Selby Seconds

 Spied these old second handers on a trip to Selby.

A really old viewmaster with a .... Light! New to me that! You?

Pinky? Perky? One of three little pigs?

Magic Painting Books! I remember them! You? Just add water!

An elderly Sooty glove puppet. Do you like Sooty, Sweep or Sue?

Laserdiscs! Not seen any for years!

All sorts of movies on here. I assume they're trailers

Anyone got any laserdiscs?

LOTS IN SPACE

I saw this old lot on auction ages ago and saved the picture. There's so much on there that's good. JR21 rocket launchers, NaSa Probe Force 3, PHIX Capsule, T Rocket and Bluebird Space Vehicles. Not sure what's in the bag.

What so you like readers?

Thunderslides

I also picked up this Chad Valley Give a Sh projector slide.

It's Thunderbirds. It's called Two and Four. Is this a TV episode as well?

Avon Calling!

 I recently picked up this plastic Avon soap bottle.

It's a decent robot shape I must say but not one I recall. I'm too old for this soapy droid.

Do you recognise this bubble bot?

TOWERING FUTURE

 

This online photo is of a futuristic water tower residence not too far from Moonbase. The original water tower is somewhere inside the renovations!

Have you a futuristic building near you readers?

LET ZYGONS BE ZYGONS

Over the summer I acquired two Dinky space planes.

Bill kindly gave me the Battle Cruiser and I picked up the Marauder at a vintage toy shop in Otley.

A touch-up, a new blister and nose ( not the best I know and not really needed)  and the mission is on!

I like these Dinky space planes: chunky, tactile and they look great. The indirect Gerry Anderson connections to the Battle Cruiser - apropos his Starcruiser - helps too! 

Zygon Marauder top, Space Battle Cruiser below.

Since Kevin kindly gave me the Trident Starfighter last year, pictured below,  I'm just short of the Zygon Patroller now from the planes. I've never actually seen it in the flesh.

For some reason they always make me think of the 2000AD comic.

Do you like these Dinky space vehicles? Do you think they sold well at the time?

BIG COMMANDER BILLY BLASTOFF

 

This is a new one on me, an online BIG version of Billy Blastoff called BIG COMMANDER. Its under licence from Eldon as stated on the box.

I associate BIG with toy ride-on tractors and the like so this is surprising. 

Anyone come across BIG COMMANDER Billy Blastoff sets?

Macro Micronauts

Realeased in the UK by Airfix in 1978, Micronauts were originally produced by Takara of Japan, some years earlier as Microman. The series ran for many years with hundreds of variations, overlapping with other toy lines such as Transformers, Diaclone and Henshin Cyborg. The Airfix release only saw a handful of figures and vehicles, chiefly the transparent Time Traveller, whose amazing poseability left the new Kenner Star Wars figures standing, literally!
 

Arto's post of the Strata Station and carded Time Traveller reminded me of my work to re-create the look of the packaging art, using my old figures and some of the more recent re-releases and microman figures.