TERRANOVA47'S WOLSELEY POLICE CARS

Here are photos of the of Budgie Wolseley 6/80 Police Cars.

My large one on display behind a blue Brian from Magic Roundabout. The smaller ones are on my present train layout, outside the Police station and by a Police call box.

Terranova47

USA

ED'S AUBURNS

I have another contender - less fancy, but one that also reminds me of the good ol' days: Auburn's #576 Police Car. I have these in several colors.

Ed B

Nevada

USA

THE EXPLORERS ARE EXCITED

Woodsy,

So I’m going through piles of old papers, and out pops this near-mint bubblegum card, of which I have no memory! “Mysterious Mars.” Apparently from a series called “Space Cards,” but other than that it’s a mystery to me!

Rob C

USA

ED'S PATROL CAR

Woodsy,

Growing up in the '50s & '60s, I remember having a Japanese tin-litho police car very similar to this. My recollection is that the dome light was more rounded though. Back then, tin-litho toys were budget friendly. Today, they're budget busters. Enjoy!

Ed

Las Vegas

USA

MAC AND ME

 Picked these up on a Charity trawl today,

a neat 1973 Matchbox MAC [Mobile Action Command] orange ATV and a lovely Hot Wheels space car from 1988.

What do you think?

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE POLICE CAR?

I had a few police cars as a kid. I remember revving the friction drive of the white plastic Z car that came in a neat box based on the TV show. I also like the small blue Lesney American police car with fins at the back like the Z car, It could have been a Cadillac or an Impala - before Superfast anyway. It may have even been a Husky brand.

There will have been simple plastic police cars too like Blue Box and Lucky brands, which were everywhere, but I just can't remember them.

I do recall more solid fayre like the German Polizei VW, which was green and white and the blue and white Ford Anglia, that classic Panda [not sure why it was called a Panda].

Without doubt though, my own favourite was the Dinky Ford Transit van Accident Unit. I adored that chunky white van and played with it constantly, adoringly setting up the street furniture on my bedroom carpet. There were two or three traffic cones and an elevating camera on a pole in the roof. I don't think there was a policeman.

But by far the best accessory were the two Police Slow street signs in blue with white lettering. Setting those two things up was pure heaven. Storing them was fab too, as they slotted neatly into a rack in the rear of the van. Blimey, that takes me back.

What was your fave toy cop car readers? Any memories? Pictures welcomed.

RICHARD'S ACTION MAN PHOTOGRAPHY 3

Just sending over some more images from my Archives....this time some more Action Man The Hero images....from my work on Action Man Comic with Marvel Comics UK and Panini Comics UK.....all photography and set designs by myself...." realistic background landscapes images" were all done by myself as well....

All the work was created in my various studios based in Lancashire during the nineties and 2000's .

Hope your MC viewers like these....

More to follow.

Best regards 

Richard Dixon

UK

TUESDAY QUIZ: GET YOUR HEAD ON.

Its Quiz time so lets get quizzical. Answer a couple at once, there's loads of questions from the very dregs of my waning id.

1. Which man do Palitoy, Schildkrot and Geyper all have in common?

2. How many Sarah Connors did the Terminator get to before the real Sarah Connor?

3. Which insect-based toy is Schaper most famous for?

4. Who's the odd one out: Kang, Falcon, Steppenwolf, Loki, Juggernaut.

5. Which film ends with It Was Beauty killed the Beast?

6. Which is the highest rank: Colonel, Brigadier-General, Captain, Field Marshall.

7. What was the problem with Clackers?

8. Which TV show ended with If it hadn't have been for those Meddling Kids?

9. Which military rank does Russel Crowe's character hold at the start of Gladiator?

10. Which Hong Kong actor appeared in Longstreet, Batman and Marlowe?

11. What does the collectors' abbreviation OOAK stand for?

12. Name the odd one out: Callisto, Orbitron, Scorpio and Captain Lazer.

13. What is a Code 3 model in the world of Die-Casts?

14. Who shouldn't be on the list? Henry Hull, David Naughton, Peter Cushing, Jack Nicholson and Oliver Reed.

15. Which monster is this referring to? I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us.

16. In the world of die-cast collecting what is a Black Wall?

17. What do Luke's Uncle and Aunt farm in a New Hope?

18. What is often missing from the top of second hand 1979 Kenner Alien 18 inch toy figures?

19. What are these terms all referring to: tricky, mystery and non-fall?

20. In the first X-Men movie what does Logan say must be Prof. X's nickname when he first meets him?