BEDROOM BOOKCASE

A couple of snaps of my bedroom bookcase: hardbacks and VHS tapes!

Project SWORD, vintage toys, VHS covers and mountain flowers! Just a fraction of my books. Most are in the attic!

The tapes are a hangover from my toy fair stall. All Gerry Anderson. I've lots more too. Probably completely uninteresting to collectors these days, VHS was once THE way to re-watch forgotten TV. I've only watched the Thunderbirds and UFO tapes as I never saw Space 1999 when I was young and have no real connection to it sadly. Finding the tapes at car boot sales was fun though and I would gather up anything and everything Gerry Anderson in the 90's.

Do you have any old tapes still?

1966 THUNDERBIRDS ON SPANISH TV

GREEK MOON SCOUT MADE BY ALFA

This is an interesting take on the Moon Scout I saw on auction.

A more bitty version of the well-known walking toy. It seems to have been made using plastic tiles and shapes.

The base appears to be the same as the Scout.

The ALFA box is reminiscent of a Greek cake box in my eyes.

What do you think of this toy?

IMAI SKY 1

A few old photos of my Imai SKY 1 kit, not one for the purists as it's not accurate. The front intake in particular is way, way off, as is the rear fin, but after a few minor alterations it's still a fun build. I do have the later Aoshima re-release which does have the addition of a slightly more accurate front, but as with most Imai Gerry Anderson related vehicles it was always intended as a toy.

FISHER PRICE ACTIVITY CENTRE: COT LAPTOP

A blast from the past for us at Moonbase, the Fisher Price Activity Centre!

Our daughter had one of these fun labs in her cot as a nipper. A stroke of genius, FP were ahead of the curve in the 70's in many ways and this nursery figi-cube foretold of more modern distractions like the laptop and the X-box!

It had everything a kid could want: balls, dials, bells, spinners and squeaks! Those boffins at FP even thought of a cot strut clamp that tightened to suit!

Did your kids have one of these?

CHARMED AND FORBIDDEN

It's always good to see Apollo Moon Exploring toys on auction and these two vehicles appeared along with a small red bottomed space rocket capsule.

I've always liked this little charm toy from afar - I think its a Crackerjack? - basically a classic stub rocket with clear top and our old mate Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet inside!

Have you got one of these mini Robby's?

KINDER HOT RODS

Moonbase Junior, our Grandson, has quite a collection of little plastic hot rods. I think they're Kinder egg toys. There's a Hot Wheels clone at the front too!

Have you got any of these plastic miniatures?

SPANISH MOON BUGGY

There's something really neat about Paya's Jeep Lunar, their large version of the Moon Buggy.

I like the articulation and all the accessories sticking up. The pilot looks great too.

Has anyone got one of these Spanish toys?