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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

Popy's spectacular robot transporters... part 1 : Battle Shark / Battle Fever

One of the toys with the most gimmicks and accessories

...is in fact a robot tranporter.

At the push of a button, the front comes off...

Battle Shark (DX) - Battle Fever, Popy, Japan, 1979

The small Thunderbird 1

Thunderbird 1 - Eidai/Grip, Japan, 1970's

The background of these boxes were always soo cool !

The button opens the wings...

The original Itchy & Scratchy

Tom & Jerry, Ledra, Italy, 1970's

 

The new Grandizer U figurine...

 It was really fun to build, but why is the head so small ? 

Grandizer U, Bandai

Japan, 2025

Fully articulated !

Diapol did it again... the white Dalek

 

Dalek, Diapol, 1987, United Kingdom

It just screams "EXTERMINATE" out of the bubble !

Benda Bot - flexibility with a smile

Benda-Bot, AB3 Products Co., China, 1980's

 

Jumbo Smurf

Smurf, FIBA, Italy, 1983

 

One of Belgian's best exports are Peyo's little blue Smurfs. These were part of my youth, of my son's youth (I think some even disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean during one of our trips to the beach...).

Read more about them here.

With normal sized compadre...

Takara's Biotron - The Micronaut robot

With a micronaut inside !

 

Biotron, 1977, MEGO (Takara)
Hong Kong

Now that there is a Super7 remake of this guy, I'd like you to show you the original toy. 

Not very known here in Europe, but he had the support of the Micronauts Comic books in the USA.

1982 Micronauts issue #48

Bandai... the early years

Grandizer, Bandai, Japan, 1970's

Yes, you had to paint these...

Before the cell-phone

Chatter Telephone, Fisher Price, Belgium, 1961

Generations have played with this toy... Later versions came with a plastic chassis instead of wood w/paper litho. This thing is so iconic it even had a part in the Toy Story franchise...