MOONBASE CENTRAL

Sunday, 13 February 2022

KEV'S DURACELL AD ROBOTS

Hi,

Managed to get these courtesy of ebay. Two of the original filming miniatures from a 1984 Duracell ad. They are in great shape for their age.

No other battery looks like it,

Kevin

See the original advert here:

https://youtu.be/F8rBEEW-y-c

DR.DEADLY JOINS MONSTER BASE

Hi Woodsy.

The previous snowfall had me cooped up for the weekend, so I decided to build a model kit.

Here's Dr Deadly, an Aurora Monster Scenes character re-issued by Moebius. My usual disclaimer; I am not a professional modeler nor do I claim to be.

These kits were around when I was a kid, but painting them was a little beyond my capabilities.

I am thrilled that I have the chance to try them again with a grown up perspective. I have already built the good(?) doctor's creation, the Giant Insect.

Here they are, together at last!-

BrianF NJ USA

Saturday, 12 February 2022

A QUARTET OF SKY 1

The WAVE Sky 1

The Imai Sky 1

The Konami Sky 1

The Bandai Sky 1

Slip Wing Hurricane and Other Oddball Planes

I think the Slip-wing Hurricane may have been mentioned before on Moonbase Central. It was certainly a strange aircraft. A normal Hawker Hurricane fighter fitted with a jettisonable second wing.

Here is a short You Tube programme on the Hillson FH.40 Slip-wing Hurricane, and the earlier Hillson Bi-mono, which had been built to try out the idea.

The Hillson FH.40 Slip Wing Hurricane - YouTube

Now a look at the Russian Nikitin-Shevchenko IS-Series of Polymorphic Fighters, which means they could assume different forms - biplane or monoplane, for take-off and landing, or combat. Weird - one would think the extra weight would cancel out any possible advantages.

The Nikitin-Shevchenko IS-Series; Polymorphic Fighters - YouTube

Paul Adams from New Zealand

ZERO-X INSIDES

I've been photographing the insides of some Century 21 Toys Project SWORD toys for a reader.

One was the fabulous Zero-X.

Here's the outer box.

The inner packaging.

The contents [not original inner packaging].

The white Supremo badge in its tissue.

The inside of the MEV.

The workings of the motor.

This long metal piece with a black plug popped out. Its attached to a wire. Unsure what it is.

The same for this long strip with an eye hole. Again wired. No idea what this is. It maybe linked to the above.

There's also a hole on the inside and a corresponding hole on the baseplate beneath the top left screw. What's that for? oil?

Any ideas?

SALEROOM EXCALIBUR AUCTIONS LIVE NOW! GERRY ANDERSON PHOTOS AND PROPS

Check out these auctions live now from Excalibur auctions.

There's a pile of photos and negatives https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/excaliburauctions/catalogue-id-excali10057/lot-d74c793d-1660-4ea2-9055-ae2f00e7d8ef plus many more lots like this pile.

and a Joe 90 prop https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/excaliburauctions/catalogue-id-excali10057/lot-f0b95ad7-3d87-4492-91d7-ae2f00e7da5d

Here's the search I did for Gerry Anderson. There's loads of auctions all today!

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/search-results?searchterm=gerry%20anderson

SUPER DOORS

Yesterday was a good day for a takeaway!

At the back door was this pile of lovely Superfast and Yesteryear I'd won on Ebay for a tenner and at the front door I got King Prawn in Black Pepper Sauce with Fried Rice!

I love our doors!

Do you use all your doors readers?

LAST NIGHT'S PENDULUM

Well, as usual something came up last night - and not an alien - a neighbour came round - and I missed all of the weekly episode of the Outer Limits and 90% of the Pit and the Pendulum! Drat!

I caught the final iconic scene in the deep chamber with the huge curved blade swinging ever closer to the victim's chest, his white ruffled shirt gradually getting sliced open. As a kid the metallic ker-thunk sound of the pendulum's arcs always got to me more than the action and even now sends a shiver down my spine.

The final zoom onto Barbara Steele's encased eyes was terrifying the first time I saw it as she stares out of the Iron Maiden knowing that no-one will ever set foot in the dungeon again. It's still horrific now.

Even the final credits were wonderful, a garish slew of coloured oil paints slowly thrown onto a surface or maybe even water. Just brilliant.

Corman's Poe cycle of flicks were masterpieces of gothic film-making and I adored all of them when they made it to the tellybox late at night as a midnight movie or Appointment with Fear. I still make a B-line for them if they're on, subject to interruptions from neighbours and friends!

I did stay up to catch the first bit of I Bury The Living, a monochrome film I've never seen or knew about. Very interesting and sinister plot too set within a large American cemetery and its office and concerning the mysterious deaths of locals and their apparent connection to a large and unusual map of the cemetery in the office. You certainly don't want a pin stuck on your name!

Caroline Munro did another sterling job introducing the films and for a short while it feels like the glorious Seventies again! I wonder of they are going to ask Valerie Leon to do some as well!