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Tuesday, 3 December 2024

Ed's Hungarian Christmas Wall-Hanging

While posted in Tazar Hungary during later part of '97, I picked up a bunch of souvenirs, among which was this handmade Advent's calendar.

Little numbered pouches are sewn to the background to accept whatever treats one wanted to put in them. I hang it up on the wall every year, however we just leave the pouches empty.

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What's hanging on your wall this Christmas readers?

MASH-UP MASTERS: LARAMI AND TIARRI DRAGON MASTER SETS

Here's a classic mash-up: Dragon Master.

The 'fantasy monsters' are our old friends the LP aliens - these one's suckered - and here being recycled as part of the sword and sorcery craze. I saw it on auction so saved the snaps a while back.

And its a Larami toy and not LP!

There's a bar code over the word Master, so its relatively modern as LP aliens go.

Do you like it?

Larami developed the line into proper dragons and warriors like this one.

and a sub-set of pocket puzzles.

Here's the same 'LP' set shown first - now called Fantasy Figures - released by someone else, Tiarri Management Services of N.S.W - New South Wales? Was this for the Australian market?

Tiarri were busy too: here's their dinosaur mash-up - are they Imperial's - with two unknown dragons at the top.

and what appear to be robot orcs and goblins. Are these from another line?

LP Clown Car #307 Lik Be

I recently saw this on Ebay, the LP clown car. It's been on MC as part of a circus set before but not up close like this courtesy of the auction listing.

Is this a toy you have? Do you like it?

Only Skin Deep: My Mock Monster Backing Cards

Armed with new bigger blisters for my bigger custom monster figures I've made a few mock-up backing cards using my Art of Horror book by Stephen Jones.

Here they are, purely for artistic purposes and a temporary use of the book's illustrations.

Dracula's Daughter

The Bride of Frankenstein

The real backings will be developed next year by Wotan Bill.

Spanning the Years: Bridge Building Toy Tanks

Ace toy spotter Terry H sent me a link to an interesting US auction earlier this year for a seemingly rare vintage and boxed Puddle Jumper Mobile Armored Launcher by Multiple Toymakers. What a Christmas present it must have been!

It's certainly a new one on me.

See what you think. I wonder which is older?

This Multiple Toymakers tank recalls Century 21 Toys own version, which we've covered before on MC.

Here's a nice one I saw on auction years ago.

Have you got a bridge tank?

Addendum:

Woodsy,

I was surprised to see this post regarding MPC's Puddle Jumper - aka Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge (AVLB).

These are the first photos I've seen of a complete one with an original box. I've had a couple over the years and still retain one in the collection. Mine is missing the gun barrel, but a repo barrel from one of MPC's tanks is a good 'nuff substitute.

While this mobile bridge works great with MPC's 60mm tanks, Jeeps, personnel carriers, etc., it also came as part of a set which included an oversized tank and halftrack.

Attached are some photos of my MPC Puddle Jumper as well as my much smaller Boley Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge (AVLB).

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