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

1950's ? Bats...

1950 Batmobile, Corgi, China, 2004

Ahhh... fins 'n fenders !

Buck Roger's ride... remember Twiki ?

Buck Rogers Space Fighter, Fleetwood, Hong Kong, 1979

 

The young queen and her sister...

Maetel Legend action figurines, ALPHA, 2000, China

Keeping your audio tapes the pirate way ?

 (thx Didier...)

Captain Harlock audio tape box, Japan, 1970's

(also existed in yellow)

Toei Animation

NP 5357 ?

Atomic Robot Men, Schylling, China, 1990

These are repro's, but boy do I like the design of this toy. Never came in blue in the past though... Vitamin D deficiency ? 

Diapolion Sofubi's

Diaplon 3-pack, Bullmark, Japan, 1970's

Making 8 sounds... the pirate way

8 sounds laser pistol, China, 1980's ? 

Well of course it's a bootleg... it's the pirate version... got it ? 

Key-powered Robocon ?

Robocon windup, Popy, Japan, 1970's

Goldorak, go !

Grandizer windup, Popy, Japan, 1970's

Laurel and Hardy

These 2 were the first comic duo a lot of us discovered as a child through Super 8 movies and opening shows at the movie theater... and of course, as Hanna-Barbera made a cartoon of them in 1966 - 1967. See more about it here.

These 2 figurines were made in Spain and have their hats lifting up onze pressed...

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Ledra, Spain, 1962

C'est la Force... G !

Thierry, Orli Jouet, Hong Kong, 1979

Princess, Orli Jouet, Hong Kong, 1979

Long live the Queen

Alien Queen, NYCC Exclusive 2016, Funko, (Super 7), China 

In need of a shower...

Where's Ripley ?

Multi-verse anyone ?

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Burger King, 2023, China

The Hugh Hefner version...

ET in robe...

no markings... China ? 1980's ?

 

Yabba dabba doo !

Fred and Barney Flintstone, 1961, USA, probably Knickerbocker toys

Tomorrow toy fair in Lisbon ! See you there !