A Life-size Hot Wheels Mustang

Woodsy

This is the exact model and it even has one of the exact colours the Sweet 16 were offered in.

No redlines but that's nitpicking. :)

The first O indicates it's registered as an oldtimer. It's a 1967 Mustang Fastback, missing its grille ornaments. Apart from those, the shape of the fake side scoops distinguishes it from the almost-identical 1968 model.

Paul V.

Wow! All it needs is a life-size blister card and a Mattel Redline badge! Woodsy

Anyone else seen a life-size Redline?

Ed's Moonscape Diorama Progress

Hey Woodsy!

Long time no talk to. This year has been quite busy with trying to keep up with my blog series of Forces of Valor / Unimax WWII figure sets and Flintstones toys.

I have managed to pick up a couple of space toys which I'll share in an upcoming email or two, but for now, let's look at the moonscape diorama board which has been a slow leak in progress over the past couple of years.

My last update showed the background hills taking shape. Since then, the hills have been carved and shaped, and the whole covered with a lightweight spackling compound (I prefer the lightweight spackling compound over plaster as it does not dry to a rock-hard mass and making changes down the road will be easy).

Next step will be lopping off any sharp pieces, a bit of sanding, and then painting.

From Vegas Base

Ed

It's Wild at Wildwoods

Stateside reader Brian F from Monster Base sent me this snap of Wildwoods funfair on the New Jersey shore.

It's looks like good clean summer fun!

Do you still visit funfairs and fairgrounds? Did you used to buy toys at them?

Bill's Bubble Car

Hi Woodsy

I Recently I visited the East Somerset Steam Railway. In the gift shop they had a lovely HO/OO Bubble Car. So, as I have enough room in my cabinet I bought it.

Here is a photo of it along with Supercar and the FAB1 mk2, all to scale.

Soon I'll be starting work on the original 1966 Dinky FAB1.

Bill Ev

UK

Have you got a bubble car?

Wearing Bottle Tops

As a kid I'd collect bottle tops. 

Tizer, sarsaparilla, dandelion and burdock, lemonade and all those other brill fizzy drinks. 

Whilst my brothers were collecting matchboxes I'd wear my latest bottle top with pride on my tank top.

Trouble is I don't remember how I fastened them to my clothes.

Recently on holiday my zest for caps was rekindled by Fritz Kola and it's striking logo of two faces. 

I managed to attach one to our fridge door with a magnet, but I doubt that's how we did it back in the day when we wore them.

How did we do it? 

Looey's Back at Bowral's Dirty Janes

Hello Moonbasers!

I've posted pics of the vintage toys at Dirty Jane's emporium in Bowral NSW Oz before..

It's a little depressing to see the genuine antique stuff sold on and replaced with modern repro items. 

Still, here are some genuine articles at "Tell 'em they're dreaming" prices!

Some Jet Set diecast civil aircraft.

Some nice Hong Kong carded coin purses and a lovely tinplate space capsule...

I'm down here again to celebrate the 90th birthday of my longest friend, Babette Hayes the Interior Designer. She was instrumental in getting my parents to emigrate from Blighty to Oz, as some of the last "Ten Pound Poms"!

My life would never be the same again, but it's been a fortunate one.

As a present, I made a sculptured portrait of the two of us on our ritual visits to the local modern art gallery.

The figures are painted Sculpey polyclay.

The second shot is with the pink LED "neon" lighting active!

Happy times! 

 Looey

Oz

Camping Toys Anyone?

 We've just returned from a jolly old camping trip with the Grandkids in Wharfedale.

I've realized that there aren't really many toys associated with camping are there.

As a kid I had a survival adventure set from Thomas Salter - binoculars, water flask, etc - shown here in my old catalogue bottom right.

 - which the Grandson had a sort of modern version with him this time. His camo tarp came in handy as a makeshift awning!

Not so PC now would be the camping knife I had in a sheath back in the late Sixties. It had a bone handle or maybe green and silver striped. There may have been a compass on top. It's as murky as a Mozzy net.

I did have an Action Man tent. I recall it had a green plastic frame and a green canvas for the fighting fella to rest up in. It was great fun setting it up in the garden.

The superb Action Man HQ has fab photos of the 1973 tent.

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Major Matt had a blow-up lunar bivouac too. Callisto was always a waking in first and Captain Lazer's legs would have stuck out for sure!

Did you have any camping toys or adventure gear? 

Jurassic Car Park

 That Arco dragon reminded me of MoonBase Junior's Dino cars.

These pull-back Saurians are everywhere at the mo. Discounters, car boots, kids' collections.

What do you think?