It's cold on Hoth part 2... (SD version)

Luke and Tauntaun, Funko, Vietnam, 2022

I'm not really into the Funko POP craze, but this bobble-head Luke on Tauntaun is a flea market find and I just could not let it stay there. (after all, it's from Empire...)

... or Captain Future

Capitaine Flam, HL PRO, China, 
2023

Finally a (big) toy with the correct colours

... and the famous "F" belt !

Capitaine Flam / Captain Future was yet another one of these cartoons that made a generation stay in front of their TV day after day. Especially since a whole story spread over 4 episodes each - which gives a choice of character development that other series did not have.

Detail of his atomic watch

See more about the pulp hero by Sci-Fi writer Edmond Hamilton and the anime here.  

Alter Ego ? Curtis Newton

Cool box ! 

Thunderbirds to the rescue ! (of your plants...)

Thunderbird 1 watering can,
Maruka and Asahi Toy Co.
Japan, 1967

Thunderbird 4 watering can,
Maruka and Asahi Toy Co.
Japan 1967

As always, great artwork !

Japanese kids have always been pushed into the joys of gardening... so much so that they had an array of super-hero, robots and spaceships watering cans to chose for.

In previous posts I showed you the ones of Astroboy and UFO robot Grandizer, but here are the versions made from the ever popular Thunderbirds show.