Edzilla

Woodsy,

Here's my lone Kaiju toy - a Bandai Godzilla from 2013. I remember watching the old school Godzilla vs. (whatever man-in-monster suit he finds) movies as a kid but never really bought into the whole phenom.

From Gojira Island

Ed

Is that Greedo?

This simple Spanish pistola espacial has super card art. There's craters, saucers and planets.

And is that Greedo holding the gun?

And that big red S. Good old Shambers!

See Who Aims Best

Wow, we've seen this toy pistol before! This must be the cheapo est version of it and the Dr.Who one below the rarest maybe! 

Still I wouldn't mind finding one of these on a rack somewhere! 

Have you any toy Ray or dart guns? 

Korrespondence from Kronach

 Various images from the quaint Franconian town of Kronach.

Duck! Yes M'Lard!

Toy Train shop window, lots of Faller biuldings! 

3D printed model shop window, lots of rockets

More kits

More 3D printing

Brown trout in the Haßlich river

Religious messages on steps.

The ubiquitous Playmobil

An amazing castle sculpture

A devil crest with a nest.

Storks' nest in the former East near the old DDR border station of Probstzella, where, spookily, I had to show my passport on the train because my ticket was badly creased! 

Erfurt's Fairy Tale Automaton

 Forgot to post this window wunder from Erfurt. 1 Euro brought it to life!

Do you like it?

Mit Rucksacks to Kronach

 We are now in the Bavarian town of Kronach in the Franconian Forest region. Compared to the megopolis of Erfurt in neighbouring Thuringia it's a bit sleepsville, but what we needed to relax.

Again, quite beautiful, clean, quiet, it's fairy-tale like.

Hard to believe that the large building above is a listed functioning remand prison with views of distant forested hills.

Space Attack Unit

 I really like this cheapos spaceship. That rear silver dish really rings a bell too.

There's lots going on here.

I wonder what the blue button does?

That's a definite R2D2 looker sat at the rear.

It's part of a Space Attack Unit boxed set.

I wouldn't mind one at all cheapos or not. You? 

Paya's Over the Moon

Check out these fabulous space toy vehicles by Paya of Spain. Those boys are in remote control on the moon! There's nods to SpaceX and Century 21 too. How cool are they and Project SWORD sized too! 

They were advertised in the II Festival Mundial del Circi 1971-72 programme. Not sure what that was, although it looks like a circus from the cover!