CORGI CLUB BAT SET

 My Corgi Club replica Batmobile collection. 

The matt black Batmobile

The Corgi Bat set so far, with The Green Hornet is coming soon.

Barbie's Motor Stable

I just found this item on You Tube, which I thought might interest you. 

A 23-minute look at the different doll-sized vehicles issued to go with Barbie dolls. Mostly cars, jeeps, and campers, but there is also a helicopter. And not everything is pink. There are even a couple of blue vehicles for Ken.

The host is not too knowledgeable about cars, but there are some interesting vehicles included. 

Barbie's first vehicle seems to be a British Austin Healey sports car (I did have to look this one up) - British sports cars being popular in America at the time it came out in the early 1960s. 

Then comes a Hot Rod. At 15 minutes in there is a pink talking car. A full collection would clearly take up a lot of space. I will stick with the Hot Wheels versions!

EVERY Barbie Car & Vehicle! - YouTube

Paul Adams from New Zealand

Fast Clip

Its been another good week for Hot Wheels, as I scored this pair of vintage 1969 Sizzlers - the Ford MkIV and Angeleno.

As is always the case with these battery powered cars, the aged battery leaks and corrodes the contacts. Paint loss and scuffing are a problem, as the cars are all plastic, rather than die cast. However, the green Angeleno only had minor wear, so I was able to clean the motor and get it roadworthy pretty easily. The Ford took a few coats of metallic purple paint and a final layer of varnish. It just needs a couple of replacement decals now.

At retail, a new modern Hot Wheels, but of a slightly different vein. The Corvette clip, is a solid metal car which is used as a key fob, with a small slot at the back. I had found two variations of the Corvette some time sgo.

The latest release for 2025 comes with a Porsche Carrera Clip, a two tone model with a small slot at rear. Its a shame I don’t drive as it would sit well on some car keys!
 

Tamiya Apollo 1 Copycats

I saw an Aoshima Apollo rescue vehicle kit. Googling led me to a history of NASA rescue vehicles and I nearly choked when I saw one that looked exactly like my beloved Tamiya Apollo 1 tank!

It was only on further reading, that I discovered it was a 1990s design, so a case of Life imitating Art, instead of the other way around!

Seeya,

Looey

OZ

THE MPC MONKEEMOBILE AND FRIENDS

 Although I'm cutting back on what I blog here for various reasons I note that there's been  a recent post about the MPC Monkeemobile, something which I covered in far more detail a few years back.

 https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2022/06/heyhey-here-comes-my-mpc-monkeemobile.html

A couple of years earlier I also did a piece on my Corgi Monkeemobile.

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2019/04/monkeemobile-mania.html 

And thanks to reader Dave C, who I met up with at one of the Cromford events, a short piece on The Sisters of Mercy video.

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2022/06/monkeemobile-featured-in-sisters-of.html   

And who can forget the 'new' Monkeemobile.Mustang GT.

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2022/02/hey-hey-its-new-monkees-plastic-kit.html

For anyone in the UK who wants to watch the odd episode of Monkees, they are being shown on Rewind TV,  with one or two other vintage series like Star Maidens, Blue Thunder, Fantastic Journey, Bewitched, and I Dream of Jeanie. The  GTO that Major Nelson (Larry Hagman) used in I Dream of .Jeanie was later customised and used as a second Monkeemobile for promotional tours.