Wednesday, December 28, 2016

It's Charlie Chaplin !

Chaplin, talcum powder container, ?
Really it's the first actor to get action figures and other things made after him... Classic!

Monday, December 26, 2016

Parker, get the Rolls Royce. We're going for a little drive.

FAB 1 model kit, Lincoln International, Hong Kong, 1965
And another pink six-wheeled Rolls for the collection. This one had quite a nice story, really. I found the box (empty) about 7 years ago at a car-show here in Lisbon.

A number of years later the car passed by and got reunited... The kit has an electric motor that is activated through the black switch you see on the left side of the car.





Left, the IMAI kit - right, the Lincoln one...




Saturday, December 24, 2016

The POP phenomenon gets to Gotham...


Stores have opened here in Portugal with these things... At Comic Con, it was the latest rage... It's POP! My only regret : they could have made these with rolling wheels so you could actually play with the car...

The caped crusader

POP! Batmobile, Funko, China, 2015

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Men are from Mars...

Venus robot, Yoshiya, Japan, 1965
Tin face and chest litho, rest is plastic !




 This little bot has one of the most simple, square and plain designs in the botworld. 

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Ho Ho Ho !

 Only 3 more days...

clean your chimneys !
Windup Santa, ?, Hong Kong, 1970's

Monday, December 12, 2016

Getter 3

Giving hugs !
It's a tank ? It's a robot ? Oh come on... how hard can this be ! Just go and save the world and come back on time to have a cup of coffee !

Getter 3 (header card), Popy, Japan, 1970's

Going geeky at Comic-Con Portugal

Travel-mates
Waiting for Ripley



Expensive Bruce

... and with my plumber !
Bounty Hunter on throne...



Lots of toys and T-shirts and Artists and TV stations and ... well, a time well spent !


Sunday, November 27, 2016

Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot

Pinguin, Quick (kid's menu toy), China, 1990's

Well, this Pinguin did eat a lot of KINGFISH burgers at the Quick Hamburger Restaurant !


Friday, November 25, 2016

It's Stretchy ! A Lego toy you don't have to build !

From the "Little Robot" TV series (see here). Stretchy was the master of the junkyard...

Stretchy robot, Lego, ?,2003
Has number 1323 stamped on left foot




















A fine example of mixing a robot with a boiler with a giraffe... Oh and the radar ears ? Any idea where that design came from ? English BBC shows !



Monday, November 21, 2016

A couple of Tryders...


Mighty S-Robot (aka Tryder Robot), ?, Taiwan, 1980's



Tryder Robot, Clover, Japan, 1980
Parts galore, can you spot the error ?


Thursday, November 17, 2016

Diecut sheet of space scraps / cards

My latest find on the Feira... a full sheet of very cool English space-images from a company called MPL. Anyone got more information about these ?

(from top left to bottom right:)

1. Recharging energy in space for a further journey
2. International landing stage for goods traffic
3. Catapult safety seats for space ships
4. Tourist travel by combined hotel-space omnibus
5. Mooring tower, with rocket platforms, on Mars
6. A space rocket from Earth landing on Venus
7. Outer-space meteorological observatory
8. Landing on the Moon

(from top left to bottom right:)

1. Mid-ocean emergency landing stage
2. Wingless, death-ray fighter planes
3. Hospital space-ship
4. An echelon of flying saucers
5. A solo rocket helicopter
6. Interplanetary power station and maintenance depot
7. Space hydroplane on a lagoon on Jupiter
8. A giant interspace transport rocket


Thursday, November 10, 2016

Monday, November 7, 2016

The circus is in town !



Circus CHoo CHoo, Daiya, Japan, 1960's

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Going to the moon... going, going... and gone


These little sets from the 70ies date back to a time when moonwalks were still shown on the television sets around the world each night. Then the Apollo missions ended... and a lot of the magic too.

Exploring on the moon, LP, Hong Kong, 1970'ies


Monday, October 24, 2016

In space, no one can hear you scream... So just shut up !

"Big Chap" Alien vinyl bust bank. Diamond Select, China, 2016

H.R. Giger's design at its best !

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Buck Rogers' ride in 1936

Buck Rogers Rocket Fighter, Wyandotte, USA, 1936

Is it a blimp ? 
Well, at least it has fins !

 

And undercarriage... 


Image result for buck rogers comics spaceship
Some original artwork for the period...

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

False Zeroids ?

Astroid Robots, Durham Ind. Hong Kong, 1970's

The blue one looks like Zerak...
... and the orange one like Zobor








If there ever is a "design" of the 70ies for robots, this is it. All plastic with tracks and computer-paper-stickers on their chests. 

A little taller than the real battery-operated ones from Ideal !
Well, they had to put the windup mechanism somewhere...

Monday, October 10, 2016

Do not expose the Mogwai to bright lights or sunlight which will kill it, do not let it get wet, and never feed it after midnight...

Gizmo, maker ?, 1980's

Another classic coming straight from the 80ies...  The ultimate pet to have... or not...