Hot Birds 1971 TV AD

I managed to find a Mattel Hot Birds commercial on You Tube.

So cool.

https://youtu.be/K565RhoZh04?si=7jiSA_Se8Z2Nhurd 

Or Struck

 Ive always been in awe of Or.

He's the little Major Mat Mason alien Mattel only got to prototype. 

Here he is in his spinner, Orbitor.

Major Matt Mason guru John Eaton has one of the few uber-rare examples:

https://share.google/AvjEyfkVLs039Ltj1

And Jon Jon R too

 https://share.google/R0JcDq9cCq4CgMImY

Not wishing to sell my house I made my own Or last year

There are a few other toys with alien pilots a bit like Or.

Here's the Spin Turn M-50 Space Ship minus it's dome.

Here's Parks' Sky Lab with domed pilots.

And a modern version of the foot pedal propulsion system.

A 3 foot wide hovering disc!

And when Or gets bored with his spinner he jumps ship straight into the nearest Robby Robot! 

Have you any spinners, alien pilots or major Matt Mason stuff?

Robo Ball

I saw this a while back, all new to me. Like a robot armadillo, it looks intriguing. Somewhere a battery inserts. I guess the toy rolls and unrolls. Does anyone know? 

It's a Robogoron Gakken Robot Ball from Japan 1985.

Here's some You Tube footage, where it's called the caterpillar. I personally think it's more like a millipede.

https://youtu.be/YkhtQ_MfL90?si=kEgb_WPomz-owe1J

I've seen that inner unit before I'm sure. They look like tin panels.

Talking Batmobiles! The Taped Crusader!

 Some toy Batmobiles talk.

I know, I had one.

I think it was the one auctioned here, the left car with the huge bulb canopies.

I remember taking mine apart to get the little record to play again.

Not sure what the other batmobile is. Mego?

Did your batcar talk?

Captions Needed!

This pic is crying out for some MoonBase wit.

Do your worst. 

Greenland 2: Stagnation

I do love a good disaster movie. The sub-genre of extinction level meteor strikes is a particular favourite, from Deep Impact right up to Greenland with that burly Scot Gerard Butler.

This week I caught the sequel to Greenland, Greenland Migration (no spoilers here) on Prime. 

I was genuinely excited. The Missus watched it too. I thought after five years in the bunker there would be some interesting stuff going on.

It was OK. Entertaining enough. But for some reason I was disappointed. I dunno, the actors just didn't seem to have their heart in it and I found the whole affair a bit of a mess. Maybe I was having an off-day and a second helping might taste better.

Have you seen Greenland Migration? 

The Cylon Action Figure Tank: More Mystery!

Even more cylonanigans! Based on the full-size Battlestar Galactica show tank I posted earlier, here's a toy version! 

Is this a custom one-off? Did Mattel release it? 

https://youtu.be/uBktIuX1VYI?si=htYBF_5NsKyFNqJa 

The Cylon Tank Mystery!

This is something I had no idea about. A full size Cylon tank show prop. Has anyone seen it? Do you like it?

https://youtu.be/VZRZX8ZAE0M?si=lqinfcUK_J4e0Eu9