My last local car boot sale before work re-starts next week was most enjoyable with just a little Yorkshire drizzle. Not a huge amount in the net but fun nonetheless.
I've just had a double take! Driving through our village I saw van with the words SKY NET emblazoned on the sides!
Holy Moly! It's coming true! Next I'll see big Arnie strolling down the street on his way to Cyberdine Systems!
Have you seen any Sci-Fi names in real life readers?
More make-believe Airfix box art weirdness, this time from deviantart.com. A selection of Dogfight Doubles.
Hawker Hound Mk IVb & Junkers 885-Z
Airfix Hawker Hound + JU885 late 2000s box style by yereverluvinuncleber on DeviantArt
Supermarine Spirit Mk I & Haunebu VtlfKft II flying saucer
Airfix Dogfight Double Haunebu and Spirit MkI by yereverluvinuncleber on DeviantArt
Paul Adams from New Zealand
As a sort of test of the interweb I googled a toy of something unusual.
I thought of an old black and white episode of the Twilight Zone I loved about the Devil imprisoned in a castle. It was called The Howling Man.
Lo and behold, a toy there was!
An action figure of the Devil no less! From the very same episode! I was amazed!
With little confidence that I can out-google the net I then tried another bit of TV toy devilry, namely The Satan Pit from Dr. Who.
Not much of a challenge I feared. Dr. Who fans would want this as a toy for sure!
Yep, I was right!
Its a boxed set with a capsule and a Tennant! No devil though I don't think. Anyone got one?
My final google devil challenge worked though!
Is there a model or toy of the alien Satan-like figure from the book Childhood's End?
Result! Nope. There isn't. At least I couldn't find one. You?
Which google toy challenge would you set?
Find a ........?
I'm not too keen on craft fairs but Missus Moonbase is so I do visit them with her.
I usually get round the stalls quite quickly and then stand at the entrance rather awkwardly. I've nothing against crafts. They're just not my cup of tea although I do appreciate the time and effort put into them.
At one such fair in Helmsley on Saturday, stopping off whilst en-route home from the Moors, I saw perhaps the strangest crafted item I'd seen, at least at first sight: a rather nice metal Dalek zip fastener.
I first thought they were for trouser flies and wondered who would want a dalek dangling down there, but then I normalised and realised they were for zips on hold-alls, rucksacks and sweatshirts etc.
At a pound each I should have got one but my craft fair legs were already taking me out of the room.
My Missus was telling me she has similar twitchy legs when I drag her to toy fairs!
Do you like craft fairs and would you wear a dangling dalek?
