RICHARD DIXON'S SEASTAR 5: PART 3

Image One....SEASTAR 5 approaching the reef near its island base.....Omelek Island , Marshall Islands , Pacific Ocean....

Image Two.....Admiral J p Henry , Commander of the Marine Aquanaut Rangers Squadron .....This is one of my characters....an artwork cut-out placed on the background image and then photographed as a composite for the final picture.

Image Three......The MIDAS Building....Pearl Harbour.....Navy Base .A large model miniature .

Image four....An Ocean going Drill platform - miniature....This appears at the end of storybook three in the series ...

Enjoy!

Richard Dixon

UK

MYSTERIES IN THE BLISTER: UFO RACK TOY SETS

 I've blogged these before.

I've still only ever seen them online,

UFO, Mysteries of the Universe and Visitors from Outer Space.

Like a Sci-Fi Polly Pocket, these plastic flying saucers come with a gaggle of aliens and a gadget or two.

A classic rack toy, these sets were made with love.

As a kid I would have adored them.

Just look at the maggoty alien babies inside the one below! How great!

The use of NAZCA symbols and ancient wonders on the card back just make them even more interesting for budding Ufologists. I mean how many toys have a NAZCA spider on them?

If it was the Sixties LP would snapped them up but these are from the 80's or 90's and appear to be unbranded.

Anyone know the maker and the date?

The saucers open up like flowers on Mars and away you go.

Closed up they're a neat domed UFO that probably fits in the pocket.

There were three different saucer sets and all made in China. I cannot see a brand name.

Anyone remember these?

Do you like them?

THE RICO POTENS COMANDO

 

I do like this friction airport fire ATV by RICO of Spain. 

From the box it looks like there were also Medic and armoured car versions of this too.

Looks like there's a flap on top to gain access to the cab - for figures?

Did you have anything like this as a kid?

It wouldn't look out of place in Thunderbirds or Joe 90!

BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE ACTION TRANSFERS

These Battle in Outer Space Action Transfers are just crazy. I mean look at those aliens! One of them looks like a SpaceX LAMA toy!

https://www.action-transfers.com/html/picturama/RP06Space.shtml

Did you have any Action Transfers? Was it a Christmas staple back in the day?

CARRERA JET SETS: I WANT ONE!

 Wholly new to me, here's the Carrera Aerial Jet set, a sort of monorail race toy, which is so cool its untrue.

The box art of this set is fabulous with its glowing shot of the racing jets.

Looking a lot like a Scalextric set inside, with that thick polystyrene tray, I suppose Carrera can be seen as a slot car type toy. I'm sure I've seen Carrera racing car layouts.

Here's a short clip I found on YT of this jet set!

For spaceniks like us there was also a Carrera Jet Apollo set!

The box art is a bit minimalist I feel.

I love the Apollo capsule and the grey moon globe! Reminds me of other space toys with moons!

Here's another YT clip, this one of this Apollo set. I've shortened this but its much longer online.

What do you think?

Anyone have Carrera Jet sets?

SKOOL'S OUT!

 

Yay! Its a snow day and Skool's out!

Here's Alice capturing the joy back in the Seventies. I had this LP, shaped like a desk and its stablemate, Billion Dollar Babies. Did you?

What's the weather like in your part of the globe?

AEROPLAST PLANES 1968

 

This is a page from a toy catalogue from Spain dated 1968 showing off the toy plane kits from Aeroplast.

Do you like them?

Action Man Arctic Polar Dog Sledge Team by Toy With It

 

To celebrate the snow falling outside tonight and my memory of playing with my Action Man Arctic Patrol as a kid here's a staged Action Man snow shot by the brilliant Toy With It on You Tube. I love how they've got snow flakes swirling round. It looks great!

Have you any toys in snow pics and images?

Whilst we're at it here's Toy With It's Action Man Antarctic Polar Explorer set. Look at all that prep before the shot!