Playwell Police Motor Bike Cycle With Driver Made In Hong Kong

I had to look twice when I saw this. I thought it was an Action Man motorbike.

It looks big enough!

Seen on eBay, Do you like it? 

Ed's Tolkien

Here you go Woodsy, 

my collector's editions of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of The Rings'. 

I had never heard of 'The Hobbit' until it was given as a reading assignment in my freshman year at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. I had already been reading sci-fi and a bit of fantasy, but this was new to me and needless to say, I was hooked. 

I originally bought the paperback editions you recently blogged but a couple of years later - in 1974 - these hard cover/slipcase collector's editions became available and I snatched them up. 

I went on to read all four books nearly every year for about 20 years or so.

Has anyone else got Tolkien books?

From Far West of The Shire

Ed

Ford Consul Project Update .

Hi All,

Re. My Corgi Consul, the chrome finish has come out very well! I think if I'd used a chrome pen, the paint may have clumped. Whereas the spray applied perfectly, as it just gently dusted on.

So I'm just waiting for a replacement window module and I can reattach the base. Then, other than a little red light detailing and a touch-up here and there and it'll be done.

It has come out a lot better than I expected.

Next up it'll be the Cadillac Ambulance!

Bill Everatt

UK

Spectrum is Back!

Hello Moonbasers, I'm back in Australia and putting my shattered life back together!

I've begun carefully sorting the lovely items I managed to find and am becoming ever more amazed I was able to pick them up at all!

Japan is known for always going for the latest, so anything vintage

(in Moonbase Central's interest range)

is pretty difficult to find. As I know from personal experience, if you see something you like

( say some Konami Anderson vehicles) and don't buy it at that instant, it may not be there for a second look!

Taking a closer look at my carded Hot Wheels SPV, I was surprised to see it's dated 2001, so it's already almost 25 years old!

Researching the page at

https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Charawheels

I discovered a lot of products I'd never known before.

There were a number of Anderson related vehicles, released in a joint Mattel/Bandai project, over just two years.

I'll let the HW website categorise them, but the first year saw a number of individual vehicles and the second year, three amazing boxed sets of multiple TB2 Pod vehicles.

Just look at these photos! All new to me and copied from the HW website.

See anything that tickles your fancy here?

Cheers, 

Looey

Back in Oz Base

T Time: Porsche 914

 

This T in a Circle Porsche toy is new to the blog.

Seen on auction, it looks lovely! 

We'll add to our model number inventory: #419.

Centre Parcs: Futureworld

It's 32 years since we were last at Centre Parks in Sherwood Forest with our then 8 year old daughter but with a new generation of Grandchildren to holiday with, we find ourselves here once again.

The basic concept has stayed the same, chalets in a forest for staying in and car-free woodland roads for cycling on. A simpler life, which feels safer, but unfortunately costs a packet.

If you can ignore the fleeting notion that you're in the Truman Show or Westworld, there is something here in this concept. There's no doubt in my mind that a car-free village like this is a helluva lot of fun for families, you g and old alike. The cycling alone is so refreshingly easy and if you're like me, a complete novelty, as I retired from cycling with a Raleigh Chopper in the mid-1970's! 

Maybe there's a future somewhere, sometime, where towns are much smaller, everyone leaves there vehicles at the perimeter in vast car parks and cycles to and from home on car-free streets.

Have you been to Centre Parcs or a Forest village resort!

Vintage Franconia LM EAGLE Action Model

I saw this LEM on Worthpoint and wasn't sure if we've seen it before on MC. It's got an interesting string mechanism. The box is 7" tall. 

Is it one you know readers?

Trifling

Bill donated some old toys recently including this neat vintage toy rifle. The make is unknown to me but I had lots of fun messing about attaching pipes to it. Nothings glued, just strapped on with tree ties. 

Anyone recognise it?