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| Apollo-Gun, Dah Yang toys, Taiwan, 1970's |
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Monday, December 4, 2023
Friday, November 10, 2023
It's cold on Hoth part 2... (SD version)
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| 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...)
Thursday, November 2, 2023
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| ... or Captain Future |
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| Capitaine Flam, HL PRO, China, 2023 |
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| Finally a (big) toy with the correct colours |
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| ... 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.
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| Detail of his atomic watch |
See more about the pulp hero by Sci-Fi writer Edmond Hamilton and the anime here.
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| Alter Ego ? Curtis Newton |
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| Cool box ! |
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Thunderbirds to the rescue ! (of your plants...)
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| Thunderbird 1 watering can, Maruka and Asahi Toy Co. Japan, 1967 |
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| Thunderbird 4 watering can, Maruka and Asahi Toy Co. Japan 1967 |
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| 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.
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 ! |
