Sunday, June 27, 2021

Lill'blue bot

Hong Kong 1970-1980

Robot (wind-up) 05-135, TN



 

Thursday, June 17, 2021

The fastest on earth...

Golden Arrow, Western Models, England, 1980's ?

And housing for the Napier Lion 
engine
Dunlop Cord Racing tires


372 KM / 231 MPH

For King and Country !


Cut-away of the heart of the beast

Read more about it here...

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Carded Astro Rockets

Take-a-part (puzzle)
Astroboy rocket
Takara, 1970's
Rocket with suction cup
and disk-launching watch
Takara 1970's


 

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

For my collection of bootlegs...

Stormtrooper party light, ?
China, 2020's


1) you put batteries in the feet of the thing
2) you press a small button on the right leg of the thing
3) Top of the helmet (Stormtrooper's skull ? /  brain) begins to light up in music

Who needs the force when this is the Stormtrooper you are looking for...

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

And another fin... fine automobile !

Space car with dome, Plakie, USA, 1946

 
How do you get in ?
Nice wheels, Jetson !









there is the fin !
Frogeye nose ?


Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Calling International Rescue...

Thunderbird 5, JR21, 1965 Hong Kong


It's light and sound when this
toy is on !

With docking station for 
Thunderbird 5
Looking for someone to 
rescue ?



detail...

Monday, May 17, 2021

Mexican plastic - it's fantastic !

Robot Bank, Vinilos Romay S.A.,
Mexico, 1970's ? 

with fake screws molded in the plastic !


It's Wattoo Wattoo !

Wattoo Wattoo Superbird, Ceji-Lang, 1978, France

This is another one of my toys linked to childhood memories... Wattoo-Wattoo was a cartoon I loved as a child. Little birds from another planet bringing ecology to very stupid geese that were polluting all the time... 

Going to multiply ?
They have a bouncy string to make'em fly !









They have a squeezy whistle in the belly !

Header-Card

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Tubes and hoses and pipes and plumbing... in space...

Astronaute, JEM RF, France, 1970's (?)


I think they made these when "Scoubidous" (plastic lace bracelets and trinkets) were all the rage...

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Tweety & Silvester PEZ dispensers
Austria, 1978


Monday, May 10, 2021

Sticky Godzilla babies !

 
Godzilla, Livins Stationary Corp, Taiwan, 1970's ?

Another FDL find... these guys are glue dispensers... paper sticker eyes... just so cute as a group !

Saving Yen after Yen...

Daiichi Bank robot (?), Japan, 1970's ?



This one will join my unusual robot shelf... 

- Why the spike? 
- Does this bank still exist? 
- Why don't we get robots when we open bank acounts here in Europe?  

Saturday, April 17, 2021

Mach Baron - mini version

The Chogokin Mach Baron (GTO4),
Bandai, 2003, China 

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Someone's best friend...

Great Samurai Tochiro, Alpha (Taito Corp.), China, 2001

 
Gunfrontier (detail)  - Leji Matsumoto