NATO STRIKE FORCE PLASTIC MINIATURE TOY JETS

I bought this Dare-Devil parachute set years ago on Ebay.

I just loved the little planes

I've often wondered if they came from a larger set.

Well, I may have found it.

This carded rack toy was on Ebay this year and I saved the image.

The NATO Strike Force by TF of Hong Kong.

It looks like my two types of jet are the Phantom [ long and thin] and the Vulcan [deltoid shape].

Have you got anything like this?

BRIGADIER GENERAL OR FIELD MARSHALL?

One of my traits as a nipper was to rank stuff.

I was obsessed with ranking.

Anything and everything could be ordered but my favourite targets were: the military, gunslingers, pirates, monsters and dinosaurs.

My typical gunslinger ranking might have looked like this based on the speed of the draw. I've guessed this one entirely but I would have looked these up as a kid and got it right:

1. Billy the Kid
2. Wild Bill Hickcock
3. Wyatt Earp
4. Calamity Jane
5. Buffalo Bill
6. Jesse James

A dinosaur ranking based on size might have been thus [using the names I knew as a kid]:

1. Brachiosaurus
2. Brontosaurus
3. Diplodocus
4. Mesosaur
5. Plesiosaurus
6. Stegosaurus

and finally, the list of the top brass in the armed forces. This was spurred on by my Action Man/ GI Joe platoon, who regularly performed daring feats deserving of more medals and of course my Project SWORD rank badges that came free with the toys.

Again I will have looked it up as a kid in the encyclopedias in my folks' house but I'm doing this from memory so apologies for the many errors!

1. Chief of the Armed Forces
2. General of the Army
3. First Sea Lord - Navy
4. Air Marshall - Air Force
5. Field Marshall - only in war, the top dog over them all
6. Never sure about the top brass of the Marines.
7. Is there anything higher than all of these beside the Queen/ President/First Minister?

I was also fascinated by different combinations of military ranks and possible overlaps [I've always had a thing about overlaps in anything!]. Some of my faves were:

1. Rear Admiral - is it the same as the Sea Lord? I could look it up but its fun not to!
2. Brigadier General - sounded very important!
3. Lieutenant General - have I made that up?
4. Corporal Major - again, did Woodsy Junior dream that one?
5. Major Colonel or is it Colonel Major? - only they know
6. Full Bird Colonel - heard this in Rambo when it first came out!

Were you a ranker readers?

PARACHUTIST LAUNCHER TOY PISTOL SET

Its not often you see a parachutist dart gun.

I saw this on the Bay ages ago and thought it was quite a neat idea. Makes sense!

I really like the toy pistol. It sort of reminds me if the Century 21 Joe 90 toy gun that I had as a kid.

Did you have any parachute or dart gun toys readers or any Joe 90 pistols?

Thunderbirds' Jeff Tracy mini-figure washes ashore on Cornish beach after 50 years - Cornwall Live

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/thunderbirds-jeff-tracy-mini-figure-2517115

But which figure is that?

THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY

Do you get that Friday feeling?

I think i got it my whole life. I couldnt wait to finish school and i cant wait to finish work either!

If youre retired when do you get that feeling?

SUPERHERO POWER RECORDS: DID YOU HAVE ANY?

 I had Power Records as a kid.

I then found a stack of Supermans years ago for my old toy stall in the late 90's.

These are the ones that came back home.

There were loads of different Power Records in the 70's.

The list is in blue on the back.

Did you have any?

THE TEARDROPS ARE IN THE FIELD

Just catching up with emails listening to the Teardrop Explodes' classic album Kilimanjaro courtesy of You Tube.

Being a hippy as a teenager it was heavy rock and prog that floated my patchouli-scented boat but I did enjoy a lot of new wave a great deal. Guitars, thumping bass, melody and breezy or haunting tunes. Nice!

The Teardrops were one of those sounds I just fell into and Kilimanjaro was the album that did it. It reminds me of smokey party kitchens, clumsy fumblings on the bean bags with late Seventies girls, pogo dancing and quirky indie gyrations and coloured swirling lights in mates' dark front rooms with the music centres turned way up.

Do you like the Teardrops? Courtesy of You Tube. If you don't listen to anything then check out The Poppies are in The Field.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2upMkmSmJ8

LATEST BUY?

What was your latest collectable purchase or swap readers? A toy? A book? A game? what?