TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL!

 I love this school box I saw on auction a while back.

There's all sorts going on!

This guy gets it!

and of course there's Captain Thunderpants and the huge tailed unigoat!

What do you think readers?

Who are Addco?

This old Pyro toys auction mention Addco. Who are they anyone?

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1954-addco-magic-guide-pyro-488611089

CHEAP 'N' CHEERFUL SCI-FI

 Some photos featuring the two pulp Sci-fi flicks I mentioned in my comment on Woodsy's 'The Shape of Things to Come' movie post.

Starcrash which starred Caroline Munro, and lower down the cast list, David Hasselhoff.

Christopher Plummer appeared as the Emperor of the Universe.

The Sound of Music was never like this!

The Hoff on control bay watch!

No money was spared on the costumes!

Spacehunter:: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (no, not the one in Beneath the Planet of the Apes!)

Peter Strass as Wolff

Molly Ringwald as Niki

THE SPACE-SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME 1979

Between Christmas and New Year during that sleepy hollow when the fairy lights and the TV send you off to sleep mid-afternoon I caught part of a flick released in 1979 called The Shape of Things to Come.

Half-asleep I had thought at first it was an episode of Space 1999 as Barry Morse was in it wearing a white jumpsuit and the whole thing I half-saw had that series' feel to it.

It had nothing to do with Space 1999, nor HG Wells's Shape of Things to Come for that matter. It appeared to me to have been influenced by many different Sci Fi shows and films.

Here are a few glimpses culled from around the web.

Shades of UFO?

Hues of Robby the Robot and the Lost in Space Robot?

Hints of Star Trek?

Glimpses of Star Maidens?

You may know much more about this movie filmed in Canada. Please let us know. 

Have you seen it readers?

GOLDEN ASTRONAUT BILLY BLASTOFF

I saw this golden Billy Blastoff on auction last year and kept the images. It could be part of the South American version, Capitan Boy.

Its a new one on me and I cant decide if the body has simply been painted white to gold by a previous owner. Maybe not/

I like this golden Billy. It sort of fits with the whole Golden Astronaut vibe too.

Looking at it again I'm wondering if its the really tiny version of Billy from South America called Mini Capitan Boy.

OH BOY! ITS A LINCOLN MONSTER!

For those readers who enjoy monsters like me here's a great video by Plaid Stallions about Lincoln International Monster toys.

Its GRRRRReat!

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

UFO MODEL FROM ANDERSON ENTERTAINMENT

 Here’s a few photos of the recently released Anderson Entertainment UFO model, that was briefly displayed at the London Space:1999 convention last September.

The model is a good size, around 8” (200mm) across, and stands around 5” (125mm) in height. It reminds me of the old late eighties S.H.E.D. vac-form UFO kit.

The ‘paddle’ section is able to spin with the help of a flick of the wrist. For some reason I was under the impression it was actually motorized, just like the screen version, but I was obviously mistaken on that.

Although the model looks very appealing and at some point I’ll set up a proper diorama photo shoot, but I must confess the whole thing does look toy-like. The paddles and spinning veins are simply a silvery grey plastic rather than a reflective chrome, which did give the screen UFO it’s other-worldly ‘flying saucer’ characteristics.

The green top is made from a semi-transparent plastic, which looks okay but does help to maintain that toy-like look. Here's a comparison photo with the Product Enterprise UFO.

One nice touch is you turn the model over to reveal the base of a UFO escape pod.

For displaying purposes the model comes with a short clear hollow tube.

The model comes well packaged in it’s box, which folds out to show technical details of the UFO, and a certificate of authenticity. Curiously, instead of a UFO, the photo on the sides of the box shows a lone SHADO Interceptor flying across the Moon’s surface and a superimposed photo of a space- suited Ed Straker minus his helmet.

Overall, I like the model. It looks good, and the size is just right. I would have liked a chrome covering over the grey plastic, but it’s certainly not a deal breaker. The £125 price tag might put a few people off, but as we don’t get too much brand new UFO merchandise being produced nowadays, along with it’s limited run of the curiously numbered 2004, units it’ll probably still sell out!

Watch the skies!

EASING ROUND ELSECAR EMPORIUM

 With  the final remnants of Christmas flickering like a fading star in the January gloom the Missus and me wandered round the Elsecar Antiques two-floor emporium near Barnsley this week, which is always fun. Still lots of ice everywhere after the recent northern cold snap. Brrrr!

I was looking for JR21 novelty toys. I once found a loose red JR21 Landrover here. Not this time but I did see a lot of interesting stuff. See what you think.

An original life-size version of one of my favourite Action Man miniature toys as a kid, the German WWII Stick Grenade! Bit macabre really.

A Vader computer mouse!

I am your cursor!

Part works!

I don't recall this X-Files monster. Do you?

What is the Gooney Bird?

A new old idea; boxes of bones and feathers. Would you buy one?

The second UNCLE book I saw in a week, the last being the Girl.

I do like these Stewardesses.

And a Jaunting Cart. What is Jaunting?

Tons of die-cast.

Keymen! Now that rings bell! Miniature men! Do you remember them?

Some fine Action Man and Star Wars.

and just to tempt me, a really nice Green Hornet Back Beauty at the end!

See anything you like?