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I adore this Baravelli catalogue cover, showcasing their release of the Mego universal monsters.

What a great image! I love that purple castle!

Have you any Mego?

Arto's Lincolns: the Batamaran and Catamaran

Woodsy

As a response to your Blog post, I'm sending you these photos of my pair of Lincoln catamarans.

 The Batamaran is a repurposing of their Air Powered Catamaran toy.

Arto

Helsinki Base

Will's Signed Capsule

Hi Woodsy.

Further to that brilliant Action man mercury mission video, my Action Man Mercury space capsule signed by the man himself ……

Scott Carpenter.

Will O.

Boy Oh Boy! It's a Batman Toy!

 Imagine having to choose between these two glorious Lincoln Toys Batman wonders!

The magnificent Freez Ray Gun and the stupendous Batamaran.

How utterly superb.

I'd want them both!

Have you got either?

A Mr.Softee Landing

It's funny how the mind goes all Mr. Whippy when you're remembering stuff.

The Artemis II splashdown reminded me of eating ice cream as a kid from a plastic capsule.

After further mind splashing I realised I was recalling a plastic ball and not a capsule.

It was the Tonibell and I remember it being a yellow or beige plastic football with a lid.

Here's a couple floating around the web along with a mag ad at the time.

So what's the plastic capsule ice cream connection I'm thinking of?

It can't be Dinky's Sea King Helicopter capsule. You'd not get much I've cream out of one of those!

No, I know now I've been misremembering something from the very early days of the blog.

Wotan Bill posted a fabulous post in 2009 about an ice cream brand called Askeys which he had as a nipper. The brand had an offer for a fantastic Lone Star Gemini space capsule, pictured here from Bills original post.

It didn't get filled with ice cream but if you are enough Askeys you'd get one. 

There can't have been many sent out I don't think. Or?

Do you remember it or an ice cream connection to NASA splashdown capsules?

Further googling brings you pictures of auctioned boxed examples like this  (with a yellow astronaut this time).

 How cool is that! 

Action Man's Mercury Mission

 Here's a cool short film from Wisdom Designs,

The Action Man Mercury Mission.

So well made, do you like it?

https://youtu.be/qcLChpgkLAw?si=YCs8GcrJZLUWyyag

Did you See the Splashdown?

 Just as iconic as ever!

It could be 1969!

Well done Artemis II. Awe Inspiring!

Splashed down. Job done!

Did you see it readers?

Tony's Captain Scarlets

Hi Woodsy

Some new painted Captain Scarlet figures recently purchased. They are actually board game pieces.

Tony E.