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Were you Ever Envious of Someone Else's Toys?

 It's true. You can't possibly have everything as a kid.

I had my eye on something my cousin Andy had. He'd got it from a relative in the States circa 1967 or 8. I'm not even sure you could get it in Blighty!

Yep, envy. Green I was.

The toy was the magnificent and marvellous Strange Change Machine!

He could make his own dinosaurs! 

God how I wanted it!

Still do! 

Ring any bells?

Heavy Metal

Three of my larger fast cars. The orange one has been repainted. I would have played for hours with these as a kid but looking back smaller Superfast and Hot Wheels were easier to play with.

What do you reckon? Big or little cars?

Garden Platoon

 Oh I'd have loved this auctioned army set as a kid. 

Helmet, flask, billy. There's even a tent I think!

Yep, I loved playing army with my mates back in the day. Full scale battles in the garden!

Did you?

Is The Goonie's Any Good?

I've been debating whether to watch The Goonies - 1985 - with my Grandson 

this Half term. He's 9 now.

For fun I had a look for it on VHS and realized it's a Spielberg film, which I'd forgotten. 

Have you seen the Goonies? Is it a good one for a young boy? 

Whilst searching I saw this VHS too, the Go-Kids.

It looks a lot like the Goonies artwork. I guess it must be a rip-off. There's even a Star Warsesque Luke/ Leia/ Lightsabre pose! 

Maybe it's actually a fan mash-up?

The original price was staggering, £59.95! Cor!

NeMoWorks: Digging Out his old Scratch-built Zero X

This is great fun. 

Here, NeMo returns home to dig out his early effort at making a model Zero X, covered in dust and nestled together with other old models on a garage shelf.

https://youtu.be/UBNzmt-5GAY?si=be5kq90I-3QLZNlu

Looking at NeMoWork's other You Tube homages to Zero X and Sky Ship 1 I would guess he's a film-maker. 

Check it out.

Polistil Galaxy

 

I like the look of this radio controlled Galaxy by Polistil.

It looks distinctly Japanese-styled to me.

What do you think?

Fallout's Bellringers

 I'm thoroughly enjoying a rewatch Of Prime's superb sci-fi series Fallout.

Have you seen it?

It really has got everything I enjoy. The American Nineteen Fifties dream. The Apocalypse. Nuclear bunkers. Wastelands. Cowboys. Goody Two Shoes. Cyborgs, Ghouls and mutated monsters. The super-wholesome fifties American song book is fantastic too - did saccharin songs like that really appeal at the time?

Needless to say, albeit based on a video game, Fallout has a fabulous rich storyline. I'm inclined to say I like it more than Westworld! 

Anyways, a couple of fun observations. 

The Knight-carrying choppers of Fallout's Brotherhood of Steel .....

Recall the bulbous helicopters in the earlier animated New Captain Scarlet TV show, below.

(I've been to hundreds of car boots and never once found any New Captain Scarlet toys! Anyone own any?)

The Soviet satellite wreck in Fallout, location of the pivotal head scene, really made me think of ...

The dead astronaut and spacecraft on the poster for DeF-Con 4, an old film I'd like to see. Is it any good? 

It's the shapes that look similar to the Soviet wreck.

Finally, in Fallout, the anti-hero stroke bad guy is The Ghoul seen here, played so brilliantly by Waler Coggins.

The Ghoul is a zombie cowboy, who was once a big star of Westerns.

He brings to mind the much earlier Tex Hex from the 80's cartoon Bravestarr. I love his buffalo rider. I just can't think what it's called. Anyone got Bravestarr stuff?