2001:A SPACE ODYSSEY CONCEPT ART

Some preproduction concept art for 2001:A Space Odyssey by Roy Carnon.

Rover the Moon

We've seen Paul V's ace toy Moon Crawler recently. Here's another.

It's the online poster for an X-Minus One podcast I happened upon on Lifehacker (I've not listened to it):

https://lifehacker.com/15-sci-fi-podcasts-to-listen-to-when-you-need-a-break-f-1847881059 

The poster is lifted from John Schoenherr's superb magazine cover showing the original Moon Crawler with those wonderful balloon tyres and science arms.

Years ago in 2011 John's son Ian was kind enough to show us his Dad's other fantastic Moon Crawler artwork:

 https://share.google/A0MvirSdlubIdxE3t

That crawler painting's sure got legs. Do you like John's art?

Task Force Blue

 This gorgeous Project SWORD inspired Task Force 1 popped up my feed earlier in the year.

Weve seen metallic blue TF1s before on MC.

This one's got a fabulous orange undercarriage.

I had thought it was a Tarheel toy but I'm unsure about this model number.

Does anyone have a Tarheel Task Force 1?

Does anyone have this blue metallic toy?

AVENGERS GIFT SET

 The popular Corgi Avengers Gift Set.

Climbing up that Hill

 We've had a good few Hill-Climbing Hurdler lookalikes on MC over the years but this maybe the first non- Century 21 version actually called the Hurdler too.

Similar toy and box, this yellow one is by PAM toys, a new one on me.

Here's the Century 21 Toys version from my collection.

Have you got a Hurdler?

CROMFORD COMIC CON COMING SOON 2

With just a week to go, here's another reminder of some of the models that have been on display at past Cromford Mills model events.

Fireball XL5 built by Martin Bower, and displayed by Sue & Bob Bailey.

Spectrum Helicopter built by Mamas Pitsillis.

Starbug 1 built by David Sisson.

King Titan, displayed by Doug and Carl Stirling-Stewart.

Original Pilot ship prop from Space: 1999, owned by Simon Rhodes.

Original screen-used Blake's 7 prop, displayed by Gary Holland.

'Narcissus' model built by Richard Ashton

Eagle Transporter fitted with booster, displayed by Doug and Carl Stirling-Stewart.

Shadomobile built y Mamas Pitsillis

Back to the Future display built by Richard Ashton.

Battlestar Galactica 'Viper', built by Richard Ashton

Master Elevator Car built by Doug Sterling-Stewart

Replica Captain Scarlet puppet figure, displayed by David Sisson.

Original Blake's 7 prop, signed by Gareth Thomas and Glynis Barber. Displayed by Gary Holland.

Frankenstein's Monster head displayed by James Burgess.

Subterranean  figure, part of the Lee Allwood display.

Stingray model built by David Sisson.

Sea Devil made by James Burgess.

 Spectrum Hovercraft built by Mamas Pitsillis

The Hood, displayed by Doug & Carl Stirling-Stewart.

Zeaf built by David Sisson

Model from Stranger Things.

Replica prop from Ghost-Busters

Big Chief Kalamakooya from Four Feather Falls, displayed by Lee Allwood.

https://www.cromfordmills.org.uk/whats-on/cromford-mills-comic-con-2025/

A Spray of Bullets

We bought this vase at a boot sale. As soon as I saw it I thought, yes,  really big Johnny Seven bullet!

Have you any household objects which remind you of toys or film props? 

Will's Real-life Sylvanian Morris Minor

Hi Woodsy. 

I took my Morris Minor to the Rushden classic car show today. 

We put some large sylvanian figures in to replicate the original Sylvanian families car, as seen on the bonnet!

I thought I’d send the pictures as I know some Moonbasers like classic cars. 

Will O

UK