Robo who ?

Japan

Robocon GA14-R, Bandai, 1999

Looking for cockroaches ? 

Reading material needed ?

The drawings were quite desastrous, and the storylines way more crude than what we saw on TV... but we just did not care... we were happy.

Special Ulysse 31

BOTP, Le Piège

Receuil Capitaine Flam

The smell of vintage blisters part II

Nono, Popy, Macau, 1981

The smell of vintage blisters...

Klaatu, Kenner, Hong Kong, 1983

I do tend to actually play with most of my toys, so the concept of keeping one in the packaging is a little strange to me, but this was a double...

Click here to see what Wookieepedia says of this character.

Another fin !

Windup tin futuristic (Tatra ?) car,
Technofix, 1930, Germany

In a period where most of the German toy production were making reproductions of guns and tanks, this little beauty came around. The metal narrow wheels seem to indicate this toy ran on some circuit or tracks, tipical for Technofix toys.

It has a certain air of a Tatra 700 with a different grille. 

Long necked Spidey ?

Spiderman (?), China, 2010 ?

No people, it is not IA. It is a toy I found at my usual hunting ground (Feira da ladra in Lisbon).

Either the designer of this thing smoked something he should not have or there has been a crossover between a spider and a giraffe. No one will never know.

Strangely enough, it takes me back to my childhood super hero style. The major amusement park in the Netherlands, de Efteling, has a similar figure called Langnek...

Read all of it here.

Galactic Boom spaceships

Galactic Boom, Pedro Miras, Spain, 1980's

Galactic Boom, Pedro Miras, Spain, 1980's

 

Super Kawai

Supergirl + Superman, Burger King, China, 2024

 

The Matchbox Thunderbirds action figurines

Tyco, China, 1994