Flying Batman and his Zip Line

Even the copycat toys sell for big bucks but wouldn’t a zipline Batman have been great as a toy when we were young.

Anyone got one? 

https://buyee.jp/paypayfleamarket/item/z484734642?lang=en

Regards

Terry

View-Master Disney Cartoons in 3-D

Here is an interesting You Tube documentary on View-Master, and specifically on their Disney sets. The methods used look to be similar to those used for the Golden Books Lenticular Fairy Tale books that were covered recently.

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2026/02/lenticular-fairy-tales-books.html

With the animated Disney films, instead of using images from the cartoons themselves, the scenes were sculptured in clay by various artists. Then two photographs were taken from slightly different positions, to create a stereoscopic image.

The documentary shows these photographic set-ups, and the artists who created them. Similar techniques were used for the View-Master fairy tales, Bible stories, and other sets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhfOt6Y1RV0

Paul Adams from New Zealand

Take me to Diakonie

 Yesterday the Missus, our pal and me spent happy times - and some Geld - in the big second hand charity chain of shops here, Diakonie. 

They do furniture, ornaments, records, dvds, CDs, some VHS, toys, games and more. We visited two branches. It's always a thrill.

The Missus got stuff for the haushalt and the Grandkids. Our pal grabbed a lovely coffee service and as usual I could be found in the toy Abteilung! 

Here's what I bagged.

Two old German board games: Shogun and Waterloo (price tags are the only thing Diakonie mess up, always in the middle of the box art!)

Couple of squid each.

And the biggest purchase at €25 or £23, a box full of smaller Fäller plastic railway biuldings. The Missus got it down from €35 cos we bought the lot! Result!

I also got hold of an original Smurfs LP, known here as Schlumpfs, a couple of OO7 paperbacks and a real treat, a 70s boxed cine film of Bruce Lee wannabes reduced from €30 to €10, so about £9. A real collectors item. 

All in all, wunderbar.

Stuff I passed on were two Z Shorty trains from Japan I assume. Expensive! 

What Dreams may Vrum

 I'm seeing dream cars allover. In my sleep even! 

Here's a gorgeous tinplater. Now that's dreamy! It's got Nebraska plates! 

This carded blister set by LMR says dream cars to me too, tho' I maybe seeing too much into these assorted cars of the future. 

Are the dream cars too?

WHEN ALAN MET LEWIS (Sort of)

A while back I mentioned I was attending the 'Project Johnson' UFO event and location tour over last  weekend, and reader Lewis Morley asked If I could deliver a personal letter from himself to former Century 21 model effects man, Alan Shubrook.

As promised I met up with Alan, and his charming wife, Bridget and gave him the letter to read overnight.

Next day he told me he was quite moved by Lewis' words and would  try and contact him at some point by email, so keep an eye on your inbox Lewis!

Here's a photo of Alan with the letter, along with his wife, Bridget, and yours truly.

Totally Tonkas

These Tonka trucks could be straight outta Anderson!

I'd no idea the metal makers made such cool vehicles.

Did you have anything like this? 

Nuclear Ferry Artwork spotted by Terry

Blog pal Terry H kindly sent this ace pic he saw on a Japanese site.

It's a gorgeous carded display of baggies of plastic toys spaceships, possibly connectable.

And yep, check out that Nuclear Ferry!

There's a little astronaut riding it too! 

What's the smaller spacecraft in the middle and top right anyone?

Thanks Terry!

Mystery MAC

I must say I like the look of this. I assume it's a space station but I've no idea. The Japanese sense of design is simply amazing.

It's says MAC.

Anyone know it?