DOGWALK STATION

Not content with four home-made Photonic Space Stations already I thought I'd have a bash at another!

This basic station was inspired by the blue middle of a multi-pen, which I found on a dogwalk!

With a few more scraps I found, a bit of super glue and voila!

Hot Wheels Fun Buggies

 At about an inch and a half long, the tiny HW Fun Buggies were small enough to carry them all in one pocket! They came at a pocket money price too, back in 1973 they were just 10p each and came in a neat carded baggy. In the U.S the range was approximately double, with a second series, called Zowees. The comical little racers were more aimed at show than go and although they were quite speedy, were far too small for standard HW tracks. The styles took a lot of inspiration from cartoons such as Wacky Racers and the Funky Phantom.

GOOD KNIGHT

DESPERADO

BUMBLE SEAT

DIABLO

BEDDY BYE

RED LIGHTER

BABY BUGGY

COVERED DRAGGIN

ADLER: PAUL McCAFFREY'S NEW COMIC

Hello Woodsy

Hope all's good with you. 

It's outside the Moonbase Central remit, I know, but I've got a new comic out –

Adler. 

The first issue was in the shops last week and you can see a bit of a preview here: 

https://majorspoilers.com/2020/02/04/preview-adler-1/

Cheers

Paul M

UK

GILBERT JAMES BOND ROAD RACE SLOT CAR SET FROM 1965

Double O Heaven!

Courtesy of You Tube.

Did you have this? I didn't!

ZOOMS WITH A VIEW

Hi,

Not done any action figure photography, but here are a couple of shots of my models that I took to try and convey movement.

Speeding along,

Kevin

SHOOT THE MOON

Inspired by yesterday's post about Action Figure photography, here are three snaps I took tonight. Not very good I know but they were fun to do.

This one, "stop winding me up!"

This one. "you're nicked|"

and this one, "forget sunbeds!"

RESCATE LUNAR: SPAIN'S LUNAR RESCUE TOY

This is unusual on Todocolleccion.

An old Spanish toy called Rescate Lunar or Lunar Rescue, made by Vansa.

It looks huge but its hard to say. The box inner that its sat on is designed to look like water, so the toy is some kind of space paddle boat. The yellow paddle wheels look like they could power this toy through water but I can't find any further info.

There's clearly an antenna missing.

Its an interesting looking space toy. Do you agree?

Tinkering with Tonka

A contemporary of Hot Wheels and a part time emulator of the custom styling, was the short lived Tonka Tote range. Keen to grab a bit of the small scall action, Tonka released a small range of stylised vehicles, roughly the same length as an average HW car. However they were a lot sturdier and wider wheelbase, like their big pressed steel brothers. Tonka Totes only ran for a couple of years, as they were nowhere near as popular as the big metal giants.