PRIMROSE STAR TREK CARDS

 I love these simple painted Star Trek cards from 1970. Easily collectable as there's only 12 in the set.

Lifting the Lid on the Lincoln Air Strike

Hi Woodsy,

I saw your recent post on the Lincoln International Air Strike Moving Target game – fascinating fun to play in competition or alone. This was one I did not know, and even after some digging, I could not find very much information – it is a really obscure toy.

It is by Lincoln International, and Made in Hong Kong. I would say around the 1960s or 1970s.

The game comprises two clear plastic balls, one inside the other. The inner ball rotates, driven by a wind-up clockwork motor, with a key on the side of the toy.

Both balls have holes in them, and the object of the game appears to be to shoot projectiles through the holes in the outer ball, in to the inner ball, when the holes are aligned. The projectiles come in two colours, so you can tell which player it the best shot.

Two jet planes are mounted on the ends of detachable arms. The jets look to be chrome-plated, and might be based on the North American F-100 Super Sabre, although that is a bit of a guess.

The projectiles are loaded in to the nose of each aircraft, a striker is pulled back, and released firing the missile. One sales listing for the toy gives the dimensions as 24 inches across when assembled, and 6 inches high.

Five photographs from Worthpoint.

Paul Adams from New Zealand

The Bat Cane! And it's not Batman!

Just when I thought I'd seen all the toy TV canes you could shake a stick at, up pops another one! 

Stroll on!

Here we have the Bat Masterson Twirling Cane! What a great gift it would make! 

Courtesy of Worthpoint here's an entire shop display! 

There were gorgeous box sets.

And a costume!

And a hat!

Like the actor himself, Gene Barry.

Did you have of of this stuff? 

Mr.Beasts Lab Hybrids: Homage or Rip-off?

 I'm not into social media but my Grandson Junior loves watching The Fish Guys on You Tube. He also dips into the ever smiling Mr.Beast, which he did today, and I was amazed at a range of action figures the online influencer and millionaire has released.

Their clearly harking back to what I assume are his own childhood toys as the connections are fairly obvious. 

See what you think readers, as Mr.Beast's Lab Hybrids toys will be in a shop near you and he's clearly having fun, whether he's homaging or ripping off. What do you reckon?

Mr.Beast Hybrid

Likely inspiration from 1980's MOTU Leech?

Mr.Beast Hybrid

Likely inspiration from 1990's Street Sharks?

Mr.Beast Hybrid

Likely inspiration from Sungold 1980's Galaxy Warriors?

St. Nikolaus Express

It's Nikolaus day in parts of Europe so here's   a festive scene at our daughter's house, the plastic Jolly Trolley, which trundles back and forth on a short piece of track. Very cute!

Have you anything Christmassy to show us readers? 

Oh Boy it's a Lincoln Toy! But What does it Do?

This is an odd one. 

A Lincoln toy, the Air Strike Moving Target.

It looks like a plastic gerbil house with two jets on gangplanks.

I've no idea how this works!

You?

 

M.E.V. FROM ANDERSON ENTERTAINMENT

 Some photos of the long out-of-production small Martian Exploration Vehicle that was released by Anderson Entertainment.