VIRAL SUNSET

Last night's sunset on the hill.

It reminded me of those Sci-Fi movie openings from the 80's for some reason. Like this still from Virus 1980.

What's your fave 80's Sci-Fi movie? Just think of all those VHS flicks you watched!

The Bison Vehicle From Ultraman Gaia

I love the look of this little Japanese toy on You Tube.

Its the MLRS Bison from Ultraman Gaia.

Like  a Rubiks cube, its parts pop out to reveal the sweet whole.

It reminds me a little of our friend the SpaceX Tractor T-5.

Have you got a Bison or any other Ultraman toys?

The Lone Star Captain Scarlet Anti-Mysteron Gun Toy Rifle

I've blogged this beauty before, the Captain Scarlet Anti-Mysterons Gun rifle. Last time was in my http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/recycling-lone-stars-captain-scarlet.html

This week reader and collector Terry H has very kindly sent me these fab new pictures!

From a Lone Star catalogue from 1968!

Here we can see the said Captain Scarlet rifle at the bottom of the middle picture with the word NEW next to it. Its featured in the Captain Scarlet section of two pages of die-cast toy guns including the Saint and Amos Burke.

This catalogue entry confirms that the Captain Scarlet rifle was indeed made by Lone Star and first manufactured in 1968.

Here it is in colour as featured previously on MC.

Have you ever seen this toy rifle readers?

Do You Like Your Pajama Trousers?

Today was a crap one. A combination of a funeral and half a day at work could never be anything but.

The weather mirrored my grey demeanor and I've come home looking for a better evening.

My first act was to put my pajama trousers on. For some odd reason pajama trousers always make me feel better and they always did even as a kid. Whether its the ritual sloughing off of work or school trousers or the memory of long lazy Saturday mornings I don't know but it works.

Pajamas are often called just jamas, jim jams or jimmies, although not jammies for some reason. These names are universal in the UK I imagine.

However, the nicknaming of pajama trousers is less obvious and jama bottoms doesn't really do them justice given their life-affirming properties.

I have heard people call them house pants or house trousers, which is quite a good description as you wouldn't really venture outside in them, although I do take the dog into the garden in mine!

Another name I've come across is spaggies. I assume this is because the rear of them is baggier than your average pair of slacks and spaggy rhymes with baggy but I stand to be corrected on that.

My own term of endearment for these most relaxing of garments is ..... chumfies or simply ..... chumfs. 

The word chumf comes from comfortable or more amusingly chomfortable. Chomfort = chumfies! This is our official family word nowadays and common parlance on Moonbase.

So, my chumfies are on and things feel better already. Its no matter that I will have to take them off again soon and take the dog out to the local fields for his evening deposit in the night safe.

My chumfs will be waiting for me on our return.

Do you like jama bottoms readers?

To the moon and back with EW

Hi Woodsy

I found this set in a bookstore..

It seems useful for Moonbase Central :)

My best regards! Ew

East Village Space Toys Spotted!

There is a store - Toy Tokyo - in the 'East Village' section of Manhattan that specialises is Anime. 

I had avoided it through lack of interest but wasn't far away from it today so went in. The accompanying photos may be of interest especially the Space Beetle! 

Regards, 

Terranova47

NYC

SPAIN'S LUNAJOD 200: IT FALLS MAINLY ON THE PLAIN

I really liked this space toy game when I saw it on You Tube.

Lunajod 200 by Spanish firm Congost.

I love the way the toy descends, opens and the rover drives off!

It plasticy look reminds of Tri-ang SpaceX for some reason.

Like most things on Moonbase Central we've covered this before. Bill blogged about his own Lunajod 200 8 years ago!

http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/bathtub-on-moon.html

What do you think readers?

Unboxing My Project SWORD Toys II

This is it readers, the second of my SWORD unboxings.

To maintain the suspense I won't say what this toy is.

You'll just have to watch! Grab another cold beer and chill for ten minutes!