Barbie and GI Joe Nissan US TV Ad 1996

 

Well what do you make of that?

Shoot a Chute

I like this toy pistol, Shoot a Chute.

You fire the plastic paratrooper into the air via the toy gun. Clever!

The figures even have parachutes!

The Lone Star Custom Armoury

 Before they all go into storage, here's a final group shot of our five custom Lone Star swords. 

Which is your favourite?

The Electric State

There's been a few standout streamed TV Sci-Fi moments over the last decade: Stranger Things, Fall Out, The Boys, The Creator and now, the Electric State.

Shown this month on Netflix, I really enjoyed this film. It reminded me of AI a lot: sad, wistful, hopeful and yearning: the girl's (11 from Stranger Things) search for the lost brother echoed David's desperate quest to find the Blue Fairy and ultimately his mother.

Incredibly expensive and somewhat panned over it's opening week, Electric State is that insightful vision of robot futurism that comes along every now and then, which shows humanity at it's worst and best through the eyes of machines.

I loved it.

No spoilers, have you seen it?

Surf's You Right

 I've been browsing through Classic Plastic, the modelling reference book and drooling over the surfing kits like Hawks

There's a few words that crop up in that and other books that I'm unsure about.

I can roughly guess, but does anyone what they actually mean?

Hep

Hodad

Hipster

Hang Ten

Bat Fink

Shooting the breeze

Surfs up

Hot Dogger

Surfari

Wipeout

Beach bum

Curl

Rip

Dude

WINGS OVER MOONBASE

 Awaiting for Evri to arrive and collect my daughter's Sindy sales, I'm currently listening to an old fave LP, Band on the Run, by Wings.

I always found Wings pleasantly melodic and wistful. Paul and Linda McCartney, young husband and wife, playing together in the band really counted. You could feel the warmth.

I guess I'm nostalgic about them, reminding me of the Missus and I as was in the Seventies, a shaggy loved-up couple, although we've been apart much more. Paul and Linda were apart for a single night before she sadly passed away I've read.

Anyway, enough soppy stuff. Band on the Run is one of many fine Wings albums. Wildlife and RAM are two more I really enjoyed as a teenager in the Seventies and still do.

They released loads of singles too: Jet, Juniors Farm, The Frog Chorus, Live and Let Die to name a few.

Do you like Wings?

Not everyone's cup of tea I know, can you name the people on the cover of Band on the Run?

Barbie and GI Joe Nissan TV Ad 1997

 

The Kinks' played by Van Halen! Its really got me!

What do you think!

The Blue Galleon Space Glider

This beautiful blue space glider, one which sadly I don't have, was described on the auction listing as being by Galleon.

Galleon is not a toy company I know and its the first time a specific name has emerged with these NASA 2001 space gliders, of which there are many colours. 

Do you know Galleon?