THE SEARS MOUNTAIN MOVER SHOVEL

Over the past year or so I've begun to notice this beautiful toy.

The Mountain Mover Shovel.

 The box art is a masterpiece.

And the toy. 

I mean, wow!

It was a Sears exclusive like the Moon Mobile Rocket Launcher and the Turnpike Van Trailer and many more in a staggeringly gorgeous series of tinplate toys, which seem to sum up the future in their sleek angles and big ideas.

I don't have any, I didn't know about them as a kid but I adore them now. 

And the Mountain Mover Shovel is one of my faves.

This example was on Worthpoint.

Were you or are you lucky enough to own a Sears exclusive?

You can see more clicking on the labels below.

MYSTERY SPACE CAR SPACESHIP FOUND!

The other day I mused about this mystery brown space ship and how I'd seen a blue and red one years ago.

Well with some concentrated googling I found what I was looking for on the Wayback Machine Zoomer Toys Sold page! 

Its called the Space Car and here it is in all its blue and red glory, complete with gorgeous box! 

I imagine its very collectable. I want one! 

As is the way I then found another unboxed example on Worthpoint from 2014, which is described as a '60s Plastic Friction Flash Gordon Style Space Car X-20. Blue with red and white fittings and blue glass. 

No makers name. Marked on one lower side is No.226 Made In Hong Kong. Strong running friction motor with siren driving the rear wheels. 

I must say I prefer the blue and red toy much more than the brown one. 

Do you?

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UPDATE! 

Reader Charlie Starkey in the US has sent in pics of his actual Space car toy!

Woodsy, here's my ebay find of that 'Mystery Plastic Spaceship' thingy you posted on Saturday 23 May.

One side has the letters 'SPACE CAR' embossed near the bulbous top, and 'Hong Kong, No.226' on the lower skirt section. A previous owner repainted the rear end red disc black and broke off the lights and a small front wheel!

P.S. it had a friction motor underneath!

Charlie S

SUZANNE ROQUETTE R I P.

Sad to hear that Suzanne Roquette who played Moonbase Alpha operative, Tanya Alexander in the first season of Space:1999 has passed away.

Our sincere condolences to her family.

SILBURY HILL

When I was a teenager I was thoroughly into mystic Britain and mystic sites around the world. Being the Seventies I wasn't alone and there were magazines and loads of books on the subject. Folk horror abounded on TV and rock bands were steeped in the old lore.

I even wrote a load of mystic songs for a band and one of them was about Silbury Hill, the legendary resting place of King Arthur and his round table of Knights.

I found this long article on Silbury Hill and thought I'd post it on case anyones interested in old hippy stuff like this!

http://infoman16.tripod.com/Articles/Silbury%20&%20King%20Arthur.htm

Do you like this kind of thing? Did you as a teenager?

THEY ARRIVED IN THEIR THOUSANDS

ROCKET SHARPENER

 

I liked this sleek red pencil sharpener rocket I saw on Worthpoint. 

It recalls the SpaceX NOVA toy a little.

Wotan has one in his collection and has blogged it before.

Has anyone got any space-related  or sci-fi or monster pencil sharpeners?

SITTING IN A BUBBLE

I always lobed bubble cars.

I always wanted to drive one but never got the chance.

Not even sure if I had a toy one but here are two examples of plastic Isettas.

An Empire Made version.

and the Lincoln version.

Do you like bubble cars?

Anyone got one, toy or real life?

FRANKONIA EAGLE LEM

I saw this for the first time this week. On Worthpoint. 

An Action Model LM ‘Eagle’, #48-23814. 

The plastic and metal string-pull toy was made in Japan in 1969. It has the Frankonia Toys seal of approval. 

The ‘Eagle’ Lunar Module launches upward and lands at various speeds as you pull the string. It is approximately 5 ¼” tall and is decorated with American flag and NASA decals. 

It lands at various speeds at your simple string pull. The radar spins during landing. Measures about 51/4" tall. Sports an American flag paper decal on plastic body and casted NASA symbol on metal body. 

The box bottom has a label that reads #48-23814 Made in Japan. There is also an outside protective corrugated four-sided packing box

You seen one before?