HORNET'S RING

I love this knockoff gumball Green Hornet ring.

Do you have one?

I saw it on Worthpoint.

Have you any TV or film - related rings?

SECOND WAVE BOOT SALE

With Covid rising in a Second Wave here in England I was chuffed that outdoor car boots sales can still happen.

With that in mind me and the Missus are going every Sunday at the moment in case the curtains come down with a viral bang very soon.  We wear masks and use alcoholic wipes as we're going round. Social distancing isn't easy though but we do try hard and walk down the middle where we can.

Going to these sales gives us a sense of some normality, which feels important. I imagine they'll be stopped soon.

This Sunday just gone was speckled by an unforecast and lengthy rain shower half-way through, which we thought was going to ruin it, but it passed and the covers came off the stalls and away we went again. Yay!

Sticking to my new regime of only buying old action figures, of which there are luckily always a few - and shelling out very little for them, here are this week's pickings [I never see any space toys anymore hence my switching to figures]:

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McDonalds Action Man figure 2001, already 19 years old!

The Gasman from Lanard's The Corps from 1990. 30 years old!

My personal favourite from this week, Captain Kidd from Imperial's Pirates of the High Seas line, again from 30 years ago in 1990! This was dear for me at £1.50! Imperial released Apollo Moon Exploring toys in 1970.

and a final small figure, which made up my three for a pound deal, is a mystery. It says V.I. 97 on the back and the word China. It came with a soft life vest. he looks like a swimmer, maybe a life guard? Any ideas who he is?

HELP WITH THE DECORATING

Here's yet another crafty little baggy of LP toys assembled for the vintage cake decorators of Detroit, Michigan back in the day.

I wonder of Heinrich's Decorating Nook is still going?

I saw the baggy on Worthpoint. Have you anything like it?

VAMPIRE VILLA

Hi Woodsy

More vampire-related models from German model railway companies, this time Vollmer, a maker of plastic building kits. Kit 43679 Villa Vampire. It comes with gravestones, an internal red light, and there is a smoke generator available separately.

From the site https://www.modellbahnshop-lippe.com/Landscape+%26+Decoration/houses/Vollmer-43679/gb/modell_36080.html

If you go to this site, and hover your cursor over the picture of the villa, the image changes to a diorama with an eerily red glow, and smoke. Very creepy. There are also giant spiders in the garden.

That is at least three German companies making HO scale vampire models: Noch, Preiser, and now Vollmer.

Yours Sincerely,

Paul Adams

New Zealand

A PIECE OF THE ACTION: WHEN THE GREEN HORNET AND KATO FIGHT BATMAN AND ROBIN!

Checking out the Batman Green Hornet crossover episode I found this short clip of the fight scene on You Tube. Who would have thought that Bruce Lee was in Batman! Hi-Ya! What do you think?

Belated Happy Birthday!

A belated Happy birthday guys! Many Many Many Thanx for all the wonderful posts! You started Sep 2008 and inspired me to start my blog Oct 2010! I wonder how many other collector's you have inspired along the way! 

Cheers 

Ed

Toys and Stuff Blog

DAZZLING ALBATROSS

Hi Woodsy

here is an Albatros shooting down a Sopwith Pup. 

I just built them after the 'dazzle' camouflage on ships from WW1 posts.

I painted from memory as I couldn't find the book I've had since the early 60's with photos of WW1 paint schemes aircraft carried. British aircraft were standard colours with the possible exception of the cowling, German aircraft were almost always individually marked.

Regards,

Terranova47

USA

PEOPLE WHO WERE MEGA FAMOUS WHEN I WAS A KID

Barry Sheene - the king of Seventies motorcycling. He was a long-haired leather clad hero of burning rubber. Sheene was the British equivalent of Evel Knevel. He died in 2003. Don't recall any Barry Sheene toys.

Uri Geller - spoon bender extraordinaire. Geller became an unlikely celebrity who was bending spoons and showing off his hair virtually everywhere in the Seventies. Uri is bending time and is still alive. He even got his own board game!

Tony Soper - OK Tony wasn't mega famous but he was a regional naturalist of some import. A TV birdwatcher, his lilting accent drew us budding birders into the reeds where he was watching a nice warbler. Tony is 91. It pays to watch birds.

Leslie Crowther - the anchor, along with Peter Glaze, of the famous TV show Crackerjack, which with Blue Peter and Thunderbirds, formed the Holy Trinity of Kids TV when I was a little telly watcher in the 60's. Crowther was hilarious and his laugh infectious. He died in 1996.

Shari Lewis - I was in love with this gorgeous American puppeteer. Lamb Chop was funny and cute too but I secretly wished that I was that sock. Shari died in 1998.

Morticia Addams/ Lily Munster - there wasn't much difference between these two scream queens as I liked them both. The Munsters and the Addams Family were must-see TV in our house. Lily/ Yonne De carlo died in 2007. Lily/ Carolyn Jones died in 1983.

Paul Nicholas - Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, this cheeky blonde frizzed big smiler seemed to be everywhere at one time. Not really on my radar but I knew he was there. Eventually I was much more interested in his similarly-frizzy big-smile lookalike Peter Frampton the ace guitarist. The Germans had there frizzed big smiler too called Thomas Gottschalk in the 80's. I think they may all be the same person! Nicholas is 75.

Suzi Quattro - I really was in love with Suzi. When she first wielded her massive bass guitar on Top of the Pops I was smitten by her leather jackets, her faded jeans and that unusual and incredibly alluring upper lip. Can the Can and Devilgate Drive are the rock soundtrack of my youth and she didn't half put some umph into it. Suzi is 69 and is not married to me for some reason.

That's it for now. Who would you add readers?