MOONBASE CENTRAL

Saturday, 27 March 2021

STELLAR LAMP

I saw this earlier in the year on Ebay and thought, Wow! now that's a ceiling light! Is it something that you would hang up there Moonbasers?

Friday, 26 March 2021

JOHNNY HICKS: TOPPER PULSE RIFLES

I mentioned Corporal Hick's pulse rifle the other day and looking at it again something clicked.

Its bulk and angles really reminded me of my beloved Johnny Seven, that glorious big brother repellent of the Sixties.

and even more that other Topper behemoth, the Screaming Mee Mee rifle, which could almost be Hick's pulse!

Or am I seeing things?

The Screaming Mee Mee had its own TV ad. I mean wow! Those kids could almost be colonial marines! Wish I'd had a mee-mee!

Screaming Mee-Mee Rifle Commercial from IRA GALLEN on Vimeo.

and for comparison here are a bunch of those colonial space grunts ready to hunt some bugs with their own Screaming Mee-mees!

They're in the pipe, five by five!

Well, Moonbase is now in isolation. No-one can come in and no-one can go out, except the dog Blue. Missus Moonbase has now been to a drive-in PCR test and we await the result. This is the recommended UK Gov response to getting a positive result from a home test kit.

We certainly don't need any proof the Missus is ill. She's gone downhill from yesterday with little stamina and some breathlessness. Her taste and smell have vanished too. Looking at the calendar and when she first 'had a cold' I would say this is day 6 of the virus. Most reports seem to peg it at lasting around 2 weeks with a fair wind. Fingers crossed we get one and it stays as it is.

I'm not ill and will test myself again at home with the Missus in a couple of days. We are wearing masks in the house and not touching shared touch points if we can. Lots of disinfectant wipes and hand washing too, together with some windows open to create a breeze of fresh air. Who knows what the right way to isolate with a covid patient is. Do you?

The Missus has gone to bed. Best place when you're unwell. I just hope it stays as it is and we come out of this unscathed.

Outside its Spring and the Easter break has begun.

If you see the Easter bunny limbering up then ask it to put a mask on!

MARTIAN HAND JIVE

I've often wondered about the strange swaying and waving hands of the Martian spy girl in Mars Attacks.

Was it a homage to older alien femmes?

Well, I dunno, but looking at Vampira from Plan 9 from Outer Space, we have that same sort of finger stretching.

Could they be related?

SPACEX III: LATEST IDEAS

Here's a custom idea I had for a new SpaceX III toy. Its based on a Snoopy vehicle that i thought had a real SpaceX vibe. What do you think?

Thursday, 25 March 2021

INFECTION

Alas, Missus Moonbase has been infected with Covid so we are both in isolation as of tonight. I am keeping my eye on the Missus. Currently its like a bad cold with no sense of taste or smell. Our daughter has the virus too so her family is isolating at hers.

Its quite gutting to have kept the virus at bay for over 12 months and then suddenly have it in our homes.

I hope all our readers are staying safe and keeping vigilant for this dreadful bug.