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Sunday, 23 October 2022

EVERYTHINGS IN ELSECAR

Yesterday me and the Missus moseyed over to Elsecar's Heritage village in South Yorkshire. Among the many local shop units there's a second-hand antiques emporium, which is jam-packed with goodies. Here's a few snaps of its tasty contents.

Is there anything you like readers?

First up, amazingly some Spacex!

in the bargain £2 tray outside

some nice globe money banks

A royal Landau, a new word on me.

The ubiquitous Pelham puppet

A sturdy Triang loco

A RRRumbler!

Corgi Juniors Batmobile

Boxer marionette

Tin fire chief car

Lovely blue tin saloon but I can't read that label.

A boxed Minister Delux

Car modelling spares

Scott. Not free!

Batman cards

Graded grains make finer flour! Remember these guys?

Assorted goodies

Big tin loco

More treats

Dolls

The Gooney Bird. A new one on me.

Just who is that dark figure lurking in the rear?

Kenner Palitoy Star Wars originals

Visionaires - they are bigger than I expected.

What a great cabinet all round

Just look at those action figures!

Its all too much!

Thundercats!

A bit of nostalgia. The cabinet spot I had ten years ago!

Lots of vintage kids' books

An orange plastic shoe caddy like the green one we had when I was a kid.

Space theme LP's

More die-cast

Old badges

Even more die-cast

and more

and yet more!

and my purchase, two die-cast Wigwam camper Vans. Totally new to me, lovely colours and just £4.

SUPPLYING THE SECRET ARMY

Galoob's Secret Army Supplies is a line I've only just become aware of.

Here's a catalogue page showing off the old range.

I happened to bag one of these toys this summer at a car boot. It's labeled 'C' on the page above, the Searchlight/ Air Defense.

Minus any troops or vehicles, here's my loose Searchlight. What do you think of this range readers?

Saturday, 22 October 2022

ALPHA LAUNCH PAD & MICRO EAGLE FLEET

Here’s some photos I’ve taken of the brand new electronic Alpha Launch Pad and set of Micro Eagles which were recently released by Sixteen 12 Collectables.

The Launch Pad features original sound effects and dialogue from the series, landing lights, and an electronic docking tube.

The operating buttons are discreetly situated on top of the Flight Control Complex: press ‘lights’ and the orange landing lights come on; press ‘sounds’ and you hear Commander Koenig barking out orders. Press ‘docking’ and the electronic docking tube slowly extends from the travel tube terminal to the sound of (the Eagle’s) rocket motors.

As a point of interest, the pre-production model included a fine rendition of the Barry Gray Space:1999 theme but unfortunately, presumably due to copyright issues, the finished Launch Pad doesn’t feature the theme as part of the sound effects.

The Pad, which is just over 11” (28cm) in circumference, also features a detailed Service Platform extending at a right angle to the F.C.C.

The set comes with it’s own exclusive 5” (128mm) detailed model of the white transporter Eagle. This features aluminium engine bells and a detachable Transporter Pod, plus a tiny in-scale Alpha Moonbuggy.

The original pre-production Eagle models were slightly longer at around 51/2” (14cm)

MORE MICRO EAGLES:

There are a further four more separately sold Eagles in the set. Like the Eagle Transporter each feature aluminium engine bells, detachable pod and Alpha Moonbuggy.

The Rescue/Medical Eagle:

The V.I.P. Eagle:

The Laboratory/Survey Eagle: This comes with the additional spine boosters which also features aluminium engine bells.

The Freighter/Winch Eagle: Instead of a pod this model features a pallet with a stringed magnet attached. The pallet can be loaded with either a (non-working) winch motor, or six nuclear cannisters.

Overall, considering their small size which takes account of some practical compromises regarding the thickness of the framework, panelling and landing legs, all these Eagle models/toys have some excellent detail, and far more than the humble Konami, which is a similar size.