ROBOT TANK

This is from my photo archive.

The Robot Tank.

Its looks sorta familiar!

What are its influences readers?

ALTERNATIVE APRIL FOOL

With Woodsy doing a couple of April Fools gags this morning, I was reminded of the spoof documentary, Alternative 3 which was intended for broadcast on April 1^st, 1977, but was actually delayed until June 20^th.  

For those who don’t remember it, it was produced by Anglia Television as an edition of ‘Science Report’, and presented by Tim Brinton, a broadcaster and former Conservative party politician who added credibility to the programme. 

The report started with an investigation into the so-called ‘Brain Drain’ of British scientists leaving the country and vanishing, and over the course of the programme it was speculated that they had become involved in a joint Russian and America project to advance the space race well beyond what the rest of the world had been told. 

A former American astronaut, Bob Grodin had seen something strange during an Apollo landing which indicated that ‘they weren’t the first’.

It is later revealed that there had been American and Russian Moon landings on the Dark Side several years before the televised Apollo Missions.

An interview with a Doctor Carl Gerstein, a lecturer in Applied Physics reveals that Alternative 3 is a plan to populate Mars, using the Moon as a launch site. 

The Report ends with a recovered video tape of an unmanned landing on Mars in 1962, which indicates that there is alien life under the surface.

I loved is at the time, and would have been totally fooled if not for the voice of astronaut Bob Grodin which I instantly recognised.

TWO ROBOTS: CAPTIONS NEEDED!

Terranova47 kindly sent me this photo of his toy robots and I thought they made quite an amusing pair.

Captions needed readers!

SPANISH THUNDERBIRDS: GARBO Nº 726 2 FEBRUARY 1967 LIZ TAYLOR, R. BURTON, GUARDIANES DEL ESPACIO

GARBO Nº 726 2 FEBRERO 1967 LIZ TAYLOR, R. BURTON, GUARDIANES DEL ESPACIO, THUNDERBIRDS

I saw this Spanish magazine Thunderbirds article on a Spanish auction site and thought it may be of interest to post here.

POCKET MONEY

What did you spend your pocket money on?

I used to buy comics and sweets.

Oddly enough the comic I recall buying the most clearly is SHOOT, which was a football comic back in the early Seventies [maybe the late Sixties too].

I was a soccer fan in those days, something I'm not keen on at all anymore.

What did your pocket money go on readers?

How much did you get?

SCRAMBLE BUG PAINTING BY NUMBERS SETS: IS IT TO GOOD TO BE TRUE

These JR21.5 Woomera Base painting by numbers sets have been unearthed in an Erehwon shed.

Depicting the Scramble Bug of the Project SWORD range, the pictures were designed by one P.T.Barnum.

It remains to be seen if these sets will enter the collectors' market or remain in the hands of the enigmatic finder I. Amafibber.

WALKING CAPTAIN LAZERS SURFACE

Evidence has surfaced that Mattel's toy Captain Lazer is inexplicably standing up and strolling off from display shelves and walking around.

The first sign appears to be the Captain's knees bending.

The next stage is standing up and simply walking off.

Found Footage has emerged to back up the theory of mobile Captains, even on the moon!

The only way to stop your Captain it would seem is to to detach at least one leg as shown in the picture..

If you notice anything strange today do let us know.