TOWER BRIDGE AFTER MIDNIGHT

Further to your London After Midnight having related toys, there was the diecast Crescent Tower Bridge, see photo.

Back in the 1950's the model came with two little diecast paddle steamers, mine has to make do with a 1950's lead destroyer.

Has anyone else got any Crescent toys?

Terranova47

USA

YONEZAWA SEA HAWK

This beautiful toy has probably been discussed on MB previously, but it’s my first encounter with it. I saw this post on Kitahara Teruhiso’s great Facebook page. Here’s a few photos and the google translation. 

What a vehicle! Do you like it?

Rob C

USA

INSERT AND BLAST-OFF

 

Taking us back to the glory days of space toiletries here's the Cavernal enema set. Every home should have one!

For the fast-paced life we all have these days, its quick and easy and simple to clean afterwards.

So empty your space waste with Cavernal today.

This product is endorsed by Billy Bastoff by Held-on.

BLOW BATS

 

I've seen a lot of batmobiles over the years but this one is new to me.

I saw it on an old auction but forgot to save the country of manufacture. It could be Argentina.

It looks like a very simple blow-moulded design in the old style of Batmobiling.

There aren't even any wheels?

Do you like it?

Live-rpool Museum

 On a rare day to myself in Liverpool and a visit to some old friends in the World Museum.

My favourite exhibit, the giant Japanese Spider Crab is still there, over half a century later.

A giant pterosaur skeleton model hangs overhead.

The Ichtyosaur still cruises the depths next to the Silurian ocean.

The Black Knight rocket forms the main exhibit of the Space gallery along with remnants from the 1969 Moon Rock display.

A scale model of the Black Knight along with various other items.

What I mistakenly always assumed was a NERVA nuclear engine is the Astris rocket motor from the second stage of the Europa Rocket.

Skylark High Altitude Sounding Rockets

A model of Sputnik 1 in the main foyer, along with the giant Haida Totem Pole.

A small scale astronaut waits patiently in the main entrance.

DESERT PATROL JEEP VARIATION: THE TOM AND JERRY COMIC CAR

My beloved tin Desert Patrol Jeep certainly got around. 

Not just my primary school classroom on Christmas Toy Day but also the design was everywhere in the Sixties.

Here's yet another variation to add to the many we've seen on MC over the years, the splendiferous Tom and Jerry!

What do you think?

LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT

The 1927 silent horror film London After Midnight holds two accolades.

It is the most sought-after of all lost horror films and considered to be the holy grail among film fans who seek out lost horrors.

The final copy of London After Midnight went up in smoke in 1965 at MGM.

I remember seeing stills of this film in old Famous Monsters if Filmland and some of the horror movie books I had in the early Seventies like the Dennis Giffords' and Alan Franks'.

In the Noughties a renowned film restorer stitched together the existing black and white stills and the script to create a repro silent movie. You can watch it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJTuZb_A-H8&t=11s What do you think?

The other accolade that this Lon Chaney showcase holds is the fact that the only known movie poster for it sold for the highest price ever reached for a movie poster, just shy of a half a million dollars. It was bought by Metallica's frontman.

There's not many toys associated with this old lost flick. Sideshow released this Lon Chaney doll in 2001, the famous vampire from the film, the Man in the Beaver Hat. The packaging has a sort of Madelman feel to it.

London After Midnights enters the Public Domain this year. Maybe that will somehow tease out one more copy of the film somewhere. It would be a treasure!

Anyone know of this film?

NUTTY SKIDDO

I've always liked Wierd-Ohs and Nutty Mads.

This 1964 Marx Skiddo caught my eye. On auction so I archived it.

The box art gives away its inspiration, a fabulous illustration, which the toy sadly doesn't do it justice looking at the picture here.

Did you have any Marx scooter toys like this?