Eagle-gun - Space 1999

Arm's Master gun, 1980's AHI, Hong Kong

Suske & Wiske / Bob & Bobette / Spike and Suzy

Suske & Wiske, Nutricia, 1995, China

We kids grew up with these as much as with Tintin and all the other wonders of the BD franco-belge !

Read more about it here.

And yes, they are called Spike and Suzy in English 😊

Snoopy WW 1 ace ?

Snoopy trophy, Aviva, Hong Kong, 1974

(Um grande obirgado a prima do meu sogro, Sra. Ana Pereira, para o oferta deste Snoopy !)

together with McDonalds HappyMeal toy

 

(November 8, 1993)Peanuts © 1993 Peanuts Worldwide LLC

Fluffy Wookie !

Chewbacca plush, Kenner, 1977, Korea

Bandolier ? check ! 

Before the Ewoks made Star Wars plushes mainstream, Chewie got there first !

Full heart access

Q-Posket Astroboy, Banpresto, 2022, China

It's the Duke ! (no, not Wayne... not Hazards...)

Duke Fleed (Actarus in my book !),
Abystyle Studio, China, 2023

French for robot ?
English for pilot ?

Great box-art
love it !

It's the Goddess !

The Goddess, Manga Spawn, McFarlane, 1997, China

 

I have never really been into the Spawn line of toys when these came out (greaty sculpts, but oh sooo missing the articulations...) However, this one was a no-brainer to get into the collection. One of the best female action figurines of the 1990ies if you ask me.

Starblazer's IQ9 robot by Nomura

IQ9 Analyzer robot, Nomura, 1978, Japan

 

page out of 1978 Nomura catalog

To see which other toys Nomura made for the Starblazers / Yamato series, please go and see this page.

Big thanks to Didier Volckaert and the wonderful store MUCHWOW in Ghent where I got this beauty !

Holly bathtub Batman !

Robin Soaky

Batman Soaky

 

Just picked these 2 at the Collect-Hit toyfair in Brussels (Groot Bijgaarden) of a hardcore Batman collector (thank you sir). I have wanted to add these a long time ago to the collection of original vintage Batman toys, so this made my day !

Colgate, Palmolive, USA, 1966

too much hygiene and paint goes away Robin...

Oozing Americana...

The Nanette project (2)

Nanette, 3-D print + Tamiya paints

A big thanks to my brother Benjamin for making me this !

Next project ? 😊😊😊 :

The Nanette project.

Sometimes you just have to build your own, especially for these specific characters that never had their toy-equivalent to start with. This is the first figurine my brother printed for me with his 3D printer. 

Nanette without ears, boots and with lots of lines...

My little setup and reserve of sandpaper and sanding blocks

Putty ? of course - lot's of it to hide all gaps in the figurine...

like so...

then the sanding...

then the cleaning...

Polystyrene balls for the ears... not a good idea 

My "do it yourself" spraybooth

Some plastic tubing for the boots

Mat yellow and glossy pink

Eyes and mouth ? colour print reworked by my little helper ! 

Reunited at last !