Stop Hovering!

I had to look twice at this.

Hoovercraft? 

Is that a typo? 

Horror Mask Mystery Solved

 Just over a year ago I posted a mystery miniature horror mask.

Made of flimsy plastic, it had a strange holder at the back.

There was much speculation as to what it could be in the comments at the time.

 https://share.google/OK9ESjQs4UBDYEE6I

As is often the case with these things the solution to the mystery has revealed itself when I was looking for something completely different this week!

Turns out it's a Creepy Funs like this! 

It's a sort of wall walker, the rear holder containing a sticky roll, like a small toilet roll! 

I couldn't find my exact one but here's a selection of Creepy Funs, which looks like they're from the 80's or 90's to me.

Do you like them?

Lone Star Saint Luger

 

This Lone Star the Saint toy pistol was new to me when I saw it.

It's looks to be die-cast and a 100 shot repeater. Would those be caps?

I like the silencer and the scope.

Did the Saint use a Luger-style gun on TV?

Toy Dino Poo?

Along with the plesiosaur, I found this large plastic chunk in a car boot box. I honestly thought it might be related and could be toy Dino Poo.

Intrigued I brought it home.

It also reminded me of the head of a plastic mace club I had as a kid.

It wasn't a mace or Nessie poo. Thanks to Google Lens it was in fact the top boulder off the M.A.S.K Boulder Hill Play set from the 1980's!

You can watch it fall off its spot in the short You Tube TV clip.

https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxsc_eRdT8Cwk5yVToo_MbsiP3yUkxDlMk?si=Aqke61DBc5NJgeIK

What do you think? Do you like M.A.S.K?

Mystery Kleeware Bear

 

I picked up this cute rattling bear over the summer.

At the rear it's marked Kleeware, a brand we've seen before on MC.

I thought that's all there was to know about my bear and he would remain a mystery.

But Arto found out more! 

It's one of ... Yes, the three bears!

As in, Goldilocks!

Kleeware released this beautiful boxed set. 

Complete with the story!

And here they are, the three near and Goldilocks.

And the police mug shot! Ha ha!

Have you any toy bears?

And thanks Arto!

Monster Jam

Hi Woodsy.

The Monsters are all tuning up for a howling good time at Monster Base this Halloween.

More to come!

-BrianF 

Monster Base 

NJ USA

When Dinosaurs Filled A Box!

 I recently picked up this solid plastic plesiosaur from a house clearance chap.

A really gorgeous sleek toy, I had thought it might be a Nessie or sea serpent of sorts, but on closer inspection of the base it turned out to be a British Museum model by Invicta from 1978.

I recalled Invicta from being a kid, as they'd made the famous Mastermind game, which many of us had, picturing the bearded boffin and his attractive assistant. 

I guessed the plesiosaur was part of a range but boy, I had no idea how cool that range was!

Googling eBay I was amazed just how many Invicta dinos there are out there. It makes sense, they are solid hard plastic, ideal for display cabinets and will last.

The Invicta Museum range is a really superb and fabulously designed set. 

All the gangs there, Brontosaurus, T.Rex; yep, all the big lizards and ...... They came in a fantastic box, as seen in these examples on eBay.

I mean, cor!

Some of these are dated 1987, ten years after my Plesiosaur, so it was a range that had legs. It also came with posters and leaflets!

Wow!

I wonder if it was exclusive to the British Natural History Museum shop?

Maybe they still sell it? Is Invicta still around?

Did you visit the Museum and did you have these dinos readers?

Any Old Iron?

 There's a travelling antiques valuer visiting our village hall.

A sort of fancy rag and bone man I guess (I remember them vividly as a kid.Do you?), dressed in a suit sat at a little baize topped table.

There'll be valuations galore and hopefully a few ..... purchases!

We've lots of old creaky stuff that needs to go: jewelery, cutlery, nic nacs. You'll have the same I'm sure, gathering dust in the dark.

It's probably of no value whatsoever - our stuff - we've done an auction and this is what's left - so one last blast is worth a punt and the walk to the hall will do us oldies some good.

I suspect though there'll be a queue a mile long as everyone will have had the same idea!

After this, TV's Cash Cow is the next stop!

Have you ever been to a travelling antiques valuation day readers?