collectors, and quite right too, they were a great line up.

Well,they could be back - sort of...

Sixteen 12 Collectables have recently announced that they are proposing to release a new set of 12" die-casts Eagles.

Sixteen 12 Collectables formally known as Product Enterprise have plans to create a limited run of special edition sets featuring four individual models plus an intriguing deluxe hangar set.

Each of the sets  would be limited to 1000 individually numbered models, and would feature vehicles and dioramas seen in various episodes.

Assuming the project gets the green light, prices will be announced around September, but that hasn't stopped people already reserving them in anticipation.

Here's a link to the web site, but turn your volume down before you arrive as the music is rather loud...

http://www.sixteen12.com/index_s1999_diecast.html

monochrome t-5

My SpaceX T-5 Tractor on my home-made moon surface.

Monochrome always gives photo's of toys an authentic vintage look I feel.

Do you like black and white toy photos?