MARX SPACEMAN CAPTIONS NEEDED! C'MON READERS!

These two snaps on the Bay made me chuckle!

They so need a good caption!

Do your worst!

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The little fella is actually this lovely Marx Apollo Astronaut from 1970.

I definately had one of these sets, a Major Mat me-too if ever there was one!

Did you have one?

NETWORK DVD SHUT DOWN?

 I'm very sorry to read that the UK company, Network On Air AKA Network Distributing AKA Network DVD has apparently gone into liquidation.

 Very bad news for cult and classic TV fans like me. A vast majority of my DVD and Blu-Ray collection are from Network. In fact I'd only this month ordered a new ITC Baron film collection.

The people behind the company were top notch and worked hard to keep all those vintage films and television series alive. 

I hope something can be worked out for possibly saving the company.

Drac needs a Caption!

 Can't think of what to say. You?

A HUM DINGER! THE ROCKET SHIP WHIRLER

I thought this was interesting on auction, a vintage whirler.

Measuring 4.5" x 3.25" it says on the card that it should be whirled around the head to make it hum.

Ever seen anything like it readers?

Speedy Ever Blasts Off!

Captain Speedy Ever and his Space Glider leaving Earth for Andromeda.

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Behind the Scenes: 6 year old Speedy Ever, aka Moonbase Junior, made the model, set and did the editing and filming all by himself. He hopes you like it! 

It's Robot Spring Break !

One potato, two potato ......

DIG FOR VICTORY!

I'm always on the lookout for replacement Action Man equipment!

Made in Hong Kong for Hallmark of Kansas City, here's a bag of nifty plastic party picks that would sit well in Palitoy's Fighting Man's footlocker! A spade with a bayonet!

Can you think of any 'replacements' like this?

GABRIEL TOOT YOUR HORN!

Here’s few photos of a model I made based on Gabriel, the 1917 Ford Model T, the vintage mode of transport used by Father Stanley Unwin in the seldom seen Gerry & Sylvia Anderson series, The Secret Service.

I used a1:32 scale Airfix 1912 Ford Model T which I altered to make it a little more like what was seen in the series.

I originally made it for some photos I planned to take for the Fanderson Secret Service annual, but ultimately other projects got in the way and I missed the deadline.

While I’m fond of The Secret Service, I can’t say it’s in my top five Anderson series. I’m not keen on the hybrid formula, the mix of puppets and live actors ruins my suspension of disbelief, and while the models and special effects are top notch, I don’t find it particularly exciting.

Having a Ford Model T as the ‘star’ vehicle doesn’t really help, either.

It’s well known to Anderson fans that ITC financier, Lew Grade, halted production after watching the pilot, although it’s cancellation meant a move to live action for the Anderson’s, and UFO.

Still, I’m sure it’s got it’s fans; Gerry Anderson, himself said it was his favourite of all the series he had produced!