Create and Draw Monsters 2

I just saw the item on the Monster drawing set, which looks like great fun, and did a little quick digging. This is what I came up with.

The Create and Draw Monsters Complete Electric Designers Set was made by Lakeside Lifetime Toys. It comprised a mains-powered lightbox, with a 15 Watt lamp.

Translucent sheets of Monster elements were placed on the illuminated drawing surface, and traced on to a fresh sheet of paper. The Monster or scene was made up of various bits and pieces, in any combination you choose.

The set came with several Guide Sheets, coloured pencils, etc. The box having a lift-off lid.

The end of the box says Copyright Lakeside Toys, MCMLXIV [1964], Division of Lakeside Ind., Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Made in U.S.A., and various Patent numbers.

Lakeside would later come up with the Barrel of Monkeys game. They also made other games, as well as puppets, and bendable figures.

Four photographs from Worthpoint

Paul Adams from New Zealand

Ed's Moon Crawlers

Woodsy,

Here's Moon crawlers - or whatever name people want to attach to them. The red TAT crawler's wheel has been fixed but I haven't updated the photos.

From Vegas Base

Ed

Drawing Blood: Create and Draw Monsters Electric Set

I would have loved this set as a kid, Create and Draw Monsters. Its a 'complete electric designers set'. I cant read the makers name but the box art is terrific!

I saw this set on auction so saved this snap last year. No doubt part of the Sixties Monster craze, I'm unsure how electric drawing worked. 

You?

Merit Special Agent Kit Update: the Original Box Art by Sam Peffer!

Years ago I found an incomplete Merit Special Agent boxed set and it started a sort of blog legend, blogged several times starting over a decade ago.

For years I kept an eye out for missing parts , which was fun but as with many a noble quest it wasn't to be. Still, it was a lot of fun and I've always stayed interested in this set.

So I was so pleasantly surprised to stumble across - and I mean stumble - an amazing website showing the original box art for this set and not only that, the original photographs of the artist's models and props for creating the box art!

https://www.tikit.net/2019/Sam%20Peffer/SpecialAgent.htm 

It really is fabulous.

The box artist's name was Sam Peffer, signing his work as Peff.

Click on 'Artists' on the Tikit site to find him.

The Tikit site, worth checking in its entirety, is essentially a tribute to PAN paperbacks and Sam did cover art for them including the old paperback James Bond covers. 

It makes sense then that it would appear from this site that Sam also did the box art for the fantastic Merit Avengers Shooting Game, which we've also covered on the blog before including Arto's terrific example.

It seems likely then to me that Sam Peffer also did the box art for the uber-cool Merit Saint Shooting Game.

How I would love to see the artist's photographs for these shoots!

What do you think readers?

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

Here's a short story I wrote last Winter to celebrate the coming sun's return in the UK!

If you have the time, enjoy.

THE GARGOYLE'S DISPLEASURE: The Tower on the Hill

Be warned: my other short stories are definately NOT for those of a sensitive, squeamish or easily-offended disposition!

Ed's Rover: Marx on the Moon

Woodsy,

Here we have a Marx Miniature Moon Rover from the 1960s-'70s wandering around (looking for a McDonald's?). The rover is missing its clear plastic dome, but the astronaut is fully suited so why would it actually need a dome?

From Vegas Base

Ed

Arto's Sears Super Sonic Jetliner

Re. your blog post on the subject, I sent you these photos of my orange Sears Super Sonic Jetliner back in 2022. 

It came up here in Finland, in great working condition and with a survivor original box. It is an imposing, sizeable toy in its 62 cm long box.

Sad news, the Suomenlinna Toy Museum which featured my space toy exhibition back in 2017 has closed down after 40 years. Still reeling from the shock.

https://www.hs.fi/helsinki/art-2000011053511.html

Arto

Helsinki Base

Lone Star's 'White Hunter' Figure

Woodsy

Referring back to the 'White Hunter' figure by Lone Star in your Tarzan post last month, here is the figure as it first appeared as part of the ANZAC set of figures.

These have stood the test of time better than the paratroopers many of whom are now brittle and shatter easily.

The Lone Star diecasts as you see are in good form.

Terranova47

USA