Boy Oh Boy

This week I've been watching children's TV with our Grandson Moonbase Junior. 

He likes PJ Masks, Scooby Do and especially Pokemon Master Journeys.

Now Pokemon is a Japanese phenomenon and I assume that what we see on TV is the dubbed show. Even so I personally found the dubbing unintelligible and the content I could fathom was complete gibberish. 

I can't decide if this is a dubbing issue or my age or just my rubbish hearing. Junior seemed to get every word!

As a kid I watched what was maybe the only anime on British TV in the Sixties ( probably wrong about that) - Marine Boy - which I adored and I understood everything, so what's changed? 

Do you struggle with dubbing readers? What do you think of modern kids' TV?

Knight Shift

As darkness gathers the shadows deepen and night consumes day.

Time for a Recharge

A Postcard for Mother

Clockwork Fun with Technofix

Hi

           I found these clips on You Tube, showing various toys in action. Most are working tinplate road or railway layouts, with the vehicles running around them. They are look like great fun. All seem to be by the same company, Technofix.

A train which loads and unloads a group of three cars.

1967 TECHNOFIX "AUTO TRAIN" CREATED FOR AND BY GEM.BROTHER.9112 FOR EBAY. - YouTube

A small industrial train with a single wagon, which can be filled with boulders, and then emptied.

VINTAGE TECHNOFIX NR. 322 "INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORT" MADE BY AND FOR GEM.BROTHER.911 FOR EBAY - YouTube

A fleet of single-car railbuses running around a track.

Der Technofix Rocky-Mountains-Train... - YouTube

A pair of trucks loading and unloading, and switching their loads.

1966 Technofix Gigant 315 - YouTube

A busy city road layout.

TECHNOFIX 295 TRAFFIC CONTROL 1959 , KALAO 31 - YouTube

Grand Prix motor racing, with three saloon cars.

Technofix Autorennbahn Nr. 302 GRAND PRIX full action .avi - YouTube

City monorail system

TECHNOFIX 274 MONORAIL de 1954 , KALAO 31 - YouTube

The Rocket Express set has great box art.

TECHNOFIX 286 ROCKET EXPRESS , KALAO 31 - YouTube

Paul Adams from New Zealand

TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN TOYS WITH AN ANCIENT HERITAGE

Have a look at Ukraine's ancient heritage of beautiful wooden toys created by a very skilled and proud people.

https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/traditional-ukrainian-toys-fantastic-rebirth-12348.html

PRINT-OUT THE MATTEL EAGLE BOX

I've just found this printable Space 1999 Mattel Eagle box!

I don't have the toy but maybe you need that elusive box!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonliebigstuff/6708381039

OVER THE HA-HA

 Glimpses of the old lands in and around Wentworth Castle in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which we visited today.

Have you been in the countryside lately?