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Friday, 22 May 2020

GRID STRIKER 1984 BY ECHO TOYS ON YOU TUBE

Knockoffs are always fun and those that fill a gap in the market are great fun.

Here's Echo Toy's 1984 Grid Striker explained by Black Tub Bootlegs admirably on You Tube.

Are these toys collectable?

Do you have one?

Thursday, 21 May 2020

SOVIET TOYS

This is interesting, a Soviet toy catalogue from 1970 on Todocollecion.

https://www.todocoleccion.net/libros-segunda-mano/juguete-sovietico-catalogo-muneca-lata-urss-ccpp-circa-1970~x175339014

And whilst your at it check out the latest updates on the amazing Alphadrome site. So many cool Soviet space toys! Just google Alphadrome.

MORE JERSEY LIGHTS

Obi Wan never had one of these!

Brian F's multi-torch!

New Jersey

USA

A quick shopping trip today managed to bag the latest Hot Wheels Dream Garage release that Woodsy pointed out; the slick little Mattel Dream Mobile. Its actually a lot smaller than I expected, but a really iconic shape, not unlike these classic General Motors prototypes!

A chance purchase of three Kinder Eggs also netted this neat Lambourghini Huricana too!

DISTURBING CONTENT

Hi Woodsy,

While looking for something else on You Tube this film clip appeared, featuring a beautiful Captain Scarlet audio cassette case being mindlessly vandalised by someone plugging some sort of foam packaging material.

His excuse ? An old cassette case is no longer useful, and would otherwise be fit only for the bin. Does he not realise Gerry Anderson fans would treasure the case in its original state ?

Warning: Disturbing Content

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7nd3rgrsMw

Yours Sincerely,

Paul Adams

New Zealand

MANLY SCRAPS

Hello Paul,

Back in the 50's one of the 'craft' things kids were encouraged to do was scrapbooking.

Back in Victorian times very elaborate sheets of scraps were produced, mostly in Germany.

They were made in Britain into the 70's. I found my stash of sheets, putting aside the nursery rhymes and little animals here are the manly ones, cars and planes dating from about 1960.

For me there is something very appealing about these colourful die-cut sheets, maybe other blog readers will remember them.

Keep well,

Brian

REMEMBERING OMNI

I used to love OMNI magazine.

It first came out in 1978. I was 17 and lapped up its creamy mix of sci-fi, super science and futuristic art. I remember the covers were just brilliant.

In the back kitchens at parties were all the serious switched-on stuff was discussed I used to chuck in a few ideas from OMNI every now and then like the guy who grew a seedling in his eye. Don't think it impressed anybody though!

I didn't get all the OMNI's in the late Seventies but I thoroughly enjoyed the few issues I had, which I got on Preston fish-market I think. Sadly they've long gone now.

I've read that somewhere online is the entire run of the mags right up to its end in 1997, but after a few minutes jumping through hoops and peppered with pop-ups I gave up I'm afraid!

Reading Wiki I was amazed to see that OMNI also had a brief association with an old 60's comic called T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents in the mid-90's, but by then I was an old git in my mid-thirties and had forgotten all about OMNI.

Did you like OMNI readers?