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Saturday, 12 February 2022

MORE AIRSHOW SHOTS

As my airshow photos seemed to have gone down well, here's a few more.

Beach bombardment!

A PHOTOCOPIER FOR THE SMALL OFFICE

I was really taken with this unusual rack toy so I saved the pic.

Its a Mini Office Machine or to you and me a photocopier!

With an on-off switch I guess it actually worked! Well maybe a small chit of paper went through at least!

I wonder if there were small toy computers like this to go with it?

Friday, 11 February 2022

The Remco 'Firebird 99' Sportscar dashboard toy which came out in 1959 seems to have gone through a few different coloured incarnations providing a toy dash for Batman, The Green Hornet and even The Land Of The Giants!

I wouldn't be surprised if there's probably a few more out there.

Another piece of Remco recycling is the Land of the Giants, Space Sled which is clearly their earlier Supercar toy

The Green Hornet naturally gets a green makeover.

Here's a variation on my theme. When it comes to dashboards my money's on the Playmobile Dash, which turned up as part of the control cabin set in Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Stingray.

LAURA LEGENDS GRAB BAG

In this clip Laura Legends looks at several super expensive toy lines. In most cases I have to ask why anyone would actually want any of these toys, as most are pretty weird, I prefer sane and sensible Wienermobiles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7DR7BPrBF4

Next up various food lines linked to movies and TV shows, such as Star Wars pop tarts, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle pies - green of course. Even more bizarre than the last clip, but fascinating to see. Super weird is Old Yeller dog food, in that Disney movie Old Yeller gets rabies, and has to be shot by his young owner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv3o9_rItuo

Paul Adams from New Zealand

Thursday, 10 February 2022

AIRSHOW JET AIRCRAFT

As a couple of comments earlier mentioned the F-35 Lightning, I thought I'd repost a few photos I've taken at the various Southport and Blackpool Air shows I've attended.

I should admit I've only ever seen an F-35 landed, so I can't say how loud it is, but I have seen the Eurofighter Typhoon several times fly low in front of the watching crowds, and setting off every car alarm on the beach with the sound of its engines.

Here's a few photos of some of the jet aircraft I've seen on display.

Another impressive aircraft is the retired SAAB 37 Viggen.

A MiG -15UTI. Sadly, Yuri Gagarin died, together with pilot Vladimir Seryogin in a plane like this

de Havilland Vampire & Venom with the MiG 15

The BAC 167 Strikemaster

SAAB 29 Tunnan aka The Flying Barrel had its first flight in 1948, and was retired in 1976.

The Lockheed T-33. An aircraft like this featured in the vintage sci-fi flick, This Island Earth.

The mighty Avro Vulcan XH558 Spirit of Great Britain flanked by RAF Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows .

JAPANESE SCI-FI KITS GALLERY!

This is a gallery of Japanese model kits guaranteed to get you drooling! There's so many superb vehicles in here its untrue ! What do you like?

http://usi.kir.jp/Musium/Pramodel/USI_Musium_Maker.html

Rise of the Robots

In University today, the Computer Science department are doing a show and tell with their latest toys, a concierge style robot named 'Pepper'. Pepper employs object recognition and LIDAR imaging to map a specific environment and interact with a wide range if queries. Designed for use as a 'meet and greet' service in hotels or large businesses, the robot can track movement and respond to custom queries from public.

Robbie has nothing to fear just yet, but watching its interactions and complex hand movements is quite eerie.

A Lot of Balls

Further to Woodsy's 'Ships and Mortar' post, here's a shot of the 'Golfballs' at Fylingdale I took out of the car window, this year on the way to Richmond in Yorkshire. Hard to see amongst the hedges, but there are lots of them. It seems to have been renamed too.

Also an English Electric Lightning outside BAE Warton too!

Next to the Lightning is a newly installed 'model' of an F22 Raptor too. The Lightning is an original decommissioned craft and has been there that long it has sparrows nesting in the intakes!

Addendum - It seems I have my balls mixed up - RAF Fylingdales is a different site and has had the geodesic golf balls removed. Just the main array is visible now. Pic courtesy of Wikipedia.