Some times you wonder what toy designers were doing the night before they went to work.
K's Flying Saucer has to be result of a baroque bender in bars near Versailles!
It’s a solid resin ‘garage’ kit which, Tony warned me needed a lot of work, and a fair few modifications. Some of the parts were unusable, or had insufficient detail and had to be scratch-built. There was no decals, and the instructions took the word simple to a new level.
It’s a small model, about 30cm across, and my initial plan was to simply use it as background dressing, although that changed as the build progressed. I decided to add some lighting around the surface decking, and on top of four of the five domes. (As the domes are solid, internal lighting was impossible, so on a couple of photos I cheated with a little cheeky photo-shopping)
The Shuttle launch gantry needed a fair amount of work to make it look a bit more accurate, with alterations to the vertical strut and additional girder work.
I initially considered that the lighting was too bright, but after taking a few test photos I reckon the model’s diminutive size meant the LED’s gave, what I considered a pleasing bathed in light effect.
To complete the look the model also came with a small metal ‘Comet Miniatures’ Lunar Shuttle.
I was fascinated by this Fizz Nik.
At first I thought it was a space toy but no, its a straw!
You fill it with ice cream or ice, slot it in your fave pop bottle and away you go!
ha ha!
Love it!
Being a lover of 'floats' myself [I invented my own 'Disco Disaster' - the coke float] this Fizz Nik gets my vote for best straw ever made, easily the winner of Straw Wars!
But did it float your coke readers?
Did it catch on?
I couldn't help but drool over this vintage Japanese mag ad [ courtesy of the Skullbrain site] for Major Matt Mason toys. Its all there, all our favourites!
Sixties Japanese kids had the same kind of space mad childhood as us Boomers!
Looking at the space station on the left, could the crawler be placed sideways on top like that or is that just the way they've positioned it?
Last month I blogged this little figure by Arco, wondering who the City fella was.
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I love this Fisher Price Tuggy Tooter. FP were just genius at creating cute transport toys like this. It toots when you press the bellow.
Have you got a Tuggy Tooter?
I also like this Air Cushion Craft, which I saved the picture of from an auction. Very Thunderbirds I reckon!
