SPECTRUM ADVENTURE 2000

Seeing Electricwave's amazingly mint Adventure 2000 die-casts toys the other day it reminded me of something Japanese.

Look at this Japanese SPV concoction and you'll see what I mean!

Its called something like the Tiger Captain and is one of a fleet of SPV hybrids from Japan.

Has this design got any roots in the real world?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJENqVNZYIY&t=7s

IN ARM'S WAY: THE MASTER CARD

 Looking at the crazy Arm's Master car art again I've been wondering about those two running space figures bottom left.

Here they a little closer.

They rang a bell.

They made me think of another toy's box art, Alien Attack by Toyco.

There's a couple of running - or at least moving - spacemen bottom left.

Looking at them close-up they're not the same but it was fun checking!

So, all the components of the Arm's Master card art remain a mystery still.

The strange metal orb with arms, the spaceship below the Enterprise, the runners and the circular portraits.

Any ideas or are they original ideas from the artist?

DINKY DAVIS

 Some Dinky adverts drawn by artist Jon Davis. 

CENTURY 21 PUBLISHING 2007 FAB MAGAZINE UPDATE

Collector Bernard Dunne has informed me that number 56 of Fanderson's FAB magazine in 2007 [cover pictured] ran a major article on Century 21 and ITC licensing. Some of the more unusual licenses included The Saint, Man in a Suitcase, The Prisoner, the Champions and Department S. 

It certainly seems like an article to get hold of. Anyone got this FAB?

Publications stemming from these may be credited as Century 21, although as Bernard has pointed out to me, some maybe uncredited. The Man in a Suitcase Sleeping Cupid paperback was published by the Daily Mail for instance.

Have you any C21 books?

THE FORCE AND THE ARM'S MASTER: STUNNING KNOCKOFFS FROM SPACE 1999

 Tuning into Scoop's 1999 vibe here's something weird I spotted.

This is the Remco Space 1999 Stun Gun toy. Nice. Nothing strange here.

But am I seeing things! Check out this The Force water pistol. Is that similar? The maker, Barton Magic Toy, seems to have reversed the stun gun for their deep-space effort.

What do you think readers? 

Here's another bit of Barton magic, the Mean Machine, aimed straight at a bewildered caveman!

Barton weren't alone in the stun gun knockoffery department. Here's the more well-known fake, the Arm's Master seen on Worthpoint! What on Earth is that on the header art? And why Arm's Master? Is that a Space 1999 reference?

As it happens there of loads of Space 1999 toy gun knockoffs, which I would love to see in the flesh. Check out the Catacomb's excellent merchandise guide for  a run-down. Have you got any readers?

https://catacombs.space1999.net/main/merc/vmmcomlock.html

MY PATCHED-UP CORGI ROVER 3500

 Before

After

Tools: acrylic paint pens: white, silver, red and orange.

Very therapeutic!

Any good?

BOTTLE BANK MOONBUS

Since Scoop's ace 2001 Mobius model post I'm seeing Moonbuses everywhere! Here's a blue one near my home aka a recycling skip! Looks like its about to take off!

Have you seen any objects which remind you of Sci-Fi vehicles readers?

MOVIN' ON!

 I think it's time I moved on from 2001 posts, and get back to 1999! So, it's back to the garage studio and some new pics!