FAB, MA'LADY

A few vintage photos from the Surrey Advertiser from 1968, showing FAB 1 in Guildford High Street visiting the Automobile Association Headquarters.

THE DURHAM SNOW BOAT

This is a new one for me and Moonbase. 

The Snow Boat by that prolific plastic toy outfit Durham Industries. Its an unusual vehicle design and I've certainly not seen it before. This example is online on auction.

Durham, like Tarheel, released toys in bright coloured plastic and Durham issued a lime green Space Glider, which is on the blog.

The listing about the Snow Boat explains:

DURHAM INDUSTRIES INC., NY SUPER SNOW BOAT WITH POWER TREADS AND SPARKING EXHAUST. # 8324, MADE IN JAPAN. ABOUT 10 INCHES LONG. BOAT IS MISSING ITS WINDSHIELD.

I can't find a loose one anywhere online.

Do you like what you see?

CAR SPOTTING

Looking out of the hotel window and wondering, is that a Maserati behind that blue Mini? You don't see many of those on the road these days!

JAMES BOND'S VOLCANO SET: THE MISSILE INSIDE

Looking at Looey's recent 007 volcano set he spotted online at jamesbondtoys

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-james-bond-volcano-toy-licence-to.html

I thought, hmmm, I've seen that toy missile launch platform at jamesbondtoys.com before.

I had a hunch that Wotan had something like it in his vast collection and had blogged it.

He had!

and here...

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2013/01/kennedy-capers.html?m=1

Result!

Anyone else got anything like this?

WALK TALLISH

Here's another item of unappealing Space:1999 merchandise, and this is supposed to be official!

STAR:1999

You want knock-off? I'll give you knock-off!

ROB C'S SPACE 2020 PAINTINGS

Woodsy,

Here are some more retro Space paintings, in honor of the fab 50s!

Rob C

USA

I N A N I M A T E

I've just watched Inanimate, a movie on Prime. Its a sort of modern Alien/ the Thing mash-up set on an arctic crabbing trawler. It maybe possibly more Thing than anything.

From Alien it has the nodding birds and lots of dripping water. Then of course there's breaking all the safety protocols and bringing an inexplicable object on board because it beeps.

Then there's Lance 'Bishop' Henriksen for its Alien 3 chops and an annoying devious character like Ash - the wining University Professor who wants to take the object back and be its buddy.

On the Thing side we have burning the infected and that old chestnut the exposure question - who is infected and who isn't?

From Alien again we have a makeshift weapon - in Inanimate its a liquid nitrogen gun and very nasty.

In the film there is a clandestine female Russian agent too. Not sure where this fits my Alien/ Thing theory.

As a neat nod towards other creature disaster films we have the ship's name itself, Deep Six and the explosive charges placed round the ship near the end are reminiscent of those in Event Horizon or have I got the wrong flick?

I enjoyed Inanimate. Its not big league E.T. splatter but not bad at all. I'm almost inclined to class it as a tribute rather than a ripoff.

Have you seen it?

Can't imagine there were any toys or collectables!

Have you a favourite Thing/ Alien ripoff?