JUNIOR'S TOYS

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Check out the myriad of space goodies on this site!

MJ
Southcoast Base
UK

C A T H E T E R

 

Monster Truck Wienermobile

Hi Woodsy 

I am not usually a Monster Truck fan, but I could not resist this example, which I have just snapped up. It is by Hot Wheels, and is a Monster Truck version of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile advertising vehicle. The card says New for 2020 (but the copyright date on the back of the card is 2019). 

Hot Wheels introduced a Wienermobile back in 1993, but this is not a revised version of that model. It is completely new: the front and side windows are totally different, there is an entry door on the right side, the yellow band is further aft, and the base has the headlights and tail lights indicated. 

The windows are opaque. The body is mounted on a Monster chassis, which is common to other models in the series. The hubs are chrome, while the tyres have Hot Wheels on them. The extensive tampo printing includes yellow mustard, and red ketchup. 

The back of the card shows other models in the series. There are also some basic specifications: 

Name - Oscar Mayer Wienermobile 

Truck Type - Wienermobile 

Strength - The Hottest Dog 

Crash Attack - Wiener Roast 

Motor-vation - Grill the competition 

The packaging includes a light blue plastic car which is flat, but can be folded up, and then squashed flat again by the Monster Truck. 

I love Wienermobiles. 

You recently had this post on other Wienermobile models. 

http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-weinermobile-money-box.html#comment-form

Yours Sincerely, 

Paul Adams from New Zealand

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Woodsy says: where and when was the best hot dog you ever had readers? I love the IKEA ones with ketchup and mustard!

ANTI

This year has made me more anti-social than I was. Apart from going to work, I don't see anyone in the flesh anymore apart from my Missus and the dogsitter! Two lockdowns, lots of time stuck at home and the threat of Covid can do that. Is this your experience as well readers?

THE SILVERS AND GREYS OF MODERN HORROR

I'm still in sick bay and attempting daytime TV rather than going directly to You Tube. 

I'm watching 2012: Ice Age on Horror at the mo and I despite a lively attempt at movie making I just can't cope with the blurriness and muted silvers and greys of modern cheapo horror films.

What do they do? Smear the whole reel in vaseline and chuck the colour palette in the bin? The use of a million teenagers doesn't make up for it!

I understand that these films will be cheap for channels like Horror to buy, who tend towards a teen audience, but boy oh boy are they rubbish compared to classic B movies and Hammer horrors.

Yes, I'm an old crusty approaching 60, a baby boomer brought up on Universal monsters and Amicus anthologies, but please, show some decent stuff Horror Channel and not just once every full moon!

What do you think readers? Shall I be quiet and take another haliborange?

ROB'S LITTLE ULTRAMAN MODELS

Hi Woodsy!

Here are three little vehicles from the original Ultraman series, tiny snap-together model kits by Bandai, released in 2016. I kept them in their beautiful molded colors except for some window and detail painting. My favorite of course is the drill tank, called Vellucidar. Enjoy!

Rob C
USA

Grizzly and Grizzly-Er: Brian's Bear

Hi Woodsy. 

I share your opinion of Killer Grizzly. I always thought the poster was more menacing than the movie itself, but the movie still has it's moments. Once in a great while, a Black Bear is spotted roaming the woods in my area, and an alert is announced on the news. 

I've never seen one in my neighborhood and certainly know of no fatalities, but until they wander off to wherever they eventually go, I feel my pulse quicken when I take out the trash or go to the mailbox. 

Heres my Imperial Grizz, lacking his nametag but making up for it with sheer attitude.

GRRR,BABY,GRRR!!!!! 

BrianF

Monster Base

NJ, USA