Portuguese Ulysses 31 books

Ulysse 31 has always been a big serie in my youth - great spaceships - good scripts, and a whole new modern take on mythology.

As you can see, this cartoon also was famous abroad... here two Portuguese booklets (only 8 pages each...) with images taken straight of the cartoon. It aired on RTP from 1984 to 1985.

Ulisses 31-A lagoa dos duplos,
Disvenda, Portugal, 1980's

Ulisses 31-A insurreição dos companheiros,
Disvenda, Portugal, 1980's

Thémis (Yumi) is called Thais in this version...

Next toyfair in Lisbon ? Be patient young Paduwan, be patient...

The power of the Dark Side decided to intervene in all our lives... so now we all have to stay home and maybe use this time to do some cleaning and rearange shelves... I'll keep you updated as soon as we have new information regarding next toy fair.

Stay Safe !

Flying to Melmac ?

Alf in rocketship, Bully, West Germany, 1988

Old Ben's Spirit...

Obi Wan Kenobi (spirit), Kenner, China, 1997

This of course was never produced in the original toy line, but Kenner issued this as a mail-away figurine for their POTF 2 line. Not a lot of articulations (just head and arrms) and a big block of translucid plastic for the body, all this to recreate the famous (or infamous - since Disney made a new version with Hayden Christensen as Vader) end-scene of the Return of the Jedi...

And another Harley !

Harley Quinn. Mattel, China, 2015

Tin R2 for Candy...

I ate the candy people... so no pics of that ! But the container is still a beauty !

R2D2 embossed tin for Star Wars Fruit Jelly
Kinnerton Confectionery, London, 1996

The General...

PullBack General Lee Racer. Knickerbocker, 1980, Taiwan

In space no one hears you... sing the blues...

Blue Moon Alien, Reaction (Funko), China, 2018

The new Disney bot...

BB-8 and D-O Pez dispensers, PEZ, Hungary

And, what did you guys think of the movie ?

Round Table Knight

Round Table Knight Robot, Ptoy, Taiwan, 1980's

Well, here you have it. King Arthur can rest in his grave now, the next generation knight is going to guard Camelot all on his own.

Missing a shield, this one is (to my knowledge) one of the only robots with a Christian cross on his chest...

What is an Orgroid ?

Orguss Orgroid II, ?, Taiwan, 1980's

This one is a childhood toy of my colleague Tomeke. Thanks man !

This bot is a covert listening device !

Spy robot, Sanja, China, 2002 

Just ideal to record and playback like a parrot all you want to say...

These boots are smokin' hot Astro !

Astro boy, ? (no markings), China, 2017

Big red space truck

Futuristic Pickup truck, Cars of Tomorrow, Archer Plastics, USA, 1950's

Ideal for cruising in moontown on a Saturday night !

I'm seeing purple cows now...

Milka Cow, handpuppet, ?

Did this one came with a box of chocolates included ? I hope so !

JR 21 X-60 Space Rocket

Another one from my favorite line of space toys. This rocket transporter goes with the X-30, X-40 and X-50 of the same series (see here).

Unique design, cool mechanisms... what could a kid need more to go on a space mission?

X-60 Space Rocketm JR21 Toy, Hong Kong

Ready for launch ? 

Box Front

Box top

Box bottom

Box back

A front in style with a B-52 bomber cockpit / canopy ?

Ultraman's wheels for rock-splitting action !

This is another toy coming straight from the Japanese universe of Ultraman (Ultraman Taro to be exact): behold the Bermider II tank ! (with wind-up key)

Looks like the Mole from the Thuncerbirds but on esteroids... and yes, the design of the box is way cooler than the design of the toys itself... but at least it has a spark mechanism behind an orange translucid panel at the back.

Bermider II, Bullmark, Japan, 1973

Apolo 1 - Airgam

Apolo 1 playset, Airgam, Spain, 1970's 

A modular space base, all in one neat package (well, hmmm. 4 packages really - this is the nº1).
As you can see there are a lot of antennas in Spanish space design from the 70ies...  and a lot of colors too !

The set also comes with cards showing the other sets and some different space base building techniques... all you need really for that perfect condo at the borders of the Sea of Tranquility !

The astronauts / spacemen are specific to these sets and are very nicely done (even though the ones I found did have some limb-loosing issues). All in all a very funky playset and I am eager to locate the other ones to make the mother of all space bases !

Dark side candy containers

Vader and Stormtrooper candy containers, Disney, China ?, 2010's

The Deuche

Citroen's success was widely popular in Japan where the 2CV has a cult following... Here a smaller (tin) version - maybe from a car carrier or a larger set... No markings except for "Japan" at the bottom of the toy.

Read more about te real deal here. 

2CV, ? Japan, 1960's ?

Curricula(r) Machine

Curricula Machine, Bullmark, Japan, 1970's