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Sunday, 1 April 2018

SPACE EGGS

What's in this Space-eggs Easter Egg?

MEV-2 no less!

and in another one....

Yay! A chocolate Pleasure Cruiser!

If only all Easter Eggs could be like this!

Hope everyone has a great Easter holiday.

Have you got some eggs?

Woodsy.

FOR MR. KUBRICK: ETHEL'S FINAL KINDNESS

Hi Woodsy,

I had an acquaintance who was a fanatical props collector. He had an original space helmet and laser gun from the 1965 "Lost in Space" TV series.

He would tantalise me with stories of a wooden box marked "For Mr. Kubrick"

which he said contained a rubber miniature spaceman used in the Pod accident

scene of 2001. He said it was "absolutely perfect with all the straps and little

buckles..."

I doubted the veracity of his claims, but even so, I wanted to believe it

really was real. Somewhere out there, just beyond our sight, lurk the objects of our desire. They are real and tangible - even if only as figments of our imagination...

Well I've finally tracked down that box along with an accompanying letter!

Pictures attached.

Regards

Lewis
Australia

B R E A K I N G N E W S! DIVER DAN'S PERFECT 10

Its just been announced that the Mouse Trap Diver has broken the world record for the most perfect dive.

The award was given by F.L.O.P - Federation of Leaping Old Plastic - at the World Diving Championships at Ballbearing Heights on Easter Island.

You can see the perfect dive in slow motion here on this official footage on You Tube:

https://youtu.be/H6VmiYJ_IRk?t=58s

This supplants last year's winning dive by Diver Dan, the bath specialist who this year, along with his twin, gave a dampened performance, which you can see here:

https://youtu.be/7Zi6oUODyU4?t=1m

F.L.O.P will issue a further statement from the winning diver as soon as the game's over.

E G G S T R A T E R R E S T R I A L

H A P P Y E A S T E R

R E A D E R S

😋

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

Saturday, 31 March 2018

What are you watching on TV this Saturday? A film, a comedy, a soap?

Maybe your'e watching something on your iPad or Laptop?

Is there something special on for Easter?

Just maybe your'e listening to the radio instead!

MOONSHIP AND JET RACER LAND IN THE GARDEN

Captain Bunny has just been given an Easter egg at the Academy party before he leaves for some well-earned R'n'R off-base.

What should he do with his time off?

MOONBASE EASTER

A few random pics of Easter on Moonbase this year.

Your Easter pics welcomed|!

THE TOXIC CRUSADER MELTS HIS CHOCOLATE EGG

When I was heavilly into getting as many old toys into my old stock room as possible years ago I often took in bundles of plastic action figures and vehicles. They all found a temporary home on my cellar shelves.

Besides the big hitters like He-Man and Ninja Turtles, there was a whole gamut of characters in the 80's and 90's whose TV shows I never saw: Voltron, VR Troopers, MASK, Mighty Max, James Bond Junior, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Air Raiders, Street Sharks, Bionic Six and Bucky 'O' Hare.

I also got a line called Toxic Crusaders in now and then. They were garish yellow and green hunks of plastic straight from the town's toxic dump! I'd never seen the TV show - if indeed there was one - or the kids' movie.

I was surprised to see Toxic Crusader toys to be honest. I'd heard of a horror film called The Toxic Avenger, which was rated 18, which can't have suitable for children. Yet it was a craze.

The whole Toxic craze was part of a movie sub-genre popular back in the 80's called Body Melt, which was basically about what it says. Notable melters included Street Trash, Nuke 'Em High, the Incredible Melting Man, the Blob re-make, the Toxic Avenger and the flick that gave us the name, Body Melt.

Being a fan of old horror I managed to plug a gap the other night and caught the Toxic Avenger for the first time. Most definately not for kids the Avenger himself was indeed the same as the plastic toy character I used to get in stock now and then, the Toxic Crusader. I was amazed.

The film company, those masters of schlock, Troma, must have made a kids' version of the film and cut a deal to licence the figures! Messy!

Did you have any Toxic Crusaders toys? Any pictures of them?