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Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Batman Beyond Custom Figure Doodle

Hi Woodsy,

many many thanks for posting my work on MB central.

Here's a little doodle as such using an AI app. Maybe readers would like to try it for the models they make?

Regards

South Coast Base

http://youtube.com/post/UgkxnPKwK1qrL7fFgWZxblCkv4Gd4ghpLLXX?si=anEvueRjZJh7U2cl

Matlock Morsels

Mooching round Matlock's vintage shops I saw this die-cast shelf. Pink Panther and the blue wheely thing, are they Kenner Revrods?

Two SPVs. Looks like one's been painted dark blue.

The bagged balloon car bottom left is interesting. Anyone know it?

Bong Moonbuggy here. Can you name the red game part used at the rear of it? (Quiz question). The Interceptor has been repainted too. The bagged car hung up top left is another one of those unusual balloon powered vehicles.

This would have been my take-away if I'd been spending, this amazing Mattel Wizzer Gift Set. I absolutely adore the boomer box art! I had a Wizzer as a kid, a fabulous weighted spinning top. Did you?

The Impossibles and Frankenstein Jr.

I don't think I had any toys from The Impossibles or Frankenstein Jr. As a kid. I did have the fabulous Impossibles Annual, which I've still got (a car boot copy!)

These figures I saw on Pinterest look modern to me, but I would have loved them back then. Frankie looks huge and really well made!

Did you like the cartoons? Did you have any toys? Maybe the Annual?

Tuesday, 19 August 2025

SPACEX VIBES

I'm currently having a few days holidaying in Majorca, and spotted these novelty pens in a gift shop.

With those little (retractable)wheels on the undercarriage, and the swivelling engines, (with pull out rotors blades) I reckon they have a bit of a Spacex Needle Probe vibe to them.

Apologies for the amateurish photos, and not up to the standard I'd like as I only had my phone to hand, but hopefully you'll get the idea.

What do you think?

Space Cards Wrapper 1958

This came into my feed, an amazing wax gum wrapper from 1958.

Space Cards by AB&C.

The rocket reminds me of the Project SWORD Apollo Saturn toy ten years later.

Is this a gum card set you know?

Mystery Action Man

On a recent mooch around Matlock's vintage shops I saw this unusual Action Man clone.

With Action Man GI Joe facial features, the rear of the figure said M&C.

Is this one you know readers?

Aurora Sealab III Re-issue

Hi Woodsy

Doll and Hobby Georgia is another small company reproducing vintage Aurora plastic kits, which have been unavailable for decades.

Their latest project is the U.S. Navy Sealab III kit - the real Sealab being an underwater base for divers and undersea exploration.

Aurora kit number 721 was only available 1970-71. It was to 1/93rd scale, and was moulded in orange plastic, with a green base.

It had interior detail, and optional clear or opaque hull halves. There were also two scuba divers.

According to Scalemates, the only releases have been by Aurora in 1970; a resin copy by Masterpiece Models (J & S Technologies LLC) in 2017; and now a plastic version from Doll and Hobby Georgia in 2025.

This video by CultTVman, the man behind D&HG, takes a detailed look at the kit, and its production from new moulds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRFzEYunE-Y

The new version comes moulded entirely in yellow plastic, and has over 150 parts, including four divers. Really interesting.

If you want one, it is a pretty expensive kit at $80 or $90 US, but that is still going to be a lot cheaper than a vintage Aurora model.

The box art is the same as the original Aurora model, except that the U.S. Navy title has been removed.

Paul Adams from New Zealand