Lionheart Art

 There are hundreds of film covers and posters knocking off the famous Star Wars New Hope cover art.

Here's another one, Lionheart. This one is a VHS.

That could almost be Luke and Leia on the artwork! 

Do you know of any sci fi film cover art that's a knockoff? 

War in Pocket?

War in Pocket?

That looks like a G1 Optimus Prime and trailer to me! 

Waddaya think? 

The Captain's Tractor

My young Grandson, Captain Moonbase, has just created this avatar for me on Pixel art, a cool psychedelic tractor.

What do you think?

T O R U S

 I love a ring torus.

Basically a ring donut.

Such a fantastic shape.

Very Sci-Fi and there are at least two or three TV and toy tori. 

Here we have the Nemesis from Star Maidens 1976 ( I copied a doll from the show last year)

Here's the utterly beautiful ring device of Colorforms Xodiac, one of the Outer Space Men. These were my favourite space figures as a kid, bendy like Major Matt and so damn cool.

Photo: Mel Birnkrant

The inventor of the Outer Space Men has his own extensive and wonderful website, in which the gallery includes his pre-package photography such as this truly gorgeous Xodiac and ring.

The Outer Space Men Photo Gallery https://share.google/LX8r3KYEckGda6lTi

Photo: Mel Birnkrant

Tinplate ring space station. Many examples such as this lovely toy by SH of Japan

(I've never seen a plastic ring space station)

Any more Toruses?

Space Explorer Car by LN

 This lovely item was recently seen on auction by Arto, a gorgeous Space Exploration Car.

It's a blister carded Hong Kong friction toy released by LN, model no. 3086.

I'm pretty sure I've seen a similar One Man submarine toy.

Anyone got anything like it? 

It's in it's Jeans

I love this car copter!

So ingenious! 

It's fabulous how the pick-up disgorges a chopper. Does such a thing exist in reality?

What do you think? 

By Jean of West Germany with the distinctive drum and drumsticks logo.

 

Ed's Century 21 Project S.W.O.R.D. Official Manual

Woodsy,

I got a new toy in which this Project S.W.O.R.D. Official Manual was in. The manual is fragile, and the paper has darkened considerably (I'm assuming it would have been white originally?). I don't recall seeing this on Moonbase before, but I could be mistaken.

From Vegas Base

Ed

Epoch Thunderbird 2 and Joe 90 Hanky!

Hi Woodsy

A month or so back on the MC blog you featured the Apollo Lunar Lander by Epoch and attached are images of their Thunderbird 2 version which sold for £52 plus a few pence recently on Buyee (as we don’t have access to Yahoo Auctions these days). No I did not make a bid for it though it was tempting.

I have never seen it but the Japanese Manga Comic has an advert page for a few Captain Scarlet items and a small image of the Spectrum Helicopter version of this toy is depicted.

Don’t know about you but as a young boy at Christmas I always along with the main present and Christmas Stocking stuffed with sweets used to get underwear and handkerchiefs. Can’t say I would have considered them presents at that time as they are not very playable.

Anyway this Christmas I have managed to procure a handkerchief that I am pleased to have and attach a picture!

Terry H.