Blue Spirit

I love this Spirit of America toy! Do you?

https://img1.yeggi.com/page_images_cache/4739100_diecast-model-spirit-of-america-jet-car-196

MR. LUNDBY LIES DOWN

 

I had to chuckle at this online picture of a vintage Lundby doll reclining in his gaff. it reminded me of me after work! Not sure what's on TV but it could be Space 1999! Or is it a cat?

FLYING SAUCERS ON MY TONGUE!

I ate a flying saucer today.

My first in decades, probably the Seventies!

The school librarian gave it me.

What a blast from the past. A wafer coat with a sour centre. Blimey. That tangy papery taste memory came flooding back! 

They were never my fave sweet as a kid. I couldn't eat a whole bag full but as an occasional saucer they were fine in between sweet tobacco and chocolate chewing nuts.

Do and did you like flying saucers from the sweet shop readers?

ARCO, SNAKES AND THE OTHER WORLD

 As a kid I would have loved Arco toys. They released some great quirky stuff in the 80's.

This Skull full of Snakes is just brilliant! A Halloween special if ever there was one. Snakes on a brain!

and I love these fighting Glowgons. I've only ever seen the little purple fellas before, I found one on a car boot sale. The red and green creatures are superb, as is that great looking dragon.  I imagine that this was Arco's shot at the whole Sword and Sorcery/ fantasy sub-genre. Not bad methinks.

The Other World, I want to go! Do you?

Ackworth Cricket Club Classic Car Show

What a collection of classics!

Which one would you like to drive away?

More Clockwork Fun

Here are some more clockwork toys of yesteryear, from Germany. I did not have anything like these, but they look like great fun.

Two cars run around a holiday camp, as they move they set off various working features.

Technofix 304 Holiday Camp - YouTube

The industrial railway from last time, but from a different angle.

Technofix Modell 322 Industrial Transport - YouTube

A jet airliner takes off, flies off to far away places, and lands.

TECHNOFIX 309 INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS , KALAO 31 - YouTube

Lunar exploration with a wind-up tank.

Technofix 333 Apollo (1971) - YouTube

Railcar with working station.

TECHNOFIX MYSTERY STATION 306 , 1964 , KALAO 31 - YouTube

Coney Island roller coaster.

Technofix 307 Coney Island - YouTube

Another roller coaster ride.

TECHNOFIX 290 TOBOGGAN de 1958 , KALAO 31 - YouTube

Mountain top cable cars.

technofix cable car 303 , 1961.kalao31. - YouTube

Yours Sincerely,

Paul Adams from New Zealand

MONOCHROME SET

 

Junior's toys in black and white

Spooktacular Racing Fun - Scooby Doo Meets Batman!

Hi

           I get emails from AutoWorld covering kits, die-casts, and slot-cars. The latter do not usually interest me, but this set looks like fun. Scooby-Doo Meets Batman Electric Racing Slot Car Set, in HO scale.

There is 18 feet of two-lane slot car track - 18 ft of Spooktacular Racing Fun. There is a cardboard stand-up backdrop, a Scooby loop, two squeeze tracks, and glow in the dark track graphics.

Two vehicles are included. The Scooby Doo Mystery Machine van, which does not include any figures; and a 1966 Cartoon Series Batmobile, in dark blue, with figures of Batman and Robin. This is a cartoon version of the 1966 live-action Batmobile, which did actually appear in a couple of 1970s episodes of Scooby Doo. Both vehicles are available separately, and not just in this set.

The US retail price is listed as $189.99, so it is an expensive set, but there is plenty in the box. This site shows the contents of the box in detail.

https://speedincslotcars.com/?page_id=2490

This 'spooky' set has been released in time for Halloween.

It seems there have been a number of both Batman and Scooby Doo slot car sets, in various scales, by different companies over the years.

Do you like it?

Paul Adams from New Zealand