Earlier in the year Arto spotted this fabulous pink toy Space Explorer.
The pink colour is similar to the Roxy Moon car.
Glad to see that Gary Raymond, who played Col. Grey in the UFO episode, The Man Who Came Back' is attending the Project Johnson UFO event and location tour in May.
Mr Raymond is probably best remembered for his film role in 'Jason and The Argonauts', and as Jack Moffitt in the American series, The Rat Patrol.
For me, my interest in Mr Raymond are in his appearances in the British ITC series of the sixties and the seventies like The Persuaders!, Jason King, The Saint and The Sentimental Agent, and although not ITC, The New Avengers, and whether he has any memories of those.
For those who want more info about the event: https://fanderson.org.uk/project-johnson-3/
Another game new to me is this Black Hole Invaders.
I like the box art but they missed a trick with simple tiddlywink playing parts.
Anyone know this game?
Photos of my old plastic Thunderbirds figures, that were given away free in packets of Kelloggs Sugar Smacks breakfast cereals towards the end of 1966.
There were six in the set, and came in four different colours – red, yellow, green and blue, although there are slight colour variations. I’m obviously missing a blue example.
Here's Scott Tracy, although the figure does bear a passing resemblance to Gordon Tracy to me.
There's no mistaking that's Brains.
Jeff Tracy. Not that the best likeness, but his coat gives it away.
Lady Penelope, who is actually an imposter in the collection. The same figures could also be found in packs of Tom Smith’s Christmas Crackers. The only difference is the name and date stamp under the stands. So, it's no problem to mix and match.
A pretty good likeness for Parker, thanks to the original puppet being heavily caricatured .
The Hood in a familiar pose.. Again, a fairly good likeness in my opinion.
Advert in TV Century 21 issue 97, dated November 26th, 2066.
I would have adored this plastic Fushin Toys Starsky and Hutch roadster as a kid.
I think that's a police walkie-talkie on the back.
A Taiwan classic!
Did you like Starsky and Hutch? Any collectables?
Another model from the Corgi Club, this time the impressive Volkswagen 1200 in East African Safari trim. (Corgi 256)
Presented in deluxe packaging with a painted diorama display plinth, it comes with a Rhino charging the hapless rally car.
The model features East African Rally stickers and decals, and can be steered using the spare wheel mounted on the roof. It also has an opening boot and bonnet.
The original model was released in 1965, and stayed in the Corgi range until 1968, selling in excess of 760,000. Corgi also used the same casting for a police version, using the hole left by the spare wheel to fit an emergency light.
Although I didn’t have the model as a youngster, I did have the Police version. This is another model I vividly remember from back in the sixties, mainly from the colourful adverts in TV Century 21 for both the Volkswagen Rally car, and the Police car.
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The passion for Gerry Anderson's TV shows in Japan is so evident in their countless toys bearing his trademark vehicles.
This is just one example of a Anderson Kaiju mash-up in what is almost a lucky bag. There's so much in there and I for one would have adored it as a kid. Just the card art would have been enough!
I don't know the monster but the beautifully coloured chopper is a Spectrum Helicopter from Captain Scarlet.
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There's even a little plastic snap-fit model of it in the bag!
Anyone ever made one up?
