Arto's Cherilea Monsters

Arto recently picked up the 1950's Spaceways and Adventure Annuals. 

Arto says:

 I'm thrilled to see those toys, X-300 and the X-400 and Cherilea monsters like the Lizard and the Ant-Man (which I have as metal figures) featured in the Annuals' stories. 

(Pictures below.)

 I was unaware of this kind of connection until recently, and it adds a whole new dimension to the Pyro / Cherilea lore. 

It would be nice to know which came first, the annuals or the toys.

 The Pyro toys may have been already around in the U.S. at that time (ca. 1954), but how does the publication of the annuals relate to the launch of their Kleeware / Tudor Rose counterparts? 

Was there some kind of planned synchronicity?  

Arto

Helsinki Base

SWIFT MORGAN

 Further to my earlier Terrornauts post, here's some examples of the vintage Swift Morgan comic strip, drawn by Denis McLoughlin.

Created in 1948, between Denis and his brother, Colin, Swift Morgan was Britain's first Sci-fi picture strip hero, and  Denis was known to call at his local Woolworths and buy  cheap toy Tudor Rose robots and rockets  and use their designs in some of the Swift Morgan comic strips.

Here's a few examples of the comic strip.

The 'Clipper' seen in the Terrornauts

I believe the robot design was used in the Merit  Magic Robot game 

BEYOND THE BLACK HOLE: MPC USS CYGNUS REVISITED

 Another look at my MPC Cygnus kit, which I covered a while back on here.

Links to my previous MPC Cygnus posts:

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2023/08/mpc-black-hole-cygnus-build-part-1.html

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2023/08/mpc-cygnus-kit-part-2.html

TERRORNAUTS

 As Woodsy mentioned the cult Amicus low budget flick, Terrornauts. Long before Network DVD released it on Blu ray,  and Talking Pictures TV screened it, I managed to get hold of it on an American import video version.

Not as memorable as it's Amicus stablemate, They Came From Beyond Space', it's a lot of Saturday morning matinee fun.

As Arto points out some of the toy spacecraft were bought in Woolworths. In the film, another kitbashed spaceship abducts our heroes, and takes them to 'The Wailing Asteroid' , the name of the Murray Leinster novel the film is based on.

On a separate note, comic artist Dennis McLoughlin occasionally used similar toys as inspiration for his Swift Morgan comic strip stories during the late forties, and continuing into the early fifties, which I've already featured on the blog previously.

Space Clippers on Film

Arto has alerted me to a British sci-fi film, The Terrornauts, from 1967, in which a fleet of Tudor Rose type Space Clippers are obliterated! 

You can see the fleet approaching in this trailer.

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/H71DhW4tsPE?feature=shared

DIVE,DIVE,DIVE! MOEBIUS SEAVIEW BUILD

 Some photos of my Moebius 39" Seaview build which I posted way back in 2015.

SIDEBOARD DISPLAY

 Some of my larger models on display on the sideboard, prior to the front room getting a makeover!

RED ARROW KIT FAIL!

 Here's a photo of my 1:48 scale  Red Arrow aircraft build, as seen in the Thunderbirds episode, Edge of Impact., which uses a 'Lindberg' Drakken with parts from an old 'Revell ' Hustler .Unfortunately, in spite of giving the kit a pre-paint sanding, the Halfords primer I used lost out when some of the over zealous  masking tape was removed.

Looks like it's time for some major paint stripping!