Nerding Out With REMCO's Hamilton's Invaders Helmet

Well Woodsy and Gang,

2024 was a rough year, and I think I'm ready for a bit of rest at the local sanitarium! What do you think? 

hahahahaha!

From Vegas Base

Ed

OUR DOCTOR WHO CUSTOM TOY GUNS PROJECT COMPLETED!

I've had this book for about 30 years now, Doctor Who The Sixties.

 

I've always loved the toy section and in particular the Dr. Who toy gun display bottom right.

It was this picture that first gave me the idea to recreate it by making my own toy guns.

and here it is, mine and Bill's custom toy gun gallery done and dusted in the style of the above [I've mirrored the jet Immobiliser, as I only have the one].

and here are a few more shots of our custom WHO toys. Bill created all the box art and I made or sourced the toys/ assembled the boxes.

The scratch-made toys are the big Neutron-Exterminator, the Dalek Rocket Gun and the bigger Anti-Dalek Disintegrator pictured above.

The replica toys sourced and bought are the Jet Immobiliser [Billy water pistol, Germany; thanks Jo], the smaller yellow Anti-Dalek Disintegrator [Stun-Gun, UK, thanks Bill], Anti-Dalek Fluid Neutraliser [ outlaw style water pistol, UK] and the Dalek Astro Ray Gun [modern Astro Ray, USA, thanks Terranova47].

and finally, a monochrome pic as it might have appeared in a comic like TV21.

Hope you've enjoyed this Dr. Who toy gun adventure.

It's exterminated!

MYSTERY JAPANESE SPACE CAR

Check out this mystery Japanese space toy on You Tube readers.

 https://youtu.be/ag0E6uHUphU?feature=shared

"Tell him he's Dreaming ...,,,"

Hello Woodsy, 

I've always wanted to use that quote, from the classic Aussie comedy film The Castle (featuring Thunderbirds performer Charles Tingwell!)

You were mentioning how you could dream of anything, but you dream of mundanity!

I'm the same, always tedious procedurals about losing my keys or my pants...

But recently, with my puppet film shifting into high gear, I actually had some remembered dreams about my characters! 

 Not my diminutive leading lady (who I've been waking-dreaming about for over 25 years) but my sexy Woman of Mystery who gives my heroine a hard time in the 22nd Century! She read me the Riot Act and didn't break character for a second!

Then I had a dream about the cheesy 1960's Italian Sci-Fi rip-off of 2001:A Space Odyssey, that features as a movie they watch!

This was so unusual, I had to draw a pair of comics about it. I hope you enjoy them!

See you at the movies, 

Looey 

Oz Base

Ed's Blue Shield Apollo Capsule Set

Woodsy,

Here's a small Lunar Module set you might like: the Blue Shield Apollo Capsule with six Astronauts along with a comparison shot of a plated LP (Lik Bee) Lunar Module and astronaut.

From Vegas Base

Ed

TWELFTH NIGHT

 As another Christmas sadly fades from our memory and the last candles of of the season are lit today on Twelfth Night or Old Christmas Day, here's a small gallery of images from my own Christmas spent with family in a lovely rented old farmhouse in North Yorkshire, together with a visit to the seaside town of Filey.

Enjoy.

Your Christmas pictures welcomed readers.