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| Arm's Master gun, 1980's AHI, Hong Kong |
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Friday, October 20, 2023
Suske & Wiske / Bob & Bobette / Spike and Suzy
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| 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 😊
Monday, October 16, 2023
Snoopy WW 1 ace ?
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| Snoopy trophy, Aviva, Hong Kong, 1974 |
(Um grande obirgado a prima do meu sogro, Sra. Ana Pereira, para o oferta deste Snoopy !)
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| together with McDonalds HappyMeal toy |
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| (November 8, 1993)Peanuts © 1993 Peanuts Worldwide LLC |
Saturday, October 14, 2023
Fluffy Wookie !
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| Chewbacca plush, Kenner, 1977, Korea |
Before the Ewoks made Star Wars plushes mainstream, Chewie got there first !
Friday, October 13, 2023
Thursday, October 12, 2023
It's the Duke ! (no, not Wayne... not Hazards...)
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| Duke Fleed (Actarus in my book !), Abystyle Studio, China, 2023 |
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| French for robot ? English for pilot ? |
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| Great box-art love it ! |
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
It's the Goddess !
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| 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.
Monday, October 9, 2023
Starblazer's IQ9 robot by Nomura
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| IQ9 Analyzer robot, Nomura, 1978, Japan |
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| 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 !
Sunday, October 8, 2023
Holly bathtub Batman !
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| Robin Soaky |
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| 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 !
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| Colgate, Palmolive, USA, 1966 |
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| too much hygiene and paint goes away Robin... |
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| Oozing Americana... |
Saturday, October 7, 2023
The Nanette project (2)
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| Nanette, 3-D print + Tamiya paints |
A big thanks to my brother Benjamin for making me this !
Next project ? 😊😊😊 :
Monday, October 2, 2023
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.
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| Nanette without ears, boots and with lots of lines... |
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| My little setup and reserve of sandpaper and sanding blocks |
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| Putty ? of course - lot's of it to hide all gaps in the figurine... |
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| like so... |
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| then the sanding... |
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| then the cleaning... |
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| Polystyrene balls for the ears... not a good idea |
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| My "do it yourself" spraybooth |
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| Some plastic tubing for the boots |
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| Mat yellow and glossy pink |
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| Eyes and mouth ? colour print reworked by my little helper ! |
