JUNIOR'S BATMOBILES AND FRIENDS

On Father's Day here in the UK I had the pleasure of joining my Daughter and my Grandson at his first car boot sale in Leeds.

Needless to say we went mad and had a ball. It was die-cast heaven, never mind any other toys there.

Junior snaffled a lovely big Imaginext plastic Batmobile and a sleek Hot Wheels Batmobile with his pennies and I got him a beautiful Superkings Auto Transport from the 70's - did you have one? - for a fiver and a really cool modern Iron Man motorbike, which goes like the clappers.

I got myself some toy cars as well from a really well-stocked elderly chap. Pics to follow.

Do you like Matchbox Superkings?

A GLIMPSE OF BLUE

 

Moonbase Mutt Blue peers through the onions!

He's thinking why's that big fella taking sneaky snaps of me!

THE BRUIE MOON LAKE ROVER

Check out NASA's underwater moon rover. It'd make a great toy! Do you agree?

https://www.space.com/underwater-rover-testing-for-icy-moons.html

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF RADIO SHACK?

What do you think of Radio Shack?

Were they important to you as a kid?

I never got into the whole R/C scene and I'm unsure I even thought of remote-control stuff as toys. They felt like something else. Like rocketry did. I wish I had delved into both of them.

Tandy is another name I associate with remote-controlling and they might even have had shops. Tandy shops. Is that right?

Anyways here's a strange but comical film of a Radio Shack Space Walker, in New York which is not something I've seen in the flesh. Have you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZzzdUN24jY

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS

My Son-in-Law pointed out this strange cloud effect one Saturday night a week or so ago. Its the white glowing right-leaning diagonal streak that looks like smoke.

They are called Noctilucent clouds. 

Above is my dark paltry effort at snapping it.

They appear in summer months when the sun remains closer to the horizon after sun set. The clouds are reflections of sunlight after sunset on particles or ice and space dust entering the atmosphere. They're the highest visual atmospheric "thing" we can see.

Here's my Son-in-Law's much more proficient shot of the Noctilucent clouds. 

Have you seen them or anything similar?

THE CORGI JUNIORS CARABO

Hi

Further to the recent items on the Alfa Romeo Carabo, designed by Bertone. This was a popular car with toy companies. Here is one from the Corgi Juniors line. It is No.65, and dates from 1971.

The real car was green over black or purplish grey, but the Juniors model has a purple-painted metal upper body, a light green metal lower body, and white (or cream) plastic interior which also forms the front bumper and rear grille. 

There was also a version with a red interior. The windows have a slight orange tint. It is fitted with low-friction Whizzwheels.

Have you got one readers?

Paul Adams from New Zealand

Inside Track

A visit to the supermarket and yet another livery variation on the cool Roborace Hot Wheels car. Based on Daniel Simon’s design for an autonomous race car, its a sleek, streamlined beast.

Roborace itself is coming along too, check out Season Beta here: https://roborace.com/

 

DO YOU LIKE RIDDICK?

I wonder if the Riddick franchise has generated any toys and games?

I suppose they're not really for kids are they.

Riddick's on my mind as I recently re-caught Riddick, the third film, on Netflix. I really enjoyed it once again and find the Furyan mythos quite enthralling.

The ships in the flick appeal to me too, beaten up and clunky like escaped machines from some mad ironmongers.

I'm now keen to re-see the other two films too; The Chronicles of Riddick with those pesky Necromongers and Pitch Black, where it all began for the forthright man from Furya.

I honestly think Vin Diesel was born for the role.

Do you have a favourite Riddick film readers?