RETRO ED'S BIG GREEN ASHTRAY

Got this in Good 'Ol Deutschland back in the '80s but I'm pretty certain it's a '70 design holdover.

Cheers

Ed B
Vegas Base

Bill's Spare Parts

Hi Woodsy

Your piece about replacement spare parts for various types of toys reminded me of a recent project I've completed.

Just over a month ago, I came across my old 1960s James Bond Aston Martin. Other than being toybox chipped, it was virtually intact other than a missing ejector roof and baddie. Plus the tyres were long gone.

So I decided to renovate it, the closest shade of gold I could find to the original Maize Gold colour was a Nissan Gold from Halfords. Which is almost identical. The missing bits were purchased on ebay, and the rest was just patience and a fair wind.

It did occur to me to spray it to the actual colour of the real bond car but this is how I remember the car so I decided to get it as close to the original as I could.

I was surprised that everything still worked, most of it, including James Bond, was present and correct. All the plastic needed was a clean with soapy water. And the 'perspex' simply required some polishing with an extremely fine grade emery cloth called "micromesh".

The attached is the end result. The box/plinth art is a printout from my laser printer.

I've got a second db5 which I've not done anything to. It's a slightly later purchase which was given to me. Interestingly its colour gold is a different shade from the original and also has some very subtle detailing differences.

Have other readers done anything like this?

Bill Ev

UK

SKELETOR WALKING

I've been watching old episodes of Masters of the Universe with Moonbase Junior. he's nearly 5 and totally hooked!

Watching this 80's cartoon it struck me how similar some of the movements were to much older cartoons I was watching when I was a kid in the 60's and early 70's. Or am I seeing things?

Here's Skeletor walking.

and here's Rocket Robin and his merry men walking

and I'm pretty sure the cartoon Spider-Man walked like that back in 1967.

Boy how I enjoyed looking back at these old cartoons.

What was your favourite?

BAT IN THE SUN

MJ recommends Bat in the Sun! Kapow!

https://youtube.com/user/batinthesun 

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL PEDAL CAR: THE SKIPPER 1968

 Well, it's actually a boat. How cool is that?

NEW CAT, NEW BATTLES!

 

We have just got this for Moonbase Junior for his 5th birthday!

Yes, it's a re-issue of the He-Man Battle Cat!

How cool is that!

We have enlisted a brand new He-Man and a Skeletor figure to help out too!

More Toys from Bella in Florida

Hi all

Here is Bella at the Florida toy show, part 2. There is a 1980s vintage Knight Rider watch, an Ertl Smokey and the Bandit die-cast two-pack, and a large Planet of the Apes battery-powered, remote control horse - something I have never seen before, although the legs look rather thin and likely to break ?

Toy show haul from Florida toy show & expo part 2 - YouTube

Paul Adams from New Zealand

DID YOU SEND OFF FOR SPARE PARTS?

Back in the day when we had toys did you or your parents ever send off for spare parts for them? 

Most toy firms had a parts department and mail order section. I imagine even Century 21 Toys had one. I can't recall that far back but you may do. Yes?

I have though recently had call to look up a spare Playmobil part for Moonbase Junior's mars  space station. The part, a leg, was available but sadly the UK online parts section wasn't in operation for some reason. 

Come back dial phones and postal orders, all is forgiven!