KEV'S ROBBIE

Hi,

Well, here's my go at it!

Will 50 gallons be sufficient?

Kevin

UK

NULLI SECUNDUS FORBIDDEN PLANET SPACE TOY

Hi. There’s not many Forbidden Planet toys , but this is the Nulli Secundus flying spaceship from around the time of the film.

Will O.

UK

OPEN WIDE!

I've just been to the Dentist to have my chompers cleaned. 

Its called a Scale and Polish and performed by a masked hygienist, although there were three mask-clad technicians in the small room too. I was outnumbered 4 to 1! 

After applying vegetable dye to my teeth, so that any bacteria would leap out, the friendly hygienist proceeded to jet-wash my nashers. In the past this deep clean used to be painful around the gum-line, but this was just wet. Very wet. I was showered with a fine mist of dental water, whilst watching a slow video of the Greek island of Santorini on the ceiling.

Some stubborn plaque - or tartar - or calcium - I'm unsure what it is but it was stubborn, had to be zapped with a more traditional road drill. With the ever-present suction pipe in there too and a mouthful of plaquey water I did gag a bit, which is always rather embarrassing!

Fluoride paste was then blathered all over my polished chucky pegs and I was told not to drink any tea or coffee for an hour or it would stain the newly whitened 'Barry' sheen.

To finish there's always a little tipple in a plastic cup waiting on a dinky sink. The mini-bar! I was disappointed this time that it was just pure water and not the pink medicated mocktail I'm used to. 

Alas, I have to return on the morrow for a less pleasant procedure. The removal of a small toothlet sticking out from my lower gum. I think they may have described it as a lost root. I personally think it may be the beginnings of a tusk, you know, like a Gamorrean Guard!

Its sore as hell though, the tusklet, when I eat on it, so the little sod has to go. It requires someone with Dr in the title to do the job this time, along with her friend Mr. Needle to make me comfortably numb!

All this makes me realise why there have been few, if any, dentist toys! 

The law-suits would pile up like unpaid dental bills! There really can't be any dental toys. Or?

SPANISH SPACE TOY RANGE

 

We've seen this before but its worth seeing again I think, the gorgeous 1968 range of space toys by JP shown in a toy catalogue on Todocollecion.

These toys were Spanish chromed re-issues of the LP range we've spoken about many times on MC.

Do you have anything like this or the LP versions?

Will's Topper Shop Display

Adding to Wotan's great post, here's Will Osborne's Topper Armoured Battalion shop display showing some battle damage!

THE COX SHRIKE: ITS A GAS!

New to the blog I think, certainly new to me, the Cox Shrike! I saw this one on Worthpoint.

A vintage gas powered toy car, wilder than an untamed bronc!

I adore the box art!

Do you know the Cox Shrike or any other Cox gas toys?

POPLUAR SCIENCE MONTHLY JULY 1937

 

I really like this magazine cover from Popular Science dated July 1937. The tracked ATV is really prescient of some of the space toys that emerged decades later such as the Project SWORD Moon Ranger.

I love the He-Man-like Battlecat too!

Do you like it?

Deluxe Reading and Topper Toys

As seen in Will O's advertisement, some quick shots of my Armoured Battalion and Task Force toys.

Like the Topper Cape Canaveral set, these cracking toys are bristling with missiles and rockets to blast away toy soldiers.

The Half track is about 12 inches long and the Armoured Battalion comes in a large cardboard carton.

Both the Task Force ships and the vehicles share a common design theme, with cool winged rockets and planes to blast away!