Finally... we are go !

It took 50 years for us to have the missing Thunderbirds craft in diecast, but Corgi did a great job... 

Thunderbird 4 :

TB 4 - Corgi Classics (Hornby), China, 2025

Thunderbird 5 : 

TB 5 - Corgi Classics (Hornby), China, 2025

Before you go home, where are my keys ?

E.T.  keychains, LJN (?), Macao, 1982 

 

I yam what I yam, and that's all I yam!

Popeye piggy-bank, VIAL, Spain, 1980's

Popeye Paddle-Wagon, Corgi, Gt. Britain, 1969-1973

Inspecteur Clouseau ? Nope... even worse... Inspeteur GADGET !

Inspecteur Gadget, Bandai, Macau, 1983

With some of his accessories : 

The Brasilian P-200 Jato from Metalma

 

Jato foguetão - Metalma, Brasil, 1960's

Read more about Metalma (toy company) from São Paulo here (in Portuguese) 

Nive legs for a saucer !

(walking) Space Patrol, T.T. (Takatoku Toys), Japan, 1960's

Happy Smurfy Christmas !

 

Drum Santa Smurf, MI Spain (Molto ?), 1980's

Where are my coins ?

Robodoro, Popy, Japan, 1970's

 

Thirsty while watching Batman the Animated series ? Got you covered...

 

Batmobile water bottle, McDonalds, China, 1995

R2D2 has the gout ?

R2D2, Burger King, China, 2005

How did this pass quality control at Lucasfilm ? No one will never know. But you turn the head and off he goes...
 

The Italian way to go to the moon... Navigazione Spaziale

Rocket, CoMa, Italy, 1950's

This is the golden version of this toy (I have the silver one somewhere bagged with the slingshot and the astronaut that goes inside). Soft plastic.

Pure mecha design from the 60's ! Is it a sub ? Is it a plane ?

Mighty Jack Hydrojet Plane, Bandai, 1960

 

Yes Teacher !

Gantsu Sensei (Robocon), Bandai, 1999 Japan

It's the start of a schoolyear again... and if you were in Japan you might have had this guy as a teacher...

 

Serneels

London has Hamley's, New York FAO Schwarz, but the toy store of toytores in Belgium is Serneels in Brussels. Read more about this icon here.

Morris Z Van, Lledo PLC, UK, 1990's

Some more Robocons

White-knob w/up Robocon, China, 2000's ?

Robocon lighters, China, 2000's

air-freshener, China, 1990's

Caltex Robocon 

 

Green-horned Grandizer / Goldorak / Goldrake ?

They used the stickers for the arms on the thighs !

How weird can you get ?

At least on the box the horns are yellow !

Supermancar, F.lli Restuccia, Italy, 1970's-1980's

Sparks and cogs

Super Gun, Taiyo, Japan, 1960's

SNCB - Le Bois Manu

Trainset, Le Bois Manu, 1950's, Belgium

All wood streamlined loc with blue markings

Comes with 2 cars

I don't know which locomotive it is supposed to represent, but maybe one of the engines of the spectacular train museum TRAIN WORLD in Brussels - see more about it here. A paradise for train geeks and people who like architecture.

The box is typical for the 1950's

Popy's spectacular robot transporters... part 2 : Denziman / Denzi Tiger

Denzitiger DX, Popy, 1980, Japan