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Friday, March 15, 2024

Not Barbie's Corvette...

Buick LeSabre concept car, ? 

Only marking is an "8" below

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Only 100 km/h and electric ? No, I'm not happy either !

La Jamais Contente, RIO, Italy, 1980's

Of course, the real one was driven by a Belgian !

One of the first land speed records (over 100km/h  was acheived with this electric torpedo-shaped car in 1899 by Belgian Camille Jenatzy. Read more about it here.

Monday, March 11, 2024

Green zapping power !

Tomi gun, Shawnee Mfg. Inc. 1955, USA

What happens when yout transform a Colt-like pistol into a raygun ? Something like this. Add some lightning, a water-squirt mechanism, a red plug and a round water tank at the top and voilá !

Very simple design, but definitely oozing 1950's space-age ! (thank you Brian :)

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Diecast Slave 1

A Bountyhunter needs a ride !

Slave 1 Diecast, Kenner, Macao, 1980

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

If you cannot buy them... make them...

Hotwheels went the right way when they started the line of the movie cars, with classics like the Batmobile, the Delorean from Back to the Future and even lately some Star Trek ships...

But what if they could go all the way, and create miniatures of iconic vehicles that have not been released yet ? This is what a passionate fellow collector is doing. And the results are just spectacular !


Korben's Taxi, Hotwheels recreation, 2020's

Kaneda's Bike, Hotwheels recreation, 2020's

Other vehicles on my wish list ? Starsky and Hutch Torino, James Bond Dragon tank, Little Nellie and Lotus Esprit, Green Hornet's Black Beauty, Mad Max Ford Falcon, Deckard's Bladerunner car, Tron's bike, Starship Troopers Roger Young, Hardcastle and McCormick Coyote, Condorman's car, T-2 motorcycle and truck, etc. etc.

I'd buy these right away !

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

YL 821, is this you ?

Wind-up Robot, 821, YL (?) maker,
Hong Kong, 1970's

Monday, March 4, 2024

The blue racer from Belgium

Nº7 car, Belgium, 1950's

Anybody knows who made this ? 

"MADE IN BELGIUM" on bottom

... no other markings