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BREAKAWAY DAY TOMORROW

 Yes, chums it's Breakaway day tomorrow (Not to be confused with the recently discontinued biscuit) and like many other Space: 1999 fans I'll be thinking about those 311 souls, still lost in space. 

The ambitious Space: 1999 convention will be taking place in London too, something I'll look forward to attending  and meeting up with some old mates in person..

As it's an early start tomorrow I might not have time to post much here, So with that in mind  I'll take the opportunity to wish all the Space: 1999 fans who find their way to my blog posts a happy Breakaway day!

JURASSIC START

I have long marvelled at the great charity shops you have in Britain, and the amazing toys and models you always seem to find. Nothing like that in NZ.

Well, I recently found a kit in a charity shop - probably only the third one I have ever seen, and by far the most interesting. It was only $5, and I snapped it up.

This one was part of the Lindberg Jurassic Park kit series, and the box is dated 1993. Craft House Corporation, Toledo, Ohio.

Kit No. 70273 is the Dilophosaurus "Spitter", and is over 5 inches high and 12 inches long. The other kits in the series were the No.70271 Tyrannosaurus Rex; No.70272 Velociraptor; No.70274 Stegosaurus; and No.70275 Hadrosaurus.

There are just 20 parts, including the base, moulded in light grey plastic. There is also a poster showing the creatures and plants of the last 280 million years.

This is my first dinosaur kit.

Have you got any?

Paul Adams from New Zealand

SPANISH FLY

 

This Spanish parachute rack toy on auction caught my eye.

Galaxias en Guerra or Galaxies at War: clearly a big old nod to Star Wars. The mash-up continues with what I reckon is a painted Superman figure and is that nifty card art the work of Chris Foss?

I like it! You?

WILL'S DAD'S PRE-WAR FROG KITS

Hi Woodsy. 

Some more of my late Father’s stuff:

Pre-war frog kits. 

I think these were the world's first injection moulded plastic kits. not bad for nearly 90 years old! Some Moonbasers who like kits might be interested . 

Will O,

UK

THE WHITE WITCH: ALL SHAMPOO AND SUPER GLUE

My latest project is a DIY White Witch prototype.

The White Witch was a Star Wars DROIDs vehicle and only this prototype was ever made. It was photographed for Kenner by Kim Simmons. It was a sort of flying rocket car.

I've always liked the toyish look of it. Lots of customs have been made and I wanted a crack too.

So, I got my shampoo bottles and tops together.

I began with the cockpit and the big rear nacelles.

More witchery to come.....

And voila! Plastic salad! 

Now I need a front tip, some pilots, a roll bar and paint! Oh, and a bat's whisker! 

Paul's Awesome Auckland Haul

Auckland had its latest fair for model and kit collectors in September 2024, and I filled up two bags with goodies. More detailed reports will follow, but here is a quick look at the kits and die-casts.

My first buy was a book on NZ Cereal Toys, which I missed when it came out nearly 20 years ago. Also a set of Airfix Betta Bilda building bricks, made in NZ by Lincoln Industries.

The Revell Flying Bridge Cruiser is a New Zealand issue by Lincoln Industries. Airfix HMS Devonshire in a 1970s box.

Revell USS Abraham Lincoln SSBN submarine with interior detail. Originally released as the USS George Washington in 1959, this 2008 version is by Revell Germany, and is a Limited Edition re-issue of 5000.

Revell B-24 with a copyright date of 1960 on the box side, and a 1950s Monogram Catalina amphibian – this kit is still available from Atlantis. A pair of Mister Craft Hawker Hunter kits.

Polish TS-11 jet trainer in a very basic box, a Monogram P-40N Warhawk in a 1970s White Box, and a Heller PZL P-23 dive bomber. The Brengun Spitfire Vb depicts an aircraft captured by the Germans, and fitted with a Daimler-Benz engine for tests.

There were also some small scale armour kits in 1/72nd and 1/76th scale, mostly without boxes, by ESCI and Fujimi, and a box of small Airfix Sheriff of Nottingham figures.

A modern Matchbox Harry Potter Ford Anglia die-cast car, from the Moving Parts series, with opening doors. A pair of Matchbox Indiana Jones Tuk-Tuk models – one in a box, and one on a card.

From the film Batman Returns, The Penguin’s Duck Vehicle, by Ertl. Five Corgi Juniors from the 1970s, including a couple of superhero models.

A Yorkshire Tea van from Lledo. My only vintage model this time was a 1950s Matchbox Vauxhall Cresta, the early version, in red and cream.

OK, I now have two months to save up for the next fair, in November, which is the last one of the year!

See anything you like?

Paul Adams from New Zealand

BRADGATE'S LITTLE BIG MAN ON TV 1973

 

Remember this little guy?

Is he the same as Madelman?