FINDS OF THE ZODIAC

I saw these two scarce figures on the Bay a while back so I saved the pics. From 1982 Zodiac Toys, amazingly they're Tommy Gunn no less! I had a Pedigree Tommy Gunn soldier back in the late 60's!

These look like a Star Wars cash-in to me but still they're pretty darn cool and had an eye watering price tag to boot!

You ever seen them before? Did you have a Tommy Gunn figure?

ED's TIN JAPANESE AIR FORCE ONE - THE FILM!

Filmed by Ed

Las Vegas Base

USA

 

MAJOR MAJOR MATT MASON MOON SUIT PAK FULLY RESTORED WITH AIR PUMP

I recently restored the 'rubber' arms on a Mattel Major Matt Mason Moon Suit kindly donated by Wotan Bill and blogged it.

I just had one final thing to add. The air pipe and pump seen here in this carded example on FigureRealm.Com [with perished arms]

The pumped air inflates Matt's hollow rubber moon arms so they can move around and do jobs.

I didn't want mine to work, just look complete for the cabinet with its air pump visible.

Making the arms had cost me nothing except an hour's time, so a little money could go on this unusual device. I started by sourcing a wine pipe on Ebay for 99p including postage.

Alas, it was too wide for the small hole provided in the suit ,so I then bought a gift bag for 10p in a Charity shop with thin and hollow plastic handles. Bingo!

Much harder was the pump itself. I searched for bellows online - wine supplies, aquarium supplies  - and eventually found that painters use almost identical ones to puff powder paint onto paper. Who knew!

Looking so much like Mattel's original I had to go for for these. They come in packs of six. £4 including postage on FB! Most Mattel pumps are yellow but I have seen clear ones like this, so job done!

Here we go, with a total outlay of £5.09 on the pipe and pump, here's the Mattel Moon Suit Pak fully restored and ready for major operations once again [Matt couldn't be found so a stand-in obliged].

Hope you like it.

PS. I've only just realised that the protruding belt at the base pf the suit is for putting Matt's chromed tools in! How cool is that!

*

For Looey.

Eureka! I filled it with yellow paint! 😀

RODAN ID'd!

Hi Woodsy. Here's two examples of the Jakks Pacific Rodan you encountered over the weekend. I'm guessing you saw the larger toy (the one packaged with the building, without Godzilla)

-BrianF 

Monster Base 

NJ USA

UPCOMING SPECIAL! PREDATORS

Like the Gorgo and Big Gorillas toys and kits weeks we had on MC last year, there'll be another special week of posts in the last week of this month called ..... Predators!

Big cats, bears, giant crabs, sharks - you name it, it'll be here in vintage toy or kit form! It'll be grrrrreat!

Aurora, Airfix, paintings, die-casts, anecdotes, memories and more grizzle than Grizzly Adams!

Hold onto your jeep seats, Predators week will be here soon!

[if you have anything you want to show off on MC for this just email it to me!]

BIG DASTARDLY

Continuing larger toy cars, here's a nifty Dick Dastardly car from Wacky Races. What a wonderful hunk of plastic it is eh!

Made by Joustra.

Are there any more big Wacky Races toy cars?

T IN A CIRCLE: NEW SIGHTINGS

 If like Arto and me you like old T in a Circle/ Tai Hing plastic toys from Hong Kong then here's an update of recently spotted toys.

Some of them new to the blog, some not. All fabulous! 

Names followed by model number.

Amphi Car #366

Mercedes Benz #361 [the number's on the licence plate]

Party Line Telephone #3899

Nashville Ukelele #398

Have you got any more T in a Circle/ Tai Hing toys readers?

Sunday Whirl

 Despite inclement weather we braved the boot sale and whizzed round the charities in Wetherby this morning.

This bat-like dragon intrigued me. No makers mark. Any ideas?

Always an eye out for Interesting LPs fairy tales must be one of the earliest coloured vinyl I've seen. It was green. Have you any coloured vinyl?

I used to collect horror records, so seeing Mia Farrow is always a thrill. The lead in Rosemary's Baby, she's an all-time fave. Still, sat with Andre and kids was too non-horror for me to worry my wallet.

This baby was vintage. A Palitoy toy from 1970. Anyone know it?

The Missus bought Baby Annabelle stuff for MoonBase Miss and I snaffled these bargain bangers.

At the front are three 1980's Hot Wheels. The back three are Superfast, Lesneys and Husky respectively. I picked up the three plastic bits too but I've no idea what they're off. Die-casts?