SIXTIES STAMP ALBUM

 

This image online really brought back memories.

I loved that very Royal Mail stamp album as a young philatelist.

The train at the bottom was always a draw.

I can clearly recall the stamps I collected in the Sixties too. So iconic. So many different pictures. I'll have to find some images of them online.

Did you have a stamp album like this?

IT'S BACK!

 

NOPPIN SUSPENDED

A casualty of Covid, Japanese auction assistants Noppin has now closed until next year. I've used Noppin many times when buying from Japan and it's always been easy. I do hope that Noppin can survive Covid and come back in 2021.

SIX FOOT SIX

 

I love this guy.

He's my favourite beaver.

I've been saying his hissy Six Foot Six [I actually remember it as Sixty Six Cents] my whole life and only recently realised its from the flick Lady and the Tramp.

What's your fave Disney character?

HAVE YOU A THUNDERCOP?

Woodsy, saw this Thunderbird knock-off from Cheng Ching Toys and thought of you. Saw it while I was looking for vintage toys at antique stores near where I live. Not sure if you've seen this before or not. They were asking $40 for it, which was more than I was willing to spend. Love your blog, btw.

Dave

Batman Returns: Ertl Penguin Ducks

Hi

As promised, here some shots of the Ertl version of the Penguin Duck, sometimes referred to as the Duck tank, which it is clearly not. 

This was available on its own, or in a boxed set with the rest of the Ertl Batman Returns models. These models were contemporary with the film. 

The photos are from Pinterest (single model) and Worthpoint (set).

Yours Sincerely,

Paul Adams

New Zealand

Homemade Batmobile: 1950 Studebaker Customized by Comic Book Artist Alex Ross

http://tomztoyz.blogspot.com/2009/02/homemade-batmobile-1950-studebaker.html?m=1 

further to my comments on the Batmobile [earlier this month] - MJ

UP CLOSE AND IKKY

I had a toy microscope as a kid.

It was a scientific wonder that came with glass slides and petri dishes.

I remember looking at large-scale images of my hair and dead fly legs. 

With the dishes you could look at twirling daphnia and ikky pond life, especially if a torch was shone on the tilting mirror. 

I blame toys like this, along with Survival on Anglia TV and Jaques Cousteau for a life-long love of the natural world.

Did you have a toy microscope as a nipper readers?