Geoff's Superheroes, Space and other incredible Toys

Great Mazinger, Popy, Japan, 1970's Go Nagai was, no doubt about it, the father of all Super Robots in Japan. He got us Grandizer (...

Dinosaur Gun, Witty Toys, Hong Kong, 1970's Dinosaurs have always been in the imagenary world of many generations. This gun here is ...

Space boy, Juguetes FEBER, Spain, 1970's Sometimes a toy just has all the charm of the world. This spaceman / astronaut with freckle...

These 2 plastic ships are Portuguese - no markings, but presumably by OSUL, just like the spaceman. The yellow and red one (with the ...

The Guard, the Dignitary and finally the master chief of evil himself - el imperador ! They really love wearing monk's robes at the dark...

Why does Clark Kent need a van ? Just like the bike issue... Superman can fly for heaven's sake... He is faster than a speeding bullet a...

 This, and some other robotic catch phrases (let me re-phrase this : beeps from ARTOO and annoying remarks from THREEPIO), is what makes thi...

Gundams had their evil nemesis also. These oponents would prove very hard to vanquish... and would become as recognizable as the Gundam r...

For the sake of nostalgy (and to prove that I don't only collect robots and spaceships) a little flashback to our wonder ...

Plastic Space gun, ?, Macau, 1960's (in background Space Outlaw gun) Plastic Space gun, ?, Macau, 1960's When a design is t...

Sagittarius robot, Son Ai Toy, Taiwan, 1980's Sagittarius robot (detail),   Son Ai Toy,  Taiwan,  1980's Some plastic robot...

Donald Campbell's Bluebird, Everife toys, Hong Kong, 1970's Whe would they paint this car orange ? The original was blue - b...

Wooden wheels and paintloss, but what a toy ! Bluebird, A.R., France, 1935-36 (?) In the crazine...

In the days before CGI (Computer generated images) a real actor had to go in a suit and do whatever was needed to cast his/her role. This...

Keychain - ? - Hong Kong, 1970's Rubber flubber on spacebike with suction thingy, ?, Hong Kong, 1970's Sometimes toys are...

The first Toy fair in Lisbon happened last weekend. While the space and the expositors are not the ones found in Paris or Brussels, it was n...

Rocket whistle, SPEC TOY products, USA, 1950's Truck, Reliable, Canada, 1950's These 2 toys were never sold together... but...

Rayguns, ?, China, 1990's If you need to fight crime in the galaxy, why not add a little color to your daily routine ? To be joyfull...

Arcadia (DX), Takatoku, Japan, 1970's ... and this is big brother. Not as slim as the ship below, it has a very nice feature: you c...

Takara made 2 models of this ship, and Takatoku 2... this is the smaller one and the one more to size and to color of the original TV seri...