Bandairson!

 These Japanese Bandais licensed by Century 21 are the business. I love the plasticcy look of them especially this SPV.

I'm unsure if I've seen them in the flesh. Have you?

Abandoned Missile Base by Tony K

Hi Woodsy,

As a follow-up to your abandoned places piece, I thought you'd enjoy a couple of 35mm snaps I took in 1997, of an abandoned Soviet missile base in Lithuania.

The base, which was hidden deep within dense forest land, was very small, secluded and completely off the beaten track. When it was active, it possibly housed a single missile on a mobile launch platform. 

I believe it was one of a number of remote bases concealed in the area. By 1997, the station was little more than an echoing statement of cold war paranoia, having been gutted and abandoned by the withdrawing Soviet missile troops, following Lithuanian independence in '91.

Pic 1 - Shows a simple Soviet propaganda mural at the outer perimeter checkpoint. What was left of it shows a Soviet soldier advancing with an AK47, as a missile launches over his shoulder.

Pic 2 - Shows a friend stood in front of the heavy bunker doors for scale. The missile (or missiles?) would've been housed behind these doors. There was no electricity, so zero visibility inside the empty bunker.

Pic 3 & 4 - Show the small size of remote station and the dense forest which surrounded it.

Tony K

UK

Card Wars

https://youtu.be/ulVscDewRPI?si=2T6bECVNDeqhTeSP 

hi Woodsy a little late for May the fourth, check out this incredible tribute to Star Wars 

Live long and..... oops that's the other one

MJ

Rob's Bendix Talos Model

Woodsy,

Here is my build of the Atlantis Models’ Bendix Talos, originally a Revell kit from 1959.

The Talos was a supersonic surface-to-air missile primarily used by the U.S. Navy, designed to carry high explosives and/or nuclear warheads.

The Talos could reach speeds of up to Mach 4, and was operational from 1958 to 1979.

Another “straight out of the box” project, as I might have built it as a teen!

Rob C

USA

Mystery Monsters

I keep seeing these plastic monsters online. 

There's single colours and also painted ones.

Anyone know what they are? 

Saucerful of Regrets

One of the many things I regret not buying when I saw it was an old porcelain tea cup and saucer in a charity shop years ago.

On the cup in a flourished hand was the the word Vader.

It looked so unusual, the antique cup with such a famous word on it.

In reality it was a Dutch teacup for someone's father aka Vader.

I've never seen another to this day. 

Have you a Star Wars related item you wished you'd bought?

🎴

Star Wars Memorabilia to go on show in Beverley

Star Wars toys in Yorkshire! 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l2pp6l67jo 

Star Wars Darth Vader Voice Changer TV Commercial

I picked one of these up recently. A great toy and so comfy to wear. Mine's the 2004 edition. Did anyone have one in the late 70's? 

https://youtu.be/pARlZRl0XzQ?si=bXFwNduqZ2gwroLi 

What's your fave Star Wars collectable?

May the fourth be with you!